GLOSSARY. XXI 



Lanceolate ; narrowly elliptic and tapering to each end. 



Lancet-shaped ; shortly and bluntly lanceolate. 



Lax ; loosely arranged. 



Leaflets 5 the subdivisions of compound leaves. 



Legume ; a one-celled and two-valved seed-vessel with the 



seeds arranged along the inner angle, as the pod of a Pea. 

 Lenticular ; like a doubly convex lens. 

 Ligulate ; strap-shaped ; not very narrow nor long, and with 



nearly parallel sides. 

 Liyule ; a membrane at the base of the limb of the leaf of 



Grasses. 



Limb ; the flattened expanded part of a leaf or petal. 

 Linear ; very narrow and long, with parallel sides until neur 



the end. 



Lingulate ; tongueshaped ; long, fleshy, convex, blunt. 

 Lipped ; applied to a corolla or calyx appearing to consist of 



two lips. 



Lobate\ lobed ; with large divisions. 



Loculicidal ; opening down the back (or midrib) of the carpel. 

 Lower part of a floral whorl ; that furthest from the main axis ; 



anterior. 



Lunate ; shaped like the new moon. 



Lyrate ; a pkmatifid leaf with the lobes successively and gra- 

 dually enlarging from the petiole, and ending in one still 



larger lobe. 



Marcescent ; fading but remaining in its place. 



Medullary ; relating to the pith. Medullary rays are plates of 



cells which connect the pith with the growing part next to 



the bark. 



Membranous ; of the texture of membrane; thin and flexible. 

 Mericarps ; the carpels of Unibellif'erse. 

 Midrib ; the large vein extending along the middle of a leaf 



from its petiole nearly or quite to the other end. 

 Moniliform ; cylindrical but constricted at regular intervals. 

 Monocotyledonous ; having one sheathing cotyledon. 

 Monoecious; with the sexes in separate flowers on the same 



plant. 

 Monosepalous ; monopetalous ; when the sepals or petals are 



joined by their edges so as apparently to form one. 

 Mucronate ; abruptly tipped with a short point of the same 



texture. 



Multifid', divided into many parts. 

 Muricate ; covered with short sharp points. 

 Mono- } di-, &c. andn.us, with 1, "2, &c. stamens. 

 Mono-, di-j &c. gynous', with 1, 2, &c. free styles or stigmas. 



