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ovate, &c., with something of the lance- 
olate form. 
Lance-ovoid ; ee with a swelling 
base ‘and tape ering 
inous . Glicthed with a loose wool. 
Lateral; at the side. 
ally compressed ; flatted on the 
sides tho.la ards 
h othe: 
i Jose, or limber ; not compact, 
pee leay ves; we constituent 
und 
teral e edges pressed tow: 
Laiplike ‘ ge ieee having a texture 
and poy resembling a leaf. 
Leafy (joliosus); furnished or abounding 
- with area 
Bean,—or fruit formed of a 
single “carpel ze 2 valves, with the seeds 
affix picalon ou ope r suture, only. 
g the structure ‘of a 
podneing the fruit 
GLOSSARY. 
terminal segment largest and mostly 
rounded. 
Mamiilate ; conical, with a rounded apex. 
Marcescent; withering and shrivelling on 
the stem, instead of falling off. 
Margi he edge or circumference of a 
wing or other expansion ; also, = ag 
worplaats or mar. acne having a 
or edging of a texture or color diferent 
from that of the disk; surrounded by a 
bh -like expansion, ‘or nafrow mem- 
sat ila 8, Bands or thin plates of 
cellular ans, which pass from the pith 
to as Boers in woody stem 
Me robe ucing or contain honey. 
Me or membranous; thin, © 
flexible, and v often ba cea translucent. 
Méricarp; he Uniriaive to the indehis- 
car M 
sioner rie pits Rael bat ic on 
both faces. 
ture. 
Lignescent; becoming somewhat woody. 
Ligulate, Se reD aver, or ribband-shaped ; 
_ usuall 
; woody; of a firm woody tex- 
t and 
re y membranous appen- 
dag e base of the leaf, ey summit 
of t the sheath in the grasses. 
Limb; the sumit of 5 peoose pala oul bel 
or thew reading part o 
thee: the _ twelfth part of an inch, 
Zinear; of an uniform width; long and 
upper 
sniel 
Attar 
Lip; the upper or under division of a 
labiate flower; or ara ower perianth- 
segment of many Orchidaceous flowers. 
a oe division, or  segienty ofa neal, 
or a gam 
lous coro las Salagiy cag 
Lobate, or lobed; eut or divided into poe 
Loculicidal dehiscence ys the 
bag opens naturally on the back ora 
G. bao the dorsal suture) directly 
into th 
indehisee 
seede edeA t ae contracted 
seed, and fin ant oh separating at the joint- 
like co ee neg pods “ie 
ecunis or of 
2 or an ss with a oint-like con- 
pte edna or Tse partition, between 
he seeds. 
sep gm , eee ays parallel with 
See oe base Malina: many 
apex. 
p= emlgalamens Mu 
nt 2- or several-| JK 
ted between each | Monosé 
pea in the proper coats 
the pee pains i 
Midrib. ect 
appar rally ya 
| Monadelphous; “having the filaments 
usually ee a — 
Mi a single stam 
Mono; in pete one or sin oe 
Moniliform; arranged —— or resembling 
the beads of a necklae 
‘onoclinous; having the stamens and pis- 
tils in the s same flow. 
Monocoty 
Db: ro has b ingl 
of a seed tw 
th 
tyledo: 
Mon bet ee eeeription (usually am 
oe ae ataboratey of a ea thing, or 
ene ass bedi 3 ce bg of a Genus, Tribe, or 
Mor ong yous: having but one pistil. 
us, or Monoicous; ‘ovine stami- 
nate and | pistillate flowers distinct, but on 
— 
fy oe ankDt oly gamous, 
having | pertiet and im: oie perkeee Howers on on 
eee same. plan nt. Sed 
; having but one petal ; or, 
more correctly, the petals united into 
one. See Swe aeons ap 
ongepel isting of e apes io 
stor con: 0 ae ee 
rather, several sepa 
eouauelakets. 
nilenaghs ot term = y the or 
small projectin: int, usually the pro- 
longation mor of the crt 
ha y 
riatnal projecthig pont: a 
2 cut inte numerous 
en 
A number poco 7 another 
cae 9 is San oa 
or re : 
RACY! oat 
Iyre-shaped; pinnatifa, with the| auitiple. 
