GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. lU 



Digitate, finger-like, usually applied to parts that radiate from a common 



centre on one side only. 

 Diohotomous, branching in pairs like the panicle of Dendrohium teretifolium. 

 Diphyllous, applied to pseudo-bulbs and stems which produce two leaves at 



their apex. 

 Distichous, arranged in two rows on opposite sides of the stem as the 



leaves of Vanda, Aerides, Dendrobium, etc. 

 Dolabriform, axe-shaped, having one margin straight and thick and the 



opposite one enlarged, rounded and thin. 

 Emarginate, applied to leaves, both foliage and floral, which have a shallow 



notch at the apex. 

 Ensiform, straight and narrow with the point acute like the blade of a 



sword. 

 Epichile. See JStanhopea, p. 109. 

 Equitant, applied to leaves that are folded one over the other at their 



base as those of many Cymbidiums, Aerides, Vandas, etc. 

 Erose, having the margin irregularly toothed as if gnawed by an insect, 



like the labellum of Odontoglossum Gervantesii. 

 Falcate, curved like a reaper's sickle. 

 Filiform, thread-like. 

 Fimbriate, fringed by tine divisions of the margin as the labellum of 



Lycaste lanipes, Dendrohium fimhriatum ; the petals of D. Haroeijanimi, 



etc. In the labellum of D. Brijmerianam the fimbriation is excessively 



developed and much branched. 

 Foliaceous, leaf-like, having the texture and appearance of leaves. 

 Fusiform, spindle-shaped, tapering towards each end like the stems of many 



of the Aulizeum Epidendra. 

 Galeate, helmet-shaped. 

 Gibbous, with a short obtuse swelling. 

 Glabrous, smooth, quite destitute of hairs. 

 Hastate, halberd-shaped, having two lobes nearly at right angles to the 



petiole or claw. 

 Hispid, Hispidulous, covered with short stiff hairs. 

 Hypochile. >See Stanhopea, p. 109. 

 Imbricating, overlapping like the tiles of a roof, 

 Infundibuliform, funnel-shaped. 

 Involute, when the lateral margins of an organ (sepal, petal, etc.) are rolled 



inwards over the blade. 

 Laciniae, the divisions of a leaf, whether foliage or floral, when acute and 



separated by an acute sinus as the side lobes of the labellum of many 



Coelogynes, Cymbidiums, etc. 



