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iNADH.fi'RENS — Free from all adhesion to 
contiguous parts. 
In.equa'lis- Unequal. 
Ina'kis— E mpty ; when a stem has no pith, 
or only wiiat is very soft and incon- 
siderable. 
Inantheba'tus — W hen the fi’ament pro- 
duces no antlier. 
Inca'nus — H oary. (See the branchlets of 
Casuarino. cquisetifolia^ var. inra'na.) 
Ikcaena'tch — S ynonym for “ Carneus,’' of 
a flesh colour. 
Incep'tiox— F irst beginning. 
Inci'sus — C ut. When the indentations 
along the margin of a thin or foliaceous 
organs are deep. (See tho foliage of 
the common xCetfcle, Urtica iiictsa.) 
InCLI'NANS, I NCLINA'TCS, IXCLliVED, In- 
CLtNiso— Much bent out of the perpen- 
dicular, in a curved line, the convex 
side upwards. 
Included, iNCi.Usr.s— 'Enclosed, when one 
part docs not extend or protrude beyond 
another by which it is suiTOunded ; as 
when tlie stamens nr sfcyledo not extend 
beyond the iiumth of a monopetalous 
corolla. 
iNCEAssA'TUa— Tliickened. 
In'cuboub — T he oppi»&ite of succubous. 
Incubfms leaves arc unhricated over 
each other from tlic l^aee towards the 
apex, whereas in succuboua leaves they 
are iiiilu'ic.ited in the contrary direction. 
Inoum'bent, Txcum'bens, Inccbitus— 
Leaning or restirig upon, where the 
radicle is bent and pi'es-^ed against the 
back ofoneof the cotyledons. .Apx)lied 
to the antiier. it implies the attachment 
to the filament to be at the bad: and 
not at the base. 
Inciius't]oi», Inorurta'tei-) — Where an 
•outer en\ elope is firmly attached to the 
part it ct>vers, as when a perienrp in- 
vests the sei5d sochisoly that it seems 
to form a portion of it. 
iNOL'KVEiy, rxcLia^v'rcs, Tncurv^us— 
Gradually beiuling from without in- 
wards, jvs when the stamens curve 
towards tlie ]iistil. 
Indef'iniTf, Indeein'itus — Where tlie 
iimulier of any particular description 
of or:ran i-j either uncertain, or forms 
no i)iKsitive character. Thus : The 
numboi of .stamens iu a flower beyond 
twelve is i;<>t used in the artificial 
classification. Applied to the inflores- 
cence, it is employrd feyncinymously 
\vith*‘Ccntrifugal” or “Tndeteiminatc.” 
iNDEiiis'rKX'i'— Ni‘t opening. 
In'dica — An Tnrli.au specoes, as D/Utiiia 
indiert, the Chalta. 
Indib'tcnouk, Tndigkm h— T he tsi^ontaueous 
production of a country, 
Indivi'sus— E ntire. 
iNDEMrjN'Ti'M or CLOTifiNG — ^This includes 
all tlii.)s«i productions of the epidermis 
which ha\t*, by a more or less appro- 
priate coiiipat’iaon, been ternied bnstles, 
hairs, down, cotton, or ivool. 
Induplic^ate Indupltga'tus— W here the 
edges of a valvate estivation are folded 
inwardly. 
Indu'sium — Applied to the skin covering 
the sorns of some ferns. Also applied 
to the cup-shaped top of the style in 
CxoodonoviesB. 
Indu'v1/E (Clothes) — Persistent ixutions of 
the perianth. 
Infe'rior — When one organ is placed below 
another. More especially used to ex- 
press tho coimection of the tube of a 
calyx with the ovarium ; when con- 
nected to the ovarium, so that it forma 
an outer coat to it whilst the limb stands 
on tlie summit, the calyx is called supe- 
rior and the ovarium inferior, as in the 
Rose. When perfectly free witliout 
contracting any adhesion to the ova- 
rium, the calyx is said to be inferior, 
and the ovarium superior, as in tho 
Pop]'»y. Tliis term is applied to the 
radicle when it is directed towards the 
hilum, at the base of seeds. The ovary 
of Grirdcnm and otluir Ruhiaoeous 
plnnts are infoi jcir. 
Txflat'ed— 8vvoUeu, bladdery. {See pods 
of Swalnsona, the so-called Native 
Indigo.) 
Inflrx'ED, Tnflex'us — Turned uiwarcls. 
tSynonym for “Tucurvod.” 
Inflores'cencr, TnfloeesceUtta — This 
term signifies the general arrangement 
of the flowering branches, and the 
flowers upon them. The fr>nu8 of iii- 
flMi'c>-cence are — ^Tlie spike, or spicate; 
the Uacome, f»i racemose ; the Panicle, 
or paniculate; the Head, or capitate; 
the Umbel, or niubnllate ; the Corymb, 
or corymbose ; tho Cymo, (jr cymoae ; 
the Thyrsus, or thyrsoid. There are 
nuincrouH cases where itifiorescences 
are i nte.riucdiate between some two of 
the above, and arc crJlei;! by different 
botanists by one or the other name, 
according as are guided by ap- 
poi’cnt or by theoretical .similarity. A 
si*lke-likc panicle, where the axis is 
divided into very short branches form- 
ing a cylindical conqiact inflorescence, 
is callo<l sometimes a sj*ike, .ooinetiines 
a panicle. I f thi'. flowers are in distinct 
clusters alonga.siniplcavis, tho inflores- 
cence is describud aa an intcrruxitod 
fpike or raceme, according as the 
flowers are nearly sessile or distinctly 
peiUcellatQ, although when clo.sely 
examined the flowci's will be found to 
be inserted not on the main axis, but 
on a very sh-Tt branch, tfuis, strictly 
speaking, constituting a panicle. The 
Catkins (amenta), the spadices of 
several Monocotyledons, tite ears and 
spik(deta of Grasses, are forms of the 
spike. 
In'fea- axil' LAET— Original ing below the 
axil of tlie leaf. 
Infeac'tits— M ucli brf>!ven. {:>ynonyin for 
Inliexus.” 
InfundibUltkorm, InfcndibuTtfoemis — 
Shaped like a funnel, like the flowers 
of Morning (rlory. 
Ikna'te, Inna'tes— W here the point of 
attachment is at the apex, as in some 
cases of the anther to the filament. 
