XVI GLOSSABT. 



Internode ; the space between two nodes ; a joint. 



Interruptedly pinnate ; when pairs of small pinnae (leaflets) alter- 

 nate with l^rge pinnse. 



Introrse; anthers having the , slit by which the pollen escapes 

 directed towards the ovary. 



Inverse; inverted. An embl'yo is so called when its radicle is 

 directed towards a point at the . opposite end of the seed 

 , from the hile. , , ; 



Involucels ; the involucre's of secondary vmibels. 



Involucre ; , the iwhorled brapts at the base of an umbel or heftd ; 

 or sometimes below a single flower. 



Involute :i rolled from the back of anything, as towards the upper 

 side of a leaf. 



Joinings ; the places where the parts of the stem are attached to 



each other ; the nodes. 

 Joints; the spaces between the knots, nodes, or joinings; the 



parts joined. ' ' 



Keel ; a prominent ridge. The two lower petals of a Pea-flower, 

 within the others and united, more or less by their anterior 

 edge, form the keel. 



Kneed ; bent like the knee. 



Knots ; the joinings or nodes of the 'stem in Grasses. 



Label ; the terminal segment of the lip in Orchids. 



Laciniate ; divided into narrow irregular lobes. 



ianceoWe; narrowly' elliptic and tapering to each end. , , 



Lancet-shaped ; shortly and bluntly lanceolate. 



Lax ; loosely arranged. 



Leq/tetsy the subdivisions of compound leaves. 



Legume ; a one-celled and two-valved seed-vessel witl(. the 



seeds arranged along the inner angle, as in Pea. 

 Lenticular ; like a doubly convex lens. 

 Ligulate; strapshaped; not' very narrow nor long, and with 



nearly parallel sides. 

 Ligule ; a membrane at the base of the limb of the leaf of Grasses. 

 Limh ; the flattened expanded part of a leaf or petal. 

 lAnear ; , very , narrow and long, with parallel sides until near 



the end. 

 lAngidate ; tongueshaped ; long, fleshy, convex, blunt. 

 Lipped; applied to la corolla or calyx appearing to consist of two 



lips. 

 XoWe; lobed ; with large divisions. 



Loculicidal ; opening down the back (or midrib) of the carpel. 

 Lower part of a floral whorl ; that furthest from the main axis ; 



anterior. ■ 



Lunate shaped like the new moon. 



