Till APPENDIX. 



Monandria. One stamen. 

 Moniliform. Like a string of beads. 

 Monocotyledones. Embrj'o with one cotj'ledon. 

 Moncecia. Stamens and pistils in separate flowers on the 

 same plant. 



Monogamin. A syngenetic flower not belonging to a head. 



Monogynia. Having one pistil. 



Mucro. A short and small abrupt tip. 



Mucronate. Having a mucro. 



Mucronulate. Diminutive of mucronate. 



Multifid. Cleft into man}- lobes and segments. 



Muricate. Eough, with short hard points. 



Navicular. Boat-shaped. 



Nectaria, Nectary. Organs v.'hich produce a sweet secre- 

 tion within a flower. 



Necessaria. Florets of the disk male; of the ray female; 

 or hermaphrodite. 



Nervose. Having veins or ribs. 



Neutral. Neither male nor female. 



Obcompressed. Flattened dorsally. 



Obconic. Like an inverted cone. 



Ohcord'ite. Invert«^d cordate. 



Obovate. Inverted ovate. 



Obtuse. Blunt. 



Ochroleucous. Yellowish white. 



Octandria. Eight stamens. 



Orthospermce. Having the endosperm straight (flat). 



Osseous. Bony. 



Ovoid. Egg-shaped. 



Palea, Palet. Chaff, or a chaffy bract; in grasses the two 

 inner bracts of the flower. 



Palmate. Compound, with the leaflets radiating. 



Panicle. A compound raceme. 



Papilionaceous. Butterfly-like. The peculiar corolla of 

 the LegumiuossB. 



Papillate. Beset with minute thick projections. 



