220 GiOSSART; 



Insertion; the place or the mode of attachment of an organ to its Support; p. 72. 



IntercdlvJar Passages bt Spaces, Tjt. lis, fi'gi Six. 



Intemode: the part of a stem between two nodes ;' p. 42. 



Interruptedli/ pinnate: pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with larger ones, 



as- ih Water Avens. ''-.:'•'' ' ■' ,■•... 



Intmfdiaceous {sUpnlei, &c.) : placed between'the leaf or petiole and the stem. 

 Intrarse: turned or facing inwards, 1. e. towards the axis of the flower'; p. 113. 

 Inverse or Inverted: where the apex is in the' dii^cli'on opposite to thit of the 



organ it is compared with. ' . ■-■ -i . , , . 



Invdueet: a partial or small involtrcre ; p. 81. 

 Involucellate : furnished with an involucel. 

 hivoMcraie: furnished witlr an inrolttcre. 



Involucre : a whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head ; p. 79. 

 Involute, in yematibn, p. 76 : rolled iftwards from the edges. 

 Irregular .Flowers, -p. 91. 



Jointed: separate or separable at one or more places into pieces ; p. 64, &c. 



Keel: n. projecting ridge on a surface, like the keel of .a boat; the two anterior 



petals of a papilionaceous corolla; p. lO.?, fig. 2!l7, 218, k. 

 Keeled: furnished with a keel or sharp longitudinal ridge. 

 Kernel of the ovule and seed, p. 122, 136. 

 Kidney-shaped: resembling the outline of a kidney ; p. 59, flg. 100. 



Labdltim: the odd petal in the Orchis family. 



Ixibiate: same .as iifasftt'ote or two-tipped ; p. 105. 



Lactniate : slashed ; cut into deep narrow lobes (called laclnice). 



Lactescent : producing milky juice, as does the Milkweed, &c. 



Ldamose : full of holes or gaps. ' 



Lcevigate: smooth as if polished. 



Ldmdlar or LameUate : consisting of 'flat plates (lamelltB). 



Lamina ; a plate pr blade : the blade of a leaf, &c., p 54. 



Lanate : woolly; clothed with long and soft entangled hairs. 



Lanceolate : lance-shaped ; p. 58, fig. 86. 



Lanuginous : cottony or woolly. 



Latent buds: concealed or undeveloped buds; p. 26, 27. 



Lateral: belonging to the side. 



Latex : the milky juice, &c. of plants. 



Lax: loose in texture, or sparse ; the opposite of crowded. 



Leaf, p. 49. Leaf-buds, p. 20, 27. 



Leaflet: one of the divisions or blades of a compound leaf; p. 64. 



Leaf-like: same as foliaceous. 



Leathery: of about the consistence of leather; coriaceous. 



Legume : a simple pod, dehiscent into two pieces, like that of the Pea, p. 131, 



fig. 303; the fl-uit of the Pea Famil;f {Leguminosce), of whatever shape. 

 Legumine, p. 165. 



Leguminous: belonging to legilmes, or to the Leguminous Family. 

 Lenticular : lens-shaped ; i.e. flattish and convex on both sides. 



