186 GLOSSARY. 



Indehiscent. Not opening, as applied to fruits. 



Inferior. As applied to the ovary of an epigynous flower, with 

 the calyx or other floral parts apparently coming from the 

 top of the ovary (apple, blueberry, etc.). 



Inflated. Loose and membranous about the seeds, as applied to 

 fruits. 



Inflorescence. The cluster of flowers. 



Internode. The part of a stem between two nodes. 



Involucrate. With a surrounding cluster of modified leaves, 

 showy in poinsettia, green in sunflower, etc. 



Junctures. The same as winter-nodes. 



Laciniate. Incised, with narrow divisions. 



Lanceolate. Lance-shaped : applied to elongated pointed leaves 

 widest at or somewhere below the middle. 



Leaf-cushion. The raised base from which the leaf-stalk fin- 

 ally breaks away, in many Leguminosae etc. 



Leaf-scar. The point from which a leaf has fallen: within it 

 may be seen one or more bundle-traces, where the woody 

 strands of the leaf-stalk have been broken usually at the 

 very base of the petiole, but occasionally above it (flowering 

 dogwood, where the remainder falls later) or within the 

 leaf-cushion (mock-orange, locust), so that the axillary 

 buds are covered by a membrane. 



Leaflet. One of the separate parts of a compound leaf. 



Legume. The characteristic fruit of the pea family. 



Lenticels. The wart-like prominences on the bark of young 

 twigs ; very conspicuous on elder etc. ; forming long cross- 

 lines on young branches of cherry and paper birch. 



Lignified. Woody. 



Linear. Narrow and elongated, with nearly parallel sides. 



Lobed. Divided rather deeply, as applied to leaves the seg- 

 ments too long to be called teeth but not separated as 

 leaflets. 



Mamillated. With rounded breast-like elevations. 



Matted. Growing densely, so as to form: a low close cover to 

 the ground, or in very compact tufts. 



