GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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Leguminous, bearing legumes. 



Lenticular, having the form of a lens; 

 orbicular and compressed, but con- 

 vex on both faces. 



Ligneous, woody. 



Ligulate, ribbon-shaped ; a kind of 

 corolla found in compound flowers, 

 consisting of a tube at bottom, con- 

 tinued into a long flat portion at 

 top. 



Ligule, the mostly membranaceous 

 appendage at the summit of the 

 sheath, in the Grasses. 



Liliaceous, resembling the lily. 



Limb, 82. 



Line, the twelfth part of an inch. 



Linear, long and very narrow with 

 parallel sides. 



Linear-lanceolate, partaking of both 

 forms, but more of the latter. 



Lip, the front segment of an Orchi- 

 deous or other flower. 



Lobe, a large division or distinct por- 

 tion of a leaf or petal. 



Lobate or lobed, cut or divided into 

 lobes. 



Loment, 151. 



Lunate or lumdale, shaped like a 

 half-moon. 



Lt/rale, pinnatifid, with a large 

 roundish segment at the end. 



Marcescent, withering. 

 Melliferous, honey-bearing. 

 Membranous or membranaceous, very- 

 thin and delicate. 

 Mericarp, a name given to the inde- 



hiscent carpel of the Umbelliferae. 

 Midrib, 43. 

 Monadeiphous, 98. 

 Moniliform, arranged like the beads 



of a "necklace. 

 Monodinous, having the stamens and 



pistils in the same flower. 

 Monocotyledonous, 178. 

 Mon&cious, having staminate and 



pistillate flowers distinct, but on 



the same plant. 

 Monopelalous , having but one petal, 



or the petals united into one. 

 Monophyltous, one-leaved. 

 Monosepalous, consisting of one sepal. 

 Mucronate, having a mucro or point 



projecting from an obtuse end. 

 Multifid, many-cleft. 

 Multipartite, many-parted. 

 Multiple, a number containing an- 



other number several times with- 

 out a remainder ; as 9 is a multi- 

 ple of 3. 



Muricale, covered with sharp spines 

 or prickles. 



Muticous, awnless or pointless. 



Naked, destitute of the usual covering 

 or appendage ; as the corolla with- 

 out a calyx, seeds without a peri- 

 carp, &c. 



Napiform, turnip-shaped. 



Nectariferous, bearing honey. 



Nectary, 84, 89. 



Nerves, parallel veins or rib-like 

 fibres extending from about the 

 base to the apex. 



Neuter or neutral flower, having 

 neither stamen nor pistil. 



Nodding, inclining to one side, partly 

 drooping. 



Nodi or nodes, 26. . 



Nodose, having many nodi or joints. 



Nucamentaceous, producing nuts. 



Nucleus, a central body, the kernel 

 of a nut. 



Nucules, little nuts, or nut-like fruit. 



Nut, a hard indehiscent fruit, mostly 

 with a single seed. 



Ob, a particle, which, when prefixed 

 to any other term, denotes the in- 

 version of the usual position. 



Obconic, conic with the apex down- 

 ward. 



Obcordatc, heart-shaped, witli the 

 point inwards, or downwards. 



Oblanceolate, with the widest part 

 above the middle, and tapering 

 gradually to the base. 



Oblong, longer than oval with the 

 sides parallel. 



Obovatc, ovate, but inverted. 



Obovoid, inversely ovoid. 



ObsoUte, indistinct, appearing as if 

 worn out. 



Obtuse, blunt, rounded, not acute. 



Ochrea, a membranous sheath, em- 

 bracing the stem like a boot-leg ; 

 as in Polygowum,. 



Ochroleucous, whitish-yellow, cream- 

 color. 



Opercular, opening by a lid fixed at 

 one side. 



Opposite, standing directly against 

 each other on opposite sides of the 

 stem. 



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