GLOSSARY. 



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Nectary; that organ, or portion of a 



flower, which secretes honey (a term 



formerly applied to all disguised forms 



of petals and stamens). 

 Nerves; rib-like fibres (in leaves, Ac.) 



which usually extend from the base to, 



or toward, the apex. 

 Neuter, or neutral flower; having neither 



stamen nor pistil. 

 Nodding ; turning downward. 

 Nodes ; solid points, in stems & branches, 



at which leaves and buds originate. 

 Nodose; having nodes. 

 Normal; according to rule; agreeing 



with the pattern or type. 

 Nucamentaceous; nut-like. 

 Nuciform; nut-like. 



Ordinal names ; the names of the Natural 

 Orders, or Families of Plants. 



Orthotropous ovule; straight; not curved, 

 nor turned from its original or natural 

 direction. 



Osliole; a little door; a small opening, 

 passage, or entrance. 

 *val ; longer than broad, with the two 

 ends of equal breadth and curvature, 

 and the sides curving from end to end. 



Ovary; the young seedvessel, or fruit; 

 the hollow portion at the base of the 

 pistil containing the ovules, or bodies 

 destined to become seeds. 



Ovate ; flat, with the outline of a longi- 

 tudinal section of an egg; somewhat 

 oval, but broader near the base. 



Nucleus; a central body; the seed or Ovate-lanceolate ; lanceolate, but some- 



kernel of a nut. 



Nuctites; little nuts, or nutlike fruit. 

 Nut; a hard 1 -celled indehiscent fruit, 



usually containing a single seed 

 Ob, in composition; inverts the usual 



meaning of the word to which it is pre 



fixed. 

 Obcompressed ; flatted back and front, 



instead of at the sides. 

 Obconic; inversely conical, i. e. with 



the apex downward. 

 Obcordate ; inversely heart shaped. 

 Oblanceolate; with the widest pert abovi 



the middle, and tapering lance-like to 



the base. 



Oblique; unequal-sided; also, a position Paleaceous ; of a chaffy texture, or fur 



between erect and horizontal. 



parallel, or nearly so, 

 Obovate ; inversely ovate. 

 Obovoid; inversely ovoid. 

 Obsolete ; indistinct, as if worn out, or off 

 Obtuse ; blunt, or rounded. 

 Obversely ; turned contrary to the usua' 



position. 

 Ochrea ; a membranous stipular sheath 



embracing the stem like a boot-leg, 



as in Polygonum. 

 Ochroleucous ; yellowish-white, or cream 



colored. 



Octandrous ; having 8 stamens. 

 Odd-pinnate leaf; having the leaflets in 



opposite pairs, with a terminal odd one 



often termed impart pinnate. 

 Officinal; used in, or belonging to, a 



shop, or medical office. 

 Oleraceous ; of the nature or quality of 



pot-herbs. 



Opaque ; not transparent. 

 Opercular; opening like an Operculum 



or lid. 

 Opposite ; situated directly against, or ai 



the same height on contrary sides. 

 Orbicular; circular and flat, like a coin 



Sec Terete. 

 Orchidaceous, or Orchide&us; belonging 



to, or resembling, the Orchis family. 

 Order; a family, or group, of allied 



natural objects; a sub-division of a 



Class, embracing kindred Genera. 

 Ordinal ; belong to the Orders, or to an 



Order. 



what ovate at base. 



Ovate-oblong ; oblong, with an ovate dila- 

 tation at base. 



Ovoid; egg-shaped; terete, and swelling 

 near the base, i. e. having the out- 

 line of an entire egg. 



Ovoid-oblong ; the ovoid form lengthened 

 out. 



Ovules; the rudiments of future seeds, 

 contained in the ovary. 



Palate ; the prominence in the lower lip 

 of a personate corolla. 



Pateae (singular, patea) ; chaff; the in- 

 ner bracts, or immediate floral cover- 

 ing of the Grasses. See Glumes. 



nished with chaff-like scales. 



Obhng ; longer than wide, with sides Palmate; hand shaped; with lobes spread- 



ing like fingers on the open hand. 



Palmately veined ; having the veins di- 

 vergent, like the spreading fingers of 

 of an open hand. 



Panduraeform ; fiddle-shaped. 



Panicle; a loose irregular compound 

 raceme, in which the peduncles are 

 unequally elongated, and irregularly 

 sub-divided. 



Panided, or paniculate ; disposed in the 

 form of a panicle. 



Pannose ; spongy and thickish, or dense, 

 like the texture of woollen cloth. 



Papilionaceous corolla; butterfly-shaped ; 

 when complete, consisting of 5 petals, 

 the broad upper one called the vexil- 

 lum, or banner the 2 lateral ones 

 termed the alae, or wings the 2 lower 

 ones more or less cohering, and, from 

 their form, denominated the farina, 

 or keel. 



Papillate, or papillose; covered with fleshy 

 dots, or soft points. 



Pappus; the crown of the fruit (being 

 the segments, or free portion of an ad- 

 herent calyx, in the Compositae) 

 usually hair-like, or plumose, some- 

 times in the form of minute chaffy 

 scales, and awns. 



Papulose ; covered with papulae, or pim- 

 ple-like protuberances. 



Paraphyses; cellular, jointed filaments, 

 which accompany the reproductive or- 



|' gans of Mosses and Lichens. 



