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GLOSSARY. 



Numerous (Numerosus). Used in the 

 sense of indefinite in number. 



Nut (Nux). A hard and indehiscent 

 one-seeded pericarp resulting irom a 

 compound ovary; 295. 



Nutlet. A diminutive N ut. See Nucule. 



Nutant (-ans). See Nodding. 



Ob. Over against ; as a prefix denotes 

 inversely or oppositely, as 



Obcompressed (-us). Flattened the other 

 wav, antero-posteriorly instead of lat- 

 erally. 



Obconical (-icus). Conical, but attached 

 at the apex. 



Obcordate (-atus). Inverted heart- 

 shaped, the notch at the apex; 97. 



Obdiplostetnonous (-us), Obdiplostemony. 

 When the stamens are double the 

 number of the petals, but the outer 

 series opposite the latter; 198 



Obimbrlcate. Imbricated or successively 

 overlapping downward. 



Obldnceolate. Lanceolate but tapering 

 toward the base more than toward the 

 apex; 95. 



Oblique (Obliquus). Unequal-sided or 

 slanting. 



Oblong ( Oblongus). Considerably longer 

 than broad and with nearly parallel 

 sides; 95. 



Obovate (-atus). Ovate with the broader 

 end toward the apex; 95. 



Oboroid Solid obovate. 



Obtectus. Covered by something. 



Obtune (-usus). Blunt or rounded at the 

 extremity ; 97. 



Obtuslusculus. Somewhat obtuse; dimin- 

 utive of obtuse. 



Obvallatus. Guarded on all sides or sur- 

 rounded as if walled in. 



Obverse, Obverse ly. Same as the prefixOb. 



Obvolute (-utus). A modification of Con- 

 volute; 138, 139 



Ocellate (-atus). With a circular patch 

 or a ring of color. 



Ochracemis (-ens). Ochre color; light 

 f yellow with a tinge of brown. 



Oclirea, Ocrea. A leggin-shaped or 

 tubular stipule or rather combined 

 pair of stipules; 106. 



Ochreate, Ocreate (-fitits). Furnished 

 with ochrea or sheaths: 106. 



Ochroleucous (-us). Yellowish-white or 

 between white and yellow. 



Octo. Eight. In composition gives such 

 terms as the following. 



Oi*t f i yynifi . Linnaean artificial order with 

 Octn(jtjnous (eight-styled) flowers ; 337. 



Octdmerous. Composed eight parts in 

 the circle. 



Octandiia. The Linnsean class with 

 Octuntlrous, i. e. eight-stamened flow- 

 ers ; 249, 334. 



Octoni. In eights. 



Octopetalous (-us). Eight-petalled. 



Octosepalous. With eight sepals. 



Octostichous (-us). In eight vertical 

 ranks; 124. 



Oculale (-atus). Same as Ocellate. 



Officinal (-alls). Used in medicine or 

 the arts, therefore in the shops. 



Offxet. A short lateral shoot for propa- 

 gation ; 53. 



Oidts, Oidtus, -odes and -ides. Greek 

 for likeness, used as terminations, in- 

 dicate similarity to; as Dianthoides, 

 resembling a Pink. 



Oleraceous (-ens). Esculent in the way 

 t of a pot-herb. 



Oliffos. Greek for few; in compounds 

 giving such terms as 



Oliydndrous (-us). With few stamens. 



Oliyanthous (-us). Few-flowered. 



Oliydmerous (-us). Of few members. 



Oliyospermous (-us). Few-seeded. 



Olicaceus (-eus). Olive-green. 



Omphalodium. A mark (navel) on the 

 hilum of a seed, through which passed 

 vessels to the chalaza or rhaphe. 



One-sided. Either turned to one side, 

 or with parts all turned one way, or 

 unequal-sided. 



Oophoridium. The spore-case for the 

 larger spores in Selaginella, &c. 



Opaque (Opdcus). Mostly used in the 

 sense ol not shining or dull. 



Opercul.tte (-atus). Furnished with an 

 Operculum or lid. 



Operculum. A lid ; a top which sepa- 

 rates by a transverse line of separation 

 as does that of a pyxis. 



Opp<-.site, (-itus). Set against; as leaves 

 over against each other when there 

 are two on one node ; or one part be- 

 fore another, as a stamen before a 

 petal; 6. 120, 178. 



Oppositl/'olius (-ius). Placed opposite a 

 leaf, as is a tendril or peduncle in 

 Vitis, &c. 



Oppositipetalous (-us). Placed before a 

 petal. 



Oppositisepalous (-us). Situated before 

 a sepal. 



Orbicular (-aris), Orbiculate (-atus). 

 Said of a flat body with a circular out- 

 line; 95. 



Orchidaceous, 246. 



