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GLOSSARY. 



f serrate or toothed, having 

 thecrenatures, serratures, 

 Mucronately-toothed, \ or teeth ending in a 



V. sharp point. 



Mucronately-pungent, having a sharp prickly point. 

 Mucrone, a small sharp point 

 Mucronulate ) ^ ,. j h d . . 



Mucronulated, S 

 Mulch, a gardener's term for the placing manure 



about the roots of trees, on the surface of the 



ground. 

 Multifarious, very numerous, or arranged in many 



rows. 



Multifid, cleft into many parts. 

 Multifidly-pinnatifid, a leaf is so called when it is 



pinnately-lobed, and these lobes are again divided 



into many parts. 



Multipartite, divided into many parts. 

 Multiple, many times more ; applied to numbers. 

 Multiplex, much multiplied. 



Mtiricate, ) . . , . . 



\r , j r covered with short sharp points. 



MuncttUOf ) 



Muricately-liispid, covered with short, sharp, stiff 

 bristles. 



N. 



Naked, without hairs, without leaves, or without 



branches, &c. 



Nakedish, nearly destitute of hairs or leaves. 

 Napiform, formed like a turnip, tuberous. 

 Narcotic, producing sleep or torpor. 

 Narrowed, tapering. 

 Navicular, boat-shaped. 

 Neck, the upper tapering end in bulbs or other 



plants is called the neck. 

 Nectarial, of or belonging to the nectary. 

 Nectariferous, bearing honey or nectaries. 

 Nectariferous-tube, in Pelargonium, is the tube or 



swelled part at the top of the pedicel. 

 Nectarium, \ that part of a flower which produces 

 Nectary, f honey. 



Nervedly-furrowed, with furrows like nerves. 

 Nerveless, without nerves. 

 Nerves, the strong veins upon leaves or flowers. 

 Nervose, 1 /. ,, i. 

 Nervous I ) f" of nerves. 



Nervosely-f arrowed or streaked, "I having nerves like 



Nervously-furrowed or streaked, / furrows or streaks. 



Netted, having the veins reticulated. 



Nt'ttter, neither male nor female. 



Nidulant, nestling, lying among any thing, as a bird 



in its nest. 



Nidus, the nest of any thing. 

 Nodding, having a drooping position. 

 Nodi, the swelled articulations of stems ; the place 



where one joint is articulated with another. 

 Nodose, having many nodi or knots. 

 Nodules, small hard nodi or knots. 

 Nucleus, the kernel of a nut. 

 Nucamentaceous, producing nuts. 

 Nuts, seeds covered with hard shells. 



O. 



Ob, is used in the composition of Latin technicals, 

 to indicate the thing is inverted, such as obovate 

 is inversely ovate, obcordate is inversely cor- 

 date, and oblanceolate inversely-lanceolate, &c. 



Obconical, inversely conical. 



Obcordate, inversely cordate. 



Obcordately-tivo-lobed, inversely cordate, with the 

 indentation very deep, so as to appear of two 

 lobes. 



Oblong, when joined by a hyphen to another word, 

 signifies a form between the two words, as, oblong- 

 elliptical, oblong-linear, Mong-cuneate, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, oblong-spatulate, oblong-rhomboid, oblong- 

 sagittate, oblong and arrow-shaped. 



Oblong-triquetrous, oblong and three-sided. 



Obliquely-cordate, cordate in an oblique manner. 



Obliqucly-repand, a leaf having a margin undulated, 

 and unequally and obliquely dilated, is said to be 

 obliquely- repand. 



Obliquely-truncate, cut off in an oblique manner. 



Obovate, \ inversely egg-shaped, with the broadest 



Obovoid, ) end uppermost. 



Obovate, when joined by a hyphen to another word, 

 signifies a shape between the two words, thus, 

 obovate-spatulate, a shape between obovate and 

 spatulate ; obovate-oblong, obovately-oblong, be- 

 tween obovate and oblong ; obovate-lanceolate, 

 between obovate and lance-shaped ; obovate-cune- 

 ated, a figure between obovate and wedge-shaped; 

 obovate-roundish, a figure between circular and 

 obovate ; obovate-rhomboid, a figure between obo- 

 vate and rhomb-shape, See. 



Obovate-cuneated, \ between obovate and 



Obovately-cuneated, > wedge-shaped, with the 



Obovately-wedge-shaped, ) broadest end uppermost. 



Obsolete, hardly evident. 



Obsoletely-toothed, scarcely toothed. 



Obtuse-angled, having blunt angles. 



Obvolute, having one part rolled upon another. 



Occidental, coming from the west. 



Ochraceous, having the colour of yellow ochre. 



Octandrous, having eight stamens. 



Octogynous, having eight styles. 



Officinal, any thing that has been or is sold in shops. 



Oleaginous, having the qualities of oil. 



Oleraceous, esculent, eatable. 



Opaque, want of transparency. 



Operculum, a lid. 



Opiate, having the power of opium. 



Orbiculate,) , * T 



rt t,- i f circular or spherical. 

 Orbicular, ) 



Orbiculately-depressed, spherical, but depressed on 

 the top. 



Orbiculately-elliptical, a form between circular and 

 elliptical. 



Orbiculately-obovate, a form between circular and 

 obovate. 



Orbicularly-rhomboid, a figure between circular and 

 rhomb-shaped; orbicularly-reniform, a figure be- 

 tween circular and kidney-shaped. 



Orchideous, of or belonging to the natural order of 

 Orchidert. 



Orifice, an opening. 



Oscillatory, moving like a vane or weather-cock. 



Ossified, become like bone. 



Ova, the eggs of any thing, the seeds before they 

 are mature. 



Oval, when joined to another word by a hyphen, 

 signifies a figure between the two words, as, oval- 

 rhomboid, between oval and rhomb-shaped ; oval- 

 lanceolate, between oval and lance-shaped ; oval- 

 oblong, a shape between oval and oblong, &c. 



Oval, having the figure of ellipsis. 



Ovate, the shape of an egg, with the broad end 

 downwards. 



Ovate-globose, 1 between egg-shaped and sphe- 



Ovate-spkeroid, f rical. 



Ovary or Ovarium, the germ, the part of the flower 

 in which the young seeds are contained. 



Ovate, when joined by a hyphen to another word, 

 signifies a figure between the two words, thus, 

 ovate-cordate, ovate and heart-shaped ; ovate-ellip- 

 tical, a figure between egg-shaped and elliptical ; 

 ovate-oblong, a figure between egg-shaped and 

 oblong; ovate-orbicular, a figure between egg- 

 shaped and circular; ovate-lanceolate, a figure be- 

 tween ovate and lance-shaped ; ovate-spatulate, 

 a figure between egg-shaped and spatulate. 



Ovate-cylindrical, egg-shaped and cylindrical. 



Ovately-trapeziform, a form between an egg and a 

 trapezium. 



Overlapping, when the margin of one thing lies 

 upon that of another it is said to overlap. 



Ovoid, egg-shaped. 



Orula, the seeds in the ovary before they are 

 mature, the same as ova. 



Ovulate, containing ova, 2-3-4-ovulate, containing 



2-3 or 4 young seeds. 

 Ovules, the young seeds of plants contained in the 



ovary. 



P. 



Palate, the mouth of a ringent flower. 



Paleaceous, abounding with chaffy scales. 



Palmate, \ divided so as to resemble a hand spread 



Palmated, ) open. 



Palmate- lobed, 1 , , , . 



Palmately-lobed, f lobed m a P almate nner. 



Palmate- parted, 1 , . 



Palmatcly-parted, f P arted ln a P almate Banner. 



Palmately-cleft, cleft in a palmate manner. 



Palmately-mullifid, palmate, having the leaflets 



finely-multifid. 



Palmatifid, divided so as to resemble a hand. 

 Panicle, a loose disposition of inflorescence, as oats. 

 Panicled, 1 ,. . . . 



Paniculate, j forming a panicle. 



Paniculately-branched, branched in a loose manner. 



Paniculately-corymboss, having a loose corymb. 



Paniculately-dichotomous, having a panicle, dividing 

 in a dichotomous manner. 



Paniculately-racemose, having numerous racemes, 

 forming a panicle. 



Papilionaceous, butterfly-shaped flowers, as the com- 

 mon pea. 



Papilla, small soft excrescences. 



Papillose, \ having small glandular excrescences 



Papillous, f like pimples. 



Pappus, crown of the seeds of composite and similar 

 plants. 



Papula, round, soft, watery protuberances. 



Papulose, covered with papulae. 



Papyraceous, the consistence of paper. 



Parabolical, form of a parabola, longer than broad, 

 tapering gradually to both ends. 



Parencbyma, all the parts of plants which consist of 

 cellular tissue. 



Parietal, being attached to the sides or walls of the 

 ovary. 



Parietes, the sides of the ovary or capsule. 



Parted, divided, but not to the base, 3-4 or 5- 

 parted, divided into 3-4 or 5 parts. 



Partition, a division. 



Patent, spread out or expanded. 



Patulous, slightly spreading. 



Pectinate, \ resembling the teeth of a comb . 



Pectinated, ) 



Pectinately-ciliated, ciliated in such a manner as to 

 resemble the teeth of a comb. 



Pectinately-jagged, jagged in such a manner as to 

 resemble the teeth of a comb. 



Pectinately-pinnate-lobed, having leaflets or lobes 

 finely pectinated. 



Pectinately-pinnatifid, pinnatifid in a pectinate 

 manner. 



Pectoral, relating to the breast 



Pedate, leaves when they are cut in divisions ; 

 the outer divisions again lobed, are called pedate. 



Pedately, divided in a pedate manner. 



Pedately-many-parted, cut into many divisions in a 

 pedate manner. 



Pedately-nmltifid, divided into many parts in a pe- 

 date manner. 



Pedatifid, cut into lobes, the lateral ones of which 

 do not radiate from the petiole like the rest 



Pedicel, small footstalks of flowers; commonly ap- 

 plied to the partial footstalks of flowers. 



f < d i" U " le > \ stalked, having pedicels. 

 Pedicelle'l, } 



Peduncle, flower-stalk, usually applied to the com- 

 mon footstalk of a number of flowers, sometimes 

 only of one flower. 



Pedimclfd, ~\ 



Pedunculate, > having stalks or peduncles. 



Pedunculated, ) 



Pellicle, a thin skin, which envelopes certain seeds. 



Pellucid, bright, transparent 



Peltate, a leaf is said to be peltate when the petiole 



