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GLOSSARY. 



Infundibuliforra ; funnel-shaped. 

 Inserted, or insertion ; referring to the 



point of junction. 

 Integument ; a coverinf?. 

 Intrort-e; turned inward. 

 Inverted ; turned upside-down. 

 Involute ; rolled inward. 



Jagged ; irregularly notched. 



Joints ; rings at regular intervals along 



stems*. 

 Juffum, a pair ; bijugus, two pairs ; tri- 



jugns, three paii-s. 



Keel ; a sharp, longitudinal ridge on the 

 back of an organ. 



Kidnej' - shaped ; wider than heart- 

 shaped. 



Knot; swelling joint. 



Labellum ; the odd petal of the orchis. 



Labiate; lip-shaped. 



Laciniate ; slashed with deep incisions. 



Lactescence ; milkiness. 



Lacunous; with large depressions or pits. 



Lacustrine ; growing in lakes. 



Lamellate ; formed m thin plates. 



Lanceolate ; lance-shaped. 



Lanuginous ; woolly. 



Lenticulate ; shaped like a double con- 

 vex lens. 



Ligulate ; strap-shaped. 



Linear ; long and narrow. 



Lobe; one of the parts of a divided 

 body. 



Loculicidal, 32. 



Locusta ; a spikelet of the Grasses. 



Loment; a jointed legume. 



Lunate ; crescent-shaped. 



Lyrate pinnatifid ; with the upper lobes 

 larger than the lower. 



Macros (in Greek compounds) ; long or 

 large. 



Maculate ; spotted. 



Marcescent ; withering. 



Marginal ; belonging to the border. 



Marginate ; having the border different. 



Medulla; pith. 



Membranaceous; thin and pellucid. 



Mericarp; one of the carpels of a cremo- 

 carp of an Umbellifer. 



Micropyle, 19. 



Moniliform ; bearing short joints, like a 

 string of beads. 



Monos (in Greek compounds) ; one 

 only. 



Mucro ; a sharp, small, abrupt point. 



Mucronate ; tipped with a short, slen- 

 der point. 



Muliifid ; many cleft. 



Muricate ; beset with hard, wart-like 

 points. 



Muriform; like a wall of brickwork. i 



Muscology; a treatise on Mosses. 



Mutlcous ; pointless, not pointed. 



Natant ; swimminir under water. 

 Naturalized ; growing spontaneously, 

 but not native. 



Navicular : boat-shaped. 

 Necklace-form ; same as moniliform. 

 Nectary ; any honey-bearing part. 

 Nervation ; arrangements of the nerves 



in the leaves. 

 Neutral; flowers without stamens and 



pistils. 

 Nodding; bent over. 

 Node; a joint of the stem. 

 Nodose ; knotty. 

 Normal ; ordimiry structure. 

 Nuciform; nut-like. 

 Nucleus; kernel, 16. 



Ob ; reversed. 



Obcompressed ; flattened back and 

 fnmt. 



Oblanceolate ; inversely heart-shaped. 



Oblique; unequal-sided. 



Obovate ; egg-shaped, narrow end down- 

 ward. 



Obsolete; obscure, or wanting. 



Obtuse; blunt. 



Ocroleucous ; cream-color, pale yellow. 



Octandrous ; having eight sides. 



Oligandria ; with few stamens. 



Oligos (in Greek composition) ; few. 



Olivaceous ; olive - green, brownish 

 green. 



One-sided ; borne on one side of the 

 axis. 



Opaque ; dull. 



Opposite ; placed directly against each 

 other. 



Orbicular; circular. 



Ortiiotropal; 24. 



Oval ; longer than broad. 



Ovary ; 4. 



Ovate; egg-shaped. 



Ovoid ; a solid with an oval outline. 



Ovule; 5. 



Palate ; prominence at the throat of 

 some bilabiate flowers. 



Paleaceous ; chaffy, having pales. 



Palmate ; hand-sliaped. 



Papillose ; studded with minute wart- 

 like prominences. 



Pappus ; the limb of the calyx of a com- 

 posite flower. 



Parietal ; the inner lining of the fruit ; 

 on the wall. 



Parted; deeply divided into parts. 



Partial ; pertaining to the parts of a 

 compound organ. 



Pectinate : finely pinnatifid, combed. 



Pedate ; shaped like a bird's foot. 



Pediceled ; raised on a pedicel. 



Peduncled ; raised on a peduncle. 



Peltate; fixed to the stalk at a point 

 within the maririn ; shield-shaped. 



Peri (Greek) ; around. 



Peripheric ; 38. 



Perisperm ; same as albumen. 



Petaloid; with the form or texture of 

 petals. 



Pliyllotaxy ; leaf-arrangements. 



Pileus ; cap of some Fungals. 



Pitted; with depressions. 



Placenta; 8. 



