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INDEX AM) (JLOSSARY. 



Lodicule, 104. 



Loment : a jointed legume, 242. 



Lyrate : pinnately-lobed, with the 



terminal lobe much larger than 



the others. 



Magnesium, 307. 



Marcescent : withering persistent. 



Margin of leaves, 178. 



Marginal: relating to the margin, 

 221. 



Markings (on cells), 268. 



Mass-movement of Protoplasm, 

 262. 



Median plane, 197. 



Medullary rays, 301. 



Membranous : thin, like a mem- 

 brane. 



Mericarp, 242. 



Meristem, 282, 285. 



Mesocarp : see Endocarp. 



Metastasis, 309. 



Micropyle, 16, 244. 



Middle lamella, 266. 



Mid-rib, 168. 



Mixed inflorescence, 192. 



Monadelphous, 36, 40, 212. 



Monandrous : with a single stamen. 



Monocarpellary, 215. 



Monochlamydeous : with only one 

 set of floral envelopes. 



Mouocotyledonous, 118. 



Monocotyledons, 118. 



Monoecious, 68, 71. 



Monomerous flowers, 196. 



Monopodial branching, 142. 



Morphology, 130. 



Mucronate, 177. 



Multifid, 176. 



Multilocular, 219. 



Multiple fruits, 237. 



Mycelium, 347. 



Naked flowers: those which are 

 destitute of calyx and corolla. 



Naked seeds : those not enclosed 

 in an ovary, 127. 



Napiform, 133. 



Natural system of classification, 

 357, &c. 



N-i tu rali zed: introduced from 



other countries, but growing 



spontaneously from seed. 

 Nectary : that in which nectar is 



secreted, 88, 224. 

 Needle-shaped, 122. 

 Net-veined, 4, 18. 

 Neutral flowers : those having 



neither stamens nor pistil. 

 Nitrogen, 307. 

 Nodding : hanging with the top 



downward, like the flower in 



Fig. 82. 

 Node, 4. 



Normal: regular; according to rule. 

 Nucleolus, 260. 

 Nucleus (of an ovule), 16, 244, 249; 



(of a cell), 260. 

 Nucule, 354. 

 Nut, 241. 

 Nutations, 323. 

 Nutlet: a small nut or nut-like 



body, 65. 



Obcordate, 175. 



Gblanceolate, 174. 



Oblique: having the sides unequal. 



Obliteration (of partitions), 220. 



Oblong, Fig. 146. 



Obovate, 174. 



Obsolete, 206. 



Obtuse, 177. 



Ochrea : a tube formed by the 

 union of both edges of a pair of 

 stipules. 



Ochreate : having ochre;i>. 



Octandrous: having eight separ- 

 ate stamens, 45. 



Odd-pinnate, 180. 



Offset: a short, prostrate branch, 

 rooting at the end. 



Oils, 281, 309. 



Open bundles, 297. 



Operculum, 341. 



Opposite, 158. 



Optimum temperature, 319. 



Orbicular, Fig. 146. 



Orders, -5<i:5. 



Organic elements, ;!()7. 



Organs : tin- parts or members of 

 a living body. 



Organs of Reproduction the parts 

 of tin; ilou-er. 



