GLOSSARY 



LINEAR (from Latin for flax): narrow, weaves of tne 

 Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa) are linear. 



LYRATE (from Greek and Latin, signifying a certain 

 stringed, musical instrument): applied to a lobed leaf, 

 when the terminal lobes are sufficiently large to give the 

 character of a lyre. Lower leaves of the Sow Thistle 

 (Sonchus oleraceus) are lyrate. 



MUCRONATE, MUCRONULATE (from Latin meaning abrupt- 

 ly-tipped) : said of the mid-vein when it projects as a short, 

 abrupt tip beyond the end of the leaf. Mucronulate: a 

 diminutive. Leaves of the Dwarf Huckleberry (Gaylus- 

 sada dumosa) are mucronate. 



NUT (from Anglo Saxon with same meaning): a member 

 of a cluster of fruits or a solitary fruit that has a bony 

 covering and does not open by valves. Fruit of the 

 Hickory (Hicoria alba) is a nut. 



OB: a prefix, signifying the inverse. Oblanceolate means 

 having the narrower part at the base, the broader at the 

 apex. 



OVARY (from Latin for an egg) : that part of the flower 

 which holds the immature seeds ; the ovary may be one 

 to several-celled. Ovary of Common Mallow (Malva ro- 

 tundifolia) has a number of cells. 



PALMATE, PALMATELY-DIVIDED (from Latin for a hand): 

 said of a compound division, in which all the parts start 

 at the same point or at very nearly the same point. Leaves 

 of the Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) are palmately 

 divided. 



PANICLE (from a Latin diminutive for a swelling referring 

 to tufts on plants): an arrangement of flowers in which 

 the flowering branches are rebranched. Flowers of the 

 Red Sorrel (Rumex acetosella} are in a panicle. 



