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Involucle. A secondary involucre, as that of an um- 
bellet in Umbelliferae. 
Lanceolate. Shaped like a lance-head, broadest above 
the base and narrowed to the apex. 
Lenticular. Lental-shaped; of the shape of a double- 
convex lens. 
Loculicidal. Dehiscent into the cavity of a cell thru 
the dorsal suture. 
Lyrate. Pinnatifid with a large and rounded termi- 
nal lobe, and the lobes small. 
Monadelphous. (stamens). United by their filaments 
into a tube or column. 
Monaecious. With stamens and pistils in separate 
flowers on the same plant. 
Mucro. A short and small abrupt tip. 
Mucronate. Tipped with a mucro. 
Ob. A. Latin prefix, usually carrying the idea of in. 
version. 
Ochroleuceous. Yellowish white. 
Ovate. Egg-shaped; having an outline like that of an 
egg, with the broader end downward. 
Pedicel. The support of a simple flower. 
Peduncle. A primary flower-stalk, supporting ether a 
cluster or a solitary flower. 
Puberulent. Minutely pubescent. 
Pubescent. Covered with hairs, especially if short, soft 
and downy. 
Pungent. Terminating in a rigid sharp point; acrid. 
Raceme. A simple inflorescence of pedicelled flowers. 
upon a common more or less elongated axis. 
Racemose. In racemes; or res emblng a raceme. 
Radical. Belonging to or proceeding from the root or 
base of the stem near the ground. 
Regular. Uniform in shape or structure. 
Rotate (corolla). Wheel-shaped; flat and circular in 
’ outline. 
Rugose. Wrinkled. 
Salver-shaped (corolla). Having a slender tube ab- 
ruptly expanded into a flat limb. 
Scape. A peduncle rising from the ground. 
Scapose. Bearing or resembling a scape. 
Scartous. Thin, dry, and membranaceous, not green. 
Septicidal (capsule). Dehiscing through the partitions 
and between the cells. 
Serrate. Having teeth pointing forward. 
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