INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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LaLinfp, 101, 5. 



I-acitiiii'c, '2!.'j, 20. 



Lactc'scent ; milky or juicy. 



Lainiiin, 10'2. 



Laiiatf ; woolly. 



Lanceolate, 23J, 5. 



I.atei-al ; relating to the sido. 



Latex, 20-5. 



LftticilcrouR tisstic, 3-1, 207, c. 



Leaf consists of, 27. 



" foi-mof, 2:J1. 



" color of, 215. 



" marj^iu of, 235. 



" MU-face of, 2.37. 



" functions of, 2^7. 



" duration of, 257. 

 Leaf-bud, 107. 

 Leaflot-s 23'J. 



Leaver, arra?ic;cment of, 215'. 

 Lesuinc, ll'J, 4. 

 Lesumii'""'^ ; havin<T legumes. 

 Lenticular: lens-shaped. 

 Liber, 205, 20G. 

 Ligneous ; woody. 

 Lipuhi, or lipnle; the mcmbrano at the 



top of the sheath of grasses, &.C. 

 Ligulatc; strap-shaped. 

 Liliaceous, 105, 3. 

 Limb, 103. 

 Linear, 231, 23. 

 Linnoaii Classes, 73, 74. 

 Linnean Orders, SO. 

 Locnlicidal, 115, 1. 

 Loment, a Jointcil legume. 

 Lunate ; crescent-shaped. 

 Lyrate, 232, 14. 



Marcscent ; withering on tho plant- 



Marginal ; on the margin. 



Medulla; pith. 



Medullary ravs, 201. 



Medullary sheath, 200. 



Membrani'.us, or membranaceous ; with 



the texture of membraue. 

 Mericarp; hall-fruit. 

 Mesosperm, US. 

 Midrib, 227. 

 Miiienil defined, 9. 

 Monadclphous; stamens all united. 

 Monandrous; with one stamen. 

 Moniliform, 1 17, 6. 

 Monocotyledonous plants, 12G. 

 Monoecious ; stamens and jiistils apart, in 



separate flowers on the same plant. 

 Monopetala.', 334. 

 Monopctalous, 101. 

 Monosepalous, 06. 

 Mucronate, 23G, 6. 

 Multifid ; many-cleft. 

 Muricate ; with hard short points. 



Naked ovules, or seeds, 111, a. 

 Napiform, 145, c. 



Narcotic ; producing sleep or torpor. 

 Natui-al System, 321. 



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Nectariferous: producing honey. 



Nectary. 107, a. 



Nerves, 227. 



Net-veined, 22;>. 



Nod<ling; in a drooping position. 



Node, 172. 



Normal ; regular, according to rule. 



Normal structure of plants, Gl. 



" causes of deviation from, C3. 

 Nucleus, 90. 

 Nut, IIG, 7. 



Ob, in composition implies inversion, as 



obovatp, inverselv-ovate, iSiC. 

 Oblons;, 2.32, 3. 

 Obovalc, 232, G. 

 Obvolute; 217,2. 



Obsolete; indistinct, as if worn out. 

 Obtuse; blunt. 



Octandrous ; with eight stamens. 

 Octogynous; with eight styles. 

 Officiiial : used in or belonging to tho 



shops. 

 Oil^ct, m. 

 Oleaginous, oily. 



Operculum ; tl'ie lid to a pyxis, &c 

 Oi)positc, 21N, 3. 

 Orbicular, 2-32, 1. 

 Orders, 335. 



" names of, 340. 

 Ordinal ; relating to tlie Orders. 

 Organic bases, 23. 

 Organography, 2. 

 Orthotropou^", 121. 

 Oval, 2-34, 24. 

 Ovarv, 7G, 77. 



Ovate ; egg-shaped (surface), as a leaf. 

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

 Ovules, bl, St). 



Palcacions, 9!), a. 



Palca.-, 2.')fi. 



Palmate, 147, a. 



Paniluriform ; fiddle-shaped, rounded at 

 the eiiiU, narrow in the middle. 



Panicle, 304. 



Papilionaceous, 105, 5. 



Papillose ; producing small glandular ex- 

 crescences. 



Pappus, iX), a. 



Parasitic ; growing upon or nourished by 

 another. 



Parallel-veined, 229, 2. 



Parenchyma, 29, 2G1. 



Parietal placentcc. 



Pectinate; comb-like, with long, narrow 

 segments. 



Pedate ; when the palmate leaf has tho 

 two lateral lobes cut into two or more 

 segments. 



Pedicel, 2S8. 



Pedicellate ; furnished with a pediceL 



Peduncle, 2S7, 25S. 



Pellucid ; transparent. 



Peltate, 233, 21. 



