OLOSSAKT. XVll 



lAgulate ; strap-shaped ; not very narrow nor long, and with 

 nearly parallel sides. 



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



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



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

 the end. 



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



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

 lips. 



Lobate ; 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. 



Lyrate ; a pinnatifid leaf with the lobes successively and gra- 

 dually enlarging from the petiole, and ending in one still 

 larger lobe. 



Marcescent ; fading but remaining in its place. 



Medullary ; relating to the pith. Medullary rays are plates of 



cells which connect the pith with the growing part next to 



the bark. 

 Membranous ; of the texture of membrane ; thin and flexible. 

 Mericai-ps ; the carpels of Umbelliferse. 

 Midrib • the large vein extending along the middle of a leaf 



from its petiole nearly or quite to the other end. 

 Moniliform ; cylindrical but constricted at regular intervals. 

 Monocotyledonous; having one sheathing cotyledon. 

 Monoecious ; with the sexes in separate flowers on the same 



plant. 

 Monosepahus ; monopetalous ; when the sepals or petals are 



joined by their edges so as apparently to form one. 

 Mucronate ; abruptly tipped with a short point of the same 



texture. 

 MwUifid ; divided into many parts. 

 Muricate ; covered with short sharp points. 

 Mono-, di-, &c. androus ; with 1, 2, &c. stamens. 

 Mono-, din, &o. yynov» ; with 1, 2, &c. free styles or stigmas. 



Nectary ; an organ which secretes honey. 



Netted; covered with hues connected together like network. 



Node ; a point in a stem where a leaf is produced ; a joining. 



Nut; a hard dry 1-seeded superior pericarp; also used for a 

 glans, a hard dry 1- or few-seeded inferior pericrap not 

 bursting and seated in a cup-like involucre, e. g. acorn. 



