GLOSSABY. 



InfraraxWary : situated beneath the axil. 



Infundfbuliform or Infundibular! funnel-shaped. 



Innate (anther) : attached by its base to the very apex of the filament. 



Insertion: the place or the mode of attachment of an organ to its sup. 



port. 

 Internode: the part of a stem between two nodes. 

 Interrupted! 1/ pinnate: pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with larger 



ones, as in Water Avens. 

 Intrafoliaceous (stipules, &c.): placed between the leaf or petiole and the 



stem. 

 Introrse : turned or facing inwards, i. e. towards the axis of the flower. 

 Inverse or Inverted: where the apex is in the direction opposite to that of 



the organ it is compared with. 

 Involucel: a partial or small involucre. 

 Involtfcellate : furnished with an involucel. 

 Invohtcrate : furnished with an involucre. 



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

 Involute, in vernation : rolled inwards from the edges. 



Jointed : separate or separable at one or more places into pieces. 



Keels a projecting ridge on a surface, like the keel of a boat; the two ante- 

 rior petals of a papilionaceous corolla. 

 Keeled : furnished with a keel or sharp longitudinal ridge. 

 Kidney-shaped: resembling the outline of a kidney. 



Labillum : the odd petal in the Orchis Family. 



Labiate : same as bilabiate or two-lipped. 



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



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



Lasnigate : smooth as if polished. 



Ldmellar or Lamellate : consisting of flat plates (lame/Ice). 



Ldmina : a plate or blade : the blade of a leaf, &c. 



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



Lanceolate: lance-shaped. 



Lanuginous : cottony or woolly. 



Latent buds : concealed or undeveloped buds. 



Lateral: belonging to the side. 



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



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



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



Leaflike: same as foliaceous. 



Leathery: of about the consistence of leather; coriaceous. 



Legume : a simple pod, dehiscent into two pieces, like that of the Pea, th« 



fruit of the Pea Family [Leguminosce), of whatever shape. 

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

 LSpidote : leprous ; covered with scurfy scales. 

 Ligneous, or Lignose : woody in texture. 

 Ligulate: furnished with a ligule. 



