fTOitflTS JAMATCENSIS. 



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flfrnens's Fragments, and of the thirty- 

 third in his Ordinrs Natin 

 L'cidum. 3right, shining, as it were il- 

 luminated. 

 LuNOL atum. Siiaped like a small crescent. 

 LURID.E. (Luridus, a dusky or livid co- 

 lour. Linneus makes it synonymous with 

 fuscus.J The name of the thirty-third 

 order in Li'nneus's Fragments, and of 

 the twenty- eighth in his 0) dines Natu- 

 rules. 



-Lyr.-vtum. A lyrate or lyre-shaped leaf. 

 Divided transversely into several jags, 

 the lower ones smaller and more re. note 

 from each other than the upper ones. 



"Makc!->ce.\s. Withering, shrivelling. 

 ]\In)ULLA. Marrow or pith. 



-MbmuraitaCEOCS. The substance cf parch- 

 ment. 

 MeteoricJje VigHite. When flowers open 

 and shut according-to the t-eimperature of 

 the air. 



"i&Im-RiB. The-main ncn'e or middle rib of 

 the leaf, running from the base or peti- 

 ole to the apex, and from winch the 

 veins of the leaf usually arise and spread 



"lVlG.NADLi.ru a. The name of the sixteenth 

 class in the Linnean System. Compre- 

 hending those plants which have herma- 

 phrodite flowers, with one set of united 

 stamens. They form a natural class enti- 

 tled Columnifera. 



^MoKANDRIa The name of the first class in 

 the Linnean System. Comprehending 

 those plants which have only one stamen 

 in a hermaphrodite fldi 



MONOCOTYLEDONES plantte. Plants which 

 have only oh< cotyledon or lobe in the 

 seed; as Grasses, Palms, arid Lifcactotts 

 plants, Linneus remarks that these are 

 more properly Acotyiedoi'ous, since the 

 cotyledon continues within the seed. 



Moncecia. (House.) The name of the 

 twenty-first class in the Linnean System. 

 Comprehending the androgynous plants, 

 or such as produi e male and female flow- 

 -ers, on the same individual, without any 

 mixture of hermaphrodites. 



MoiSOGYMA. The name of the first order, 



in each of the thirteen first classes of the 

 Linnean system. Comprehending such 

 plants as have one pistil, or stigma only, 

 in a flower. 



MoNOPETAtA corolla. A monopetalous or 

 one-petaled corolla. The "whole in one 

 petal. It may be cut deeply, bin is not 

 separated at the : 



MONOPHYLLUM A monophyllous or one- 

 leafed perianth. AlPin one ; if cut, not 

 separated to the base. 



MONOSPERMA. A plant that has one seed to 

 each flower. 



Monqstachyous. A stem bearing a single 

 spike. 



Mjjci o. A dagger-point. 



MucronatUm jolium. A dagger-pointed 

 leaf. 



MuLTANGULARts. A multangular stem.-^ 

 Having several corners. 



Multicapsoi.aRE. A fruit of many capsules. 

 TiDENTATA. Many-toothed. 



Multifidum. Multifid or many-cleft. 



MuLTlLbcULARB. Many-celled. Divided 

 internally into several cells. 

 : II UtTITA Mai V parted. 



Mut-TIPUEX. Many-fold, or having petals 

 lying over each other in two or more 

 folds or rows. 



Mui tisiuqute. The name of the twenty- 

 third order in the Fragments of a Natural 

 Ik. hod, in P/uttis Bui.; and of the 

 r tnty-sixth in the Ordines Naturales^ 

 at tii i Linneus's Geneia Plcmta- 



rum. Comprehending those plants which 

 have several siliques or pods succeeding 

 to each flower. 



Muni-ens somnus. When the upper leaves 

 of a plant, which during the day had 

 spread out horizontally on long petioles, 

 drop them at wight, and hang down so 

 as to loim an 'arch a i round about the 

 ste.u. 



Mukicatus. Muricated. Having subulate 

 poitits "scattered over it ; or armed with 

 sharp prickles, like the Mure.i shelLfish; 



MumcaT.e lor t.;e name (.1 th&eleventh or- 

 der in Liuneus's Fragments ol a Natural 

 Method. 



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