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GLOSSARY 



Loculicidal (dehiscence). Splitting down 

 through the middle of the back of each 

 cell. 



Lodicules. ^linute hyaline scales sub- 

 tending the flower in grasses. 



Lament. A jointed legume, usually con- 

 stricted between the seeds. 



Lunate. Crescent-shaped. 



Lunulatc. Diminutive of limate. 



Lurid. Dirty brown. 



Lutcscent. Yellowish, or becoming yellow. 



Lyrate. Pinnatifld, with the terminal 

 lobe or segment considerably larger 

 than the others. 



Macrosporange. Sporange containing mac- 

 rospores. 



Macrospore. The larger of two kinds of 

 spores borne by a plant, usually giving 

 rise to a female prothallium. 



Magenta. A glaring red. 



Mammitlatc. Furnislied with nipple-shaped 

 processes. 



Marcescent. Withering, but remaining 

 attaclied. 



MeduUaru. Pertaining to the pith or 

 medulla. 



Membranaceous, Membranous. Tliin and 

 rather soft and more or less translucent. 



-merous. In composition, having parts, 

 as 2-merous, having two parts of each 

 kind. 



Mesa. Dry tableland. 



Mesocarp. The middle layer of a peri- 

 carp. 



Micropylc. Orifice of the ovule, and cor- 

 responding point on the seed. 



Microsporange. Sporange contaming mi- 

 crospores. 



Microspore. The smaller of two kinds of 

 spores borne by a plant, usually giving 

 rise to a male prothallium; pollen-grain. 



Midrein, Midrib. The central vein or rib 

 of a leaf or other organ. 



Monadelphous. .Stamens united by their 

 filaments into one set. 



Monilifnrm. Like a string of beads. 



Monocephalous. Bearing only one head. 



Monocott/ledonous (embryo). Having only 

 one cotyledon. 



Monoecious. Bearing stamens and pistils 

 on the same plant, but in different flow- 

 ers. 



Mucro. A short and smaU abrupt tip. 



Mucronate. With a short sharp abrupt 

 tip. 



Mucronulate. Diminutive of mucronate. 



Multicellular. Consisting of many cells. 



Multifid. Cleft into many lobes or seg- 

 ments. 



Multilocular. Possessing many lociili or 

 cavities. 



Muricate. Roughened with short hard 

 processes. 



Muriculate. Very finely muricate. 



Muticous. Pointless, or blunt. 



Xapifort7i. Turnip-shaped. 



Xaluralised. Plants not indigenous to 



the region, but so firmly established as 



to have become part of the flora. 

 Nectariferous. Nectar-bearing; having a 



nectary. 

 Nectary. An organ which secretes nectar. 

 Nerre. A simple or unbranched vein or 



slender rib. 

 Nigrescent. Becoming black or blackish. 

 Node. The place upon a stem wliich 



normally bears a leaf or whorl of leaves. 

 Nodose. Furnished with knots or nodes. 



Nodulose. Diminutive of nodose. 



A^ut. An indehiscent one-seeded fruit 



with a hard or bony pericarp. 

 Nutlet. Diminutive of nut. 



Ob-, as a prefix, signifies inversion, as fol- 

 lows; 



Obcompressed. Flattened the opposite of 

 the usual way. 



Obconic. Conical, but with the point of 

 attachment at the ape.x. 



Obcordate. Inversely heart-shaped. 



Oblanceolate. Inverse of lanceolate. 



Oblong. Longer than broad, with the 

 sides nearly parallel, or somewhat 

 ciu-ving. 



Obovate. Inversely ovate. 



Obovoid. Inversely ovoid. 



Obpyramidal. Inverted pyramidal, i. e., 

 pyramidal with the base uppermost. 



Obsolete. Imperfectly developed or rudi- 

 mentary. 



Obtuse. Blunt, or rounded. 



Ochroleucous. Yellowish white. 



Ocrea. A sheatliing stipule. 



Ocreate. Having sheathing stipules. 



Offset. Short branch ne.xt the ground 

 which takes root. 



Opaque. Not transparent. 



Operculate. With an operculum. 



Operculum. A lid. 



Orbicular. Appro.ximately circular in out- 

 line. 



Orthotropous (ovule or seed"). Erect, with 

 the orifice or micropyle at the apex. 



Oral. Broadly elliptic. 



Ovary. The part of the pistil that con- 

 tains the ovules. 



Ovate. In outline like a longitudinal sec- 

 tion of a hen's egg. 



Ovoid. Shaped like a hen's egg. 



Ovule. The macrosporange of flowering 

 plants, becoming the seed after fertiliza- 

 tion. 



OauUferous. Bearing ovules. 



Palate. A rounded projection of the 

 lower Up of a personate corolla, closing 

 the throat. 



Pa lea (plural paleae). Chaff; the chaff or 

 bracts on the receptacle of many Com- 

 positae. 



Paleaceous. Chaffy. 



Palel. The upper thin chaffy or hyaline 

 bract wliich with the lemna encloses 

 the flowers in Grasses. 



Pallid. Pale. 



Palmate. Diverging radiately like the 

 flngers. 



Palmately. In a palmate manner. 



Panduriform. Same as fiddle-shaped. 



Panicle. A compound flower-cluster of 

 the racemose type. 



Panicled, Paniculate. Borne in a panicle; 

 resembling a panicle. 



Pannose. Of the appearance or te.xture 

 of felt. 



Papilionaceous (corolla). Having a stand- 

 ard, wings, and keel, as in the peculiar 

 corolla of the Pea Family. 



Papilla. A little nipple-shaped protuber- 

 ance. 



Papillate, Papillose. Covered with papil- 

 lae. 



Pappiferous. Pappus-bearing. 



Pappus. The modified calyx-limb in 

 Compositae, forming a crown of very 

 various character at the summit of the 

 achene. 



Papyraceous. Having a papery texture. 



