GLOSSARY. 



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Hood, Hooded. See CucuIIafc. 



Hi/'i/int;. Transparent ; translucent. 



Hijhrid. A cross between two species, produced 



by the fertilization of the flower of one species 



by the pollen of another. 

 Hyiwcrateriform, or Hi/poc?-ateriinoi])hous. The 



same as salveribrm. 

 Jf/f/)ii)jiiviis. Growing or remaining nnder ground. 

 Hij/Kiiji/iious. Growing upon the receptacle of 



the Uower at the base of the pistil, and free 



from the perianth. 



Imbricate. Overlapping, as tlie scales of the 

 several series of an involucre ; in aestivation, 

 applied to cases where at least one part of the 

 calyx (or corolla) is wholly external and one 

 wholly internal, as distinct from convohUe, 

 where none are either wholly external or in- 

 ternal, and from valvule, where none overlap. 



Iinnucrginate. Not maigined or bordered. 



Liimersed. Growing wholly nnder water ; in 

 mosses, used of a capsule inclosed within its 

 involucral leaves. 



Inucqii (lateral. With unequal sides. 



Incised. Irregularly, .sharply and deeply cut. 



Included. Inclosed by the surrounding organs; 

 not exserted. 



Incomplete. Not perfect ; wanting some of its 

 parts. 



Incubous. Imbricate upward, having the tip of 

 one leaf resting upon the base of the one 

 above it. 



Incumbent. Eesting upon ; of cotyledons, lying 

 with one side toward the radicle ; of anthers, 

 lying against the face or inner side of the 

 filament. 



Incurved. Curved inward. 



Indefinite. Of number, variable or very numer- 

 ous ; indeterminate. 



Indehiscciit. Not opening regularly by valves 

 or otherwise. 



Indeterminate. Of inflorescence, not definitely 

 terminated but continuous with the axis, the 

 lower or marginal flowers being the first to open. 



Indiijcnous. Native to the country. 



Induplicate. With margins folded inward. 



Indusium. In ferns, the shield- or scale-like 

 covering of the fruit-cluster. 



Inferior. Lower ; that part of a flower, etc., 

 which is toward the bract ; applicid also to a 

 calyx that is free from the ovary, and to an 

 ovary that is adnate to the calyx. 



Inflated. Bladdery. 



Inflexcd. Bent or turned abruptly inward. 



Inflorescence. The flowering portion of a jilant, 

 and especially the mode of its arrangement. 



Infra-axillary. Below the axil. 



Infundibuliform. See Fimnelform. 



Innate. Borne upon the upper surface of a 

 support, as an anther upon the sunnnit of its 

 filament, the cells dehiscing marginally. 



Innovation. A shoot by which the growth and 

 continuance of the plant is prolonged, used 

 especially of mosses. 



Iiisirlcd. Attaclieel to or growing n])on. 



Insrrtinn. The place or mod.- ol' Mltacliment of 

 an (n-iran. 



Intcrnode. The part of a stem l>etween two 

 nodi's. 



Intrurse. Turned inward toward tlie axis. 



Involucellate. Provided with an invohircl. 



Involuccl. A)i inner or secondary involucre ; 

 that which surrounds an umbellet. 



Invulacrutc. Having an involucie. 



Involucre. A circle or circles of scales, Ijracts 

 or leaves, distinct or united, surroumling a 

 flower or llower-clustur ; in UnilxUilinc, the 

 bracts subtending the umbel. 



Involute. Kollcd inward. 



Irregular. Not regular ; unsymnictrifal ; with 

 its parts une(jual or unlike. 



Isomeruus. Having an eipial numlK-r of jiart.s 

 in successive series, as of sepals, petals, sta- 

 mens, etc. 



Jointed. Having joints or nodes. 

 Julaccous. Kesembling an ament. 



Keel. A central dorsal ridge, resembling the 

 keel of a boat ; the united lower petals of a 

 papilionaceous flower. 



Keeled.. Carinate ; having a keel. 



Kernel. The seed within a nut ; a grain : prop- 

 erly, the contents of tiie seedcoats, consisting 

 of the embryo and albumen. 



Kidney-shaped. See Iteniform. 



Lahellum. A lip, as in Orchids. 



Labiate. Lipped ; applied to an irregular corolla 



or calyx which is une(pially divided into two 



parts or lips. 

 Lahiatiflorous. Having flowers with a labiate 



corolla. 

 Lticende. Torn ; irregularly and deeply cleft. 

 Laeiniate. Cut into narrow slender teeth or 



lobes. 

 Lactescent. Yielding milky juice. 

 Lacunose. Having numerous ]iits, depressions 



or cavities. 

 Lacustrine. Living in lakes, ponds or swamps. 

 Lageniform. Gourd-shaped. 

 Lamella. A thin plate or scale. 

 Laiaellar. Composed of thin plates. 

 Lamina. The blade or dilated portion of a leaf. 

 Lanate. Covered with long curled haii-s like 



wool. 

 Lanceolate. Shaped like a lance-head ; tapering 



upward from a narrowly ovate or suljovate 



base. 

 Lanuf/inoiis. Provided with wool ; woolly. 

 Latrral. At the side ; attached to the side. 

 La vender-color. A \y,i[v: grayish blue. 

 Lc((f. The principal organ of vegetation Ixinie 



by the stem, in which the S!»p is elaljorateJ 



for the growth of the plant. 

 Leaf-blade. The dilated jiortion of a leaf. 

 Leaf-bud. A bud which is the rudiment of a 



branch and tends to develoii into one. 

 Leaflet. A sejiarate division of a compound h-af. 

 Leafstalk. The footstalk or jietiole of a leaf. 

 Leathery. Resembling leatlu-r ; coriaceous. 

 Legunw. A normally 1 -celled capsule, formed 



from a single carpel, but dehiscing by two 



valves, as in the I'ea. 



