Legume. 
A Leaf with lobes. 
A Loment. 
I'eet Leaf, show- 
ing mid-rib. 
Nerved Leaves. 
Opposite Leaves of 
Nummularia. 
Hirsute : Hairy; having stiffish or beard- like hairs. 
HoRTUS Siccus : An herbarium, or collection of dried 
plants. 
Hybrid : A cross between two allied species. 
Insertion : The mode or place of attachment of an organ. 
Internode : The part of a stem between the nodes. 
Introrse : Turned inwards ; an anther is introrse when 
it faces the pistils. 
Involucre : A whorl or set of bracts around a flower, 
umbel, or head, as shown at G in the engraving. 
IvABIATE : Lipped ; bilabiate. 
Laciniate : Cut irregularly into deep, narrow lobes ; 
slashed. 
Lanceolate : Lance-shaped. 
Leaflet : One of the parts or divisions of a compound 
leaf, as seen in the Horsechestnut leaf. (See engrav- 
ing of digitate leaf.) 
Legume : The fruit of a leguminous plant ; as the pod 
of a pea ; a single, two-valved carpel. 
Lobe : Any projection or division, especially of a some- 
what rounded form. 
Loment : A pod like the legume, of two valves, but 
divided into small cells, each containing a single seed. 
Maculate : Spotted. 
Marginate : Having an edge or margin different from 
the rest. 
Midrib : The middle or main rib of a leaf. 
Needle-shaped : Long, slender and rigid, like the 
leaves of pines. 
Nerve : A name for the ribs or veins of leaves when 
simple and parallel. 
Netted- veined : Furnished with branching veins form- 
ing net-work. 
Node : A knot ; the joint of a stem from which springs 
a leaf or a pair of leaves. 
Obcordate : Heart-shaped, with the attachment by the 
pointed end. 
Oblanceolate : Lance-shaped, with the attachment at 
the tapering point. 
Obovate : Ovate, but with the broad end upward. 
Opposite : Placed on opposite sides of some other body ; 
thus when leaves are opposite they are on opposite sides 
of the stem ; and petals on opposite sides of flowers. 
Orbicular : Circular in outline, or nearly so. 
Orbicular Leaf of 
Tropaeolum. 
Oval Leaf 
Pistil, with Ovary- 
laid open, show- 
ing the ovules. 
Leaf of Begonia 
Rex, showing the 
netted veins. 
D, Node or Joint. 
O bcordateLeaflets 
Oxalis Bowei. 
Oblanceolate Leaf 
Obovate Leaf. 
mm 
Ovate Leaf. 
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