APPENDIX II. 



Nutlet, the dry 1-seeded lobes of some frnits each of 

 which becomes detached like a separate fruit. See also 

 Coccus. 



Ob-, in composition means inversely, thus an ovate leaf 

 has the wider part towards the base, an obovate leaf is 

 inversely ovate and has the wider part towards the apex. 



Obdiplostemonous, diplostemonous in which the members 

 of the outer whorl of stamens are opposite to the petals, and 

 those of the inner whorl opposite to the sepals. 



Oblique, when referring to shape means with o^e half 

 more largely developed than the other. 



Oblong, longer than broad and with the sides more or less 

 parallel. 



Obsolete, not developed. 

 Obtuse, blunt or rounded. 



Ocreate, said of stipules which are united into a tube 

 round the stem. 



Oecology, the science of the relations of an organism to its 

 environment. 



Opposite, on different sides of the axis with the bases m 

 the same level. 



Orthotropous, an orthotropous ovule is straight with the 

 micropyle opposite to the chalaza or base from which arise 

 the integuments. Cp. anatropoas. Vide also Ovule. 



Oval, broadly elliptical. 



Ovary, the part of a flower which contains the ovules and 

 consisting of one or more carpels which cohere by their edges 

 to form one or more closed cells or chambers, the cells of the 

 ovary. An ovary is apocarpous if the carpels composing it 

 are free from one another, in which case each carpel forms a 

 separate chamber by the incnrving and meeting of its edges 

 (see suture). An ovary is syncarpous if the carpels 



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