GLOSSARY 375 
Multiple. Applied to several buds in or over an axil, instead 
of the customary single or solitary bud. 
Naked. Without specialized scales, as applied to buds. 
Nectar-glands. lands that secrete the sugary fluid nectar: 
common in flowers; characteristic of the petioles of cher- 
ries, the under surface of leaves of the cherry-laurel, the 
calyx of paeonies, etc. 
Netted-veined. Much the same as reticulate. 
Nodal. At or pertaining to a node. 
Node. The part of a stem marked by a leaf, or a pair or 
whorl of leaves. 
Nodose. Swollen into joints. 
Nutlets. Small hard fruits or their parts, or the stones of 
a small drupe. 
Ob-. Used as a prefix to indicate inversion: obcordate in con- 
trast with cordate, oblanceolate, ete. 
Oblique. Not immediately over the leaf-scar (mulberry 
bud): not equal-sided at base (tamarind leaflet). 
Obliquely opposite. Sometimes said of normally opposite 
leaves with some pairs broken (ash, etc.). 
Oblong. Between elliptical and linear in shape. 
Obscure. Not easily made out, as applied to buds, bundle- 
traces, ete. 
Obtuse. Blunt, in contrast with acute. 
Ochreae. Sheathing stipules, or their near equivalent, of 
Polygonaceae. 
Odd-pinnate. Pinnate with a terminal or odd leaflet: con- 
trasted with abruptly pinnate. 
Odoriferous. Much the same as aromatic but of questionable 
fragrance. : 
Olivaceous. Brownish or yellowish green, like a pickled olive. 
Opposite. Two at a node, as applied to leaf-scars. 
Organ. A physiological part of a plant, considered with ref- 
erence to the work it does rather than its morphological 
origin. 
