GLOSSARY 
7. AURICLE 
T11E TERMINAL PORTION OR TIP OF THE STIPULE, WHICH IS FREE — Y.P., NOT ADNATE 
TO THE PETIOLE 
DELTOID. — Of an equilateral triangular form. 
DIVERGENT. — Gradually separating. 
ERECTO-PATENT. — Between erect and patent, 
nearly erect. 
FILIFORM. — See under Petioles. 
8. INFLORESCENCE 
THE MANNER IN WHICH THE FLOWERS ARE ARRANGED 
CORYMB, CORYMBOSE.— A raceme with the 
peduncles becoming 
gradually shorter 
towards the top of 
the axis, so that 
all the flowers are 
about on a level. 
CYME, CYMOSE. — An inflorescence formed of a 
terminal flower beneath 
which are lateral branches, 
each having a terminal 
flower and lateral branches 
again similarly dividing', 
and so on. 
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