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Monodd'phous. Having the stamens united in a tube at the b3c. 

 Momli'form. Granulate, strung together lik< beads. 

 Monocotyledons. Having but one cotyledon. 

 Monce'cious. Having pistillate and staminate flowers on the sam.e 



plant. 



Monopet'alous. The corolla composed of one petal. 

 Monophyl'lous. Consisting of one leaf. 

 Monoscp'alous. A calyx of one piece or sepal. 

 Monosper'mus. One seed to a flower. 

 Monta'nus. Growing on mountains. 

 Moon-form. See Crescent-form. 

 Mosses. The second order of t>\e class Cryptogamia. 

 Mu'cronate. Having a small point or prickle at the end oi an obtuse 



leaf. 



Multifto'rus. Many flowered. 



Multiplex. Many flowered, petals lying over each othei in two rows 

 Mul'tus. Many. 

 Mu'ricate. Covered with prickles. 



N. 



Naked. Destitute of parts usually found. 



Na'nus. Dwai fish, very small. 



Nap. Downy, or like fur, tomentose. 



Napifor'mis. Resembling a turnip. 



Narcvt'ic, (from the Greek word narce, torpor.) A substance which has 

 the power of procuring sleep Opium is highly narcotic. 



Na'tant. Floating. 



Natural Character. That which is apparent, having no reference to 



any particular method of classification. 

 ^Natural History. The science which treats of nature. 

 iNec'tari/, (from nectar, the fabled drink of the gods.) The part oi a 

 ^flower which produces honey: this term is applied to any appendage 



^*\)f the flower which has no other name. 



Ndmoro'sus. Growing in groves, often given as a specific name, as 

 Anemone nemorosa ; the ending in a denotes the adjective as being 

 in the feminine gender : the adjective in Latin varying its termina- 

 tion to conform to the gender of the substantive. 



Nerves. Parallel veins. 



Nerved. Marked with nerves, so called, though not organs of sensi-\ 

 bility like the nerves in the animal system. 



Nic' 'titans. From a word which signifies lo twinkle, or wink; appli- 

 ed as a specific name to some plants which appear sensitive ; as the 

 Cassia nictitans. 



Ni'ger. Black. 



Nit'idus. Glassy, glittering. 

 iv'eus. Snow white. 

 od'ding. Partly drooping. 



Node, Nodus. Knot. 



No'men. A name. 



Notched. See Crenate. 



Nu'deus. Nut. or kernel. 



