Nectarotheca 



A DICTIONARY 



Niveous 



NflCTAROTHE'CA, a spur or other 

 receptacle containing a nec- 

 tary. (Obs.) 



NECTAR SPOT, see Nectar- 

 guide. 



NECTARY, the part of a flower 

 which secretes nectar. Ap- 

 plied especially to spur-shaped 

 appendages to the petals con- 

 taining nectar, as in the colum- 

 bine, and sometimes used for 

 similar organs which contain 

 no nectar. 



NEE'DLE-SHAPED, see Acekose 

 and Acicular. 



NEG'ATlVE GEOT'ROPlSM, see 



Apogeotropism. 

 NEGATIVE HEL!6T'R0Pl§M, 



see Apheliotropism. 

 negAtIvely heliotr6pic, 



see Apheliothopic. 



NEGATIVELY RHEOTRdP'iC, 

 said of an organ (usually a 

 root) when it tends to grow 

 in a direction opposite to 

 that of a current of water in 

 which it is placed, as the roots 

 of maize. (Jonssou.) 



NEMATHE'gttJM (pi. Nemathe'- 

 c,Ia), a wart-like group or mass 

 of tetraspores in Florideae. 



NfiM'ATOID, thread-like; fila- 

 mentous. 



NE'MEOUS, composed of threads 

 or filaments; filamentOse. 

 (Obs.) 



NfiM'OROSE, growing in groves. 



NEPHROID, see Reniform. 



NERVATE, see Nerved. 



NERVATION, the manner in 

 which the nerves of a leaf 

 are arranged; venation. 



NERVE, a term formerly in gen- 

 eral use for the veins of mono- 

 cotyledons, now mainly used 

 for the veins (when moderately 

 developed) on the floral enve- 



lopes of grasses. Compare Vein 

 and Rib. 



NERVED, having nerves instead 

 of veins; nervate. 



NERVOSE', abounding in nerves. 



NEST LING, see Nidulant. 



NflT'TED, see Reticulated. 



NEtiRA'TION, see Nervation. 



NEUTER, having neither sta- 

 mens nor pistils; neutral. 

 Said of a plant or flower. 



NEU'TRAL, see Neuter. 



NEW SPE'CIES. A species is con- 

 sidered new when its name 

 and description are published 

 for the first time. The botan- 

 ical name is then followed by 

 the words " new species," or 

 their abbreviation (" n. s." or 

 " n. sp."in English, "sp. nov." 

 in Latin), without the name of 

 the author, the writer of the 

 description being understood 

 to be the author of the name. 

 When the name is republished 

 in any manner the species is 

 no longer considered new, and 

 the name of its author is then 

 appended. 



NLD'ULANT, embedded in pulp 

 or other loose material, or 

 partly enclosed in a recepta- 

 cle; nestling. 



NIDUS, a suitable place for a 

 spore or seed to germinate. 



NIGER, black and either glisten- 

 ing or slightly tinged with gray. 

 Compare Ater. 



NIGRESCENT, becoming black 

 or blackish; nigricant. 



NlG'RlCANT, see Nigkescent. 



NlT'lD, smooth and shining; 

 bright; lustrous. Compare 

 Lucid and Levigate. 



NlT'lDUS, see Nitid. 



NiVEOUS, snow-white; pure 

 white. A clearer and purer 

 white than Candidus. 



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