VOCABULARY. 
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hicarna'tus. Flesh-coloured. 
Inci'sor. Front tooth. 
Inclu'ded. Wholly received, or con¬ 
tained in a cavity; the opposite of 
Exsert. 
Incomplete.' Flowers destitute of a ca¬ 
lyx or corolla are said to be incom¬ 
plete. 
Incnm'bent. When the corcle is at the 
edges of the cotyledon. 
Inaras'sate. Thickened upward, larger 
towards the end. 
In'crement. The quantity of increase. 
Incurn'bent. Leaning upon or against. 
Incurv'ed. Bent inwards. 
Indigenous. Native, growing wild in 
a country. (Some exotics, after a 
time, spread and appear as if indige¬ 
nous.) 
In'durated. Becoming hard. 
Indu’sium. A covering; plural, indn- 
sia. 
Inferior. Below ; a calyx or corolla 
is inferior when it comes out below 
the germ. 
Infia'ted. Appearing as if blown out 
with wind, hollow. 
Jnjlex'ed. The same as incurved. 
Inflorescence. (From infloresco , to 
flourish.) The manner in which 
flowers are connected to the plant by 
the peduncle, as in the whorl, ra¬ 
ceme, &c. 
Infrac'tus. Bent in, with such an acute 
angle as to appear broken. 
Infundibulifor'mis. Funnel-form. 
Inserted. Growing out of or fixed 
upon. 
Insi'dens. Sitting upon. 
Insigni'tus. Marked. 
Inte'ger. Entire. 
Interno'de. The space between joints ; 
as in grasses. 
Inter r up'tedly-pinnate. When smaller 
leafets are interposed among the 
principal ones. 
Intor'lus. Twisted inwards. 
Introdu'ced. Not originally native.— 
Brought from some other country. 
Involucrum. A kind of general calyx 
serving for many flowers, generally 
situated at the base of an umbel or 
head. 
Involu'cel. A partial involucrum. 
In'volute. Rolled inwards. 
Irides'cent. (From Iris, the rainbow.) 
Reflecting light. 
Irreg'ular. Differing in figure, size, or 
proportion of parts among them- 
sel ves. 
IrrilabiVity. The power of being ex¬ 
cited so as to produce contraction ; 
this power belongs to vegetables as 
well as animals. 
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J 
Jag'ged. Irregularly divided and sub¬ 
divided. 
Jaios. See Faux. 
Joints. Knots or rings in culms, pods, 
leaves, &c. 
Jugum. A yoke ; growing in pairs. 
Juxta-position. (From juxta, near, and 
pono, to place.) Nearness of place. 
K 
Keel. The under lip of a papilionace¬ 
ous flower. 
Keel'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. 
hades 1 cent. Yielding a juice, usual¬ 
ly white like milk, sometimes red, 
as in the blood-root. 
Lad tens. Milk-white. 
Lam'nose. Lowered with little pits or 
depressions. 
Lacus'tris. Growing about lakes. 
Lce'vis. Smooth, even. 
Lam'dialed. In thin plates. 
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. 
Innate. Wool ly. 
Lamce'olate. Spear-shaped, narrow, 
with both ends acute. 
Lance-o'vate. A compound of lanceo¬ 
late and ovate, intermediate. 
Lanu'ginous. Woolly. 
Lateral. (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. 
Leaflet. A partial leaf, part of a com¬ 
pound leaf. 
Leaf-stalk. See Petiole. 
Leg'ume. A pod or pericarp, having 
its seeds attached to one side or su¬ 
ture ; as the pea and bean. 
Legu'ruinous. Bearing legumes. 
Lepan'thium. A term used for a petal¬ 
like nectary; like that of the lark¬ 
spur and monk’s-hood. 
