GLOSSARY OF BOTANIC TERMS. 



XI 



Legume :— the characteristic seed- 

 vessel of Leguminosce, one-celled 

 and two-valved. 



Lepidote :— beset with small 

 scurfy scales . 



Leptostachyus :— with slender 

 spikes. 



Ligneous :— woody. 



Llgule :— the thin scarious often 



hairy projection from the top of 



the leaf- sheath in grasses ; also 



^ applied to the strap-shaped limh 



cf the ray-florets in Compositce. 



Ligulate :— furnished with a ligule. 



Lixnl) :— the expanded portion of a 

 gamopetalous corolla ; also ap- 

 plied to the expanded portion of a 

 leaf tr petal. 



Linear :— several times longer than 

 wide, and with parallel sides. 



Lineate :— marked with lines. 



Lip :— one of the two divisions of a 

 bilahiate calyx cr corolla; als" 

 applied to the usually large 

 third petal cf orchids. 



Loculicidal :— dehiscent by the 

 back, i.e., the dcrsal suture. 



Lodicule :— one cf the minute 

 scales ft und outside the stamens 

 in the flowers cf grasses, and 

 which may represent a perianth. 



Lonxent:— a legL-me which is con- 

 stricted between the seeds, cr 

 which separates into one-seeded 

 joints. 



Lorate :— thong- shaped. 



Lunate:— half -moon shaped. 



Lyrate :— lyre-shaped, applied to a 

 pinnatifid leaf with the terminal 

 lobe rounded and much larger 

 than the lower ones. 



Macrophyllus :— with long leaves. 

 Macropodous:— applied to an 



embryo with an enlarged hypo- 



cotyl. 

 Macrostachyus :— w i t h long 



spikes. 

 Marcescent :— withering without 



falling cff. 



Mentum :— an extension at the foot 



cf the column in seme orchids, 



and projecting in front of the 



flower. 

 Micranthus :— with small flowers' 

 Microphyllus:— with small leaves. 

 Monadelphous :— when the anthers 



are united by their filaments 



into a tube or column. 

 Monandrous :— having one stamen. 

 Moniliform :— necklace-shaped. 

 Monochlamydeous :— with only a 



single whorl to represent the 



perianth. 

 Monocotyledons :— plants of the 



class distinguished by havings 



only one cotyledc n. 

 Monoecious :— with stamens and 



pistils in separate flowers on the 



same plant. 

 Monticolus '.—inhabiting moun- 

 tains. 

 Mucronate :— tipped with an 



abrupt point. 

 Multiceps :— with many heads. 

 Multifid:— cleft into many lobes 



cr segments. 

 Muralis :— growing on walls." 

 Muricate:— rough with hard 



tubercles. 

 Muticous :— blunt, awnless. 

 Myurus '.—tapering like a mouse'* 



tail. 



Nanus :— dwarfed. 



Nemoralis :— inhabiting woods. 



Nerve :— one of the primary ribs of 

 the vascular framework of a leaf^ 

 of which the central, or the one 

 extending from base to apex, la 

 known as the midrib. 



Nigrescent -.—turning blac'^. 



Niveus :— snowy white. 



Node :— the part of a stem which 

 normally bears a leaf era whorl 

 of leaves. 



Nudicaulis :— having stems without 

 leaves, naked- stemmed. 



Nut:— a hard, indehiscent, one- 

 seeded fruit. 



Nutans^:- nodding. 



