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Maritime. Belonging to the sea or the neighbourhood of the sea. 
Massuxna. A group of microspores contained in a special envelope, as in Azolla. 
Mempranovus, MempraNnaczous. Thin, soft, and translucent, like a membrane. 
Mericarr. A name applied to one of the two carpels composing the fruit of 
Umbellifere. 
Mzsocarp. The middle layer of a fruit or pericarp. 
Micropyte. The opening or mark in the integument of a seed indicating the 
position of the foramen of the ovule. 
MricrosporE. The smaller kind of spore in vascular cryptogams. 
Mrpris. The central and principal nerve of a leaf. 
MonapeEtpHous. Having the stamens all united by their filaments into a column 
or tube. 
Monanprovus. Having a single stamen. 
Moniirorm. Resembling a necklace or string of beads; constricted at regular 
intervals. 
MonocuLamMypeEous. Applied to those plants whose flowers have only a single 
perianth. 
Monocorytepons. Those plants whose embryo has but one cotyledon or seed- 
lobe. 
Monectous. Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers, but borne on 
the same plant. 
Monoretatous. Gamopetalous; having all the petals united by their edges. 
Monopuyttous. (1.) One-leaved, as an involucre composed of a single piece. 
(2.) Equivalent to “‘ gamosepalous ” or “ gamopetalous.” 
Monoryerc. Applied to a genus with but one species. 
Mucitacinovus. Composed of mucilage; slimy. 
Mvcro. A sharp terminal point. 
Mvcronate. Possessing a short and sharp terminal point. 
Mucronvutate. Ending in a diminutive mucro. 
Moutirarious. Arranged in many vertical rows or ranks. 
Moutirip. Cleft into many lobes or segments. 
Moricatz, Muricatrep. Rough with short hard points. 
Moricutate. Diminutive of ‘‘muricate” ; minutely muricate. 
Moticovus. Blunt; without a point. 
Nakep. Bare; without its usual covering or appendages, as a stem without 
leaves, a flower without perianth. 
Nayicutar. Boat-shaped. 
Neorar. The sweet secretion within a flower; honey. 
NEcTARIFEROUS. Honey-bearing. 
Nerve. A simple or unbranched vein or slender rib. 
Nervep. Having nerves or slender ribs. 
NETTED. Reticulated; net-veined. 
Nopvr. That part of a stem or branch from which leaves or branches are given 
off; the knots in the stems of grasses. 
Noposre. Knotty or knobby; usually applied to roots. 
Nout. A hard indehiscent one-celled fruit. 
NutiLet. A smal] nut; sometimes applied to the hard seed-like divisions of the 
fruit of Labiate. 
Oxzconic. Shaped like an inverted cone. 
OxscorpaTE. Inversely heart-shaped, the notch being uppermost. 
Oxsuiqgue. (1.) Unequal-sided. (2.) Slanting; turned to one side. 
Oxstone. Considerably longer than broad, with parallel sides and rounded ends. 
Oxsovate. Inversely ovate, the broadest part towards the apex. 
Oxzovorp. A solid with an obovate outline. 
OxssoLtetTe. Wanting or imperfectly developed. 
