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Jmbr. 



incis. 



incras, 



incur. 



indeh. 



indig. 



infl. 



inflex. 



injior. 



infund. 



inter. 



inve. 



invol. 



invol. 



Labell. 



lac hi. 



lac. 



lact. 



lacun. 



lavig. 



lam. 



lane. 



lat. 



lax. 



leafi. 



leg. 



lent. 



lentif. 



lepr. 



lig. 



lin. 



ling. 



lip. 



lob. 



locul. 



loment. 



lor. 



luc. 



lun. 



lur. 



hjr. 



Blarg. 



med. 



mellif. 



memb. 



micac. 



midr. 



mitr. 



monad. 



monan. 



monilif. 



monocot. 



moncec. 



mo nop. 



monos. 



mucr. 



mult if. 



multip. 



multipl. 



mur. 



Nav. 



GLOSSARY. 



imbricate, or tiled, 

 incised, or cut. 

 incrassated, or thickening, 

 incurved, or bending inwards, 

 indehiscent. 



indigenous, native of a country, 

 inflated. 



inflexed, or curved inwards, 

 inflorescence, or mode of flowering, 

 infundibuiiform, or funnel-shaped, 

 internodes, or space between the joints, 

 inverse, or inverted, 

 involucrum, or small leaves that sur- 

 round the flower, 

 involute, or rolled inwards. 



labellum, or front lip or segment of an 



orchideous plant, 

 laciniate, or divided into segments, 

 laciniae, or segments, 

 lactescent, or milky, 

 lacunose, or covered with small pits, 

 laevigated, or smooth, 

 lamina. 



lanceolate, or spear-shaped, 

 lateral, or inclined to one side, 

 loose. 



leaflets, the parts of compound leaves, 

 legume, or pod. 

 lenticula, or little lentil. 

 lentiform. 

 leprous, or spotted, 

 ligulate, or strap-shaped, 

 linear, or when both sides are parallel, 

 linguiform, or tongue-shaped, 

 lipped, 

 lobes, 

 loculaments, or partitions of the seed 



vessel. 

 lomentaceous. 

 lorate, or strap-shaped, 

 lucid, or shining, 

 lunate, or half-moon-shaped, 

 lurid, 

 lyrate, or lyre-shaped. 



marginate. 



medulla, or pith. 



melliferous, or honey-bearing. 



membranaceous. 



micaceous, or glittering. 



midrib, or vein that passes in the mid- 

 dle of a leaf. 



mitriform, or formed like a mitre. 



monadelphoas, or having the stamens 

 united into one set. 



monandrous, or of 1 stamen. 



moniliform, or necklace-formed. 



monocotyledons, or having 1 seed leaf. 



monoecious. 



monopetalous, having 1 petal. 



monosepalous, having 1 sepal. 



mucronate, or sharp-pointed. 



multifarious, numerous. 



multipartite, many-parted. 



multiplex, multiplied. 



muricated, or covered with sharp points. 



navicular, or boat-shaped. 



nectar if. 



nect. 



nerv. 



neut. 



nodd. 



nodo. 



nucl. 



Obcor. 



obi. 



obov. 



obt. 



occid. 



ochr. 



octan. 



octogy. 



offic. 



oleag. 



opp. 



operc. 



orbic. 



orif. 



ov. 



ovar. 



Pal. 



paleac. 



palm. 



pand. 



pani. 



papil. 



papill. 



pap. 



pat. 



patul. 



pect. 



pedatif. 



pedic. 



pedu. 



pell. 



pelt. 



penc. 



pend. 



pentag. 



pentagy. 



pent. 



pen tap. 



per en. 



pcrf. 



perianth. 



peric. 



perigy. 



persis. 



petalo. 



pet. 



petio. 



pilif. 



pil. 



pinncB. 



pinnatisect, 



pinnatif. 



pisif. 



pisl. 



plic. 



plu. 



pluril. 



nectariferous, or horn y-bearing. 



nectary. 



nervose, or nerved. 



neuter, neither male nor female. 



nodding, or drooping. 



nodose, or joints. 



nucleus, or kernel. 



obcordate, or inversely heart-shaped. 



oblong. 



obovate, or inversely ovate. 



obtuse, or blunt. 



occidentalis, or western. 



ochraceous, or yellowish. 



octandrous, having 8 stamens. 



octogynous, having 8 styles. 



officinal. 



oleaginous, or oily. 



opposite. 



opercular, or having a lid. 



orbicular, or roundish. 



orifice, or opening. 



ovate, or egg-shaped. 



ovary, or seed vessel. 



palate, or mouth of gaping flower, 

 paleaceous, or chaffy, 

 palmate, or resembling a hand, 

 panduriform, or fiddle-shaped, 

 panicle, or loose spiked, 

 papilionaceous, or butterfly-like, 

 papillose, or small glands, or like nipples, 

 pappus, or downy, 

 patent, or spreading, 

 patulous, a little spreading, 

 pectinate, or comb-like, 

 pedatifid, or cut into lobes, 

 pedicillate, or small footstalks, 

 peduncle footstalks, 

 pellucid, shining, 

 peltate. 



pencilled, or marked with lines, 

 pendulous, or drooping, 

 pentagonal, or having 5 angles, 

 pentagynous, having 5 styles, 

 pentandrous, having 5 stamens, 

 pentapetalous, having 5 petals, 

 perennial, of many years duration, 

 perfoliate, when the stem runs through 



the leaf, 

 perianthium, or envelope that surrounds 



the flower, 

 pericarp, or seed vessel, 

 perigynous, inserted in the calyx, 

 persistant, not falling of. 

 petaloid, like a petal, 

 petals. 



petioles, or footstalks, 

 piliferous, or bearing hairs, 

 pilose, a little hairy, 

 segments of a pinnated leaf, 

 pinnatisectis. 

 pinnatifid, or cut into lobes nearly to 



the midrib, 

 pisiform, or pea-shaped, 

 pistillum. 

 plicate, or plaited, 

 plumose, or feathery, 

 plurilocular, having many cells. 



