GLOSSAKT. 



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Lunate, crescent-shaped. 

 LusiTANicus, A, vu, native of Portugal. 

 LuTEUS, A, UM, yellow. 

 LuTEOLUs, A, uji, yellowish. 



LYEATE LEAVES, SCO p. 16. 



♦Macrophyllus, a, um, long or large- 

 leaved. 



Maculatus, a, um, spotted. 



Magnus, a, U3I, great. 



Majoe, majus, large, larger. 



Masculus, a, um, male or masculine. 



♦MicEOPiiYixus, a, uji, having very 

 small leaves. 



Minus, junoe, minimus, a, um, little, 

 less, least. 



Mollis, soft. 



♦Monocotyledons, Endogens. 



•MoNocoTYLEDONOus, having only one 

 seed-leaf to the emhryo. 



•MoNiEcious, having the stamens and 

 pisUls in separate dowers, hut on the 

 same tree or plant. See p. 363. 



Montanus, a, um, growing on mountains. 



MoscuATUS, A, UM, Smelling like musk. 



MuLTicAULis, E, mauy-stalked. 



MuLTiFLOEUS, A, UM, mauy-flowered. 



Mueicatus, a, um, covered with short 

 prickles. 



MuEOEUM, of walls, i. e., growing upon 

 walls. 



Natans, swimming or floating. 

 ♦Nectaey, the honey-cup of a flower. 



See p. 29. 

 Nemoealis, nemoeosus, a, um, growing 



in woods and groves. 

 Net-veined (leaves), see p. 20. 



NiGEE, NIGRA, NIGEUM, NIGRESCENS, 



NIGRICANS, hlack, hlackish. 

 NiTiDus, A, UM, bright and shining. 

 Nivalis, accompanying or growing near 



snow. 

 NrvEus, A, UM, snow-white. 

 N0BU.IS, E, eminent, celebrated. 

 Nodes, the joints of the stem. See p. 8. 

 NoDnxoRus, A, UM, having the flowers 



at the nodes. 

 NoDosus, having swollen joints. 

 NuDi, naked, i. c, destitute of leaves 



where usually present, as nudicauUs, 



nudiflorus. 

 Nutans, nodding or half-pendulous. 



Obovate (leaf), see p. 12. 

 Obtuse, rounded or blunted at the ex- 

 tremity. 

 *OcHROLEucus, A, UM, cream-coloured. 

 OcBEA, a kind of stipule. See p. 133. 



Odoratus, a, um, sweet-smelhng. 



Officinalis, e, sold in the druggists' 

 shops, or formerly so. 



Oleraceus, a, um, useful as an esculent 

 pot-herb. 



Olidus, a, um, having a strong and un- 

 pleasant smell, 



Olitorius, a, um, same as oleraceus. 



Opposite (leaves), see p. 21. 



Oeientalis, of or from the southern 

 parts of Asia. 



Oval (leaf), see p. 12. 



Ovaey, the rudimentary or incipient 

 seed-pod. See p. 20. 



Ovate (leaf), see p. 12. 



OviNUS, A, UM, pertaining to sheep. 



Ovules, the rudimentary seeds con- 

 tained in the ovary. See p. 26. 



Pallescens, pale yellowish-green. 



Palmate (leaf), see p. 17. 



Paludosus, a, um, and palusteis, e, 



growing in marshy places. 

 Panicle, see p. 36. 

 Paniculatus, a, um, bearing the flowers 



in panicles. 

 *Pantotheix, hair-hke throughout. See 



p. 86. 

 Papilionaceous (corolla), see p. 172. 

 ♦Pappus, see p. 292. 

 Parallel-veined (leaves), see p. 20. 

 Parasites, see p. 103, 212, 231. 

 PaeietjU, (placenta), attached to the 



walls or interior surface of the ovary. 

 Parvifloeus, small-flowered. 

 Paiivifolius, small-leaved. 

 Patens, spreading wide open. 

 Pectinate (leaf), comb-like. Seep. 16. 

 Peduncle, pedicel, the stalk of a flower. 



See p. 34. 

 Peltate, formed like a shield, with the 



stalk in the centre of the circle. 

 Pennatus, a, um, feather-like. 

 * Pentamerous, composed of five or twice 



five equal parts. 

 Perennlul, 1 living many years. See 

 Peeennis, E,| p. 10. 

 Perfect plants, see p. 5. 

 Peefoliate (stem), see p. 570. 

 ♦Perianth, see p. 26. 

 ♦Peeicaep, seed-pod. 

 ♦Perigynous stamens, see p. 28. 

 Perpusillus, very small and weak. 

 Personate (corolla), formed like the 



muzzle of a quadruped. 

 Peeules, see p. 307. 

 *Petat.oid, of the texture of petals. 

 ♦Petals, the individual pieces or 



" leaves " of llio corolla. 



