GLOSSARY 



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lSn'<;e o late, Innce-shnped. 



la nu'gi nose, covered with down, or fine soft 

 hair. 



'appa'cjeous, covered with forked points. 



la'teiit, concealed or umkveloped. 



lat'cr al, belonging to the side. 



15t er I'tious, brick-colored. 



la'tex, the turbid or milky juice of plants. 



lat i fo'li ous, broad-leaved. 



leaf, a colored expansion, growing from the 

 stems or branches of a plant. 



leaf bud, a bud that develops into a leaf or 

 leafy branch. 



leaflet, one part of a compound leaf. 



leaf scar, a cicatrix on a stem from which a 

 leaf has fallen. 



ISath'er y, having the consistency of leather ; 

 coriaceous. 



Igg'ume, a seed vessel which opens by both a 

 ventral and dorsal opening, as the bean, 

 pea, etc. 



le gu'mi nous, belonging to the legumes. 



I§n'ti gel, a small, oval, rounded spot upon 

 a stem or branch, from which the under- 

 lying tissues may protrude, or roots may 

 issue, either in the air or when the stem 

 or branch is covered with loater. 



len tic'u lar, resembling a lentil in size and 

 form. 



leu tig'i nose, bearing numerous dots resem- 

 bling freckles. 



Igp'rous, covered with scurfy scales. 



II 'bar, the inner bark lying next to the 

 wood. 



li'chen, a jiowerless plant growing upon 

 rocks, trees, and various bodies. 



ITd, the cover of the spore case of mosses ; 

 ■the top of an ovary ichich opens trans- 

 versely ; an operculu m . 



ITg'ue ous sys'tem, tvoody system. 



ITg'u late, strap-shaped. 



ITg'ule, a stipule of grasses. 



lil i a'ceous, like a lily. 



ITmb, border of a petal or sepal. 



JTni'bate, bordered, as ichen one color is 

 edged ivith another. 



line, the twelfth of an inch. 



iTn'e ar, long and narroiv. 



iTn'e ate, marked longitudinally with de- 

 pressed par(dlel lines. 



lYn'gui form, tigulate. 



ITn'gu late, tongue-shaped. 



ITp, one of the lobes of a labiate corolla. 



ITt'to ral, belonging to the shore. 



ITv'id, clouded with bluish broirn or gray. 



lo'bate, lohed. 



lo cSl'late, divided into secondary compart- 

 ments or cells. 



iSc'u lar, relating to the cell or coinparlment 

 of an ovary. 



loculicl'dal, dehi.^cent through the middle 

 of the hack of each cell. 



loctis'ta, the spikelet of a flower clu.<iter of 

 grasses. 



I ISd'i cule, one of the scales nnt^nering in 



grass flowers to the perianth. 

 lo'ment, a jointed legume. 

 lo men tS'ceous, like a loment ; having fruits 



like laments. 

 lo'rate, strap-shaped ; ligulate. 

 lu'nate, crescent-.'shaped . 

 lu'pulin, a fine, yelloic, resinous powder, 



found upon strobiles or fruit of hops. 

 lu'teous, yellowish; more or less buff. 

 lutSs'ceut, of a yellowish color. 

 ly'rate, lyre-shaped, or spatulate and ohlnng, 



with small lobes toward the base. 



M. 



mSc'ro spore, a large .<>pore of certain flower- 

 less plarits. 



mSc'u late, marked xvith spots or blotches. 



male, staminate. 



mam mose', breast-shaped. 



marcSs'cent, icithering, but persistent. 



mar'gin al, pertaining to the margin or 

 border. 



mar'gin ate, having a margin distinct in ap- 

 pearance or structure. 



mSr'i time, belonging to seacoasts. 



mar'mo rate, variegated like marble. 



meal'y, farinaceous. 



me'dial, or me'di an, running through the 

 middle; belonging to the middle. 



medul'la, pj7A; soft cellular tissue occupy- 

 ing the center of a stem or branch. 



mgd'ul la ry rays, rays of cellular tissue seen 

 in a transverse section of exogenous wood, 

 tchich pass from the pith to the bark. 



mgd'ullary sheath, the tube formed by the 

 spiral vessels around the central column 

 of pith. 



mei o stSm'o nous, having fewer stamens 

 than the parts of the corolla. 



mem bra na'ceous, membra'uous, thin, and 

 rather .toft or pliable, as the leaves of the 

 Ro.te. Peach-tree, and Aspen Poplar. 



me nls'coid, crescent-shaped. 



mSr'i carp, one carpel of a cremocarp of an 

 umbellifer. 



mer is mSt'ic, dividing into cells or segments 

 by the formation of internal partitions. 



mSs'ocarp, the middle layer of a pericarp, 

 consisting of three distinct layers. 



mes o phlce'um, the middle or green bark. 



me tSb'o lism, transformation of one kind of 

 sub.ttance into another in assimilation. 



mi'cropyle, an opening in the outer coat of 

 a seed through which the fecundating pol- 

 len ertfers the ovule. 



mi'cro sjiiire. an exceed inglu minute spore 

 found in rfrtain fltnrerless plants. 



niTd'rih, or niTd'vpin. the central vein of a 

 leaf 



mTlk'-vSs'nels. certain cells in the inn^r hark 

 of plants rnnlaining milky juice. 



