incrassate 
indusioi 
markable), not readily seen from 
small size or lack of colour. 
incras’sate, incrassa’tus (Lat., thick- 
ened), made stout, as the leaves of 
house-leek. 
incre’asing = aCCRESCENT ; incres’cent 
(incresco, Igrow), growing (Crozier). 
Incrus’ting, incrusta’tus (Lat., coated), 
(1) used of seeds so firm in their 
pericarp, as to seem one with it; 
(2) encrusted with earthy matter. 
Incubation (¢ncubatio, a brooding), the 
time from the moment of infection 
or sowing of spores, until growth 
is manifest. 
in’cubous, -bus (incubo, I lie upon), 
the oblique insertion of distichous 
leaves, so that the lower overlap 
the upper on the same side of the 
stem on the dorsal surface, as in 
Bazzania ; of. succusBovs. 
incum’bent, incum’'bens (Lat., leaning 
on), resting or leaning upon, pro- 
cumbent; ~ An’ther, one which 
lies against the inner face of its 
filament ; ~ Cotyle’dons, when the 
back of one lies against the radicle, 
shown as ||0. 
incur’ved, incur’vus, incur’vate, in- 
curva’ tus (incurvus, bent), bending 
from without inwards. 
indefinite, inde/fini’tus (Lat., not pre- 
cise), (1) uncertain or not positive 
in character ; (2) too many for easy 
enumeration, as an abundance of 
stamens, denoted by the sign © ; 
(3) in an inflorescence, when race- 
mose, the main axis being capable 
of constant extension ; ~ Growth, 
continuous growth and not the 
mere extension of a limited organ- 
ism or bud; ~ Inflores’cence, in- 
determinate or centrifugal, acro- 
petal of some authors. 
indecid’uous (in=not, deciduus, cut 
or lopped off), evergreen or per- 
sistent foliage (Crozier) ; indehis’- 
cent, -cens (dehiscens, gaping), not 
opening by valves or along regular 
lines. 
Indepen’dence, the separation of 
organs usually entire. 
indeterm’inate, indetermina’tus, not 
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terminated absolutely, as an in- 
florescence in which no flower ends 
the axis of the flower-cluster. 
In’dican, a nitrogenous glucoside, by 
its decomposition forming Inpico. 
indif'ferent(indifferens, without differ- 
ence), not specialized or differenti- 
ated. 
In’digene (indiges, native), a native 
plant ; indig’enous, -nus, original to 
the couutry, not introduced. 
In'digo, a deep blackish blue obtained 
from Indigofera tinctoria, Linn. ; 
In'digogene, white indigo, or colour- 
less indigotine ; indigot/icus, in- 
digo blue, atro-cyaneus. 
In’digotine, pure blue indigo, forming 
about four-tenths of the commercial 
indigo. 
indirec’te veno’sus, Link’s term for 
lateral veins combined within the 
margins, and emitting other little 
veins. 
Individ’ual, Individ’uum (individ'uus, 
inseparable), a unit of the series 
which constitute species ; Individ’- 
ualism,(1)capable of separate exist- 
ence ; (2) symbiosis in which the 
total aggregate result is wholly 
different from any of the sym- 
bionts ; Individua’tion, a synonym 
of the last (2). 
indivi’sus (Lat. ), undivided, entire. 
indu’ced, applied to those movements 
which are the result of some irrita- 
tion or stimulus, as pressure, light, 
heat, etc. ; Induc’tion, the produc- 
tionof sensitive movements; hetero- 
g’ enous ~ , duetotwoormorecauses ; 
isog’enous ~, due to one cause. 
Indumen’tum (Lat., a garment), any 
covering, as hairiness. 
indu’plicate, induplica’tus; indu’pli- 
cative, with the margins bent in- 
wards, and the external face of 
these edges applied to each other, 
without twisting. 
induras’cens (induresco, I harden), 
hardening by degrees ; indura’ted, 
hardened, 
indu’saeform, indu’siform (INDU- 
sium, forma, shape); indu’sioid 
(eos, like), John Smith’s expression 
