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GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 
Incisum folium, leaves cut into irregular segments. 
Incompletas jlos, imperfect flowers without petals. 
Inerassattis pedunculus, foot-stalks of flowers that increase in thickness as 
they appioaeh the flowers. 
Incumbent! anthem, anthera which are affixed to the filament sideways. 
Incurvatus caulis, a stalk bowed towards the earth. 
Inflation perianthium, a calyx puffed out like a bladder. 
Inflorescentia, inflorescence, signifies the various modes in which flowers 
are joined to the plant by the pedunculus. 
Infundibuliformis corolla, a monopctalous flower shaped like a funnel. 
Integcrrimum/ol/«m, an entire leaf, whose margin is destitute of incisions 
or serratnres. 
Interfoliacens peduncvhit, flower-stalks arising from between opposite leaves. 
Interruptmu folium pinnatum, when the large foiioles of a winged leaf are 
interrupted alternately by pairs of smaller ones. 
Interrupta spica, a spike of flowers, interrupted or broken by small clusters 
of flowers between the larger ones. 
Intrafoliaceae stipules, stipulae growing on the inside of the leaves of the 
plant. 
Inundata loca, this term is applied by Linmeus to such places that are 
overflowed only in winter. 
Involncruin, a cover, the calyx of the umbelliferous plants standing at a 
distance from the flower. 
Involuta/oitu, rolled in leaves when their lateral margins are rolled spirally 
inward on both sides. 
Irregularis fios, irregular flowers of deformed shapes. 
Lacerum folium, a cleft or fissure, leaves whose margin is cut into seg- 
ments, as if rent or torn. 
Laciniatum folium, a leaf cut into irregular incisions. 
Lactesceutia, milky, those plants are called milky, whose juices are white, 
yellow, or red. 
Lacunosnm folium, leaves that are deeply furrowed, by the veins beiri" 
sunk below the surface. 
Legumen, pulse, a pi ricarpium of two valves, in which the seeds are fixed 
along one suture only. 
Lenticularis scabrities, a species of glandular scabrities, in the form of 
lentils. 
Ligulatus fios, when the petals, tubulated at the base, are plane linear to- 
wards the middle, and widest at the extremity, in form of a bandage. 
Liliacem, like a lily, an order of plants in the fragmenta methodi naturalis 
of Linnaeus. 
Limbus, a border, the upper expanded part of a monopetalous flower. 
Linea, a line, the second degree in the Linnasan scale for measuring plants, 
the twelfth part of an inch. 
Lincare folium, leaves whose superficies are marked with parallel lines, 
running lengthways. 
Lobatum folium, when leaves are divided to the middle into parts that 
stand wide from each other, and have their margins convex. 
Locus/olii/m, the particular part of the plant to which the leaf is affixed. 
Lomentacese, bean meal, an order of plants in the fragmenta methodi 
naturalis of Linnaeus. 
Longum perianthium, when the tube of the calyx is equal in length to that 
of the corolla. 
Lunatum folium, moon-shaped leaves, when they are round and hollowed 
at the base like a half moon. 
Lunatum, shaped like a crescent. 
Lurid®, pale, wan, an order of plants in the fragmenta methodi naturalis 
of Linnams. 
Marcescens corolla, flowers Withering on the plant 
Margo fvlii, the margin or edge of the leaf. 
Mas planta, male plants, see class Dioecia. 
