INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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Labiate, 104, 5. 



Laciniatc, »3, 20. 



Lactescent; milky or juicy. 



Lamina, 102. 



Lanate ; woolly. 



Lanceolate, 2.32, 5. 



Lateral ; relating to the side. 



Latex, 205. 



Laticiicrous tissue, .34, 207, c. 



Leaf consists of, 27. 



" form of, 231. 



" color of, 215. 



" niarpin of, 235. 



" surface of, 2.37. 



" functions of, 2ti7. 



" duration of, 257. 

 Leaf-bud, 167. 

 Leatlets, 239. 



Leaves, arrangement of, 218. 

 Legume, 116, 4. 

 Legmninous ; having legumes. 

 Lenticular; lens-shajied. 

 Liber, 205, 206. 

 Ligneous ; woody. 

 Ligula, or ligulc ; the membrane at the 



top of the sheath of grasses, &c. 

 Ligulate ; strnp-shaped. 

 Liliaceous, 105, 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 on the plant. 



Marginal ; on the margin. 



Medulla; pith. 



Medullary rays, 201. 



Medullary sheath, 200. 



Membranous, or membranaceous ; with 



the texture of membrane. 

 ^Mcricarp; half-fruit. 

 Mesosperm, US. 

 Midrib, 226. Midvein, 220. 

 Mineral defined, 9. 

 Monadelphous ; stamens all united. 

 Monandrous ; with one stamen. 

 Moniliform, 147, b. 

 Monocotyledonous plants, 126. 

 Monoecious ; stamens and pistils apart, in 



separate flowers on the same plant, 

 ^lonopctala;, 354. 

 Monopetalous, 101. 

 Monosepalous, 90. 

 Mucronate, 236, 6. 

 Multifid; many-cleft. 

 Muricate ; witt hard short points. 



Naked o^^lles or seeds, 111, a. 

 Napifoi-m, 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. 



Noniial ; regular, according to rule. 



Nomial structure of plants, 61. 



" causes of deviation from, 63. 

 Nucleus, 90. 

 Nut, lie, 7. Nutrition, priuciples of, 310. 



Ob, in composition implies inversion, as 

 obovate, mversely-ovate, &c. 



Oblong, 232, 3. 



Obovate, 2-32, 6. 



Obvolute ; 217, 2. 



Obsolete; indistinct, as if worn out.' 



Obtuse; blunt. Ochroleiicnus, yellowish- 



Octandrous ; with eight stamens, [white. 



Octogynous ; with eight styles. 



Otficnial : u«ed in or belonging to the 

 shojjs. 



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 the Orders. 



Organic bases, 2y. 



Organography, 2. 



Orthotropous, 121. 



Oval, 234, 24. 



Ovarj-, 76, 77. 



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



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



Ovules, 81, 89. 



Paleacious, 99, a. 



Palea;, 250. 



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. 



ParaUel-veined, 229, 2. 



Parenchyma, 29, 261. 



Parietal placentae, 



Pectinate; comb-like, with long, narrow 

 segments. 



Pedate; when the palmate leaf has the 

 two lateral lobes cut into two or more 

 segments. 



Pedicel, 28S. 



Pedicellate ; furnished with a pedicel. 



Peduncle, 287, 288. 



Pellucid; transparent. 



Peltate, 233, 21. 



