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GLOSSARY. 



partaking of both Monod 



the Monogyi 

 some Monoicous , 



and expansion, resembling a leaf. 



Leafy (foliosus) ; furnished with, or 

 abounding in, leaves. 



Legume ; a bean, or pulse ; a fruit formed 

 of a single elongated carpel of 2 valves, 

 with the seeds affixed along 

 suture only. 



Leguminous; having the D^I 

 Legume ; bearing Legumes. 



Lenticular ; having the form of a double 

 convex lens. 



Ligneous ; of a firm woody texture. 



Ligulate; strap- shaped ; flat and linear, 



Ligide; the usually membranous ap- 

 pendage at the base of the leaf, or 

 summit of the sheath, in the grasses. 



Limb; the border, summit, or upper 

 spreading part, of a calyx, or corolla. 



Line; the twelfth part of an inch. 



Linear ; of an uniform width ; long and 

 narrow, with parallel sides. 



Linear-lanceolate, &c., partaki 

 forms, but more of the latter. 



Ungulate; tongue-shaped; linear and 

 somewhat fleshy ; nearly the same as 

 ligulate. 



Lip ; the upper or under division of a 

 labiate flower ; also, the lower or an 

 terior lobe of an Orchidaceous flower. 



LireUae; little ridges, or furrows; 

 linear elongated apothecia of 

 Lichens, as in Opegraplia. 



Lobe ; a segment, or division, of a leaf, 

 or flower ; the free portion of a gam- 

 osepalous calyx, or of a gamopetalous 

 corolla. 



Lobate, or lobed ; cut or divided into 

 lobes. 



Loculicidal; when a pericarp opens na- 

 turally on the back of a cell (i. e. at 

 the dorsal sutu 

 into the cavity. 



Loment; an indehiscent 2- or several- 

 seeded legume, contracted between the 

 seeds, and finally separating at the 

 joint-like contractions. 



Lomentaceous ; construct* 



Longitudinal; lengthwise; in a direc- 

 tion from base to apex. 



Lunate, or lunulate; having 

 of a new moon. 



Lutescent; yellowish. 



Lyrate ; lyre-shaped ; pinnatifid with the 

 the terminal lobe largest and mostly 

 rounded. 



Mammittate ; conical, with a rounded 

 apex; nipple-shaped. 



Marcescent; withering 

 the stem. 



Margin ; the edge or circumference 

 leaf, or other expansion ; also, the thin 

 wing-like border of certain seeds, &c. 



Marginal,- belonging to, or situated at, 

 the margin. 



Marginate, or margined ; having a border 

 or edging of a texture, or color, dif- 

 ferent from that of the disk; also, 

 surrounded by a wing-like expansion, 

 or narrow membrane. 



the upper Membranaceous, 



structure of a Micropyle 



iture of a carpel) directly Monosepalous 



MeduUary rays ; thin vertical plates of 

 cellular tissue, which pass from the 

 pith to the bark, in woody stems. 



Melliferous; producing or containing 

 honey. 



or membranous; thin, 

 flexible, and often slightly translucent, 

 the small foramen in the pro- 

 per coats of a seed, to which the radicle 

 always points. 



Midrib ; the central nerve of a leaf, ap- 

 parently a continuation of the petiole. 



Mitriforiii ; mi tre-shaped ; conical with 

 a bell-shaped summit, like a calyptra. 



Monaddphous ; having the filaments all 

 united in one set, usually forming a 

 tube. 



Monandrous; having a single stamen. 



Moniliform ; arranged like, or resembling 

 the beads of a necklace. 



Mono, in composition ; one, or single. 



Vinous; having the stamens and 

 pistils in one and the same flower. 



Monocotyledonous plants; in which the 

 embryo has but one lobe, or cotyledon. 



Monograph ; a description (usually am- 

 ple and elaborate) of a single object, or 

 class of objects, as of a Genus, Tribe, 

 or Family. 



nous ; having but one pistil. 



; having staminate and pistil- 

 late flowers distinct, but situated on 

 the same plant. 



Monoicously polygamous ; having perfect 

 and imperfect flowers on the same 

 plant. 



Monopetalous; having one petal; or rather, 

 the petals united in one. Seegamo- 

 petalous. 



Monophyllous ; having but one leaf. 



constructed like a loment. Mwronulate 



the figure Multiple 



withering and persistent on Multiseptate 



of a Muricate , 



ivM/3c.7y,wM.a' / consisting of one sepal, 

 or rather, the sepals united. See Gam,- 



'e; terminating in a mucro, or 

 dagger-like point. usually the pro- 

 longation of the midrib, in leaves. 

 'ucronulate; having a small mucro, or 

 terminal point. 



Multijid ; many-cleft. 



" 'ultiple ; a number containing another 

 number several times without a frac- 

 tion, or remainder, as 9 is a multiple 

 of 3.' 



Multiple fruits; where there is a com- 

 bination of several flowers and fruits 

 into one aggregate mass, as in the 

 Pine Apple, Mulberry, Ac. 

 'ultiseptate ; having many septa, or par- 

 titions. 



; beset with projecting points, 

 like a Murex. 



Mutic, or muticous; awnless. or pointless; 

 the opposite of inucronate. 



Naked ; destitute of the usual covering, 

 or appendage ; as a stem without leaves ; 

 seeds without a pericarp, umbel with- 

 out an involucre, Ac. 



Napiform ; turnep-shaped. 



Nectariferous i producing honey. 



