Imbricate, or imbricated; the edges lying closely and reg nlarly over the next series, like shingles on a roof, or scales on a fish.
Imperfect flower; when either stamens or pistils are deficicut.
Incised; cut or gashed; separated by incisions.
Inclinate, or inclined; bent over towards the ground, or sonic other object.
Included; wholly contained within a tube, or cavity; the oopiaiie of exserted.
Incomplete flower; when either calyx or corolla is wanting. /florae/tate; thickened upwards or towards the summit. Incumbent; lying upon, against, or across.
Incumbent anther; attached at or near its middle, end lying horizontally across the snmmit of the filament. Incumbent cotyledons; having the radicle bent over and applied to the back of one of the cotyledons (represented by this sign o=).
Incurved; 'tent or curved inwards.
Indefinite; not distinctly limited, or defined; numerous, and of no constant ur determinate number. Indelliscent; not opening at maturity.
Indigenous; native, growing naturally, or originally in a country.
Incluplicate; folded inwards.
Indurated; hardened; become hard.
Inferior calyx. Having the ovary above, and free from the Inferior ovary. Situated apparently below the calyx, or rather its segments; i. e. adnate to the tube of the calyx, and consequently e., the segments (if any) at its summit.
Inflated; distended or swelled like a blown bladder. Inflected, or Inflexed; bent suddenly inwards. Inflorescence; the disposition or arrangements of flowers and their footstalks on a plant; such as umbel, panicle, raceme, etc.
Innate anther; erect, having its base resting directly on the apex of the filament.
Inserted; fixed upon, or growing out of.
lnternode. That portion of a calm, or stem, between the nodes or joints.
interpetio/ar stipules; situated or originating between the petioles of opposite leaves.
Interrupted; having in tervals, or the continuity broken, Interruptedly pinnate; having smaller pinnie, or leaflets, between each pair of larger ones.
Intra-petiolar stipules; situated within and above the petioles; usually sheathing the branch above the mill of the leaf, as in Platanus.
Introrse anthers; having the cells turned inwards, or towards the pistils, and the filament, or connective, extending up the outer side.
Inversely; in a contrary position ; end for end, or upside down.
lnvolucel. The verticil of leaflets at the base of an um bellet.
Involuce late; having involucels.
Involucrate; having an invollicre.
Involucre. An assemblage of modified leaves accompany ing certain forms of inflorescence, usually verticillate at the hase of an umbel, or in imbricated series be neath or around the heads of aggregated flowers.
Involute; rolled inwards.
Irregular; the component parts differing in size and sh ipe.
Keel. A longitudinal central ridge on the back of a leaf,. sepal, etc., resembling the keel of a boat; also, the lower pair of united petals in a papilionaceous flower. Keeled; having a keel. (See Carinate.) Kernel. The nucleus or seed contained in a nut.
Knot. A node; a solid, inseparable, and often swelling joint, as in the stem of the grasses, etc.
Lacerate; divided into irregular segments as it torn. Laciniate; jagged; the margin irregularly cut into unequal segments.
Lactescent; milky; containing a milky or whitish juice. Lacunose; pitted, furrowed, or having little cavities. Lamellate; divided or diluted into thin plates.
Lamina; a thin layer or plate; the expended or flat por tion of a leaf or petal, as distinguished from the petiole, or claw.
Lanate; woolly; clothed with wool.
Lanceolate; tapering gradually from near the base to the apex. like the head of an ancient lance, or spear. Lance-linear, Lance-ovate. etc.; linear, ovate, etc., with something of the lanceolate form.
Lance ovoid; egg-shaped, with a swelling base and taper ing apex.
Lanyginous ; clothed with a loose wool.
Lateral,' at the side.
Laterally compressed; flattened on the sides; the lateral edges pressed towards each other.
Lax: loose, or limber; not compact.
Leaflets. Partial leaves; the constituent leaves of a com pound leaf.