imbricative 
inconspicuous 
calyx or corolla where one piece 
must be wholly internal and one 
wholly external, or overlapping at 
the edge only; imbric’ative is a 
synonym. 
immarg’inate, immargina’tus (im = 
not, margo, marginis, a border), 
not margined or bordered. 
immedia’tus, (Mid. Lat. not mediate), 
proceeding direc’ ly from a part, as 
pedicels of a raceme. 
immer’sed, tmmer'sus (Lat., plunged), 
below the surface; (1) entirely 
under water; (2) embedded in the 
substance of the leaf or thallus. 
immo’bilis (Lat.), immovable, as 
many anthers ; opposed to versatile. 
impa'ri-pin’nate, ~ -pinna’tus (impar, 
unequal, + PINNATE), pinnate with 
an odd terminal leaflet. 
imper’fect, imperfec'tus (Lat., incom- 
plete), where certain parts usually 
resent are not developed; as a 
Hower may be imperfect, that is, 
unisexual. 
imperforate (in, into, per, through, 
Jora'tus, bored), without an open- 
ing, closed (Crozier). 
implex’us, (J.at., an entwining), en- 
tangled, interlaced. 
implica’tus (Lat.), entangled, woven 
in. 
Impregna’tion (im = in, praegnatus, 
pregnancy), fertilization, the union 
of male and female elements. 
impres’sus (Lat. ,pressed into), marked 
with slight depressions. 
impu’bes, not mature, as impubera 
Aetas, the period before impregna- 
tion. 
inadhe’ring (inadhacrens, not cling- 
ing), free from adjacent parts. 
inaequa’lis (Lat.), unequal in size; 
inaequimsg’nus,t (magnus, large), 
not the same in size; inaequilat’eral, 
inaequilatera’lis, inaequilat' eris 
(latus, lateris,a side),unequal sided, 
as the leaf of Begonia; inaequiner’- 
vius, (nervus, a nerve), when the 
veins are of dissimilar size. 
inane’, ina'nis (Lat.), empty, void; 
as an anther containing no pollen. 
inan’therate (Crozier) = inanthera’tus, 
(in = not, + ANTHER), having no 
anther ; said of abortive or sterile 
filaments. 
inappendic’ulate, inappendicula'tus 
(in = not, appendicula, a small ap- 
pendage), without appendages ; in- 
aper’tus, (apertus, opened), not 
opened, contrary to its habit. 
Inarch’ing, grafting by approach, the 
scion remaining partly attached to 
its parent, until union has taken 
place. 
inartic’ulate, inarticula’tus (Lat., 
indistinct), not jointed, continuous. 
incanes’cent, incanes’cens (Lat., turn- 
ing hoary), becoming grey, canes- 
cent. 
inca’nous (Crozier) = inca‘nus (Lat.), 
quite grey, hoary. 
incar’nate, incarna’tus (Lat., clothed 
in flesh), flesh-c: loured, “‘ carneous.” 
In’cept, Incep’tion (inceptum, a begiv- 
ning), suggested rendering of the 
German “ Anlage.” 
Inch, an English measure, equalling 
2.54 om. ; in Latin, uncia, uncialis. 
inci’sed, inci’sus (Lat., cut into), cut 
sharply into the margin ; inci’so- 
denta’tus, slashed toothed ; ~ -ser- 
ra'tus, deep-slashed serrations ; In- 
cis‘ion, Ivcis'’to, an indentation on 
the margin of a foliar organ. 
inclining, inclined (inclinatus, bent 
down), falling away from the hori- 
zontal direction. 
inclu’ded, inclu’sus (Lat., shut in), 
not pres uiitog beyond the sur- 
rounding organ ; includen’tia fo’iia, 
applied to alternate leaves which 
in the sleep-position approach buds 
in their axils, seeming to protect 
them as in Sida (De Candolle). 
Incog’nit (incognitus, not examined), 
used by H. C. Watson for those 
British plants whose nativity or 
distribution are matters of doubt. 
incomple’te, incomple'tus (Lat., not 
finished), wanting some essential 
part ; Incomple’tae, usually synony- 
mous with Monochlamydeae, but 
variously circumscribed by differ- 
ent authors. 
inconspic’uous, -cuus (Lat., not re- 
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