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. 



Medull.\ry 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 o.xydizing 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 ; e.x. 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. 



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

 closes the seeds. 



Perigynous. — Borne around the pistil instead o( at its base. Applied to 

 stamens and petals borne on the throat of the calyx. 



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