BOTANICAL TERMS. a 
the Buéterwort. In the Violet, the Larkspur, the Cohim- 
bine, and the Fumitory, it is a sort of spur, orhorn. In 
the Ranunculus, the Lily, and the Crown Imperial, it is a 
hollow cavity in the substance of the petals. In the 
~ Daffodil and Hellebore it is tubular. In the Frazinella and 
Campanula it is fixed to the Anthers; in the Gillifower 
and the Turnep, it is placed on the Germen in form of a 
gland. Its structure is no where more singular or beau- 
tiful than in the Grajs of Parnafsus. Pl. 5. f. 2. (a. j £2. 
(a. a. a. a. a.) f. 3. (a. a.) £4. (a) 
Nenvosow, fibrous ({leat.) 4 
NEUTRAL flowers or florets ; such as contain: neither Stamens 
nor Pistils, and of course produce no seeds. - ; 
Nripvutantra (semina) seeds dispersed i in pulp. 
Nitrpvs, glofsy. 
Noppine (nutans) FioweERr; when the fruit-stalk is $ bent near 
the end, as in the Chequered Daffodil, Narcifsus, and Jon- 
quil. PL3.f 9. ooreurene “* F Gale és meant tf 
the term oes. in “a 
_Nopus, knot. — : 
(emarginatus at” “ie ‘ens: athe petals othe 
Small Campion and Dove's-foot Crane’s-bill ; the little leaves 
of Vetch; the leaves of the common Maple. Pl. 7. f. 16. 36. 
Notcnep (runcinatus) Leaves; the edges cut something like 
the teeth of a large timber saw. Dandelion, Broad-leaved 
Watercrefs, Long-rooted Hawke’s-cye, and mooth Succory 
Hawkweed, are eae 
Nvuctevs,a kernel. 
Nuopvus, naked. : 
NuTAawns; nodding bie applied to a ras more 3 aed 
drooping. —~ 
Nox, pute) 
Nor (nux) a idod cteded bi a hard wii} shells e.g. the 
Hasel Nut. ‘This woody shell is sometimes covered bya 
soft pulpy or fleshy substance, as in a Peach ot Apricot, 
and then it is called a stone. Pl. 5: £. 21. ¢. —. 
Op, inversely ; thus, 
Os-contcum, signifies inversely aeegeh 
AiR ae heart-shaped ; which see. 
ouere tae longer th ‘sae 
BLONG oblonga considerabl an browd; nar- 
; ii houg Seem ee Seah as the leaves of the 
Daisie ; the. inthers of the Honeysuckle. PL i £5." 
Ostoneruscutus, rather oblong. — 
OsLoNnGo-ovaTuM, oblong-egg-shaped. 
OntowG-rce-sHarED, oblong at the base, but cegshaped : 
more towards the end. ge 
Os-ovarum, inversely- -<as-haped ‘that = egg: shaped, © 
with the small e petbebiny he _ 
Ossouzrvs; indistinct. Ss 
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