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serrate or toothed, having 
Mucronately-crenate, the crenatures, serratures, 
Mucronately-toothed, or teeth ending in a 
sharp point, , 
Mucronately-pungent, having a sharp prickly point. 
Mucrone, a small sharp point. 
Mucronulate, Q 
Mucronulated, § 
Mulch, a gardener’s term for the placing manure 
about the roots of trees, on the surface of the 
ground. . 
Multifarious, very numerous, or arranged in many 
rows. 
Multifid, cleft into many parts. _ 
Multifidly-pinnatifid, a leaf is so called when it is 
pinnately-lobed, and these lobes are again divided 
into many parts. 
Multipartite, divided into many parts. 
Multiple, many times more; applied to numbers. 
Multiplex, much multiplied. 
Muricate, 
Muricated, 
Muricately-hispid, covered with short, sharp, stiff 
bristles. 
having a little hard sharp point. 
\ covered with short sharp points. 
N. 
Naked, without hairs, 
branches, &c. 
Nakedish, nearly destitute of hairs or leaves. 
Napiform, formed like a turnip, tuberous. 
Narcotic, producing sleep or torpor. 
Narrowed, tapering. 
Navicular, boat-shaped. 
without leaves, or without 
Neck, the upper tapering end’ in bulbs or other . 
plants is called the neck. 
Nectarial, of or belonging to the nectary. 
Nectariferous, bearing honey or nectaries. 
Nectariferous-tube, in Pelargonium, is the tube or 
swelled part at the top of the pedicel. ` 
Mearim, ) that part of a flower which produces 
Nectary, honey. 
Nervedly-furrowed, with furrows like nerves. 
Nerveless, without nerves. - 
Nerves, the strong veins upon leaves or flowers. 
Nervose, a 
Nervous, \ full of nerves. 
Nervosely-furrowed or streaked, } having nerves like 
Nervously-furrowed or streaked, $ furrows or streaks, 
Netted, having the veins reticulated. 
Neuter, neither male nor female. 
Nidulant, nestling, lying among any thing, as a bird 
In its nest. 
Nidus, the nest of any thing. 
Nodding, having a drooping position. 
Nodi, the swelled articulations of stems; the place 
where one joint is articulated with another. 
Nodose, having many nodi or knots. 
Nodules, small hard nodi or knots. 
Nucleus, the kernel of a nut. 
Nucamentaceous, producing nuts. 
Nuts, seeds covered with hard shells. 
oO. 
Ob, is used in the composition of Latin technicałs, 
to indicate the thing is inverted, such as obovate 
is inversely ovate, obcordate is inversely cor- 
date, and oblanceolate inversely-lanceolate, &c. 
Obconical, inversely conical. 
Obcordate, inversely cordate. 
Obcordately-two-lobed, inversely cordate, with the 
indentation very deep, so as to appear of two 
lobes, 
Oblong, when joined by a hyphen to another word, 
signifies a form between the two words, as, oblong- 
elliptical, oblong-linear, oblong-cuneate, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, oblong-spatulate, oblong -rhomboid, oblong- 
sagittate, oblong and arrow-shapeđ. 
Oblong-triquetrous, oblong and three-sided. 
Obliquely-cordate, cordate in an oblique manner. 
GLOSSARY. 
Obliquely-repand, a leaf having a margin undulated, 
and unequally and obliquely dilated, is said to be 
obliquely-repand. ; 
Obliquely-truncate, cut off in an oblique manner. 
Obovate, \ inversely egg-shaped, with the broadest 
Obovoid, end uppermost: 
Obovate, when joined by a hyphen to another word, 
signifies a shape between the two words, thus, 
obovate-spatulate, a shape between obovate and 
spatulate ; obovate-oblong, obovately-oblong, be- 
tween obovate and oblong; obovate-lanceolate, 
between obovate and ‘lance-shaped ; obovate-cune- 
ated, a figure between obovate and wedge-shaped; 
obovate-foundish, a figure between circular and 
obovate ; obovate-rhomboid, a figure between obo- 
vate and rhomb-shape, &c. 
Obovate-cuneated, between obovate and 
Obovately-cuneated, wedge-shaped, with the 
Obovately-wedge-shaped, ) broadest end uppermost. 
Obsolete, hardly evident. 
Obsoletely-toothed, scarcely toothed. 
Obtuse-angled, having blunt angles. 
Obvolute, having one part rolled upon another. 
Occidental, coming from the west. 
Ochraceous, having the colour of yellow ochre. 
Octandrous, having eight stamens. 
Octogynous, having eight styles. 
Officinal, any thing that has been or is sold in shops. 
Oleaginous, having the qualities of oil. 
Oleraceous, esculent, eatable. 
Opaque, want of transparency. 
Operculate, 
Operculated, 
Operculum, a lid. 
Opiate, having the power of opium. 
Orbiculate, 
Orbicular, 
Orbiculately-depressed, spherical, but depressed on 
the top. 
Orbiculately-elliptical, a form between circular and 
elliptical. 
Orbiculately-obovate, a form between circular and 
obovate. 
Orbicularly-rhomboid, a figure between circular and 
rhomb-shaped; orbicularly-reniform, a figure be- 
tween circular and kidney-shaped. 
Orchideous, of or belonging to the natural order of 
Orchidee. 
Orifice, an opening. . 
Oscillatory, moving like a vane or weather-cock. 
Ossified, become like bone. 
Ova, the eggs of any thing, the seeds before they 
are mature. 
Oval, when joined to another word by a hyphen, 
signifies a figure between the two words, as, oval- 
rhomboid, between oval and rhomb-shaped ; oval- 
lanceolate, between oval and lance-shaped ; oval- 
oblong, a shape between oval and oblong, &c. 
Oval, having the figure of ellipsis. 
Ovate, the shape of an egg, with the broad end 
downwards. 
Ovate-globose, \ betwen egg-shaped and sphe- 
Ovate-spheroid, rical. 
Ovary or Ovarium, the germ, the part of the flower 
in which the young seeds are contained. 
Ovate, when joined by a hyphen to another word, 
signifies a figure between the two words, thus, 
ovate-cordate, ovate and heart-shaped ; ovate-ellin- 
tical, a figure between egg-shaped and elliptical ; 
ovate-oblong, a figure between egg-shaped and 
oblong; ovate-orbicular, a figure between egg- 
shaped and circular; ovate-lanceolate, a figure be- 
tween ovate and lance-shaped; ovate-spatulate, 
a figure between egg-shaped and spatulate. 
Ovate-cylindrical, egg-shaped and cylindrical. 
Ovately-trapeziform, a form between an egg and a 
trapezium. 
Overlapping, when the margin of one thing lies 
upon that of another it is said to overlap. 
Ovoid, egg-shaped. 
Ovula, the seeds in the ovary before they are 
mature, the same as ova. 
covered with a lid. 
X circular or spherical. 
Ovulate, containing ova, 2-3-4-ovulate, containing 
2-3 or 4 young seeds. ; ; 
Ovules, the young seeds of plants contained in the 
ovary. ` 
P. 
Palate, the mouth of a ringent flower. 
Paleaceous, abounding with chaffy scales. 
Palmate, \ divided so as to resemble a hand spread 
Palmated, open. 
Palmate- lobed, 
Palmately-lobed, 
Palmate-parted, 
Palmately-parted, 
Palmately-cleft, cleft in a palmate manner. 
Palmately-multifid, palmate, having the leaflets 
` finely-multifid. 
Palmatifid, divided so as to resemble a hand. 
Panicle, a loose disposition of inflorescence, as oats. 
Panicled, 
Paniculate 
Paniculately-branched, branched in a loose manner. 
Paniculately-corymbose, having a loose corymb. 
Paniculately-dichotomous, having a panicle, dividing 
in a dichotomous manner. 
Paniculately-racemose, having numerous racemes, 
forming a panicle. 
Papilionaceous, butterfly-shaped flowers, as the com- 
mon pea. 
Papille, small soft excrescences. 
Papillose, ) haing small glandular excrescences 
Papillous, like pimples. . 
Pappus, crown of the seeds of composite and similar 
plants. 
Papule, round, soft, watery protuberances. 
Papulose, covered with papule. 
Papyraceous, the consistence of paper. 
Parabolical, form of a parabola, longer than broad, 
tapering gradually to both ends. , 
Parenchyma, all the parts of plants which consist of 
cellular tissue. 
Parietal, being attached to the sides or walls of the 
ovary. , 
Parietes, the sides of the ovary or capsule. | 
Parted, divided, but not to the base, 3-4 or 5- 
parted, divided into 3-4 or 5 parts. 
Partition, a division. 
Patent, spread out or expanded. 
Patulous, slightly spreading. 
Pectinate, 
Pectinated, 
Pectinately-ciliated, ciliated in such a manner as ta 
resemble the teeth of a comb. 
Pectinately-jagged, jagged in such a manner as to 
resemble the teeth of a comb. 
Pectinately-pinnate-lobed, having leaflets or lobes 
finely pectinated. 
Peetinately-pinnatifid, pinnatifid in a pectinate 
manner. 
Pectoral, relating to the breast. 
Pedate, leaves when they are cut in divisions; 
the outer divisions again lobed, are called pedate. 
Pedately, divided in a pedate manner. 
Pedately-many-parted, cut into many divisions in a 
pedate manner. 
Pedately-multifid, divided into many parts in a pe- 
date manner, . 
Pedatifid, cut into lobes, the lateral ones of which 
do not radiate from the petiole like the rest. 
Pedicel, small footstalks of flowers; commonly ap- 
plied to the partial footstalks of flowers. 
Pedicellate, 
Pedicelled, 
Peduncle, flower-stalk, usually applied to the com- 
mon footstalk of a number of flowers, sometimes 
only of one flower. 
Peduncled, 
Pedunculate, 
Pedunculated, 
Pellicle, a thin skin, which envelopes certain seeds: 
Pellucid, bright, transparent. 
Peltate, . 3 r 
\ lobed in a palmate manner. 
l parted in a palmate manner. 
) forming a panicle. 
resembling the teeth of a comb. 
stalked, having pedicels. 
\ raving stalks or peduncles, 
a leaf is said to be peltate when the petiole . 
