GLOSSARY. 



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Multifarious (-us). Many-ranked, as 



leaves in several vertical ranks. 

 Multifid (-idus). Cleft into many lobes 



or segments. 



Multiflorous (-us). Many-flowered. 

 Multijugate (Multijugus). In many 



pairs or juga. 

 Multilocular (-aris). Many-celled or 



several-celled. 

 Multiparous. Many-bearing ; said of a 



several-branched cyme ; 152, 155. 

 Multiple fruits. The fructification of a 



flower-cluster when confluent into one. 



mass; 301. 

 Multiplication. Same as Augmentation ; 



179, 200. 

 Multiserial (-alls), Multiseriate (-atus). 



In several series. 

 Muricate (-atus). Rough with short and 



firm excrescences. 



Muriculate (-atus). Minutely muricate. 

 Muscariformis. Fly-brush-shaped. 

 Musclform (-onnis). Moss-like in ap- 

 pearance. 

 Muscology. The botany of Mosses. But 



is a hybrid word, and is replaced by 



Bryology. 



Muticous (-us). Pointless, blunt, awn- 

 less. 

 Mycelium. The filamentous vegetative 



growth of a Fungus. 

 Mycology, Mycetoloyy. The botany of 



Fungi. 

 Mycropyle. Micropyle misspelled. 



Naked. Wanting some usual covering ; 

 as flowers without perianth, ovules 

 without coats, seeds not in a pericarp, 

 buds without scales'. 



Napiform (-minis). Turnip-shaped ; 31. 



Nanus. Dwarf. 



Natant (-ans). Floating or swimming 

 under water. 



Navicular (-aris). Boat-shaped. Same 

 as Cymbiform. 



Nebulose (-osus). Clouded or misty. 



Neck. See Collum. 



Necklace-shaped. See Moniliform. 



Nectar. The sweetish secretion by va- 

 rious parts of the blossom from which 

 bees make honey. 



Nectary (Nectarium). The place or 

 thing in which nectar is secreted : 

 formerly applied also to any anoma- 

 lous part or appendage of a flower, 

 whether known to secrete honey or 

 not ; especially to the hollow spurs of 

 a Violet, Larkspur, Columbine, and 

 the like. 



Nectariferous (-us). Nectar-bearing. 



Needle-shaped. See Acerose. 



Nemorosus, Nemoralis. Inhabiting 

 groves. 



Nervation. Same as Venation, or un- 

 branched venation. 



Nerve (Nervus). In botany, this is a 

 simple or unbranched vein, or a slen- 

 der rib. 



Nerved, Nervose (-osus), Nervate (-atus). 

 Having nerves in the botanical 

 sense. 



Nervulote (-osus). Diminutive of ner- 

 vose. 



Netted. Same as Reticulated ; Netted- 

 veined; 92. 



Neurose (-osus). Same as Nervose. 

 Neura being the Greek for nerve. 



Neuter, Neutral. Sexless ; as a flower 

 which has neither stamen nor pistil ; 

 191, 195. 



Niger. Black or blackish. 



Niyricam. Turning black or verging 

 to black. 



NitiJus. Smooth and shining. 



Nieulis. Growing in or near snow. 



Niveus. Snow-white. 



Nodding. Hanging down. 



Node (Nodus). Literally a knot; the 

 portion of a stem which normally 

 bears a leaf or whorl of leaves ; 6. 



Nodose (-osus). Knotty or knobby. 



Nodulose (-osus). Diminutive of Nodose. 



Nomenclature, 3, 345. 



Normal (-alis). According to rule ; 

 agreeing with type. 



Notate (-atus). Marked by spots or lines. 



Nothus. False or bastard. 



Notorhizal (-izus). Synonym of incum- 

 bent, as applied to the embryo of 

 Cruciferae. 



Nudform (-ormis). Nut-like in shape. 



Nucleus. A kernel of an ovule, seed, 

 &c. ; 277. A soft solid interior part 

 of a vegetable cell in the early condi- 

 tion; 309. 



Nuculanium. Name given by Richard 

 to a drupaceous or baccate fruit con- 

 taining more than one stone or stony 

 seed ; adopted by Lindley for a supe- 

 rior stony-seeded berry, such as a 

 grape. 



Nucule (-via). A diminutive nut or 

 stone ; same as Nutlet ; 296. 



Nucumtntaceus (-eus). Nut-like in char- 

 acter. 



Nudicaulis. Naked-stamened ; stem not 

 leafy. 



Nudus. Naked, in its various senses. 



