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GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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l/.Mt, features or general appearance of a plant. 



I/<'.^late, formed like the head of a halbert, 



IfcfsfatO'lanceoIate, between halhert-shaijcd and lanceo- 

 late. 



IlastatO'Safjittate, between halbert -shaped and arrow- 

 sliaped. 



Haulm, dead stems of herbs. 



HdwAt^ the snme as Galea; see G.ileatc. 



Ilcrhciceous, a plant the stem of which perishes annunlly. 



ITcrmaphroditey consisting of two sexes. 



ITcxagonal^ six-sided. 



Jleccandrovs, having six stamens. 



Hexangular, six-angled. 



J-fe-rapeialous, having six pctnls. 



HUum, the scar or mark on a seed which indicates the 

 place by which it adliercd to the placenta. 



Hirsute, rough with soft hairs. 



Hispid, rougli with stiff hairs. 



Hoary, covered with white dn^vn. 



Homogeneous, having a miiform nature, or principle, or 

 composition. 



Honey-pore, the pore in flowers "v^'hicli secretes honey. 



Honey-scales, the scales in flowers which secrete honey. 



Honcy-sj^ois, the spots in flowers which secrete honey. 



Hooded, beine." curved or hollowed at the end into the 

 form of a hood. 



Hi'vn, any long subulate process in a flower is called a 

 horn. 



Husks, the dry envelopes of either flowers or fruits. 



Hyaline, crystalline, transparent. 



Hybrid, mule; partaking of the nature of two species. 



Hygrometrical, indicating the approach of moisture. 



Hypocraieriform, salver- shaped. 



liypogynous, sitn-Tted below the ovarium. 



Hypophyllous, under the leaf. 



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 Teed, covered with particlus like icicles. 

 Tee-drops, transparent processes resembling icicles. 

 Imbricate, laid one over anotlier like tiles. 

 Tnciicd, cut, separated by incisions. 

 Tncrassatcd., becoming thicker by degrees. 

 Incurved, bendin,Lr inward. 



Tncurve-recurved . hending inwards and then backwards. 

 In dehiscent, not dehiscing. 

 Tii'ligcnons, native of a country. 

 Indurated, hardened. 



Tndusium, the membrane that encloses the thcca of ferns. 

 Tnfiatcd, blown up. 

 T?f.fle.ved, bending inward. 

 Tiifhrcscence, disposition of flowers. 

 Tnfandihidiform, funnel-shaped. 

 Innocuous, harmless. 



Inspissated, thickened; spoken of sap or olher liquor. 

 Intenrratiufi, ha\ing the power of making tender or 



softening. 

 Tniemodes, the space between the joints of plants. 

 hderpeiiolar, between the petioles or leafstalks. 

 Interstices, spaces between one thing and another. 

 Iniramarginal , within the margin. 

 Inverse, inverted. 



Inrolucch, tlie partial involucra of umbelliferous plants. 

 Tnnolucral, having an involucre. 

 Involucratcd, oovored with an invohicre. 

 Involxicre or Inroliicnivi, the braetca"; which surround 



the flowers of Umbcllifcra) in a whorl. 

 Involute, rolled inwards. 



Joints, the plicca at which the pieces of the stem are 



articulated with each other. 

 Jidiform^ formed like an amentum or catkin. 



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 Kaliform, formed like Salsola kali, a sea-coast phmt. 

 Keel, wdien the miflrib of a leaf or petal is sharp and 



elevjttcd externally it is railed a keel. 

 Kiwed or Kncc-juinted, bent like the knee-joint. 



Lrthelhim, the front segment of an orchideous or other 



flower. 

 Lacinhc, scgmcntR of any thing. 

 h'ci/iialc, out ur divided into seumcni.s. 



LrirfesceM, yielding milky juice. 



LacaruB, little pits or depressions. 



Lacunose, covered with little pits or deiDressicus. 



LcBviyaied, smoothed. 



Lamclluled, divided by plates internally. 



Lamina, literally a plate; it is mostly applied to tlse 



leaf of a plant considered without its petiole. 

 Lanceolate, lance or spear shaped. 

 La7iceolato~suLidate, between lanceolate and subulate. 

 Lateral, on one side. 

 Law, loose, not compact. 

 I^ajfets, small parts of compound leaves. 

 Legunie or Legumen, a pod; the fruit of leguminous 



plants. 

 Lr_'!mninnns, plnnts which bear legTimes, such as the 



pea, tlie bean, the kidncybean. 

 Lenticidar, shaped like a lens. 

 Lcntiform, in form like a lens. 

 Leprous, covered with spots or scales. 

 Lid, the calyx which falls off from the flower in a single 



piece. 

 Lingula, the membrane at the top of the petiole of 



grasses and other plants. 

 Lincndate, strnp-shapcd. 



Limhate, having a coloured or dilated surface. 

 Linear, when the two sides iire parallel. 

 Lincar-cnsate, long sword-shaped. 

 UnpuifoTTYh or Linpnlate, tonpue-shaped. 

 Lipped, having a distinct lip or labellum. 

 LoOelets, small lobes. 

 Locomotion, motion from place to place. 

 Locidaments, partitions or cells of a seed vessel. 

 Locidar, a fruit is called xmilocular if it contains but 



one cell (a), bilocular if two cells (i), trilocular it- 

 three (c), and so on. 

 Lament, a kind of legume falling in pieces when ripe. 

 Lomentaceous, bearing periearpia. called lomenta. 

 Loratc, shaped like a thong or strap. 

 Luhricafe, to make slippery. 

 Lucid, bright, shining. 



Lunate or Lunulate, shaped like a half moon. 

 Lurid, a colour between purple, yellow, and j^ruy. 

 Lymphatic, of or belonging to lymph or sap. 

 Lyraie, lyre-shaped, 



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 Macerate, to decompose by steeping in water or other 



liijuid. 

 Marcfinal, relating to the mariiin. 

 Masticatory, grinding or chewing with the teeth. 

 Math, an old term for crop. 



Matrix, n place where any thing is generated or formed. 

 Medulla, the pith of a plant. 

 Medullary, relating to the pith of plants. 

 JMclastomaceous, partaking of the nature or appearance 



of Melastoma. 

 Melliferous, honey -bearing. 

 Membranaceous or Membranotts, having the texture of a 



membrane. 

 Menstrmim, a liquor used as a dissolvent. 

 ATeshes, the openings in any tissue. 

 Alicaciozts, glittering, shining. 

 Midrib, the large vem which passes from the petiole to 



the apex of a leaf. 

 Miliary, granulate resembling many seeds. 

 Mifri/orin, formed like a mitre. 

 Mi'lnlity, the power of motion. 



Monadelplimis, having the fllaments cohering in a tube. 

 Monaiidrous, havine one stamen. 

 Moniliform, formed like a necklace, that is to say, with 



alternate swellings resembling beads and contrac- 

 tions. 

 i\fimocotyledi)ns, having one seed lobe or leaf. 

 Mwio^cious, having the one sex in one flower, and tha 



other in another. 

 Monopetaloui>, having one petal. 



Monosrpulous, having one sepal or division of the calyx. 

 Mordant, that which enables vegetable matter or tissue 



to receive dyes or colouring matter, and to retain 



them. 

 Mottled, marked -with blotches of colour of unequal 



intensity passing insensibly into each other. 

 Miifiliff/e, a turbid slimy fluid. 

 Afncronatc, pointed sharp. 

 JSTucronuUde^ having a little hard puiiit. 



