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laNlA'Eins— Having the puff-like con- 

 sistency of German tinder, or, from 

 which this material can be produced, as 

 Fames igniarius, a large hard fungus 

 found on forest trees. 



Imber'bis — Beardless, without a beard. 



Im'bbioatub, Imbkioa'tbd— Laid one over 

 another, like the tiles on a roof. Imbri- 

 cations, where many parts are regularly 

 arranged, and one part partially over- 

 laps another. (See the petals of a 

 flower of Camellia imbrieata.) 



Immab'oinate — Applied to the apothecia in 

 - which the proper margin is obliterated. 



Immbk'sbd, Immeb'sub— Growing entirely 

 under water. Also when one part or 

 organ is completely embedded in 

 another. 



Immo'bilis — Where no particular motion 

 can take place about the point of attach- 

 ment, as where anthers firmly adhere 

 to the filament. 



Im'paei-pinna'tus— Unequally pinnate. 



Imperpec'tos, Imper'pect — Where certain 

 parts usually present are not developed. 



Impbb'poeate — Entire, withnutperforation. 



Im'plex, Implica'tws — Wrapped. Syno- 

 nym for "Plioatus." 



iMPiBx'us^-Entangled. Implexo'-ea'mosb 

 — Branches interwoven. 



Impregna'tion— Synonym for "Fertiliza- 

 tion." 



Imprbs'sus — Marked with slight depres- 

 sions. 



iNADHiE'BBNS — Free from all adhesion to 

 contiguous parts. 



iNaiQUA'Lis— Unequal. 



Ina'nib — Empty ; when a stem has no pith, 

 or only what is very soft and incon- 

 siderable. 



Inantheba'tub — When the filament pro- 

 , duces no anther. 



Inca'nus— Hoary. 



Inoabna'tus— Synonym for "Cameus," of 

 a flesTi colour. 



Inoep'tion — Eirst beginning. 



Inci'sus — Cut. When the indentations 

 along the margin of a thin or foliaceous 

 organs are deep. (See the foliage of 

 the common Nfettle, Urtica inoisa.) 



Incli'nanb, Inolina'tds, Inclined, In- 

 oi/lNiNa— Much bent out of the perpen- 

 dicular, in a curved line, the convex 

 side upwards. 



Inclu'ded, Inolu'sus — Enclosed, when one 

 • part does not extend or protrude beyond 

 another by which it is surrounded ; as 

 when the stamens or style do not extend 

 beyond the mouth of a monopetalous 

 corolla. I 



iNOEASSA'Ttrs — Thickened. 



In'odbous — The opposite of succubous.- 

 • Incubous leaves are imbricated over 

 , each other from the base towards the 

 apex, whereas in suocubous leaves they 

 are imbricated in the contrary direc- 

 tion. > 



Inoum'bent, Incum'bens, Incubitus — 

 Leaning or resting upon, where the 

 radicle is bent and pressed against the 

 back of one of the cotyledons; Applied 

 to the anther, it implies the attachment 

 to the filament to be at the back and 

 not at the base. 



Inoeus'ted, iNOBnsTA'TED — Where an 

 outer envelope is firmly attached to the 

 part it covers, as when a pericarp in- 

 vests the seed so closely that it seems 

 to form a portion of it. 



Inodrvbd', Incdeva'tus, Inodbtus — 

 Gradually bending from without 

 inwards, as when the stamens curve 

 towards the pistil. 



lNDEi'''iNiTE, Indefin'itus — Where the 

 number of any particular description 

 of organ is either uncertain, or forms 

 no positive character. Thus: The 

 number of stamens in-a flower beyond 

 twelve is not used in the artificial 

 classification. Applied to the inflores- 

 cence, it is employed synonymously 

 with "Centrifugal" or "Indeterminate. " 



Indbhis'cent — Not opening. 



In'dica — An Indian species, as DiUenia 

 tndica, the Chalta. 



Indtg'enous, Indigbnus— The spontaneous 

 production of a country. 



Indivi'bus— Entire. 



Indumbn'tum or Clothing — This includes 

 all those productions of the epidermis 

 which have, by a more or less appro- 

 priate comparison, been tertaed bristles, 

 hairs, down, cotton, or wool. 



Induplio'ate, Inddplica'tub— Where the 

 edges of a valvate estivation are folded 

 inwardly. 



Indc'sium — Applied to the skin covering 

 the sorus of some ferns. Also applied 

 to the ou^-shaped top of the style in 

 Goodanoviese. 



iNDU'viiE (Clothes) — Persistent portions of 

 the perianth. 



Inee'biob — When one organ is placed below 

 another. More especially used to ex- 

 press the connection of the tube of a 

 calyx with the ovarium; when con- 

 nected to the ovarium, so that it forms 

 an outer coat to it whilst the limb stands 

 on the summit, the calyx is called supe- 

 rior and the ovarium inferior, as in the 

 Rose. When perfectly free without 

 contracting any adhesion to, the ova- 

 rium, the calyx is said to be inferior, 

 and the ovarium superior, as in the 

 Poppy. This term^is applied to the 

 radicle when it is directed towards the 

 hilum, at the base of seeds. The ovary 

 of Gardenia and other Kubiaceous 

 plants are inferior. 



Inplat'ed — Swollen, bladdery. (See pods 

 of Swainsona, the so-called Native 

 - Indigo.) 



Inflex'bd, Inplex'us — Turned inwards. 

 Synonym for ' ' Incurved. " 



Inploebs'oenoe, Infloeescen'tia — This 

 term signifies the general arrangement 

 of the flowering branches, and the 

 flowers upon them. The forms of in- 

 florescence are^The Spike, or spieate ; 

 the Kaceme, or racemose ; the Panicle, 

 or paniculate ; the Head, or capitate ; 

 the Umbel, or umbellate ; the Corymb, 

 or corymbose ; the Cyme, or cymose ; 

 the Thyrsus, or thyrsoid. There are 

 numerous cases where inflorescences 

 are intermediate between some two of 

 the above, and are called by different 

 botanists by one or the other name, 



