GLOSSARY. 437 



Hoary. Grayish white pubescent. 



Hooded. See Cucullate. 



Horn. See Spur. 



Hyhrid. A mongrel or intermediate species between two others, 

 from which it is descended. 



Hypocrateriform. Salver shaped. With a tube abruptly ex- 

 panded into a flat border. 



Hypogynous. Inserted under the ovary, or germ, but not adher- 

 ing to it, nor to the calyx. 



Hypogoean. Under ground. 



Hysteranthous. When the flowers appear before the leaves, 



I. 

 Icosandrous. Having about twenty stamens growing on the 



calyx and not on the receptacle. Belonging to the class 



Icosandria. 

 Imbricate. Lying over each other like scales, or the shingles of 



a roof. 

 Jncanous. Hoary. 



Included. Wholly received or contained in a cavity. The op- 

 posite of exserted. 

 Incrassated. Thickened upward. Larger toward the end. 

 Incumlent. Lying against or across. 

 Indehiscent. Not opening, or gaping, at maturity. 

 Indigenous. Native, Growing originally in a country. 

 Indusium. Plural Indusia. The involucre or veil which covers 



the fruit of ferns. 

 Inferior. Lowermost, Used to express the relative situation of 



the calyx and germ. An inferior flower is one in which the 



calyx and corolla are below the germ. 

 Inflated. Tumid and hollow. Blown up like a bladder. 

 Inflorescence. The manner in which the flowers are situated or 



connected with the plant, and with each other. 

 Infundihuliform. Funnel shaped, which see. 

 Innate. Growing to the apex or extremity. 

 Inserted into. Growing out of, 

 Internode. The space between joints. 



37# 



