GLOSSARY OF BOTANIC TEBMS.l 



Hexandrous:-with six stamens. 



Heteropliyllous: -having differ- 

 ently shaped leaves on the same 

 plant. 



Hilum : 



-the scar left on a seed 



where it was attached to the f ani- 



cle or placenta. 

 Hirsute :—pu-Descent, with rather 



long, stiff hairs. 

 Hirtus :— hirsute. 

 Hispid :— clothed with stiff hairs or 



hristles. 

 Hispidulous :— minutely hispid. 

 Homagamous :— when the flowers 



in a head (as in Compositce) are 



all alike. 

 Humifuse :— spread on the surface 



of the ground. 

 Humilis —lowly. 

 Hyalin .— colourless cr translu- 

 cent, 

 Hypochil :— the hasal portion of 



the lip of an orchid. 

 Hypocotyl :— the axis of the em- 



hryo "below the cotyledons. 

 Hypocrateriform :— salver shaped. 

 Hypogynous :— inserted heneath 



the gynascium or pistil. 

 Hypoleucus :— applied to leaves 



with the lower surface white. 



leosandrous :— with twenty cr 

 more stamens. 



imbricate :— overlapping. 



Imparipinnate -.—pinnate with an 

 odd terminal leaflet. 



Incanus :— grey or hoary. 



Incised:— cut sharply and irregu* 

 larly. 



Incumbent :— leaning upon, ap- 

 plied to cotyledons when the hack 

 of one rests, against the radicle. 



Indefinite:— more than can easily 

 he counted, as the stamens in a 

 flower ; also applied to an inflcre- 

 scence the main axes of which 

 elongate indefinitely, as in a 

 raceme ; also known as indetermi- 

 nate centrifugal or acropetal. 



Indehiscent :— not opening in a 

 regular manner. 



Induplioate :— with the edges 



folded inwards. 

 Infioresence :— the arrangement of 



flowers on an axis. 

 Infundibufif orm :— funnel-shaped. 

 Innate :— home on the apex of the 



supporting part.— See Adnate, 

 Innovation :— applied to a vigorous 



shoot which carries on the further 



growth of the plant, as in many 



Intemode :— the portion of a stem 

 hetween two nodes. 



Integrifolius :— with entire leaves. 



Inter petiolar :— hetween the peti- 

 oles, like the stipules of Eubi- 



Intrapetiolar :— within the petiole 

 or hetween it and the stem. 



Introrse :— turned inwards towards 

 the axis. 



Involncel :— an inner or secondary 

 involucre, as in UmhellifercB with 

 compound umbels. 



Involucre :— a whorl of bracts sur- 

 rounding several flowers, as in 

 Umhelliferce and Compositce. 



Involute :— rolled inward. 



Juncens :— rush-like. 



Labiate :— lipped, usually 2-lipped, 

 as in LabiatoB. 



Lacerns :— torn. 



Laciniate :— cut into narrow lobes. 



Lacunose :— with pits or depres- 

 sions, like the leaves of Berberit 

 asiatica. 



Lagopus :— lil<e a hare's foot. 



Lsevigate :— smooth as if polished. 



Lanate :— woolly. 



Lanceolate :— shaped like a lane* 

 or spear-head, or narrowly ovate 

 and tapering to both ends. 



Lanuginose : — woolly or cottony. 



Lappaceus :— bur-like. 



Lasiocarpns :— with pubescent 

 fruit. 



Latebrosus :— hidden. 



