Mycoprotein 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Nectariferous 



together with the morbid ef- 

 fects of their presence. 



MYCOPROTEIN, a term some- 

 times applied to the peculiar 

 protoplasm of which the putre- 

 factive bacteria are composed. 



MY'CROPYLE, see Mtckopyle. 



MYXAMCE'BiE, zoospores in 

 Myxomycetes having an amoe- 

 boid or creeping motion. 



MYXOSPORE, a spore produced 

 in the midst of a gelatinous 

 mass without distinct ascus or 

 basidium. 



NA'KED, destitute of the usual 

 covering, as a cell without a 

 wall, a stem without leaves, a 

 flower without floral envelopes. 



NA'KED-SEEDED, see Gymno- 



SPERMOUS. 



NAN AN DROUS, having short or 

 dwarf male plants. Applied 

 to certain algae. 



NA'NISM, a dwarf condition. 



NA'NUS, dwarf. Compare Hu- 



MILIS. 



NA'PIfORM, turnip-shaped; i.e., 

 depressed-globose and tapering 

 below, like most varieties of 

 turnip. 



NAS'CENT, in the earliest rudi- 

 mentary condition. 



NAS'CENT TlS'SUE, see Meri- 



8TEM. 



NA'TANT, floating unattached in 

 or upon water. Compare Flui- 

 tant. 



NATURAL GRAFTING, see In- 

 arching. 



NATURALIZED, introduced from 

 another country, but fully es- 

 tablished, growing and repro- 

 ducing itself spontaneously. 

 Compare Adventitious. 



NATURAL 6RDER, see Order. 



NATURAL SYS'TEM, the system 

 of classification introduced by 



A. L. de Jussieu and now in 

 general use, which takes into 

 account all parts of the plant, 

 and seeks to place each species 

 or other group nearest to those 

 which in all respects it most 

 resembles. Compare Arti- 

 ficial System. 



NAU'TtFORM, see Navicular. 



NAVICULAR, boat -shaped, or 

 like the hull of a ship, as the 

 glumes of many grasses; na- 

 viculoid; nautiform; cymbse- 

 form; cymbiform; scaphoid. 



NAVIC'ULOID, see Navicular. 



NEB'ULOSE, clouded. 



NECK, the line of junction be- 

 tween root and stem (collar); 

 the upper tapering end of a 

 bulb; the narrow part of a 

 pear, toward the base; the 

 upper end of the sheathing 

 petiole in grasses; the upper 

 part of the tube of a gamo- 

 petalous corolla (throat); the 

 prolonged apex of a pyreno- 

 carp; the outer portion of an 

 archegoniuni containing the 

 canal, etc. 



NECK'LAgE SHAPED, see Monil- 



IFORM. 



NECRtiG'ENOUS, hastening or 

 producing death. A term 

 formerly applied to certain 

 parasitic fungi. 



NECTAR, a sweet secretion by 

 some part of a flower. 



NEC TAR- GUIDE, a term applied 

 to various color-marks on flow- 

 ers which seem designed to in- 

 dicate to insects the locality of 

 the nectar; nectar-spot; nectar- 

 mark; honey -guide; honey- 

 spot; pathfinder. 



NECTARIFEROUS, secreting nec- 

 tar, or having a nectary. 



NflCTA'RIUM, see Nectary. 



NEC T ARM ARK, see Nectar- 

 guide. 

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