INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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Interruptedly pinnate, 287. Fig. 159. 

 Introrse (anthers), turned inward, 497. 

 Involucre, 337. 



Involute, rolled inward, 213. Fig. 81. 

 Irregular flowers, 441. 



Jointed, having joints, separable pieces. 

 Jugum, a pair; a?, bijugous, with two 

 pairs of leaflets; trijugous, three pairs. 



Keel, Keeled. See Carinate. 

 Kidney-shaped. See Reniform, 271. 

 Kingdoms of Nature, 31-33. 



Labellum, the odd petal of an orchid, 484. 



Labiate, lip-shaped, 483. 



Lacerate, torn irregularly by deep inci- 

 sions. 



Laciniate, slashed, with deep incisions. 



Lactescent, containing lac, or milk. 



Lacunous, with large depressions or pits. 



Lacustrine, growing in lakes. 



Lamina, the blade of a leaf, 453. 



Lanceolate, lance-shaped. Fig. 116. 



Lanuginous, woolly, 297. 



Latex, the turbid or milky juice of plants. 



Laticiferous tissue. See Cienchyma, 671. 



Latin names of plants, 75. 



Layer. See Stolon, 157. 



Leaf, 217, etc. ; structure of, 729. 



Leaf-bud, 195, etc. 



Leaflet, the pieces of a compound' lea 



Leaf-stems, 166. 



Legume, 572. 



Lenticulate, shaped like a double convex 

 lens. 



Liber, the inner bark, 705 . 



Lichens. Fig. 530-536. See Aero- 

 phyta, 907. 



Ligneous system, 685. 



Ligulate, strap-shaped, 482. 



Ligule, the stipules of grasses, 251. 



Liliaceous flower, 473. 



Limb, the border, 453. 



Linear, long and narrow, 275. 



Livid, clouded with bluish, brown, and 

 gray. 



Lobate, lobed, 270. 



Loculicidal, opening into the cell, 580. 



Locusta, a spikelet of the grasses. 



Loment, a jointed legume, 573. 



Lorate, thong-shaped. 



Lunate, crescent-shaped. 



Lyrate, pinnatifid with the upper lobes 

 mnch larger than the lower. 



Macros (iu Greek compounds), long or 



large. 



Maculate, spotted or blotched. 

 Mangrove tree, 138. 

 Male (flowers), same as Staminate. 



Marcescent, withering, but persistent. 



Marginal, belonging to the border. 



Marginate, having the border different. 



Medulla, pith. Medullary rays, 705. 



Medullary sheath, 693. 



Membranaceous, membranous, thin and 

 pellucid. 



Mericarp, one of tho carpels of a cremo- 

 carp of an Umbilifer, 557. 



Micropyle, 535 ; same as Foramen. 



Microscope, 60. 



Midrib, the central vein of a leaf. 



Midvein (used in this work), 256. 



Mitriform, formed like a conical cap. 



Monos (in Greek compounds), one only: as, 



Monadelphous, 506. 



Monandrous, one-stamened, 503. 



Moniliform (roots), 132. 



Monocarpic herbs, 91. 



Monochlamydeae, 902. 



Monochlamydeous (flowers), 420. 



Monocotyledonous, 596, 897. 



Monoecious, 877, 5. 



Monogynous, with one style, 513. 



Monopetalae. See Gamopetalae, 903. 



Monopetalous, 458, 459. 



MonophyUous, one-leaved. 



Monosepalous, 458, 459. 



Monstrous flowers, 380. 



Morphology, 39 ; of the flower, 372. 



Morphology of the leaf, 339. 



Mucro, a sharp, small, abrupt point 



Mucronate, 2S3. 



Multi (in composition'), many; 



Multifid, cut half-way into many seg- 

 ments. 



Muricate, bearing short, hard points. 



Muriform, like a wall of mason-work. 



Muscology, a treatise on mosses. 



Muticous, pointless, not pointed. 



Mycelium, 628. 



Naked seeds, 548. 



Napiform. (root), 28. 



Natant, swimming ; under water. 



Naturalized, growing spontaneously but 



not native. 



Natural System, 886. 

 Natural System, history of, 891. 

 Nectar, honey : Nectary, 433, 456. 

 Nepenthes, 309. 

 Nerve, the veins (254) are sometimes 



so-called. 



Netted or net- veined. See Reticulate, 258. 

 Neutral flower, 422. 

 Nodding, the summit bent over (sc. snow* 



drop). 



Node, a joint of the stem, 161. 

 Nodous, knotted; large-jointed. 

 Nodulous (root), 132. 

 Nomenclature, 909. 



