GLOSSARY 



Apex (Plural, Apices). The tip or pointed end of a leaf or 

 frond. 



Appressed. Pressed Hat or closely against. 



Auricle. An ear-shaped lobe at the base. 



Axil. The angle between a leaf or branch and the stem. 



Bi-. A Latin prefi.x, two or twice. Thus a leaf is bipinnate 

 when the leaflets of a pinnate frond are again pinnate. 



Bulblet. A small bulb borne on the stem and capable of 

 developing a new plant. 



Compound. Composed of several similar parts united into 

 one whole. 



Confluent. Running into one another. 



Crenate. The margin notched with rounded teeth. 



Decompound. More than once compound. 



Decurrent. The basal lobe of a leaf growing to the stem 

 below the point of insertion. 



Deflexed. Bent abruptly downward. 



Halberd-shaped. The same as Hastate. 



Hastate. Hollowed out at the base and sides like an arrow- 

 head, with lobes spreading. 



Imbricate. Placed one over another ; overlapping. 



Incised. The margin cut sharply, irregularly, and more or 

 less deeply. 



Indusium (Plural, Indusia). The covering of the fruit-dot in 

 ferns. 



Lanceolate. Tance-shaped, broadest near the base and taper- 

 ing to a point. 



Midrib. The main rib or vein of a segment, pinnule, pinna, 

 or frond. 



Midvein. The same as Midrib. 



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