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SYLVA AMERICANA. 



Liliaceous, A corolla with six petals 

 gradually spreading from the base. 



Limb, The border or spreading part of 

 a monopetalous corolla. 



Lobe, A large division, or distinct 

 portion of a leaf or petal. 



Log, The trunk or body of a timber 

 tree prepared for the sawyer. 



Lubricating, Rendering smooth and 

 slippery. 



Lymph, Water, or a colorless fluid in 

 animal bodies, separated from the 

 blood and contained in certain ves- 

 sels called lymphatics. 



Margin, The edge or border. 

 Maritime, Growing near the sea. 

 Medulla, The pith. 

 Melliferous, Producing or containing 



honey. 

 Membranous, Very thin and delicate. 

 Mesh, The opening or space between 



the threads of a net. 

 Midrib, or Midriff , The main or middle 



rib of a leaf running from the stem to 



the apex. 

 Miscible, That which may be mixed. 



Naked, Destitute of parts usually found. 



Narcotic, Causing stupor, or insensi- 

 bility to pain ; inducing sleep. 



Natural character, That which is ap- 

 parent, having no reference to any 

 particular method of classification. 



Nectarium, or Nectary, The part of a 

 flower which produces honey ; this 

 term is applied to any appendage of 

 the flower which has no other name. 



Nerves, Parallel veins. 



Nerved, Marked with nerves, so called, 

 though not organs of sensibility like 

 the nerves in the animal system. 



Nodding, Partly drooping. 



Nucleus, Nut, or kernel. 



Nut, Nux, See Nucleus. 



Oblique, A position between horizontal 



and vertical. 

 Oblong, Longer than oval, with the 



sides parallel. 

 Obtuse, Blunt ; rounded ; not acute. 

 Oleaginous, Having the qualities of 



oil ; unctuous. 

 Opaque, Not transparent. 

 Opthalmia, Inflammation of the eye 



or its appendages. 

 Opiate, A medicine that has the quality 



of inducing sleep or repose: a narcotic. 

 Oval-acuminate, A leaf is oval-acumi- 

 nate when one end is round and the 



other pointed. 



Ovary or Ovarium, The base of the 



pistil, which fertilized, produces a 



new plant. 

 Ovate, Egg-shaped ; oval with the 



lower end largest. 

 Oviparous, Animals produced from 



eggs ; as birds, etc. 

 Ovum, An egg. 



Palmated, Hand-shaped ; divided so 

 as to resemble the hand with the 

 fingers spread. 



Panicle, A loose, irregular bunch of 

 flowers with subdivided branches ; as 

 the oat. 



Panicled, Bearing panicles. 



Parenchyma, A succulent vegetable 

 substance; the cellular substance; 

 the thick part of leaves between the 

 opposite surfaces ; the pulpy part of 

 fruits; as in the apple, etc. 



Parted, Deeply divided ; more than 

 cleft. 



Partial, Used in distinction to general. 



Partition, The membrane which di- 

 vides pericarps into cells, called the 

 dissepiment. It is parallel when it 

 unites with the valves where they 

 unite with each other. It is con- 

 trary or transverse when it meets a 

 valve in the middle, or in any part 

 not at its suture. 



Pedicle, A little stalk or partial pe- 

 duncle. 



Peduncle, A stem bearing the flower 

 and fruit. 



Pellicle, A thin membraneous coat. 



Pendant, Hanging down ; pendulous. 



Pentangular, Having five corners or 

 angles. 



Perennial, Lasting more than two 

 years. 



Perforate, Having holes as if pricked 

 through ; differs from ^wnctaZe, which 

 has dots resembling holes. 



Pericarp, A seed vessel or whatever 

 contains the seed. 



Permanent, Any part of a plant is 

 said to be permanent when it remains 

 longer than is usual for similar parts 

 in most plants. 



Petal, The leaf of a corolla usually 

 colored. 



Petiole, The stalk which supports the 

 leaf. 



Physiology, Derived from the Greek, 

 a discourse of nature. 



Phytology, The science which treats 

 of the organization of vegetables, 

 nearly synonymous with the physi- 

 ology of vegetables. 



