GLOSSARY. 



Ligule : the strap-shaped corolla in many Coraposita9, the little membranous 



appendage at the summit of the leaf-sheaths of most Grasses. 

 Limb : the blade of a leaf petal, &c. 

 Linear : narrow and flat, the margins parallel. 

 Lingulate, Linguifonn : tongue-shaped. 

 Lip : the principal lobes of a bilabiate corolla or calyx, the odd and peculiar 



petal in the Orchis Family. 

 Lobe: any projection or division (especially a rounded one) of a leaf, &c. 

 Locellus (plural locelli) : a small cell, or compartment of a cell, of an ovary 



or anther. 

 Ldcidar : relating to the cell or compartment {locuhts) of an ovary, &c. 

 Locuhcidal (dehiscence) : splitting down through the middle of the back of 



each cell. 

 Ldment : a pod which separates transversely into joints. 

 Ldrate: thong-shaped. 



Lunate : crescent-shaped. Lunulate : diminutive of lunate. 

 Lyrate : lyre-shaped ; a pinnatifid leaf of an obovate or spatulate outline, the 



end-lobe large and roundish, and the lower lobes small, as in Winter 



Cress and Radish. 



M'dculate : spotted or blotched. 



Male (floveers) : having stamens but no pistil 



Marcescent: withering without falling off. 



Marginal: belonging to the edge or margin. 



Marginate: margined, with an edge different from the rest 



Masked : see personate. 



Median : belonging to the middle. 



Medullary : belonging to, or of the nature of pith {medulla) ; pithy. 



Membranaceous or Me'mbranous : of the texture of membrane ; thin and more 



or less translucent. 

 Mericarp: one carpel of the fruit of an Umbelliferous plant. 

 Mesocarp: the middle part of a pericarp, when that is distinguishable into 



three layers. 

 Micropyle : the orifice of the ovule or seed. 

 Midrib : the middle or main rib of a leaf. 

 Mttriform : mitre-shaped ; in the form of a peaked cap. 

 Monad^phous : stamens united by their filaments into one set. 

 Mondndrous (flower) : having only one stamen. 



Moniliform : necklace-shaped ; a cylindrical body contracted at intervals. 

 Monochlamydeous : having only one floral envelope, i. e. calyx but no corolla, 



as Anemone and Castor-oil Plant. 

 MonocotyUdonous (embryo) : with only one cotyledon. 

 Monacious, or Monoicous (flower) : having stamens or pistils only. 

 Mondgynous (flower) : having only one pistil, or one style. 

 Monopdtalous (flower) : with the corolla of one piece. 

 Monophyllous : one leaved, or of one piece. 

 Monosepalous : a calyx of one piece; i. e. with the sepals united into one 



body. 

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