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INTRODUCTION. 
Lateral, 159. 
Leaf, 54. 
Leaflet, 61. 
Leaf-stalk, 60. 
L 6 gume, 187. 
Lenticular ; resembling a double 
convex lens. 
Liber, 47. 
Ligulate 5 strap-shaped, long and nar¬ 
row, p. 184. 
Ligule, p. 567. 
Limb, 59, 137. 
Line ; the twelfth part of an inch. 
Linear, 66 . 
Linnacan Artif. System, 180. 
Lips 3 the pieces of a 2-labiate (2- 
lipped) corolla. 
Lobes and Lobed, 65, 134. 
Loculicldal, 191. 
Lodicule, p. 567. 
Loment, Loraentaceous, 187. 
Lunate j crescent-shaped. 
Lunulate 5 a diminutive of lunate. 
Lyrate; lyre-shaped} pinnatifid with 
the upper lobes much larger than 
the lower. 
Mammilarj conical, with a rounded 
apex. 
Marc 6 scent; withering-persistent. 
Marginal 5 relating to the margin. 
Medullary Rays, 47. 
Slieath, 47. 
Membranous, or Membranaceous 5 
the texture or thinness of mem¬ 
brane. 
M 6 ricarp, p. 153. 
Merous, 157. 
Micropyle, 174,179. 
Midrib, 72. 
Mitriform 5 mitre-shaped, p. 642. 
Monad^lphous, 147. 
Monandrous, 146. 
Moniliform 3 necklace-like j cylin¬ 
drical, contracted at regular inter¬ 
vals. 
Mono-, in composition 5 single. 
Monochlamydeous 5 having but one 
floral envelope. 
Monocotyl 6 donous, 219. 
Monce'cious, 140. 
Mon 6 gynous, 151. 
Monopetalous, 134. 
Monophyllous, 134. 
Monosepalous, 134. 
Mucronate, 68 . 
Multifid; cleft into many segments. 
Multiple fruits, 207. 
Muricate 3 beset with hard project¬ 
ing points. 
Muticous; pointless. 
Naked, 133. 
Napiform, 21. 
Natant 3 swimming. 
Natural arrangement, 240. 
orders, 241, 247. 
Navicular ; shaped like a little boat. 
Nectariferous 3 honey-bearing. 
Nectary 3 a name formerly applied 
to any honey-bearing part of the 
flower, or any petal of anomalous 
form. 
Nerved, Nerves, 71. 
Netted-veined, 71. 
Node, 13, 27. 
Nodose, N 6 dulose; knotty, as if 
jointed. 
Nomenclature, 237. 
Normal; the ordinary, or pattern 
structure. 
Nucleus, 174, 213. 
Nucules 3 nutlets, or the stones of a 
small drupe. 
Nut, 205. 
Nutant; nodding. 
Ob-; a prefix signifying inversion. 
Obcompressed 3 flattened before and 
behind, instead of laterally. 
Obcdrdate, inversely heart-shaped.67. 
Oblique 3 unequal-sided. 
Oblong, 66 . 
Obdvate, 66 . 
Obtuse, 68 . 
Obverse 3 same as ob. 
O'chrea, 96. 
Octandrous, 146. 
Offset, 36. 
Oophoridium, pp. 639, 640. 
Opaque ; the reverse of shining. 
Operculum 3 a lid, p. 642. 
Opposite ; placed directly before, or 
on the opposite side of, 85. 
Orbicular, 66 . 
Order, 239. 
Ordinal character, 247. 
Organic Elements, 10. 
Organs of Reproduction, 11, 97. 
Vegetation, 11. 
Orthotropous, 175,212. 
Oval, 66 . 
Ovary, 149. 
Ovate, 66 . 
Ovoid 5 a solid oval. 
Ovule, 149, 173. 
Ovuliferous, 150. 
Pale® 3 chaff or scales 3 the inner 
bracts of Grasses, p. 567. 
