GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Naiadaccffi, 487. 



Naked Jloicers : same as aclilamydeous ; 



or destitute of involucre, &c. 

 Naked ovules and seeds, 296, 320. 

 Names of species and genera, 363 ; of 



orders, tribes, &c., 373. 

 Ndpiform: turnii>shaped, 84. 

 Natant: floating under water. 

 Natural system, 365, 366. 

 Naturalized: species introduced, but 

 growing completely spontaneous, 

 and propagating by seed. 

 Navicular : boat-shaped. 

 Nebulose : clouded. 

 Neck: the junction of root and stem. 

 Necklace-shaped : see Moniliform. 

 Nectar : the honey of a flower, or any 



sweetish exudation. 

 Nectari/ (nectar ium) : a place or thing 

 in which nectar is secreted : for- 

 merly applied also to any anoma- 

 lous part or appendage of a flower, 

 whether known to secrete honey or 

 not, as to the spur-shaped ])ctals of 

 Aquilegia, fig. 647, or the two 

 singular-shaped petals of Aconi- 

 tum, 257, fig. 402, 404. 

 Needle-shaped : see Acerose. 

 Nelumbiaceae (Nclumbo), 385. 

 Nemeous : filamentose; composed of 



threads. 

 Nervation : the arrangement of the 

 Nerves: parallel and simple veins. 

 Nerved : nervate ; furnished with nerves, 



154. 

 Nervose : abounding in nerves. 

 Netted: same as reticulated. 

 Nettcd-veined, 154. 

 Neurose: same as nervose. 

 Neutral : without sexes. 

 Neutral flowers : having neither stamen 



nor pistil, 263, 436. 

 Neutral quaternary products, 196. 

 New Zealand Hemp, 492. 

 Nidulant : nestling in. 

 Nitid (nitidus) : smooth and shining. 

 Niveous : snow-white. 

 Nodding: curved so that the apex 



hangs down. 

 Node (knot) : the place on a stem 



where a leaf is attached, 92. 

 Nodose : knotty ; swollen in some parts, 



contracted at others. 

 Nodulose : diminutive of the last. 

 Normal: according to rule. 

 Notate: marked by spots or lines. 

 Notorhizal : the radicle bent round to 

 the back of one cotyledon ; same 

 as incumbent. 

 Nucumentaceous : nut-like. 

 Nucelle : same as nucleus. 

 Niiciform : nut-like. 



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Nucleus: the kernel, 297, 320, 322. 



Nucleus of a cell, 26. 



Nucukuiium : a name for a bcrrv like a 

 grape. 



Nucule : a diminutive nut, stone, or 

 kernel. 



Ndculose: containing nucules or nut- 

 lets. 



Numerous : same as indefinite. 



Nut, 314. 



Nutlet : a small nut, or the small stone 

 of a berry-like drupe. 



Nutmeg, 383.*^ 



Nutant : nodding. 



Nutrition, 61, 177. 



Nux-vomica, 434. 



Nyctaginacea?, 463. 



NymphajacejJB, 385. 



Oat, 498. 



Oi- (over against) signifies inversely; 

 as, 



Obcompressed : flattened fore and aft, in- 

 stead of laterally. 



Obcdrdate: heart-shaped inverted ; 162, 

 fig. 274, 233. 



Ohldnceolute : lance-shaped, but broader 

 upwards. 



Obl.i(jue, referring to shape, unequal- 

 sided, 165. 



Obliteration, 309. 



Oblon(j : elliptical, or approaching it, 



and much longer than ^\'ide : 

 242. 



Obdvute: inversely ovate ; 157, fig. 232. 



Obtuse: blunt; the apex an obtuse an- 

 gle; 162, fig. 270, 236. 



Obverse: same as ob. 



Obvolute : a modification of convolute, 

 145. 



Ocetlate : eyed ; a circular patch of 

 , color within another patch. 



Ochrea (a boot) : a tubular stipule ; 

 , 171, fig. 305. 



Ochreate : furnished with ochrese. 



Ochroleucous : ochre-colorcd (pale dull 

 yellow) verging to white. 



Octo- : eight ; in composition in such 

 words as the following. 



Octagi/nia, 515. 



Octd(/i/nous : with eight pistils or styles. 



Octdmerous : the parts in eights. 



Octandria, 512. 



Octdndrous : with eight stamens. 



Octope'talous : of eight petals, 276. 



Oculute: eyed; same as ocellate. 



Officinal (belonging to the shop) : ap- 

 plied to plants, &c. used in medi- 

 cine or the arts. 



Offset, 102. 



dilnut, 469. 



Oils, 56, 57. 



