GLOSSARY 313 
Soft-wood trees with light, soft wood, in which the annual 
rings are not well defined in early stages or late formation. 
HERBACEOUS (herba = herbage). Applies to a soft annual 
stem that dies to the root annually, and is reproduced _ 
from a perennial root. 
IMBRICATED (imbricare = to cover with hollow gutter tiles, 
down which the rain (imber) runs). Applied to leaves 
overlapping like tiles on a roof. Note the scales of cones 
and the leaf-growth of the Araucaria Imbricata, and 
many others. 
INFLORESCENCE (inflorescere = to begin to blossom). Term 
applied to the way flowers are situated upon plants. 
Synonym: Flower Cluster. 
INTERNODE. Vide NODE. 
INVOLUCRE (involvere = to involve). A whorl, or ring of 
bracts. 
KEELED. Keel-shaped, with a prominence on the back. 
Vide CARINATE, boat-shaped, 
Lacin1aTE (lacinia = lappet, or small piece of a garment). 
Applied to leaves cut into narrow lobes and with an 
appearance of having been gashed with scissors. 
LANCEOLATE (lancea = a lance). Having the form ofa lance, 
z.e. tapering at both ends. Broadest below the middle. 
Oblanceolate, broadest above the middle. 
LaTERAL (latus = side). Applied to leaves in the Cupressinez 
that grow on the side of the branchlets. Those that 
grow on the upper and lower side of shoot are called 
variously dorsal and facial, or DoRSO-VENTRAL (q. vide). 
Lear Bup. A bud producing a stem with leaves only. 
Licneous (lignum = wood). Wooden, or having the texture 
of wood. 
Linzar (linum = flax, thence a thread). Narrow, with the 
two sides nearly parallel, e.g. the leaf of a Yew tree. 
LrrorALis (litus = the sea-shore). Growing on the sea-shore. 
LutEvs (lutum = a herb used for dyeing a yellow colour). 
Of a deep yellow colour. 
Macro (macro = long or large). Macrophylla = large-leaved. 
Marcin (margo = edge or border). The edge of a leaf is 
called its margin, ¢.g. entire margin is even and smooth ; 
serrate margin has sharp teeth like a saw pointing for- 
