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VOCABULARV. 
Incarna'tus. Flesh-coioured. 
Inci'sor Ft .)m tooih. 
Indu'ded. Wholly received, or con- 
lamed in a cavity; the opposite of 
Exsert. 
incomplete. Flowers destitute of a ca- 
lyx or corolla are said to be incom- 
plete. 
Incum bent. When the corcle is at the 
edges of the cotyledon. 
I tier as' sate. Thicke-ned upward, larger 
towards the end. 
In'crement. The quantity of increase. 
Incum'bent. Leaning upon or against. 
liicwv'ed. Bent inwards. 
liidi' genous. Native, growing wild in 
a country. (Some exotics, after a 
time, spread and appear as if indige- 
nous.) 
Iii'durated. Becoming hard. 
Jiidu'sium. A covering; plural, i?i<i'ti- 
sia. 
Itife'rior. Below ; a calyx or corolla 
is inferior when it comes out below 
the germ. 
Injla'ted. Appearing as if blown out 
with wind, hollow. 
Jnjlex'ed. The same as incurved. 
InJl'Ores'cence. (From injloresco, to 
flourish.) The mannei- in which 
flowers are connected to the plant by 
the peduncle, as in the whorl, ra- 
ceme, &c. 
[nfrac'tus. Bent in, with such an acute 
angle as to appear broken. 
In fundibul if or' mis. Fun ne 1 - fo r m . 
Inserted. Growing out of or fixed 
upon. 
Insi'dens. Sitting upon. 
Insigni'tus. Marked. 
Inie'ger. Entire. 
luterno'de. The space between joints ; 
as in grasses. 
Inter r up' tedly -pinnate. When smaller 
ieaieis are interposed among the 
principal ones. 
Intor'tus. Twisted inwards. 
Jnlrodu'ced. Not originally native. — 
Brought from some other country. 
Imiolucrum. A kind of general calyx 
serving fur many flowers, generally 
situated at the base of an umbel or 
head. 
bivolu'cel. A partial involucrum. 
In'volute. Rolled inwards. 
hides' cent. (From Iris, the rainbow.) 
Reflecting light. 
Irrcg'ular. Differing in figure, size, or 
proportion of parts among them- 
selves. 
hritabiL'ity. The power of being ex- 
cited so as to produce contraction ; 
this poM^er belongs to vegetables as 
well as aniujals. 
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J 
Jag'ged. Irregularly divided and sub 
divided. 
Jaws. See Faux. 
Joints. Knots or rings in culms, pods, 
leaves, &c. 
Jugum. A yoke ; growing in pairs. 
Juxfla-position. (From juxta, near, and 
pono, to place.) Nearness of place 
K ' 
Keel. The under lip of a papilionace- 
ous flower. 
Keei'ed. Shaped like the keel of a boat 
or ship. 
Ker'nel. See Nucleus. 
Kid'ney-shaped. Heart-shaped without 
the point, and broader than long. 
Knee. A joint. 
Knob'bed. In thick lumps, as the po- 
tato. 
Knot. See Joints. 
L 
La'biate. Having lips, as in the class 
Didynamia. 
Lacin'iate. Jagged, irregularly torn, 
lacerated. 
Lacies'cent. Yielding a juice, usual- 
ly white like milk, sometimes red, 
as in the blood-root. 
Lac'tcus. Milk-white. 
Lacu'nose. Lowered with little pits or 
depressions. 
Lacus'tris. Growing about lakes. 
Lcb'vis. Smooth, even. 
Litm'cllaied. In thin j)lates. 
Lam'ina. The broad or flat end of a 
petal, in distinction from its claw. 
The expanded part of a leaf. In a 
more general sense, any thin plate or 
membrane. 
La'nate. Woolly. 
Lance'olate. Spear-shaped, narrow 
with both ends acute. 
Lance-o'vate. A compound of lanceo- 
late and ovate, intermediate. 
Lanu'ginous. Wool ly . 
Lat'cral. (From latus.) On one side 
La' tent. (From lateo, to hide.) Hid- 
den, concealed. 
Lar'va. The caterpillar state of an in* 
sect. 
Lax. Limber, flaccid. 
Leaf'et. A partial leaf, part of a com- 
pound leaf. 
Leaf '-stalk- See Petiole. 
Lcg'ume. A pod or pericarp, having 
its seeds attached to one side or su- 
ture ; as the pea and bean. 
Legu'minous. Bearing legumes. 
Lcpan'thium. A term used for a petal- 
like nectary ; like that of ihe lark- 
spur and monk's-hood. 
