GLOSSARY 689 



Isabelline. A dirty tawny tint. 



Isogamous. Used for those plants which produce like gametes. 



Isogamy. Conjugation of two gametes of similar form. 



Keeled. Caiinate. 



Labyrinthifonn. Marked by sinuous lines. 

 Lacerate. Torn, or irregularly cleft. 

 Lactiferous. Latex bearing. 

 Lamella (ae). The gills of Agaricales. 

 Lamellate. Made up of thin plates. 

 Lamellif onn. In the shape of a plate or scale. 

 Lamelloid. Resembling lamellae. 

 Lageniform. Shaped like a Florence flask. 

 Lanceolate. Narrow, tapering to each end. 

 Latericious. Lateritious. Brick-red. 

 Latticed. Cross-barred. 

 Lax. Loose, distant. 



Lentictilar. Shaped like a double convex lens. 

 Lichenoid. Irregularly lobed as lichens. 

 Lignicole. Growing on wood. 

 Limoniform. Lemon-shaped. 

 Linear. Narrow, several times longer than wide. 

 Lipochrome. A yellow pigment. 

 Lobate. Lobed. Divided into or bearing lobes. 

 Locule. Loculus. A cell or cavity. 



Lumen. The space which is bounded by the walls of an organ, as the 

 central cavity of a cell. 



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Macro. Mega. In Greek compounds to signify large. 

 Maculicole. On spots. 

 Mammiform. Breast-shaped. 



Marginate. Broad-brimmed, furnished with a margin of distinct char- 

 acter. 

 Matrix. The body on which a Fungus or Lichen grows. 

 Melleus. Melleous. Like honey. 



