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GLOSriAKY. 



ovate, &c., with something of tiic lance- 

 olate form. ' 



Lance ovoid; egg-shaped, with a swelling 

 base and tapering apex. 



LanuginoiLS ; clothed with a loose wool. 



Lateral ; at the side. 



Laterally compressed; flatted on the 



sides ; the lateral edges pressed towards 



each other 

 Tmx ; loose, or limber ; not compact. 

 Leaflets. Partial leaves; the constituent 



leaves of a compound leaf. 

 Leaf-liJce {foliaceous); having a texture 



and expansion resembliag a loaf. 

 Leafy (foliosiis); furnished or abounding 



with leaves. 

 Legume, A Bean,— or fruit formed of a 



single carpel of 2 valves, with the seeds 



affixed along the upper suture, only. 

 Legiuniiious ; having the structure of a 



Legume ; bearing or producing the fx-uit 



called a Legume, or Bean. 

 Le/iticii'a)^ ; having the form of a lens: 



orbicular and compressed, but convex on 



both faces. 



Lif/neous; woody; of a firm woody tex- 

 ture. 



Li;/nesce-nt; becoming somewhat woody. ' 



Ligulate, strap-shaped, o? ribband-shaped ; 

 flat and linear. 



Ligule; the usually membranous appen- 

 dage at the base of the leaf, or summit 

 of the sheath, in the grasses. 



Limb: the sumit of a monosepalous calyx ; 

 or the upper spreading part of a mono- 

 petalous corolla. 



Z^ ie,- the twelfth part of an inch. 



Linear: of an uniform width; long and 

 narrow w-itl> parallel sides. 



Linear lanceolut', ; partaking of both 

 forms, but more of the latter. 



Lip: the upp&r or under division of a 

 labiate flower; or the loM-er perianth- 

 seg-ment of many Orchidaceous flowers. 



Lobe: the division, or segmeat, of a petal, 

 or leaf : the free portion of a gamopeta- 

 ious corolla. 



/yobate, or lobed: cut or divided into lobes. 



LyOCuU'Sidal dehiscence ; when the peri- 

 carp opens naturally on the back of a 

 cell (J. e. at the dorsal suture) dh-ectly 

 into the cavity. 



Loment: an indehiscent 2- or several- 

 seeded legume, contra-cted between each 

 seed, and'tinally separating at the joint- 

 like contractions. 



Lomentdceom legume, or pod; apod of 

 2 or more seeds, with a joint-like con- 

 traction, or transverse partition, between 

 the seeds. 



Longitudinal; lengthwise; parallel with 

 the axis, or in a direction from the base 

 towards the summit or apex. 



Lunate or lunulate; having the figure of a 

 new moon. 



r.utiscent; yellowish. 



Lyrate; lyre-shaped; pinnatifld, with the 



terminal segmei, largest and moetiy 

 rounded. 



3larn iUate ; conical, with a rounded apex. 

 Marcescent; withering and shrivalling on 



the stem, instead of "falling off. 

 Margin. The edge or circumference of a 



loaf, or other expansion ; also, the thia 



wing-like border of certain seeds, kc. 

 Marginal; belonging to, or situated at, the 



margin. 



Marginate OT margined; hAving a border 

 or edging of a texture or color different 

 from that of the disk ; surrounded by a 

 wing-like expansion, or narrow mem- 

 brane. 



Medidlary rays. Bands or thin plates of 

 cellular "tissue, which pass from the pith 

 to the baa-k, in woody stems. 



Melliferous: producing or containing honey. 



Membranaceous.! or mernbranoiis; thin, 

 flexible, and often slightly translucent. 



Mericarp; a name given to the indehis- 

 cent carpel of ihe Umbellifek j. 



Micropyle: the small foramen, or open- 

 ing in the proper coats of a seed, to which 

 the radicle always points. 



Midrib. The main central nerve of a leaf, 

 apparently a continuation of the petiole. 



Monadelplious; having the filaments all 

 united in one set, usually forming a tube. 



Mondndrous: having a single stamen. 



Mono; in composition ; one or single. 



Mon'diform; arranged like, or resembling 

 the beads of a necklace. 



j[/(;?ioc7/?i02^s; having the stamens and pis- 

 tils in the same flower. 



Monocotyledonous plants. Where the em- 

 bryo lias but a single lobe, or cotyledon. 



Monograph. A description (usually am- 

 ple and elaborate) of a single thing, or 

 class of things, as of a Genus, Tribe, or 

 Family, &c. 



Monogynoiis\ having but one pistil. 



MoiiLcious, or Monoijous; having stami- 

 nate and pistillate flowers distinct, but on 

 the same plant. 



3Io need oust y or monnicously pjolygamous; 

 having perfect and imperfect flowers on 

 the same plant. 



Monopetalous: having but one petal ; or, 

 more correctly, the petals united into 

 one. See gamopetalous. 



Monopliyllous; consisting of a single leaf. 



2Lonosepalous; consisting of one~scpal, or 

 rather, several sepals united more or less 

 completely. See gamosepalous. 



Mucroncite': terminated by a mucro, or 

 small projecting point, xisually the pro- 

 longation "of the midrib, in leaves. 



Miici^nidate: having a small mucro, or 

 terminal projecting point. 



Miiltifid; many-cleft; cut into numerous 

 segments. 



Multiple. A number containing another 

 number several times without a fraction, 

 or remainder; as 9 is a muUiple of 3. 



JLiiltiple fruits. Where there is a comb»- 



