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BOTANICAL TERMINOLOGY. 



Homotropous. Having the same di- 

 rection as the body to which it is 

 attached. 



Hooked. Curved suddenly at the 

 point. 



Horizontal. Parallel to the horizon. 



Hypocrateriform. Salver-shaped. 



Hypogynous. Stamens arising from 

 below the ovary. 



Icosandrous. Having more than ten 

 stamens inserted on the calyx. 



Imbricated. Lying over each other 

 with regularity. 



Impari-pinnate. Unequally pinnate. 



Imperfect. Wanting stamen or pistil. 



Incequivalve. Valves unequal. 



Incised. Irregularly and sharply 

 cut. 



Inclined. Bent towards another body. 



Included. Contained within another 

 body. 



Inconspicuous. Not apparent. 



Incrassated. Being thickened. 



Incumbent. Leaning upon ; the ra- 

 dicle resting against the back of 

 one cotyledon. 



Incurved. Bent inwards. 



Indefinite. Too numerous to be 

 counted. 



lndehiscent. Not opening naturally. 



Indigenous. Being a native. 



Induplicate. Having the edges bent 

 or rolled inwards. 



Indusium. Thin membranous co- 

 vering, or scale to the thecse in 

 ferns. 



Inferior. Towards the base or root. 



Inflated. Enlarged, as if dilated by air. 



Inflexed. Incurved. 



Inflorescence. The mode in which 

 flowers are arranged on a branch. 



Infracted. Bent at so acute an angle 

 as to appear broken. 



Infundibuliform. Funnel-shaped. 



Innate. When an anther is firmly 

 attached to the apex of the filament. 



Inodorous. Without smell. 



Insertion. The point of attachment 

 or union. 



Interfoliaceous. Between the inser- 

 tion of leaves. 



Internode. The space between nodes 

 or joints. 



Interrupted. When organs of a dif- 

 ferent size or kind are interposed in 

 a series. 



Interval. A channel on the seeds of 

 umbelliferous plants, between the 

 ridges. 



Intine. Inner coat of ovule. 



Intrafoliaceous. Within a leaf. 



Introduced. Not originally a native. 



Introrse. Turned inwards. 



Inverted. Where a part is in an op- 

 posite direction to that of other 

 similar parts. 



Involucel. A partial involucre, an 

 involucre to pedicels. 



Involucre. A whorl of bracts to an 

 umbel or head. 



Involute. Rolled inwards. 



Juga. Pairs. 



Keel. The lower petal of a papilio- 

 naceous corolla. 



Kidney -shaped. Much hollowed at 

 one side, and rounded at the ends; 

 reniform. 



Knot. A node or swelling joint. 



Labettum. A peculiar-formed petal 

 in orchideous flowers. 



Labiate. Having lips. 



Lacerated. Torn ; cut into irregular 

 segments. 



Laciniated. Jagged ; irregularly 

 divided. 



Lactescence. Milkiness. 



Lacunose. Pitted. 



Lacustrine. Peculiar to lakes. 



Lamella. A thin plate. 



Lamina. A broad plate or expan- 

 sion. 



Lanate. Woolly. 



Lanceolate. Shaped like the head of 

 a spear. 



Latex. The proper juices of plants. 



Laticiferous tissue. The series of 

 vessels carrying the latex. 



Leaf. The organs of transpiration 

 and respiration in plants. 



Leaflet. One of the small leaves of 

 a compound one. 



Leaf-stalk. Petiole. 



Legume. A pod ; a bivalve peri- 

 carp, dehiscing by both sutures. 



