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GLOSSAKY. 



ovate, &c., with something of the lance- 

 olate form. 



Lance ovoid; egg-shaped, with a swelling 

 base and tapering apex. 



Lanuginous ; clothed with a loose wool. 



Lateral ; at the side. 



Laterally compressed; flatted on the 

 sides ; the lateral edges pressed towards 

 each other 



Lace ; loose, or limber ; not compact. 



Leaflets. Partial leaves; the constituent 

 leaves of a compound leaf. 



Leaf-like (foliaceous); having a texture 

 and expansion resembling a leaf. 



Leafy (toliosus); furnished or abounding 

 with leaves. 



Legume. A Bean, or fruit formed of a 

 single carpel of 2 valves, with the seeds 

 affixed along the upper suture, only. 



Leguminous; having the structure of a 

 Legume ; bearing or producing the fruit 

 called a Legume, or Bean. 



Lenticular; having the form of a lens: 

 orbicular and compressed, but convex on 

 both faces. 



Ligneous; woody; of a firm woody tex- 

 ture. 



Lignescent; becoming somewhat wood} . 



Ligulate, strap-shaped, or ribband-shaped ; 

 flat and linear. 



Ligule; the usually membranous appen- 

 dage at the base of the leaf, or summit 

 of the sheath, in the grasses. 



Limb; the suinit of a monosepalous calyx ; 

 or the upper spreading part of a mono- 

 petalous corolla. 



Line; the twelfth part of an inch. 



Linear; of an uniform width; long and 

 narrow with parallel sides. 



Linear lanceolate, c ; partaking of both 

 forms, but more of the latter. 



Lip; the upper or under division of a 



^labiate flower; or the lower perianth- 



segment of many Orchidaceous flowers. 



Lobe: the division, or segment, of a petal, 

 or leaf: the free portion of a gamopeta- 

 lous corolla. 



Lobate, or lobfd; cut or divided into lobes. 



Loculic'idal dehiscence ; when the peri- 

 carp opens naturally on the back of a 

 cell (i. e. at the dorsal suture) directly 

 into the cavity. 



Lament ; an indehiscent 2- or several - 

 seeded legume, contracted between each 

 seed, and finally separating at the joint- 

 like contractions. 



Lomentaceous legume, or pod ; a pod of 

 2 or more seeds, with a joint-like con- 

 traction, or transverse partition, between 

 the seeds. 



Longitudinal; lengthwise; parallel with 

 the axis, or in a direction from the base 

 towards the summit or apex. 



Lunate or lunulate; having the figure of a 

 new moon. 



Lutfscpnt ; yellowish. 



Lyrate: lyre-shaped; pinnatifid, with the 



terminal segment largest and mostly 

 rounded. 



Mamillate ; conical, with a rounded apex. 



Marcescent; withering and shrivelling on 

 the stem, instead of falling off. 



Margin. The edge or circumference of a 

 leaf, or other expansion ; also, the thin 

 wing-like border of certain seeds. &c. 



Marginal; belonging to, or situated at, the 

 margin. 



Marginate or margined; having a border 

 or edging of a texture or color different 

 from that of the disk ; surrounded by a 

 wing-like expansion, or narrow mem- 

 brane. 



Medullary rays. Bands or thin plates of 

 cellular tissue, which pass from the pith 

 to the bark, in woody stems. 



Melliferous; producing or containing honey. 



Membranaceoux, or membranous; thin, 

 flexible, and often slightly translucent. 



Mericarp; a name given to the indehis- 

 cent carpel of the UMHELLIFER.*'. 



Mtcropyle; the small foramen, or open- 

 ing in the proper coats of a seed, to which 

 the radicle always points. 



Midrib. The main central nerve of a leaf, 

 apparently a continuation of the petiole. 



Monadelphous; having the filaments all 

 united in one set, usually forming a tube. 



Monandrous; having a single stamen. 



Mono; in composition ; one or single. 



Mon'iliform; arranged like, or resembling 

 the beads of a necklace. 



Mo-noclin&us; having the stamens and pis- 

 tils in the same flower. 



Monocotyledonoun plants. Where the em- 

 bryo has but a single lobe, or cotyledon. 



Monograph. A description (usually am- 

 ple and elaborate) of a single thing, or 

 class of things, as of a Genus, Tribe, or 

 Family, &c. 



Monogynous\ having but one pistil. 



Monoecious, or Monoicous; having stami- 

 nate and pistillate flowers distinct, but on 

 the same plant. 



Monaeciously or monoicomly polygamous; 

 having perfect and imperfect flowers on 

 the same plant. 



Monopetalous; having but one petal ; or, 

 more correctly, the petals united into 

 one. See gamopetnlous. 



Mon aphyllous; consisting of a single leaf. 



Monosepalous; consisting of one, sepal, or 

 rather, several sepals united more or less 

 completely. See gamosepalow. 



Mucfonate; terminated by a mucro, or 

 small projecting point, usually the pro- 

 longation of the midrib, in leaves. 

 "ucronuldte; having a small mucro, or 

 terminal projecting point. 

 uttifid; many-cleft; cut into numerous 

 seginents. 



r ultiple. A number containing another 

 number several times without a fraction, 

 or remainder; as 9 is a multiple of 3. 



Multiple fruits. Where there isacoml-i- 



