GLOSSABY. 



[nfraraxillary : situated beneath the axil. 



Infundibuliform or Infundibular : funnel-shaped. 



Innate (anther) : attached by its base to the very apex of the filament. 



Insertion: the place or the mode of attachment of an organ to its sup- 

 port. 



Internode: the part of a stem between two nodes. 



Interrupted! \>j pinnate: pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with larger 

 ones, as in Water Avens. 



Intrafotiaceous (stipules, &c.) : placed between the leaf or petiole and the 

 stem. 



Introrse : turned or facing inwards, i. e. towards the axis of the flower. 



Inverse or Inverted : where the apex is in the direction opposite to that of 

 the organ it is compared with. 



fnvohicel: a partial or small involucre. 



Involucellate : furnished with an involucel. 



Involiicrate: furnished with an involucre. 



Involucre : a whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head. 



Involute, in vernation : rolled inwards from the edges. 



Jointed : separate or separable at one or more places into pieces. 



Keel: a projecting ridge on a surface, like the keel of a boat; the two ante- 

 rior petals of a papilionaceous corolla. 

 Keeled : furnished with a keel or sharp longitudinal ridge. 

 Kidney-shaped: resembling the outline of a kidney. 



Labellum : the odd petal in the Orchis Family. 



Labiate: same as bilabiate or two-lipped. 



Laciniate : slashed ; cut into deep narrow lobes (called laciniai)* 



Lactescent: producing milky juice, as does the Milkweed, &c. 



Lcevigate : smooth as if polished. 



Ldmellar or Lamellate : consisting of flat plates (lamellce). 



Ldmina : a plate or blade : the blade of a leaf, &c. 



Lanate ; woolly ; clothed with long and soft entangled hair*. 



Lanceolate: lance-shaped. 



Lanuginous : cottony or woolly. 



Latent buds: concealed or undeveloped buds. 



Lateral: belonging to the side. 



Latex : the milky juice, &c. of plants. 



Lax: loose in texture, or sparse ; the opposite of crowded. 



Leaflet : one of the divisions or blades of a compound leaf. 



Leaf-like: same as foliaceous. 



Leathery : of about the consistence of leather; coriaceous. 



Legume : a simple pod, dehiscent into two pieces, like that of the Pea, the 



fruit of the Pea Family (Leguminosm), of whatever shape. 

 Lenticidar: lens-shaped; i. e. flattish and convex on both sides. 

 Lepidote : leprous ; covered with scurfy scales. 

 Ligneous, or Lignose : woody in texture. 

 Ligulate : furnished with a ligule. 



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