VOCABULARY. 



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Li'ber. The inner bark of plants. Imme- 

 diately under the cuticle is a succulent, 

 cellular substance, for the most part of a Mollus'cous. Such animals as have a soft 



green colour, especially in the leaves 

 and branches. Under this cellular in- 

 tegument is the bark, consisting of but 

 one layer in plants or branches only one 

 year old. In older branches arid trunks 



body without bones ; as the oyster. 



Mo-nadel'phous. Having'the stamens uni- 

 ted in a tube at the base. 



Monti' if arm. Granulate, strung together 

 like beads. 



of trees, it consists of as many layers as Monocotyledons. Having but one cotyle- 



they are years old ; the innermost and 

 newest being called the liber ; it is in this 

 layer only that the essential vital func- 

 tions art; carried tin for the time bein<r, 

 v,-hic!i it is pushed outwards with 

 the cellular integument, and, like that, 

 becomes a lifeless crust. 



Ijfr'nraus. Woody. 



J. iff' num. Wood. 



jjfru'late. Strap or ribbon like, flat, as 

 the florets of the dandelion. 



don. 

 Mona'cious. Having pistillate and stami- 



nate flowers on the same plant. 

 Monopet'alous. The corolla all in one 



piece. 



Monophyl'lons. Consisting of one leaf. 

 Monosper'mus. One seed to a flower. 

 Monta'nus. Growing on mountains. 

 Moon-form. See crescent-form. . 

 Mosses. The second order of the class 



Cryptogamia. 



Lilia'ceous. A corolla with six petals Mu'cronate. Having a small point or 



gradually spreading from the base. 



JAntb. The border or spreading part of a Mul'tiflorus. Many flowered. 



monopetalous corolla. 

 Lin' ear. Long and narrow, with parallel 



sides, as the leaves of grasses. 



Lip. The under petal in a labiate corolla. 

 Littor"ibus. Growing on coasts, or shores. 

 Liv'idous. Dark purple. 

 Lobe. A large division, or distinct portion 



of a leaf orj>etal. 

 Loc'ulus. 



place 



Lo'ment. A pod resembling a legume, but Napifor'mis. Resembling a turnip. 



divided by transverse partitions. 

 J^ongifo'lius. Long leaved. 

 Longis'simus. Very long. 

 Lu'ddus. Bright and shining. 

 I At! rid. Of a pale dull colour. 

 Lu'teus. Yellow. 

 Ly'rate. Pinnatifid, with a large roundish 



leafcl at the end. 



M. 



Pro 



Mola'rcs. Back teeth, grinders. 

 Soft. 



prickle at the end of an obtuse leaf. 



Multiplex. Many fold, petals lying over 



each other in two rows. 

 Mul' tus. Many. 

 Mu'ricate. Covered with prickles. 



N. 



Wa'ked. Destitute of parts usually found. 

 (From locus, a place.) A little Na'nus. Dwarfish, very small, 



Wap. Downy, or like fur, tomentose. 



Warcot'ic. (From narco, to stupefy.) A 

 substance which has the power of pro- 

 curing sleep Opium is highly narcotic. 



Na'tant. Floating. 



Natural character. That which is appa- 

 rent, having no reference to any particu- 

 lar method of classification. 



Natural history. The science which treats 

 of nature. 



Nec'tary. (From nectar, the fabled drink 

 of the gods.) The part of a flower which 

 produces honey ; this term, is applied to 

 any appendage of the flower which has 

 no other name. 



Ncmoro'sus. Growing in groves, often 

 given as a specific name, as Anemone 

 nemorosa ; the ending in a denotes the 

 adjective as being in the feminine gen- 

 der; the adjective in Latin varying its 

 termination to conform to the gender of 

 the substantive. 



Macula' tus. Spotted. 



Mures' cent. Withering. 



Mar' gin. The edge, or border. 



Mar'itime. Growing near the sea. 



Mrdul'la. The pith or pulp of vegetables. 

 The centre or heart of a vegetable. Va- 

 rious opinions have been entertained re- 

 specting the importance of the pith ; 

 Linnceus considered it was the seat oi 

 life and source of vegetation ; that its 



vigour was the principal cause of the Nerves. Parallel veins, 

 shooting forth of branches, and that the Nerved. Marked with nerves, so called, 

 seeds were formed from it. It is now 

 generally thought that the pith does not 

 perform so important a part in the econo- 

 my of vegetation as was supposed by 

 Linnaeus. 



Melliferous. (From mcl, honey.) 

 ducing, or containing honey. 



Mem'branous. Very thin and delicate. 



Mcs'ocarp. The middle substance of -. _. 



pericarp or leaf, having the epicarp on\Nod'ding: Partly drooping, 

 the outer, and the endocarp on the inner Node, Nodus. Knot, 

 side.. No' men. A name. 



Mes'osperm. That part of the seed which Notch' ed. See crenate. 

 corresponds to the mesocarp of the peri- iNu'clcus. Nut, or kernel, 

 carp. INu'dus. See naked. 



Mid' rib. The main or middle rib of a leaf Nut, Nux. See nucleus. 



, 



though not organs of sensibility like the 

 nerves in the animal system. 

 Nic' 'titans. (From a word which signifies 

 to twinkle, or wink.) Applied as a spe- 

 cific name to some plants which appear 

 sensitive ; as the cassia nictitans. 



Ni'ger. Black. 

 Nit'idus. Glossy, glittering. 

 The middle substance of the Niv'eus. Snow white. 



running from the stem to the apex. 

 Minia'tus. Scarlet, vermillion colour. 



Nu'tant. See nodding, pendulous. 



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