202 GLOSSARY. 



HYPOCRATERIFORM. Salver shaped ; a tube 

 expanded into a flat border. 



IMBRICATE.--- -When leaves are laid one over 

 another, like tiles on a roof, they are said to 

 be imbricated. 



INCURVED. Folding inwards. 



INFUNDIBULIFORMIS. Funnel form. 



INVOLUCRE.--- Where the bracteae, or floral leaves 

 are set in a whorl. 



IN VOLUTE. --Term applied to leaves when rolled 

 inward. 



JAGGED. Divided irregularly in many parts. 



JUGUAN. A yoke, growing in pairs. 



LAMELLAE. Term applied to the plates which 

 form the gills of the mushroom ; plates. 



LANCEOLATE. Lance or spear-shaped, as in 

 tulipa sylvestris. 



LATERAL. On one side. 



LEAFLET. A partial or little leaf, part of a com- 

 pound leaf ; leaves are always called com- 

 pound when they consist of more than one 

 leaf on a stalk. Leaf, is an expansion of 

 the fibres of the bark for the purpose of ex- 

 posing a great quantity of green matter, 

 which seems necessary to its functions in 

 respiration; when the stem is green less 



