GLOSSABY. 



[nfroraxillary : situated beneath the axil. 



InfundfbnUform or Lifnndihuldr : funnc-l-shapcd. 



Innate (anther) : attached by its base to the very apex of the filament. 



Insertion: the place or the mode of attachment of an organ to its sup- 



port. 

 Internode: the part of a stem between two nodes. 

 Interrupted! ij pinnate: pinnate with email leaflets intermixed witii larger 



ones, as in Water Avcns. 

 IntrafoUaceons (stipules, &c.) : placed between the leaf or petiole and the 



stem. 

 Introrse: turned or facing inwards, i. e. towards the axis of the fiower. 

 Inverse or Inverted : where the apex is in the direction opposite to that of 



the organ it is compared witli. 

 fnvolitrel: a partial or small involucre. 

 Involucellate : furnished with an involucel. 

 Involucrate : furnished with an involucre. 



Involucre : a wliorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. 

 Involute, in vernation : rolled inwards from the edges. 



Jointed : separate or separable at one or more places into pieces. 



Ked: a projecting ridge on a surface, like the keel of a boat ; the t-ivo ant^ 



rior petals of a papilionaceous corolla. 

 Keeled : furnished with a keel or sharp longitudinal ridge. 

 Kidne U-shaped: resembling the outline of a kidney. 



Lahellum : the odd petal in the Orchis Family. 



Labiate: same as bilabiate or two-lipped. 



Laciniate: slashed ; cut into deep narrow lobes (called lacinixB). 



Lactescent: producing milky juice, as does the Milkweed, &c. 



LcEvigate: smooth as if polished. 



Ldmellar or Lamellate : consisting of flat plates (lamellce), 



Ldmina : a plate or blade : the blade of a leaf, &c. 



Lanate: woolly ; clothed with long and soft entangled hair*. 



Lanceolate: lance-shaped. 



Lanuginous : cottony or woolly. 



Latent buds : concealed or undeveloped buds. 



Lateral: belonging to the side. 



Latex : the milky juice, &c. of plants. 



Lax: loose in texture, or sparse; the opposite of crowded. 



Leaflet : one of the divisions or blades of a compound leaf. 



LeafMke: aame as foliaceous. 



Leather ij: of about the consistence of leather; coriaceous. 



Legume : a simple pod, dehiscent into two pieces, like that of the Pea, thu 



fruit of the Pea Family [Leguminosa), of whatever shape. 

 Lenticular: lens-shaped; i. e. flattish and convex on both sidci. 

 Lepidote : leprous ; covered with scurfy scales. 

 Ligneous, or Lignose : woody in texture. 

 Ligulate : furnished with a ligule. 



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