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GI.OSSAilY AND IXDEX. 



of a flower : see Dimerous, Trime- 

 rous, &c. 



Mescmbrj-anthemaceEB, 397. 



Me'socarp : tlie middle layer of a peri- 

 carp, 310. 



Mesophhmm : the middle bark or green 

 layer, 121. 



Meso))liijllam : the parenchyma of a leaf 

 between the skin of the two sur- 

 faces. 



Metamorphosed : tliat wliicli has under- 

 gone. 



Metamorphosis: the transformation of 

 one ori;an into another homologous 

 one, 2-28,231. 



Micropijle: the orifice of a seed, 298. 



Midrib : the central or main rib, 155 



Milh/ juice., 49. 



JMimoseffi, 413. 



Mineral constilitents of plants, 179. 



Miniate : verniilion-color. 



Mitriform : mitre-shaped, 503. 



Molluginea', 395. 



Monadclphia, 513. 



Monadeljilioiis : with filaments united 

 into a tube, or ring; 280, fig. 4G2. 



Monandria, 512. 



Mondndioiis: with a single stamen, 279. 



j\fondiithoiis : one-flowered. 



Moni/iform : necklace-sliaped ; cvlin- 

 diical and contracted at intervals. 



Monimiacea?, 382. 



]Moidicy-l)rcad, 399. 



'Mono-, in Greek compounds: one or 

 single. 



Monocdrpellari] : of one carj^el. 



Mo»ocdrj)ic, or monocdrpian : once-fruit- 

 ing, 101. 



Monoccplialons : hearing a single head. 



Monoch/amtJdi'OHs : with a single floral 

 envelope ; i. e. apetalous, 260. 



Monoclinoiis : hermaphrodite. 



Monocotijle'donous : one-cot vledoned, 79, 

 326. 



Monocotyledons or Monocotyledonons 

 Plants, 113, 326, 370, 482. 



Monoecia, 513. 



Monoecious: stamens and pistils in sep- 

 arate flowers on the same individ- 

 ual, 262. 



Monogamia, 516. 



Monogy'nia, 515. 



Mondf/i/nous: with one pistil or style, 287. 



Monoicons : same as moncecious. 



Mondmerons: the parts of the flower 

 single, 234. 



Monope'talons : one-petalled, but it is 

 used for gamopetalous, viz. petals 

 more or less united into one bodv, i 

 249, 275. 



MonophijUous : one-leaved, of one piece, 

 275. 



Mondpterous : one-winged. 



Jfonopi/reiious : one-stoned. 



Monosepalous : the calvx of one piece, 

 249. 



^[onospe'rmous : one-seeded. 



Mondstichous : in one vertical rank, 

 134. 



Mondsfijlous : witli one style. 



Rlonotropc'ie, or ]Monotro])acea;, 440. 



Monster, monstrous (430) : developed in 

 an unnatural manner. 



Morphine, 57» 



Morphoior/i/, 14, 60, 224. 



Mdrphosis : tiie manner of development. 



Moschate • exhaling the odor of musk. 



Moulds, 65. 



Mucddf/e: dissolved vegetable jelly, or 

 dextritic, 55, 193. 



Mucda^inous, mucose, or mucous: slimy. 



Mucro: a short, sliarp point. 

 Miicronate: abruptly tipjied with a mu- 

 cro ; 162, fig. 276, 231. 

 Mucrdnulate: tipped with a minute mu- 

 cro. 

 IMulberry, 475. 

 ^fule : a bybrid. 

 Multinujidar : many-angled. 

 il/«///-, in Latin derivatives : many; as, 

 Multicipital {miilticeps) : many-headed ; 

 where several buds or shoots pro- 

 ceed from the crown of one root. 

 Multifarious : many-sided. 

 Midlijid: many-cleft, 159. 

 Multifldrous : many-flowered. 

 Mullijurjate : in many pairs. 

 Multildcular : many-celled. 

 Mullipie : compound. 

 Multiple fruits, 309, 318. 

 j\fultiscriul: in several horizontal ranks. 

 Muhisejitate : many-partitioned. 

 il/«'nc«/e.-. rough with short and hard 



points. 

 ^furiculute : minutely muricate. 

 MusacciE, 490. 

 Muscardine, 508. 

 Muscarijbrm : brash-shaped. 

 Musci (Mosses), 502. 

 Musciforni: moss-like. 

 Muscologi/: the department of Botany 



which treats of Mosses. 

 Mustard, 389. 

 Miiticous : pointless ; blunt. 

 Mi/ce'lium, 507. 



Mijcdiogy, or Mjjcetdlogy : the depart- 

 ment of Botany which treats of 

 Fungi. 

 Mijcropijle : see Micropyle. 

 MyrieacesB, 477. 

 Myrsinaccje, 443. 

 MyristicaccEE, 383. 

 Myrrh, 407. 

 Myrtaceas, 418. 



