Xil GLOSSARY. 



the disk flowers perfect, and the rays Jointed ; separating across by an articu* 

 ligulate and pistillate, or neutral. lation. 



Heterotropous ; see amphitropous. Juga ; pairs. 



Hexamsraas; a whorl of six part*. 

 Hexandrou- ; having rax stamens. Keel; the lower petal of a papilionaceous 



nous; having six styles. corolla. 



Hilum": the scar or mark on a seed, left Keeled ; furnished with a projecting ridge 

 by the detachment of the funiculus. along the under side, like the keel of a 



Hirsute: clothed with soft hairs. boat. 



EQspid; t with stiff hairs. Kidney-shaped ; roniform. much hollowed 



; whitish from a scaly mealiness. at one side, and rounded at the ends, 

 Homogamous; all the flowers of ahead Knot; anode or swelling joint. 



alike. 

 Homotropou*; luring the same direction Lahellum : the lip-formed petal in orchi- 



as the body to which it is attached. dous flov • 



Hooded; curved suddenly at the point. Labiate: having lips. 

 Hybri ween allied species. Lacerated; torn, cut into irregular seg- 



Hypocrateriform : salver-! ments. 



nous: stamens arising from be- Laciniate; slashed, deeply and irregu- 

 low the ovary. larly cut. 



tit : milky. 

 Icosandrous : having more than ten sta- Lamella : a thin plate. 



mens inserted on the calyx. Lamina : a broad plate or expansion. 



Imbricated : lying over each other with Lanate. Lanaginous : woolly. 



regularity, so as to break joints. Lanceolate; shaped like the head of a 



Imperfect : wanting stamen or pistil. spear. 



Incised: irregularly and sharply cut. Latex: the proper juices of plants. 

 Incumbent: leaniug \tpon, the radicle Lactiferous tissue: the series of vessel* 

 resting against the back of one cotyle- carrying the 1 

 don. Lateral : at the side. 



Incurved: bent inw Leaflet; one of the small leaves of a corn- 



Indefinite : too numerous to be counted. pound leaf. 

 Indehiscent: not opening naturally. Leafstalk; 



Indigenous: being a native. Legume; apod, a twc-valved pericarp. 



Induplicate; having the edges bent or Lenticular; resembling a double convex 



rolled inwards. lens. 



, Indusium: a thin membraneous cover- Liber: the innermost layer of bark. 

 iu_. applied to the scale on the thecae Lignin: a vegetable principle found in 

 in t" . fibre. 



Inferior: towards the ba-e or root, Ligule; an appendage shaped like a 



Inflated: enlarged, as if dilated by air. strap. 



Inflcxed; incurved. Ligulate; strap-shaped, long and nar- 



Infio: /i^de in which flowers row. 



are .irrav . ueh. Liliaceous; having a corolla like a lily. 



Infra bo acute an angle as Limb: the spreading part of a petal of a 



oken. monopetalous corolla. 



Infundibuliform; funnel-shaped. Line: the twelfth part of an inch. 



Innat iaear; narrow and I 



taehed to the apex of a filament. " Lineate: marked with lines. 



the point of attachment or Lips: the pieces of a Mabiate (2-i 

 un'on. corolla. 



Inter foliaceous: between the insertion of L: -ions. 



1 C;V Loculicidal; the dehiscence of the com- 



Intern-d:: the space between nodes or ponent carp Is of a compound fruit, by 

 joints. the dorsal suture. 



.;• t d : when organs of a different Loment: a jointed legume, 

 size are interposed in a series. Lunate : ere - 



: the channel on a cremccarp Lurid: of a dull, deathly hue. 

 between Lyraie; pinnatifid, haying the upper fcg- 



Tnr i.inally a native. ments largest. 



In'rorse ; turned outward. 

 Inserted; part is in an opposite Mammilar; conical, with a rounded apac 



similar parts. Marescent; withei • nt. 



Invrlucel : a partial involucre. -in; therircumierence or 



Involucre; a whorl of bracts to an umbel Mealy; covered with a white powi 



or head. Medullary rays ; the s>Ir,r-cram of word. 



Isomeroos; equal in the number of Membranous, or Membranaceous; \he 

 parts. texture or thinness ef membrane 



