GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 
LIGNnUUSs.—Woody. 
Lims.—The spreading portion of a gamophyllus calyx or corolla. 
LINEAR.—Applied to an organ with parallel margins that is many times 
longer than broad, 
LoBe.—Any segment of an organ. 
LocuLicIDALLy.—Dehiscent through the back of a cell of a capsule. 
MEDULLA.—The pith. 
MEDULLARY Rays.—Rays of fundamental tissue which connect the pith with 
the bark. 
MEMBRANOUS, MEMBRANACEOUS.—Thin and rather soft, more or less trans- 
lucent. 
Mesocarp.—-The middle layer of the pericarp. 
METABOLISM. —The oxydizing processes that go on in the living plant. 
Mipris.—The central or main rib of a leaf. 
MONADELPHOUS.—In one brotherhood. Applied to stamens which are 
united by their filaments into one set. 
MoNOCOTYLEDONOUS. —Possessing but one cotyledon or seed leaf. 
Monccious.—In one household. Appled to plants which have separate 
staminate and pistillate flowers, but both borne on the same plant. 
Mucronate.——Tipped with a small soft point. 
MULTIPLE FRuIT.—A fruit composed of numerous small fruits, each the 
product of a separate flower ; ex. mulberry. 
Necrary.—The honey gland or honey repository of a flower. 
NERVED,—Veined. 
Nope.—The point on a stem of a plant from which the leat develops. 
Osconic.—Conic with the point of attachment at the apex. 
OBcoRDATE.—Inversely heart-shaped. 
OBLANCEOLATE.—Inversely lanceolate. 
OBLONG. -—Considerably longer than broad, with flowing outline. 
OsruseE.—Blunt, rounded. 
Ova..—Broadly elliptical. 
Ovary.—The part of the pistil that contains the ovules. 
Ovoip.—Egg-shaped. Applied to solid bodies. 
OVULE.—The rudimentary seed. 
PANICLE.—A compound raceme. 
PAPILIONACEOUS.—A term descriptive of such flowers as those of the Pea. 
Partep.—Cleft nearly but not quite to the base or midrib. 
PepICcEL.—The stem of an individual flower of a cluster. 
PEDUNCLE.—A flower stalk. 
Perrectr.——Applied to a flower which has both pistil and stamens. 
PERIANTH.—A term applied to the floral envelopes taken as a whole. 
Paricarp,—The walls of the ripened ovary, the part or the fruit that en- 
closes the seeds. 
PERIGYNOUS.—Borne around the pistil instead of at its base. Applied to 
stamens and petals borne on the throat of the calyx. 
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