164 GLOSSARY 



Irregular. Having the parts unlike. 



Labiate. Provided with lips. 



Laciniate. Cut into narrow segments. 



Lanceolate. Long and narrow with the broader part towards the 



stem. / 



Leaflet. A division of a compound leaf. 

 Legume. A dry, one-celled fruit splitting down both sides. 

 Ligulate. Strap-shaped. 



Limb. The expanding part of a petal, sepal, or corolla. 

 Linear. Long and narrow. 

 Lobed. Somewhat deeply cut into lobes. 

 Lyrate. Pinnatifid, the terminal lobe larger than the others. 

 Midrib. The central rib or vein of a leaf. 



Monadelphous. Stamens united by their filaments into one group. 

 Monoecious. Having staminate and pistillate flowers on the same 



plant. 

 Mucronate. Sharp pointed. 



Naturalized. Well established in a region but not native to it. 

 Nectary. An organ for secreting sugar. 



Node. The point on a stem from which a leaf or leaves are given off. 

 Nut. An indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a hard shell or pericarp. 

 Obcordate. Heart-shaped with the apex towards the stem. 

 Oblanceolate. Lance-shaped with the broad part towards the apex. 

 Oblong. Longer than broad, with nearly parallel edges. 

 Obovate. Ovate with the broader part towards the apex. 

 Obsolete. Rudimentary or entirely wanting. 

 Operculum. A lid. 

 Orbicular. Circular or nearly so. 

 Ovary. The organ bearing the ovule. 

 Ovate. Egg-shaped. 



Ovule. The part of the plant which matures into a seed. 

 Palate. A projection from the lower lip of some corollas. 

 Palet. A bract inclosing the flower of a grass. 

 Palmate. ' With parts radiating like the fingers. 

 Panicle. A compound flower cluster of the indejierminate type. 

 Papilionaceous. Butterfly-shaped. A term applied to the ooroUa 



of flowers of the pea family. 

 Pappus. Bristles, awns or bracts on the achenes of members of the 



. compositsB. 

 Parasite. Growing on another plant. 

 Parietal. Along one wall of the ovary. • 

 Parted. Deeply cut. 



