nodal 



Kuoellom 



r^ Wood, Cf. INFRANODAL, SUPRA- 

 NODAL. 



nod'ding, hanging doAvn, nutant. 



Node, No'dus (Lat., a knot), that part 

 of a stem which normally has a leaf 

 or a whorl of leaves; the "knot" 

 in a grass-stem; Lindley gives the 

 following modifications : closed '^ ; 

 com'pound '■^ ; divi'ded '^ ; entire' 

 n^ ; o'pen '--; sin'gfle '^ ; see his 

 Glossary (1849), p. Ixii. ; nodif- 

 erous Cfero, I bear), bearing nodes; 

 no'dose, nodo'sus (Lat., knotty), 

 knotty or knobby, chiefly used of 

 roots ; Nodo'sity, Nodo'sitas (Lat., 

 knottiness), a woody swelling; Nod'- 

 ule, No'dulus (Lat., a little knot), 



(1) a small knot or rounded body; 



(2) = CoAL-BALLS ; '-' of Diatoms 

 = Stauros ; no'dulose, nodulo'siis, 

 the diminutive of nodose. 



No'menclature {nomenclatura, a list 

 of names), the names of things in 

 any science; in botany frequently 

 restricted to the correct usage of 

 scientific names in taxonomy. 



Nom'ad {vonhs, a pasture), a pasture 

 plant (Clements) [Note.— Not to 

 be confounded with the homonym 

 derived from vo/xas, vo/xddos, wander- 

 ing; cf. nomad'ic, used of certain 

 steppe plants, blown from their 

 original station] ; Nomi'um, pi. No- 

 mi'a, pastuie formation ; nomoc'ola 

 {colo, 1 inhabit), nomoph'ilus {(piKeco, 

 I love), dwelling in pastures ; Nomo- 

 phy'ta {(pvrhv, a plant), pasture 

 plants (Clements). 



Nomolo'gia {v6ij.os, custom ; K6yos, dis- 

 course), relating to the laws which 

 govern the variations of organs ; 

 nomoBper'mouB {ffirepixa, seed), used 

 by Radlkofer to denote the seed 

 normally occurring in the order, 

 tribe, or genus. 



non-anal'ogous = divergent (Osborn) ; 

 non-mari'time, inland (Kearney) ; 

 Non-occurrence, employed by Kear- 

 ney to denote absence fronj a given 

 locality ; non-saline, shunning salt, 

 as plants of inland localities (Kear- 

 ney) ; non-undulate, flat, not wavy 

 (Kearney). 



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no'nus (Lat.), ninth. 



nor'mal, norma'lis (Lat.), according 

 to rule, usual as to structure. 



Nosorogy {v6(ros, disease ; K6yos, a dis- 

 course), see Vegetable Nosology. 



Nos'toc-lay'er, in Lichens when the 

 Algal layer consists of Nostoc or 

 allied forms (De Bary) ; nostocha'- 

 ceous, resembling N'.ostoc or allied to it 

 (Archer) ; nos'tocine means the same. 



notate', nota'tus (Lat. , marked), marked 

 with spots or lines. 



notched, emarginate, nicked. 



noteroph'ilons (voref bs, moist ; (piXeu, 

 I love), applied to plants which are 

 intermediate between hydrophytes 

 and xerophytes ; by Warming termed 

 mesophytes. 



Nothog'amy [vSOos, bastard ; ydnos, 

 marriage), heteromorphic xenogamy, 

 crossing of various varieties in contra- 

 distinction to Hybridogamy ; Notho- 

 gamla has been proposed by Clements 

 for hybridization generally. 



noth'ns (Lat.), false or bastard, usually 

 applied to the false root of a parasite. 



notorrhi'zal {vuroi, the back ; l)lCa, a 

 root), used for incumbent ; the radicle 

 being on the back of the cotyledons 

 in certain Cruciferae ; nototriTjal 

 {rpi^w, I beat), pertaining to those 

 flowers described by Delpino as no'to- 

 tribe, whose stamens and styles turn 

 so as to strike their visitors on the 

 back ; syn. nototri'bous. 



no'vem (Lat. ), nine ; -- digita'tus, 

 nine-fingered ; --' lo'bus, nine-lobed ; 

 '- ner'vius, nine-nerved 



No'viform {jwvtis, new), a Cultiform 

 of recent origin (Kuntze). 



nu'bilus (Lat., dusky), greyish blue 

 (Hayne). 



Nucamen'tum (Lat., a fir cone or 

 catkin), an amentum or catkin; 

 nucamenta'ceous, -ceus, (1) having 

 the hardness of a nut ; (2) synonym 

 for indehiscent, monospermal fruit. 



Nncel'la, = Nucel'lus (Lat., a small 

 kernel), (1) the kernel of an ovule; 

 (2) tlie body of the ovule or macro- 

 sporangium containing the embryo 

 sac or macrospore ; Nuceriam, Ger- 

 main's form of Nucbllus. 



