IV GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 



Lamina, the flat expanded part of a leaf or floral segment. 



Ligulatc, strap-shaped, narrow and moderately long. 



Limb, as Lamina, but applied to the floral segments only. 



Lanceolate, when the blade is broadest in the middle and diminishes 



insensibly towards each end. The true lanceolate form is three or four 



times as long as broad. 

 Linear, narrow with the edges parallel. Linear-lanceolate, narrower than 



lanceolate. Linear-oblong, narrower than oblong. 

 Micropyle, the pore or opening in the ovule through which the pollen 



tubes enter. 



Monophyllous, applied to pseudo-bulbs and stems which produce but one leaf 



at their apex. 

 Mesochile. See Stanhopea, p. 109. 



jNIucronate, abruptly terminated by a sharp hard point. 

 Obcordate, the converse of cordate, narrow at the base and terminating 



in two rounded lobes ; but in the ORCHiDBiE an obcordate blade is 



usually apiculate or pointed at the apex as the labellum of Brassia 



Gireoudiana. 

 Oblanceolate, the converse of lanceolate, broader between the middle and the 



apex. Oblanceolate-oblong, intermediate between oblong and oblanceolate. 

 Oblong, the sides parallel and nearly straight, two or three times as long 



as broad. 

 Obovate, the converse of ovate. 

 Ovate, egg-shaped in outline, one and a half to twice as long as broad. 



Ovate-oblong, intermediate between ovate and oblong, broadest near the 



base. 

 Panduriform, fiddle-shaped, of obovate form with two recesses on each side 



as in the labellum of dielogyne pandurata, many Oncids and Odontoglots, 



etc. 



Paniculate, Panicled, branched, applied to the inflorescence only. 



Papillae, minute epidermal " up-risings " or glandular asperities on the surface. 



Papillose, covered Avith papilhv as tlie sepals and lip of many Masdevallias. 



Pectinate, arranged like the teeth of a comb. 



Pedicel, the lateral or secondary flower-stalk of a raceme or panicle. 



Perianth, the series of floral segments that surrounds the sexual organs. 

 In orchidology it is sometimes restricted to the lower whorl or sepals as 

 they are conventionally called. 



Petiolate, applied to leaves having a fcjotstalk, in contradistinction to sessile 

 said of leaves in which the footstalk is absent. 



Petiole, the footstalk of a leaf. 



Placentation, parietal and axile. See Cypripedium, p. 5 (foot-note). 



