214 GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Oculate, with eye-shaped marking. 



Oj/ii-iii'il, n-ed in medicine, then-fore kept in the shops. 

 <>[l'.t, short branch,-- ue\t ih,. gro.ind \vliicli take root, 40. 



. termination, from tin- dn-rk. to denote likeness; so Dianthoides, Pink-like. 

 Oleraceou.<, esculent, as a pot-In rb. 



.-!, Greek for few; thus Oliganthous, fcw-llowcred, &c. 

 i~eous, olive-given. 



Oophoridiunt, a name for spore-case containing inacrospores. 

 OpatjiH , applied t<> a surface, niaans dull, not shinm.;-. 



Operculate, furnished with a lid ( <>/n rail inn), as the spore-case of Mosses, 163. 

 (Iji/infite. said of loaves and branches when on oppo-iie sides of tin- stem from eacli 



other (i. e. in pairs), 2'J. 08. Stamens are opposite the petals, &c., when they 



stand before them. 



Oppositifolius, situated opposite a leaf. 

 Orbicular, 0/7/ /.-/<,' //. , circular in outline. or nearly so, 52. 

 Unltr, group below cla-s. 178. Ordinal names, 180. 

 Organ, any member of the plant, as a leaf, a stamen, &c. 

 Organogi-aphy, study of organs, 9. Oryn/i<iy<.itt.sis, that of the development of 



organs. 



Orgyalis, of the height of a man. 

 Orttiof, (jreek for straight; thus, Orthucarpous, with straight fruit; Orthostichous, 



straight-ranked. 



Ortholropous (ovule or seed), 111. 

 Osseous, of a bony texture. 



Outgrowths, --mwilis from the surface of a leaf, petal, &c. 

 (>r>il, broadly elliptical, 52. 



Ovary, that part of the pistil containing the ovules or future seeds, 14, 80, 105. 

 Orntr, shaped like an egg, with the broader end downwards; or, in plain surfaces, 



such as leave >. like the section of an egg lengthwise, 52. 

 /, ovate or oval in a solid form. 



Ovule, the body which is destined to become a seed, 14. 80, 105, 110. 

 Ovuliferous, ovule-bearing. 



i', a projection of the lower lip of a labiate corolla into the throat, as in Snap- 



dragon. ^c. 

 Palea (plural /xiltiv), chaff; the inner husks of Grasses; the chaff or bracts on the 



receptacle- of many ( 'omposita>, as Coreopsis, and Suntlower. 



is, furnished with chaff, or chaffy in texture. 

 t, having J'ulcuUe or palea; of a second order, or narrow paleae. 



'l. Knglish term for palea. 

 Palmate, when leallets or the divisions of a leaf all spread from the apex of the 



petiole, like the hand with the outspread fingers, , r >7, 58. 

 1'iiliiMitely (veined, lohed. ^c.). in a palmate manner, 51, 50. 

 I'dl/ii'itijid, -/<>//<'/, -.-'i (7, palmatfly cleft, or lobed. or divided. 

 Paludvse, inhabiting marshes. 2'nluKtriin', saipe. 

 l'iiii</itri/rni, or l\tit<litr<iti\ liddle-shaped (which see). 

 I'.mii-/f, an open and liranched cluster, 81. 

 J'niiii-ltd, /'iiiiiriiliitt'. arranged in jianicles, or like a panicle. 

 I'onnose, covered with a felt of woolly hairs. 

 J'ti/ii ri/. <>f about the coiiM-teiKv of lelli-r paper. 



fa/iiHti/i iceuus, biittertly-shaped ; applied to such a corolla as that of the Pea, 91. 

 J'iijii/iii (|ilural /tajil^d'), linle nippK'-shaped protul)cranees. 

 J'<ijii/l<tte, l'it/>ili:i.', covered with papilhc. 

 J'njijiuf. thistle-down. The down crowning the achenium of the Thistle, Groundsel, 



\c , and whatever in Composite answers to calyx, whether hairs, teeth, or 



scales, 1JI . 



J^i/ii/rncftnif, like parchment in texture. 

 Parallel-veined or mi-cul Cleaves), 50. 



