obturbinatas 



octosepalons 



obtorbina'tus {ob, inverse, + turbina- 

 TVS), reverse top-shaped, swollen 

 at the bottom, narrowed at the 

 top. 



obtuse', dbtu'sus (Lat.), blunt or 

 rounded at the end ; ~ An'gled 

 stem-angles rounded, as in Salvia 

 pratensis, Linn. ; obtusius'culur 

 (Lat.), somewhat obtuse. 



obvariate, obvalla'tus {ob, about ; 

 vallatus, walled round), apparently 

 walled up, guarded on all sides; 

 obvalla'ris, surrounded as by a 

 wall, as in Karciss^is obvallaris, 

 Salisb. 



ob'verse, cbver'sus (Lat., turned to- 

 wards) ; (1) the side facing, as 

 opposed to reverse ; (2) used when 

 the point of a radicle in a seed 

 approaches the hilum; ob'versely, 

 in an obverse form. 



ob'volnte, obvolu'tus (Lat., wrapped 

 round), a modification of convo- 

 lute, when the margins of one 

 organ alternately overlap those of 

 an opposite organ, such as half- 

 equitant ; obvolu'tive is a synonym. 



Occlu'sion {occlnsus, shut up), the 

 process by which wounds in trees 

 are healea by the growth of callus, 

 then said to be occlu'ded (M. Ward). 



occulta 'tus (Lat.), hidden. 



Ocoapa'tion, ** possession of the ground 

 by plants " (Clements). 



Ooe'anad {oceanus, belonging to the 

 ocean, -f- -Ad), an ocean plant ; 

 oceanic, applied to organisms living 

 in the open sea ; ocean'idus, used of 

 a marine plant ; Oceani'xun, an ocean 

 formation ; oceanoph'ilns {<pi\4a), I 

 love), ocean-loving ; Oceanophy'ta 

 {(pvrhv, a plant), ocean plants (Cle- 

 ments) ; oceanophyt'ious, relating to 

 ocean plants. 



oceriate, occUa'tus, ocella'ted {ocellus, 

 a little eye), with a circular patch 

 of colour. 



Ooerius (Lat., a little eye), (1) an eye- 

 spot as in Salionyx, a genus of 

 Diatoms ; (2) an epidermal cell of a 

 leaf which is sensitive to light 

 (Haberlandt). 



Ooheti'um, or Ocheti'on {ox^Thi, a 



conduit), a plant succession occa- 

 sioned by drains or ditches (Cle- 

 ments). 



ochra'ceous, -ecus {ochra, yellow earth), 

 ochre-coloured, yellow with a tinge 

 of red. 



0'chrea=OcREA ; o'chreate=ocREATE. 



oobroleu'cous, -ens (&xpa, yellow 

 earth; Kevxhs, white), yellowish 

 white, buff. 



Och'thad {ox^v, a bank, + ad), a bank 

 plant ; Ochthi'um, a bank forma- 

 tion ; ochthoph'ilus (<^tAeft>, I love), 

 bank loving ; Ocbthopliy'ta {(pvThv, 

 a plant), plants of banks or dikes 

 (Clements). 



O'crea (Lat., a gi-eave), a tubular 

 stipule, or pair of opposite stiiiules 

 so combined ; o'create, ocrea'tuSf 

 provided with ocreae. 



Octagyn'ia {oktw, eight; ywh, a 

 woman), a Linnean order of plants 

 ^\'ith eight-styled flowers ; octag'y- 

 nous, Qctagyn'icus, having eight 

 styles : octam'erous {fji-epos, a part), 

 in eights ; octan'der {av^p, avtphs, 

 a man), vnth eight stamens ; Oc- 

 tan'dria, a Linnean class of plants 

 with eight stamens ; octan'drous, 

 having eight stamens. 



Oc'tant (cctans, a half-quadrant), the 

 division of an oospore ; '^ "Wall, 

 applied to the septum which cuts 

 the oospore into octants. 



octan'therous {oKri}, eight; au6T]phSf 

 flowery), having eight fertile sta- 

 mens ; octari'nus (S^pr/v, a male), 

 Necker's term for octandrous ; 

 octinu'cleate (+ Nucleus), having 

 eight nuclei (Harper) ; octodiploid 

 (-f diploid), applied to a nucleus 

 formed by the fusion of eight diploid 

 nuclei (Nemec). 



octofa'rius (L. Lat.), in eight ranks or 

 rows. 



octog'ynoufl = octagynous. 



octoloc'ular {octo, eight; Icculus, a little 

 place), applied to an eight-celled 

 fruit or pericarp; octopet'alous, 

 -hit (tr(Ta\ov, a flower-leaf), with 

 eight petals ; octora'diate {radius, 

 a' ray), with eight rays, as some 

 Comp^sitae ; octosep'alous (+ Sepa- 



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