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Keel. A projecting ridge like the keel in the bottom of a boat; the keel- 

 iike petals of a papilionaceous flower. 



Laciniate. Cut into narrow lobes or segments. 



Lanate. Woolly, clothed with long and short tangled hairs. 



Lanceolate. Lance-shaped, long and narrow and tapering at least at the 



upper end. 

 Leaflet. A division or one of the blades of a compound leaf. 

 Lateral. Belonging to the side, as opposed to terminal. 

 Legume. A pod composed of a single carpel, dehiscent along both sutures. 

 Lepidote. Covered with small scales. 

 Ligulate. Strap-shaped. 

 Linear. Said of a narrow leaf, several times longer than broad, with the 



margins parallel. 

 Loculicidal. A capsule dehiscent on the dorsal suture, or the back of 



each cell. 



Micropyle. Same as foramen; an opening in the coats above the apex of 



the ovule or seed. 

 Membranaceous. Membrane like, thin and soft in texture. 

 Menus. Part, as trimerous, of three parts. 

 Mono-. In Greek compounds, meaning one, as monocotyledonous — 



having one cotyledon. 

 Monodelphous . In one brotherhood or set. 

 Monoecious. Male and female flowers borne on the same plant. 

 Mucronate. Abruptly tipped with a short point. 



Naked. With no floral or other envelopes. 



Nectariferous. Having a nectary; honey-bearing. 



Nerve. A vein of the leaf. 



Netted. With branching veins forming a fine net-work. 



Nut. A hard, indehiscent, one seeded fruit, produced by a compound 



ovary. 

 Nutlet. A little nut or stone. 



Ob-. When prefixed to a word, meaning inverted. 

 Obconical. Inverted top-shaped. 

 Obcordate. Inverted heart-shaped. 



