GLOSSARY. 



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roUa ; also applied to one of the 

 segments of an irregular perianth, 

 when of a shape remarkably diffe- 

 rent from the rest, as in Orchids. 



Lohe, a rounded projecting part of 

 some organ. 



Lohed^ divided mto lobes. 



Loose, having the separate parts 

 arranged at some distance from 

 each other upon a common axis. 



Lurid, of a dingy brown ; grey with 

 orange. 



Lyrate, having several pairs of small 

 lobes near tlie base, with deep 

 sinuses between them. 



Marginal, placed upon, or attached 

 to, the edge of any thing. 



Mealy, covered with a scurfy pow- 

 der. 



Membranaceous, Membranous, thin, 

 and more or less transparent. 



Mericarp, one of the carpels in the 

 fruit of Umbellifers. 



Midrib, the principal nerve or vein, 

 which runs from the base to the 

 apex of a leaf. 



Milk, an opaque white juice, f jund 

 in many plants. 



Monadelphous, having the filaments 

 of the stamens all united in one 

 set or bundle. 

 Monochlamydeous, having only one 



whorl to the perianth. 

 Monocotyledons, plants whose seed? 



have only one cotyledon. 

 Monocotyledonous, possessing but 



one cotyledon. 

 MonopetalSyO, gYOU"^ of dicotyledons, 

 in which the corolla is monopetal- 

 ous. 

 Monoecious, bearing two kinds of 

 unisexual flowers on the same 

 individual plant. 



Monopetalous, having the corolla in 

 one piece which is formed by the 

 union of several petals. 



Mucronate, abnntly pointed by a 

 sharp spinous process. 



Multifid, having deep and numerous 

 subdivisions or laciniations. 



Muricated, rough, with short hard 

 tubercular excrescences. 



Nectariferous, possessing a nectary ; 

 also secreting nectar, that is, 

 a sweetish exudation, secreted by 

 glands in different parts of plants. 



Nectary, any supplementary organ 

 in the flower, whether glandular 

 or not, which cannot readily be 

 referred to the parts forming the 

 floral whorls ; also certain parts 

 of the whorls themselves, of ano- 

 malous character, whether secret- 

 ing nectar or not. 



Neroes, the fibrous bundles extend- 

 ing through the leaves, often 

 ramified, like veins or nerves in 

 the animal strvicture. 



Nerveless, without nerves. 



Netted, resembling network. 



Nodding, having the summit so 

 mucli curved that the apex is 

 directed perpendicularly down- 

 wards. 



Node, one of the parts of the stem 

 from whence a leaf springs, espe- 

 cially when a little thickened or 

 swollen. 



Nodose, knotted. 

 Nut, a'hard in dehiscent pericarp. 

 Oh, in composition signifies that the 

 point of attachment is at the oppo- 

 site extremity to where it occurs 

 in the form defined by the simple 

 word; thus oh-clavate is the in- 

 verse of clavate, the attachment 



