INDEX AND GLOSSARi'. 



12S 



Labiate, 104, 5. 



Laciniate, 233, 20. 



Lactescent^ milky or juicy. 



Lamiua, 102. 



Lanate; woolly. 



Lanceolate, 232, 5. 



Lateral ; relating to tho side. 



Latex, 265. 



Laticiferous tissue, 34, 207, c. 



Leaf consists of, 27. 



" form of, 231. 



" color of, 215. 



" margin of, 235. 



■•' surface of, 237. 



" functions of, 267. 



" duration of, 257. 

 Leaf-bud, 167. 

 Leaflets, 239. 



Leaves, arrangement of, 218. 

 Legume, 116, 4. 

 Leguminous ; having legumes. 

 Lenticular ; lens-shaped. 

 Liber, 205, 2G6. 

 Ligneous; woody. 

 Ligula, or ligule ; the membrane a,t the 



top of the sheath of grasses, &c 

 Ligulate ; strap-shaped. 

 Liliaceous, 10a, 3. 

 Limb, 103. 

 Linear, 234, 23. 

 Linnean Classes, 73, 74. 

 Linnean Orders, 80. 

 Loculicidal, 115, 1. 

 Loment ; a jointed legume. 

 Lunate ; crescent-shaped. 

 Lyrate, 232, 14. 



Marescent ; withering oti the plant. 



Marginal ; on the margin. 



Medulla; pith. 



Medullary rays, 204. 



Medullary sheath, 200. 



Membranous, or membranaceous; with 



the texture of membrane. 

 Mericarp ; half-fruit. 

 Mesosr>enn, 118. 

 Midrib, 226. Midvein, 22G, 

 Mineral defined, 9. 

 Monadelphous ; stamens all united. 

 Monandrous ; with one stamen. 

 MonilifoiTn, 147, 5. 

 Monocotyledonous plants, 126. 

 Monoecious ; stamens and pistils apart, in 



separate flowers on the same plant. 

 Monopetalaj, 354. 

 Monopetalous, 101. 

 Monoscpalous, 96. 

 Mucronate, 236, 6. 

 Multifid ; many-cleft. 

 Muricate ; with hard short points. 



Naked ovules, or seeds, 111, a. 

 Napiform, 145, c. 



Narcotic ; producing sleep or torpor. 

 Natural System, 341. 



Nectariferous; producing honey. 



Nectary, 107, a. 



Nerves, 227. 



Net-veined, 229. 



Nodding ; in a drooping position. 



Node, 172. 



Normal ; regular, according to rule. 



Normal structure of plants, 61. 



" causes of deviation from, 63. 

 Nucleus, 90. 

 Nut, 116, 7. Nutrition, principles of, 31®. 



Ob, in composition implies inversion, as 

 obovate, inversely-ovate, &c 



Oblong, 232, 3. 



Obovate, 232, 6. 



Obvolute; 217,2. 



Obsolete ; indistinct, as if worn out. 



Obtuse; blunt. Ochroleucous, yellowisk 



Octandrous ; with eight stamens, [white. 



Octogynous ; with eight styles. 



Oflicnial: used in or belonging to ths 

 shops. 



Offset, 191. 



Oleaginous, oily. 



Operculum ; the lid to a pyxis, &c. 



Opposite, 218, 3. 



Orbicular, 232, 1. 



Orders, 355. 

 " names of, 360. 



Ordinal; relating to th<. Orders. 



Organic bases, ^. 



Organography, 2. 



Orthoti-opous, 121. 



Oval, 234, 24. 



Ovaiy, 76, 77. 



Ovate; egg-shaped (surface), -is a leaf 



Ovoid; egg-formed (solid), as a fruit. 



Ovules, 81, 89. 



Paleacious, 99, a. 



Palese, 256. 



Palmate, 147, a. 



Panduriform ; fiddle-shaped, rounded at 

 the ends, narrow in the middle. 



Panicle, 304. 



Papilionaceous, 105, 5. 



Papillose ; producing small glandular ex- 

 crescences. 



Pappus, 99, a. 



Parasitic ; growing upon or nourished by 

 another. 



Parallel-veined, 229, 2. ■ 



Parenchyma, 29, 261. 



Parietal placentte, 



Pectinate ; comb-like, with long, narrow 

 segments. 



Pedate; when the palmate leaf has the 

 two lateral lobes cut into two or moro 

 segments. 



Pedicel, 288. 



Pedicellate ; furnished with a pedicel; 



Peduncle, 287, 288. 



Pellucid ; transparent. 



Peltate, 233, 21. 



