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GLOSSARY. 



Numerous (Nitmerosuf). Used in the 

 sense of imlelinite in number. 



\/ii (*\itx). A hard and indehiscent 

 niK-seeded pericarp resulting from a 

 compound ovarv : J!i.">. 



Nutlet. A diminutive Nut. See Nucule. 



Nutitnt (-ans). See Nodding. 



Ob. Over against ; as a prefix denotes 

 inversely or oppositely, as 



Obeompressed (-.>). Flattened the other 

 way, autero-posteriorly instead of lat- 

 erally. 



Obctmical (-icus). Conical, but attached 

 at the apex. 



Obcordate (-(tins). Inverted heart- 

 shaped, the notch at the apex; 97. 



Obdiploslemonous (-us), Obdiplustemony. 

 When the stamens are double the 

 number of the petals, but the outer 

 series opposite the latter; 198. 



Obimbricate. Imbricated or successively 

 overlapping downward. 



Obldnceolate. Lanceolate but tapering 

 toward the base more than toward the 

 apex ; 95. 



trbliqiie ( OUiquus). Unequal-sided or 

 slanting. 



Ollimij ( Oblonyus). Considerably longer 

 than broad and with nearly parallel 

 -ides; 95. 



Obi'irutt (-atiis). Ovate with the broader 

 end toward the apex; 95. 



Obowid Solid ohovate. 



Obtec/n*. Covered by something. 



Obtn*i (-nun*.). Blunt or rounded at the 



extremity ; 97. 



Obtn*iii*<-nlii*. Somewhat obtuse ; dimin- 

 utive of obtuse. 



Obvallattu. Guarded on all sides or sur- 

 rounded MS it' walled in. 



O/ii-i r*< .(I/in I-KI 1 1/. Same as the prellxOb. 



Obr<ilni< (-iiiu*). A modification of Con- 

 volute; m i:i!> 



<>i-i//ii/, t-ii/ii*). With a circular patch 



or a ring of eolor. 

 Ochraceous (-eus). Ochre color; light 



yellow with a tinge of In-own. 

 Or/inn. Ocrea. A leg".in--haped or 



tul>iilar stipule or rather combined 



pair of -li)inle- : l"ii. 

 Orl/n nit . Ocrnit, (-utii.t). Furnished 



with oclirea or sheaths: IIH;. 

 Ochroleucotts (-.<). Yellowish-white or 



between white and yellow. 



Oct<>. F.ight. [n composition gives such 



term- as the following. 

 ()<-/:i,:i/ii!ii. I.imci-an artilieial order with 

 s( eight-sty led) Mowers ; 337. 



Octdmerous. Composed eight parts in 



the circle. 



Octandi-ia. Tlie Linmvan class with 

 Oftmi'lrous, i. e. eight-etamened flow- 

 ers; J4'.. :;:J4. 



Octdni. In eights. 



Octopetaluus (-us). Eight-petalled. 



( I, /<i.i< jiultius. With eight -epal-. 



Octuitti<-ln,n.< (-us). In eight vertical 

 ranks ; 124. 



Oculiite (-at us). Same as Ocellate. 



<>l/iciiin/ (-nils). Used in medicine or 

 the arts, therefore in the shops. 



Offset. A short lateral shoot for propa- 

 gation ; 53. 



OUits, Oideus, -odes and -ides. Greek 

 for likeness, used as terminations, in- 

 dicate similarity to; as JJinntlioides, 

 resembling a Pink. 



Oleraceous (H us). Esculent in the way 

 _of a pot-herb. 



Olir/os. Greek for few; in compounds 

 giving such terms as 



Oligdndrous (-us). With few stamens. 



Ollyanthoim (-us). Few-flowered. 



Oligdmerous (-us). Of few members. 



Oliyospermous (-us). Few-seeded. 



OUnii-i n* (-eus). Olive-green. 



Omphatodium. A mark (navel) on the 

 hilum of a seed, through which passed 

 vessels to the chalaza or rhaphe. 



One-sided. Either turned to one side, 

 or with parts all turned one way, or 

 unequal-sided. 



Oophoridium. The spore-case for the 

 larger spores in Selaginella, &c. 



Opnque (O/nii-K.i). Mostly used in the 

 sense of not shining or dull. 



t)/ti i-fitliiti (-H//I*). Furnished with an 

 ( >perculum or lid. 



Opercvlum. A lid; a top which sepa- 

 rates by a transverse line of separation 

 as does that of a pyxis. 



Opposite (-ilus). Set against; as leaves 

 over against each other when there 

 are two on one node : or one part lie- 

 fore another, as a stamen before a 

 petal : C. ] _><!, 178. 



<>/i/in.i!/ij',itiii.i (-in.i). Plaeed <>]>|iosite a 

 leaf, as is a tendril or peduncle in 

 Vitis. ,\:c. 



Ojyx'titijit tuliius (-us). Placed before a 

 petal. 



Oppositisepalous (-us). Situated before 

 a -e]ial. 



Orbicular (-m). Orfiii-iilnte- (-ntus). 

 Said of a flat body with a circular out- 

 line: 95. 

 Orchidaceous, 246. 



