212 GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Maryinatt, margined with an edge different from the rest. 

 Afarginicidal dt/tiscence, 123. 

 Maritime, belonging to sea-coasts. 

 M'irmorate, marbled. 

 M :.<., M:*.T-.. Miijcultne, male. 

 J/'i.s/.W, MV /lersonate. 

 Mealy, KZKfarinaceout. 

 Median, Medial, belonging to the middle. 

 Mi '((fixed, attached by the middle. 



Medullary, belonging to, or of the nature of, pith (Medulla); pithy. 

 Mi 'liilliiry /itnjx, the silver-grain of wood, 140, 141. 

 .)/< <Iui I,/ i-i/ X/n<itli, a set of ducts just around the pith, 140. 

 .l/i iostemonous, having fewer stamens than petals. 



Membranaceous or Membranous, of the texture of membrane; thin and soft. 

 Mi niscoid, crescent-shaped. 



M, ricarp. one carpel of the fruit of an Umbelliferous plant, 121. 

 .I/, rismatic, separating into parts by the formation of partitions across. 

 Merous, from the Greek for part; used with numeral pretix to denote the number of 



pieces in a set or circle: as Monomerous, of only one, Dimerous, with two, Tri- 



merous, with three parts (sepals, petals, stamens, &c.) in each circle. 

 Mesocarp, the middle part of a pericarp, when that is distinguishable into three 



layers, 120. 



Mesophl&um, the middle or green bark. 

 MnTiijiyte, the closed orifice of the seed, 110, 126. 

 Mii.-riixpore, the smaller kind of spore when there are two kinds, 161. 

 Midrib, the middle or main rib of a leaf, 50. 

 Milk-vessels, 138. 

 Miiii'ilv, vermilion-colored. 



M '.triform, mitre-shaped: in the form of a peaked cap, or one cleft at the top. 

 It i.n'dif iinn, necklace-shaped; a cylindrical body contracted at intervals. 

 Monocarpic (duration), flowering and seeding but once, 38. 

 Monochlamydeous, having only one floral envelope. 

 Monocotyledonous (embryo), with only one cotyledon, 24. 

 Monocotyledonous Plants, 24. Monocotyls, 24". 



Moruedous, or Monoicous (flower), having stamens or pistils only, 85. 

 Monogynous (flower), having only one pistil, or one style, 105. 

 Monopctalous (flower), with the corolla of one piece, 89. 

 Monopliyllous, ono-leaved, or of one piece. 

 Monos, Greek for solitary or only one; thus Monmh Ijdmiis, stamens united by their 



filaments into one set, 99; M~onandrous (llowi-r), having only one stamen, 100. 

 )f,iiis,l><tl,,vs, a calyx of one piece; i. e. with the sepals united into one body. 

 Monospermous, one-seeded. 



.\foiistrtisity, an unnatural dovintion from the usual structure or form. 

 Morphohf/y, Mur/iholor/li-il /{,,/, my, 9; the department of botauy which treat* of 



the forms whieh .-in or^an may a>sume. 

 Moschat( , Musk-like in odor. 



.I/. 'I'! nil ///.-', Ml). 



Murronate, tipped with an abrupt short point (Mtu-m). 54. 



Mucromdate, tipped with a minute abrupt point; a diminutive of the last. 



Multi-, in composition, many: as Multiiii ;l ut<ir, many-angled: M ulticipltnl many- 

 headed, &(.; Miiltif.irioiis, in many rows or rank.-; Mullijid, many-cleft; Mul- 

 tilui-iilnr, many-celled; Jfultiserinl, in many rows. 



Multiple Fruits. 118, 124. 



Mnricutv, beset with short and hard or prickly points. 



Mnriform, wall-like; resembling courses of bricks in a wall. 



Muticous, pointless, blunt, unarmed. 



i-i-liitm, the spawn of Fungi; i. e. the filaments from which Mushrooms, &c., 

 originate, 172. 



