156 GLOSSARY 



Horrid. Used in the classic sense. 



Hybrid. Offspring resulting from the egg of one species being 

 fertilized by the sperm of another: less properly, the result 

 of crossing one variety with another. Names of hybrids 

 are prefixed by X ; or a compound name is formed by com- 

 bination of the specific names of the parents, separated 

 by X. 



Hypanthium. A hollow fruiting receptacle (rose, fig). 



Hypogynous. Arising from the receptacle below the pistil, as 

 applied to calyx, corolla or stamens. 



Imperfect. Lacking stamens or pistil, as applied to flowers. 



Incised. Toothed or lobed, with acute sinuses as if cut. 



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 (flower- 

 ing 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 oi the pea family. 



