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GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. *Ligule.—A small stipule-like appendage at the base of the leaves of grasses.
 * Linear (Leaves).—Very narrow, but flat.
 * Linear-lanceolate.—Long and narrow, but tapering, and broadest below the middle.
 * Linear-oblong.—Somewhat broader than when linear.
 * Lyrato (Leaves).—With horizontal lobes, the terminal one largest.
 * Mealy—Covered with minute white powdery down.
 * Membranous(Leaves).—Very thin and lax.
 * Monadelphous (Leaves).—United by the filaments into one group.
 * Monæcious.—Barren and fertile flowers distinct, but upon the same plant.
 * Mucronate {Leaves).—With the midrib projecting from the apex.
 * Obcordate.—Cordate, with the lobes upward.
 * Obovate (Leaves).—Egg-shaped, with the broadest part above.
 * Obsolete (Calyx.)—Rudimentary, a mere rim.
 * Obtuse (Leaves).—Blunt at the apex.
 * Opposite (Leaves).—Placed in pairs on opposite sides of the stem.
 * Orbicular (Leaves).—Circular in general outline. (Root).—Globular.
 * Oval (Leaves).—Oval in general outline.
 * Ovate (Leaves).—Egg-shaped, with the broadest part below.
 * Palmate(Leaves).—With finger-like lobes.
 * Papilionaceous (Flowers).—Like the Pea-flower, See Introduction.
 * Pappus.—The hairs or scales (rudimentary calyx) below the florets of Compositæ.
 * Parietal (Placenta).—Attached to the sides of the carpels.
 * Pectinated.—Toothed like a comb.
 * Pedate (Leaves).—Divided primarily into three, the two lateral branches forked or divided into leaflets on their inner margin only, as in Hellebore.
 * Pedatifid (Leaves).—With pedate lobes.
 * Pedicel.—The stalk supporting each flower on a branched flower-stem.
 * Peltate (Leaves).—With the stalk attached to the underside, as in Hydrocotyle.
 * Perfoliate (Leaves).—Base of the leaf surrounding the stem, as in Chlora.
 * Perigynous (Stamens).—Situated apparently upon the calyx.
 * Persistent.—Remaining attached, not deciduous.
 * Pilose.—Covered with long hairs.
 * Pinnate (Leaves).—Composed of a row of leaflets on each side of the stalk, as in the Rose.
 * Piunatifid (Leaves).—Pinnately lobcd.
 * Procumbent (Stem).—Lying on the ground for the greater part of its length.
 * Prostrate (Stem).—Lying close to the ground.
 * Pubescent.—Downy; covered with close soft hairs.
 * Quinate (Leaves).—With five diverging leaflets.
 * Radical.—Springing from the root.
 * Ray.—The outer ligulate flowers of some Compositæ
 * Reniform (Leaves).—Kidney -shaped or very broadly cordate.
 * Retuse (Leaves).—Trimcate and slightly indented at the apex.
 * Revolute (Leaves).—The margins rolled backwards.
 * Rotate (Flowers).—With the petals radiating horizontally.
 * Runcinate (Leaves).—With lateral lobes curving towards the stem.
 * Runners.—Creeping stems thrown out from the root.
 * Sagittate (Leaves).—With acute lobes at the base, like a barbed arrow-head.
 * Scape.—A flower-stalk rising from the root, without leaves.
 * Scions.—Runners.
 * Serrated (Leaves).—Indented on the margin with sharp teeth, like a saw.
 * Sessile.—Placed directly upon the stem, without stalks.
 * Setaceous (Leaves).—Very slender or bristle-like.
 * Setæ.—Bristly hairs.
 * Sinuated (Leaves).—With broad shnllow rounded indentations on the margin.
 * Spatulate (Leaves).—Broadest at the aper, and long and tapering below.
 * Spinous.—Furnished with thorns or prickles.
 * Subulate (Leaves).—Awl-shaped, narrow-linear, as thick as broad.
 * Succulent.—Thick, soft and juicy.
 * Ternate (Leaves),—Composed of three leaflets.
 * Tomentose.—Cottony, or covered with thick down.
 * Toothed (Leaves).—Cut on the margin into deep teeth.
 * Trifid (Leaves).—Three-cleft.
 * Tri-pinnate (Leaves).—Thrice pinnately compound.
 * Tri-pinnatifid (Leaves).—Thrice pinnately lobed.
 * Urceolate (Corolla).—Cup-shaped, but contracted at the top.
 * Vittæ.—Channels filled with oil in the fruit of Umbelliferæ
 * Whorled (Leaves).—Arranged in circles around the nodes, several together.