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Glossary of Botanical Terms. 



Imbricate ; lying over each oilier. 



Included ; wholly received or contained 

 in a cavity ; the opposite of exserted. 



Incrassated ; thickened upwards, larger 

 toward the end. 



Incumbent ; lying against or across. 



Indigenous; growing native within a 

 country. 



Indnsium; u covering. 



Inferior ; below. A calyx or corolla is 

 inferior when it comes out below the 

 germ. 



Inflated ; appearing as if blown up by 

 wind, tumid or hollow. 



Infractus ; bent in, with an acute angle, 

 so as to appear broken. 



Infundibulilormis ; funnel-shaped : tubu- 

 lar at bottom and gradually expanding 

 towards the top. 



Inserted into ; another mode of saving 

 growing out of, &c. 



Idsidens ; setting upon. 



Insignitus; marked. 



Internode ; the space between the nodes 

 or joints of some stems, as in the 

 grasses. 



Intortus, twisted inwards. 



Involucrum ; a kind of general calyx, 

 serving for many flowers, generally 

 situated at the base of an umbel or 

 head. 



Keel ; the under petal of a butterfly or 

 papilonaceous flower. Also the low- 

 er side of the midrib of a leaf when 

 edged. 



Knobbed ; in thick lumps. 



Labiate ; having an upper and a lower 

 lip. 



Laciniate ; cut, torn, and jagged. 



Lactescent ; yielding a white or milky 

 juice. 



Lamellated ; in thin plates. 



Lacunose ; covered with little pits or de- 

 pressions. 



Lacustris ; growing about lakes. 



Levis ; smooth and even. 



Lamina ; the border or flat end of a pe- 

 tal in distinction from its claws : and 

 a thin pinto of ntiy membrane. 



Lanate ; woolly. 

 Lanceolate ; spear-shaped. Narrow, 

 with both ends acute. 



Lateral ; on the side, above the axil. 



Lepanthiuru ; a petal-like nectary. 



Ligneous ; woody. 



Ligulate ; strap or ribbon-shaped. 



Limb ; the border or spreading part of 



a monopetalous corolla. 

 Linear; long and narrow. 

 Lip ; the upper or under side of the 



mouth of a labiate corolla. 

 Littoribus ; growing on coasts or shores. 

 Lobe ; a large division : a distinct por- 

 tion of either petal or leaf. 

 Loinent; a pod resembling a legume. 

 Longifolius ; long leaved. 

 Longissiinus ; very long. 

 Lucidus ; bright and shining. 

 Lurid; of a pale dull color. 

 Maculatus ; spotted. 

 Marescent ; withering 

 Margin ; edge or border. 

 Maratime; growing near the sea. 

 Medulla; pith of vegetables: pulp. 

 Mollis; soH. 

 Monillifurm; strung together, like a string 



of beads. 

 Monospermus; one seed to n flower. 

 Montanus; growing on mountains. 

 Mucronate; having a small, sharp point 



projecting from an obtuse end. 

 Multipartite ; many parted. 

 Muricate ; covered with spines or prickles. 

 Nanus ; dwarfish : very small. 

 Napiformis; resembling a turnip. 

 Natant ; floating. 

 Nemorosus ; growing in groves. 

 Nectariferous ; bearing honey. 

 Nictitans; winking. 

 Nictidus; glossy, glistening. 

 Nodding; inclined to one side: partly 



drooping. 

 Node ; a knot. 

 Nudus ; naked. 

 Ob, when a prefix, denotes the inversion 



of the usual position. 

 Obtuse; blunt and roundish. 

 Officinalis ; such plants as are kept for 



sale, answeriug different purposes. 

 Palate ; the prominence in the lower lip 



of a lnbiutu corolla, closing, or neurly 



closing at the throat. 

 Paleaceous ; chaffy 

 Palmate ; hand-shaped. 



