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Incarna'tus. Flesh-coloured. 



Inci'sor. Front tooth. 



Inclu'ded. Wholly received, or con- 

 tained in a cavity; the opposite of 

 Exsert. 



Incomplete. Flowers destitute of a ca- 

 lyx or corolla are said to be incom- 

 plete. 



Incum'bent. When the corcle is at the 

 edges of the cotyledon. 



Incras'satc. Thickpied upward, larger 

 towards the end. 



In'cremenl. The quantity of increase. 



Incum'bent. Leaning upon or against. 



Incurv'ed. Bent inwards. 



Indi'genous. Native, growing wild in 

 a country. (Some exotics, after a 

 time, spread and appear as if indige- 



C-DUS.) 



In'durated. Becoming hard. 



Indu'sium. A covering ; plural, indu- 

 sia. 



Infe'Hor. Below ; a calyx or corolla 

 is inferior when it comes out below 

 the germ. 



Infia'ted. Appearing as if blown out 

 with wind, hollow. 



Infiex'ed. The same as incurved. 



Injlores'cence. (From inflorcsco, to 

 flo-urish.) The manner in which 

 flowers are connected to the plant by 

 the peduncle, as in the whorl, ra- 

 ceme, &c. 



Infrac'tus. Bent in, with such an acute 

 angle as to appear broken. 



Infundibulifor'mis. Funnel-iprm. 



Insert'ed. Growing out of or fixed 

 upon. 



Insi'dens. Sitting upon. 



Insigni'tus. Marked. 



Inte'ger. Entire. 



Interno'de. The space between Joints ; 

 as in grasses. 



Ivterrup'tedly-pinnate. When smaller 

 leafets are interposed among the 

 principal ones. 



Intor'tus. Twisted inwards. 



Tnlrodu' ced. Not originally native. — 

 Brought from some other country. 



Involucrum. A kind of general calyx 

 serving for many flowers, generally 

 situated at the base of an umbel or 

 head. 



Involu'cel. A partial involucrum. 



In'volute. Rolled inwards. 



Irides'cent. (From Iris, the rainbow.) 

 Reflecting light. 



Irreg'ular. Differing in figure, size, or 

 proportion of parts among them- 

 selves. 



Irritabil'iiy. The power of being ex- 

 cited so as to produce contraction ; 

 this power belongs to vegetables as 

 well as animals. 

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Jag'ged. Irregularly divided and sub- 

 divided. 



Jaws. See Faux. 



Joints. Knots or rings in culms, pods, 

 leaves, &c. 



Jugum. A yoke ; growing in pairs. 



Juida-position. (From juzta, near, and 

 pono, to place.) Nearness of place. 



Keel. The under lip of a papilionace- 

 ous flower. 



KeeVed. Shaped like the keel of a boat 

 or ship. 



Ker'ncl. See Nucleus. 



Kidhiey-shaped. Heart-shaped without 

 the point, and broader than long. 



Knee. A joint. 



Knob'bed. In thick lumps, as the po- 

 tato. 



Knot. See Joints. 



La'biate. Having lips, as in the class 

 Didynamia. 



Lacin'iate. Jagged, irregularly torn, 

 lacerated. 



Lactes'cent. Yielding a juice, usual- 

 ly white like milk, sometimes red, 

 as in the blood-root. 



Lac'teus. Milk-white. 



Lacu'nose. Lowered with little pits or 

 depressions. 



Lacus'tris. Growing about lakes. 



Lce'vis. Smooth, even. 



Lam'ellated. In thin plates. 



Lam'ina. The broad or flat end of a 

 petal, in distinction from its claw. 

 The expanded part of a leaf. In a 

 more general sense, any thin plate or 

 membrane. 



La'nate. Woolly. 



Lancc'olate. Spear-shaped, narrow, 

 with both ends acute. 



Lance-o'vate. A compound of lanceo- 

 late and ovate, intermediate. 



Lanu'ginous. Woolly. 



Lat'eral. (From latus.) On one side. 



La'tent. (From lateo, to hide.) Hid- 

 den, concealed. 



Lar'va. The caterpillar state of an in- 

 sect. 



Lax. Limber, flaccid. 



Leafet. A partial leaf, part of a com- 

 pound leaf. 



Leaf -stalk. See Petiole. 



Leg'ume. A pod or pericarp, having 

 its seeds attached to one side or su- 

 ture ; as the pea and bean. 



Legu'minous. Bearing legumes. 



Lepan'thium. A term used for a peta^ 

 like nectary ; like that of the lark- 

 spur and monk's-hood. 



