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Innoo'uous — H armless. 
Inophyl'lus — V eins of leaf thread-like. 
(See the lateral veins of the foliage of 
CahphyVnui imphyllum^ the Doinba 
tree. ) 
I'nops — P oor, deScient, wanting. 
In’quinans— S tained. E-vamplc : PcJar- 
(jonium th<d ]iai’ent of most 
of the so-called Scarlet Garaniums. 
Insee'tion— T he mode iu which one body 
is connected .to another, where it ap- 
pears to have been attached to it, 
though in reality it has grown from it ; 
as the leaf <*u the branch, the branch 
on the stem, &e. 
IsiDUFKROUS — Beming isidiose excres- 
cences. IsToiosK — Having powdery 
corablike excrescence. 
Instg^nis — N otable ; as that pretty annual, 
Nemoph iia insipnin, 
Inspis'sated— T hickened ; spoken of sap or 
other liquor. 
In'teger— E ntire. Intkger'iitma — Very 
entire. Besides being pei'fcctly free 
from incittioii, this terra implies a slight 
thickening of the margin, as though it 
were bordered. (See also AsiJltamui 
attenua.f.nra, var. hifryi'am.) 
lNTEGT>fEXTrM, TsTRi'iUMENT — A portion 
closely inventing or merely surrounding 
another. Thiin, the parts of the 
perianth are styled the “floral integu- 
ments” because they closely invest the 
stamens and pistils in the bud state. 
The seminal integument.'j are the coats 
whieli iuveat t)ie kerual of the seed. 
Inteu'cala'teu — Interspersed, i)l^ced 
■ between others. 
Inter'cel'lulae— B etween the cells. 
Intermedium— B etween two. And ropoyon 
intermediu.^.. 
Internodk' — A part of the .stem between 
two nodes. 
Inteerup'tus, Tntesrcpted — W liere sym- 
metry cr regularity of outline of com’ 
po.sition is partially deatroyed. 
iNTPacATUS — Entangled, as Skia hd.ricata. 
Introrse' — T urned inwards or towards 
the axis of the part to which it is 
attached. The dehiscence of an anfclier 
is introrse when the opening faces the 
pistil. 
Interstitial — l^laced between. 
Introsvsception — T his term denotes the 
act of taki'Dg in, whether of fluids by 
the roots or of gases by the foliage. 
Inverse'— W here the apex of one organ is 
placed in an oppo-site direction to that 
of another with which it is contrasted. 
The “embryo” is said to be inverse 
w'hen the radicle is cUrected. away from 
the hiluni toward.-; a i^uint immediately 
opposite tu it. (Sec also Cavex hirma). 
Involu'crr, Involu'crum-'A cover. A 
whorl of bracts, free or united, seated 
on the peduncle, either near or at some 
distance below tho flower or flowers. 
Involucei/luji — A “ partial ” iiivolu- 
ernm. InvolucR-VTUM— F urnished with 
an involucre. (See Hibiscus flowers.) 
In'volute, Involu'tions, Tnvolu'tus — 
Where the edges of a foliaceous organ 
are rolled inw.'irds. 
Irreg'vl.*r, iRREorLA'Rts— Exhibiting a 
want of syinmetiy. Used also synony- 
mously with “Unequal.” 
Irritarii/ity, Irritabil'ita.m, Trbit.v'bilis 
— A vital property by which^ certain 
parrs in some |ilants exhibit the 
V»hennmenon of spontaneous motion, 
%vhen under the lunuencc of particular 
stimuli. By Home this is considered 
to be merely an extreme case of 
excitability. (See flow’crsuf Stylidiw/fi, 
tlie Hair-trigger ]ilant. 
Irritan.s— A pplied to plants which cause 
irritation, as for iuKtiince the “Porcu- 
pine-grass,” Trhdkt irritmn^. 
Lsoch'kous — P ossessing a uniformity of 
colour throughout. 
Isop u 'o uouH— Tvansf or nmblo i nto some- 
thing bIso. Thus Poxton>‘i is an 
isopiiorons foiin of .^pitthoyhUi^. 
IvSOL.v'TEU— Detached, idac-'d by ilHoif. 
laoME'ROU?^ — When each of a flower 
contains the «ame number of jmrts. 
I'sosroriE — Applied to spores which are all 
f'£ 0110 Mz*>, or kind, in the same plant. 
Iroste'monous, Isostemo'nus— a flower 
wdiich has stamens equal in number to 
tho petals. 
Ituyphvl'lum — W here a leaf is stiff and 
straight. 
Japon'ioum — Belonging to Japan, as 
(JameU la ./nponuv/. 
Jorulle/nhim — Ah Cirphaf Jornflenjsii^, found 
upon Mount Jorulh>, in Mexico. 
Ju’BA— A mane ; the top.s of lyei^s. A 
loose paimicle, as in the* case of the male 
flowers of Maize. Also, a ^ dense 
cIUHter of awns, as in the Hjiikes of 
some grasses. 
Ju'gt’M {Jiif/fi, pairs] — Applied to a pair of 
leaflets ; Urns a leaf may be unijugate, 
bijugato, or multijugate, acemdiug as 
thern are 1 , 2 , or many pairs of leaflets. 
Ju'LlFOHM — Formed like an amentum or 
catkin. (Sec the influrcHcence of many 
Acackts — A . Cann iiiyham f /, for in- 
stance.) 
Jun'cea — R ush-like, as the stems of Bus- 
seh'a Jn ncf'.fi. 
Keel (Carina)— A projecting ridgo, rising 
along the middle of a fiat or curved 
surface. Alr,u the two- lowermost, and 
more or less combined, petals of a 
papilionaceous corolla. 
KERMESi'Nua— Carmine, a pure red. 
Labkl'ixm— L ip, or rather the lower lip 
only. In orehid.s, one of the segments 
of the flower. 
Labiate' — Lipped. Bilabiate, or two- 
lipi»ed ; applied to the corolla. When 
in a four or five-lobed corolla, tlie two 
or three upjpcr lobes stand obviously 
