GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Imbricate, imhricated, imbricative : over- 

 lapping, the outer covering tlie in- 

 ner, and brcakinf^ joints, lilce tiles 

 on a roof, 144, 269. 



Immarginate : not margined. 



Immersed : growing wholly under water. 



Impari-pinniite: pinnate with an odd 

 leaflet; 163, fig. 288. 



Imperfect flowers: wanting either sta- 

 mens or pistils. 



Impregnation : same as fertilization. 



Inane: empty. 



Incanous: hoary-white. 



Incised: cut irregularly and sharply; 

 159, fig. 259. 



Included: not projecting beyond; en- 

 closed. 



Incomplete flower : wanting some one or 

 more kinds of organs, 259. 



Incrassated: thickened. 



Incrustations in cells, 58. 



I'ncubous : the apex of each leaf Ijnng 

 over the base of the next, as in 

 many Hepaticso. 



Incumbent: leaning or lying upon : 

 said of the cotyledons when the 

 radicle lays against the back of one 

 of them, 390, 326, fig. 705 ; or 

 when the anther lies on the inner 

 side of the filament, 282. 



Incurved : bent or curved inwards. 



Indefinite: either uncertain in num- 

 ber, or too many to be readily 

 counted, 242. 



Indefinite groicth, 1 00. 



Indefinite inflorescence, 210. 



Indehiscent (fruits) : not opening, at 

 least not in a regular way, 310, 313. 



Indeterminate inflorescence, 210. 



India-rubber, 57. 



Indigenous : of spontaneous and original 

 growth in a country. 



Indigo, 414, 415. 



Individual, 20, 131, 352. 



Individuality, 132, 352. 



Indumentutn: any hairiness or downy 

 covering. 



Indilplicate .• bent or folded inwards, 

 145, 273. 



Indusium: the proper covering of the 

 fruit-dots of Ferns ; any peculiai' 

 membyanous covering, 501. 



Inequilateral : unequal-sided. 



Inferior: underneath, 252; or same as 

 anterior : thus the inferior petal, 

 &c. is the same as the anterior one, 

 237. 



Inflated: bladdery. 



Inflexed: abruptly bent inwards. 



Inflorescence, 209. 



Iifra-arillari/ : originating below the 

 axil. 



Infundibular, infundibuliform : funncl- 

 sliaped ; i. e. a tube enlarging up- 

 wards ; 277, fig. 1049. 



Innate : borne directly on the apex of a 

 thing, 282. 



Innovations : new shoots or new growths. 



Inorganic : unorganized. 



Inorganic constituents, \70. 



Inosculating : opening into each other ; 

 anastomosing, 49. 



Inserted: attached to, 224, 250. 



Insertion: the place or the mode of junc- 

 tion of leaves with the stem, &c., 

 133. 



Inter-, in composition : between ; as 



Intercellular: between the cells. 



Intercellular spaces or passages, 24, 50. 



Intercellular system, 50. 



Interlaced tissue, 48. 



Internal glands, 51. 



Internodes, 92. 



Interpe'tiolar : between the petioles, 171. 



Inleiruptedly pinnate, 164, fig. 285. 



Intine: the inner coat of a pollen-grain. 



Intrafoliaceous : within or before a leaf, 

 1 71 , as the stipules in fig. 305. 



Introflexed: bent strongly in^^■ards. 



Introrse: turned inwards towards the 

 axis, 282. 



Intruse : appearing as if pushed inwards 

 or indented. 



Inrerse : inverted ; suspended. 



Inroluc^llate : furnished with an 



Involuce'tlum, or {nvolucel: a secondary 

 or partial involucre, 216. ' 



Involucrate: provided with an 



Involilcrum, or involucre : an outer or 

 accessory covering ; a set of bracts 

 surrounding a flower-cluster ; 214, 

 fig. 321, &c. 



Involute : rolled inwards, 144, 273. 



Ipecacuanha, 393, 433. 



Iridaceae, 490. 



Irregular : unequal in size or in shape, 

 253, 277. 



Irregularity, 253. 



Irritability, 345. 



IsdchroUs : one-colored. 



Isoetinese, 502. 



Isdmerous, or isdmeric : the parts equal in 

 number. 



Isost^monous : the stamens as many as 

 the petals or sepals. 



Jalap, 455. 



Jasminacese, 459. 



Jelly, 55, 310. 



Jointed: separate or separable trans- 

 versely into pieces (joints), 92. 



Juba : a loose panicle, as of Grasses. 



Juga : the ridges of the fruit of Umbel- 

 lifersie, 426. 



