GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



LIGNEOUS. Woody. 



LIMB. The spreading portion of a gamophyllus calyx or corolla. 



LINEAR. Applied to an organ with parallel margins that is many times 

 longer than broad. 



LOBE. Any segment of an organ. 



LOCULICI DALLY. Dehiscent through the back of a cell of a capsule. 



MEDULLA. The pith. 



MEDULLARY RAYS. Rays of fundamental tissue which connect the pith with 

 the bark. 



MEMBRANOUS, MEMBRANACEOUS. Thin and rather soft, more or less trans- 

 lucent. 



MESOCARP. The middle layer of the pericarp. 



METABOLISM. The oxydizing processes that go on in the living plant. 



MIDRIB. The central or main rib of a leaf. 



MONADELPHOUS. In one brotherhood. Applied to stamens which are 

 united by their filaments into one set. 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS. Possessing but one cotyledon or seed leaf. 



MONCECIOUS. In one household. Applied to plants which have separate 

 staminate and pistillate flowers, but both borne on the same plant. 



MUCRONATE. Tipped with a small soft point. 



MULTIPLE FRUIT. A fruit composed of numerous small fruits, each the 

 product of a separate flower ; ex. mulberry. 



NECTARY. The honey gland or honey repository of a flower. 



NERVED. Veined. 



NODE. The point on a stem of a plant from which the leaf develops. 



OBCONIC. Conic with the point of attachment at the apex. 



OBCORDATE. Inversely heart-shaped. 



OBLANCEOLATE. Inversely lanceolate. 



OBLONG. Considerably longer than broad, with flowing outline. 



OBTUSE. Blunt, rounded. 



OVAL. Broadly elliptical. 



OVARY. The part of the pistil that contains the ovules. 



OVOID. Egg-shaped. Applied to solid bodies. 



OVULE. The rudimentary seed. 



PANICLE. A compound raceme. 



PAPILIONACEOUS. A term descriptive of such flowers as those of the Pea. 



PARTED. Cleft nearly but not quite to the base or midrib. 



PEDICEL. The stem of an individual flower of a cluster. 



PEDUNCLE. A flower stalk. 



PERFECT. Applied to a flower which has both pistil and stamens. 



PERIANTH. A term applied to the floral envelopes taken as a whole. 



PERICARP. The walls of the ripened ovary, the part of the fruit that en- 

 closes the seeds. 



PERIGYNOUS. Borne around the pistil instead of at its base.- Applied to 

 stamens and petals borne on the throat of the calyx. 



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