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Hirsute, shaggy ; applied to leaves, &c, when the surface is covered with 

 long weak hairs. 



Hispid, covered with long rigid hairs ; as the leaves of Borage, Nettle, 

 &c. 



Hoary, covered with white or greyish down. 



Honey-combed, having pits like a honey-comb ; as the receptacle of Cha- 

 momile, the seeds of Poppy. 



Honey-pore, a pore in flowers which secretes a honey -like juice. 



Hooded, curved or hollowed at the end into the shape of a hood, 



Horn, a long subulate process in a flower. 



Hypogynous beneath the female organ ; applied to a calyx or corolla which 

 is situated below the germen or ovary ; sometimes to the stamens, as 

 in those of Flax. 



Hypocrateriform. See Salver-shaped. 



I. 



Icosandrous, having twenty stamens or more attached to the calyx or co- 

 rolla. 

 Imbricate, laid one over another, like tiles upon a roof. 

 Inarticulated, without joints. 



Incised, deeply cut ; as the leaves of Crowfoot, Mugwort, &c. 

 Tnciso-serrate, between incised aud serrate ; as the leaves of Hemlock, 



Tansy. 

 Inclined, bending inwards, forming a slight curve. 



Incumbent, lying upon ; used in speaking of the seed of Cruciferous plants, 

 i to indicate that the radicle lies upon the back of the cotyledons. See 



Hedge-Mustard. Also applied to a versatile anther. 

 Indehiscent, not opening by valves. 

 Indigenous, native. 



Induplicale, doubled, or folded inwards. 

 Indurated, hardened. 



Indusium, the membrane that encloses the thecae of ferns. 

 Inferior, beneath ; applied to the calyx, corolla, or stamens when attached 



below the germen ; and to tbe germen when situated below either of 



them ; a radicle which is situated at the lower end of the seed at the 



hilum is said to be inferior. 

 Injlexed, bent inwards. 

 Inflorescence, disposition of the flowers. 

 Infra-axillary, below the axils of the leaves. 

 Infundibuliform, funnel-shaped ; applied to a calyx or corolla in which the* 



tube is ob-conical, and gradually enlarges upwards into the limb; 



as the outer florets of Blue-Bottle, the corolla of Centaury, Grom- 



well, Thorn-apple. 

 Innate, growing on, attached by the base ; as many anthers. 

 Integument, the outer covering of a seed. 



