GLOSSARY. 



Ligule : the strap-shaped corolla in many Composite, the little membranous 



appendage at the summit of the leaf -sheaths of most Grasses. 

 Limb,; the blade of a leaf petal, &c. 

 Linear : narrow and flat, the margins parallel. 

 Lingulate, Linguiform : tongue-shaped. 

 Lip : the principal lobes of a bilabiate corolla or calyx, the odd and peculiar 



petal in the Orchis Family. 



Lobe: any projection or division (especially a rounded one) of a leaf, &c. 

 Locellus (plural locelli) : a small cell, or compartment of a cell, of an ovary 



or anther. 



Ldcular : relating to the cell or compartment (loculus) of an ovary, &c. 

 Loculicidal (dehiscence) : splitting down through the middle of the back of 



each cell. 



Lament: a pod which separates transversely into joints. 

 Lorate : thong-shaped. 



Lunate: crescent-shaped. Lunulate: diminutive of lunate. 

 Lyrate: lyre-shaped ; a pinnatifid leaf of an obovate or spatulatc outline, the 



end-lobe large and roundish, and the lower lobes small, as in Winter 



Cress and Radish. 



Maculate : spotted or blotched. 



Male (flowers) : having stamens but no pistil. 



Marcescent: withering without falling off. 



Marginal: belonging to the edge or margin. 



Marginate: margined, with an edge different from the rest. 



Masked : see personate. 



Median : belonging to the middle. 



Medullary : belonging to, or of the nature of pith (medulla) ; pithy. 



Membranaceous or Membranous : of the texture of membrane ; thin and more 



or less translucent. 



Mericarp : one carpel of the fruit of an Umbelliferous plant. 

 Mesocarp: the m'ddle part of a pericarp, when that is distinguishable into 



three layers 



Micropyle : the orifice of the ovule or seed. 

 Midrib : the middle or main rib of a leaf. 

 Mitriform : mitre-shaped ; in the form of a peaked cap. 

 Monadelphous : stamens united by their filaments into one set. 

 Mondndrous (flower) : having only one stamen. 



Momfiform : necklace-shaped ; a cylindrical body contracted at intervals. 

 Monochlamydeous : having only one floral envelope, i. e. calyx but no corolla, 



as Anemone and Castor-oil Plant. 

 Monocotyle-donous (embryo) : with only one cotyledon. 

 Moncecious, or Monoicous (flower) : having stamens or pistils only. 

 Mondgt/nous (flower) : having only one pistil, or one style. 

 Monoptialous (flower) : with the corolla of one piece. 

 Monophyllous : one leaved, or of one piece. 

 Monosepalous : a calyx of one piece; i. e. with the sepals united into one 



body. 

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