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ENDEX AND VOCABULAKT. 



Lob'ed, 54, o, 



Lobelia'oejE, 473, 



Lobt'iius, 343. 



Loc'iUus. (I'Yom /ocM5, a place.) A small space. 



Logii'niiB^ 4t)6. 



Lament. A pod resembling a legume, but di- 

 vided by irunsveise partitions. 



Lungifii'lius. Long-leaved. 



Lono-is'simus. Very long. 



Lo.\i'ct;R;E, 465. 



Lorantha'ce^, 512. 



JAi'cidus. Bright and shinino:. 



Lunate, lu'nulate. Shaped like a half moon. 



Lu'rid. Of a pale dull color. 



Lu'triLS. Yellow. 



Lycopodia'ck.*:, 563. 



Ly'ratr. Pinnatilid, with a large roundish leaflet 

 at the end, 54, k. 



Lijsimach'ia, 186. 



Lyt/ira'cecB, 449. 



Jilacida'tus. Spotted. 

 JMad'der, 180. 

 Magno'lia, 233. 



MAGNOLlA'CEa;, 401. 



JLiJ'low family, 248. 



Mdt'ing, 114, a. 



Mai-va'ce.«, 421. 



Mandrake, 185. 



Mangrove, PI. 5, Fig. 2. 



Mi'ple, Fig. 183. 



Mires'cent. Withering. 



Margin. The edge or border. 



Marigold, 305. 



Maritime. Growing near the sea. 



Marsilea'ce.?:, 564. 



May-apple, 230. 



Medul'la. (From medulla, marrow.) The pith 

 or pulp of vegetables. The center or heart of 

 a veureiable. 



Medul'lary rayp, 42, 231. 



Melastha'cej!:, 553. 



Melastoma'ce.e, 448. 



Melia'cejE, 425. 



Melliferous. (From mel, honey.) Producing 

 or containing honey. 



Membrauf, 23, 116. 



Meinbra'neous fiber, 118. 



Menisperma'ce^;, 403. 



Mesembryanthema'ce^, 420. 



Mes'ocarp, 87, a. 



Mes'osperm, 99. 



Metamorphosis, 86, 323, 4th. 



of organs, 323. 



Mid'rib, 53. 



Milk'weed, 271. 



Minia'tus. Scarlet, vermilion color. 



Mimo'scB, 444. 



Mind. Its faculties, 1. 



science which relates to, 8. 



Mir'bel, 223. 



Mistletoe, 282. 



Modifications of the flower commonly called 

 nectaries, 75. 



Mol'lis. Soft. 



Monadcl'phia, 242. 



Munndcl'phous. Stamens united. 



Monil'iform. Granulate; strung together like 

 beads. 



Monoceph'alous. (From mono, one, and kephale, 

 head.) The term is applied to pericarps which 

 have but one summit, as the wheat ; the anem- 

 one has as many summits as styles ; it is poly- 

 cephalous. 



Monnchlamyd' eous. (From monos, one, and 

 chlamys, a covering.) 66. 



Monocli nous. Stamens and pistils on the same 

 plant, 153. 



Monocotyle'd&HS, 100, 154. 



Monocotyle' donous plants, 45. 



growth ot, 135. 



Monir'cioiis. Having pistillate and starainate 

 flowers on the same plant. 



Monograph. A lull account of a genus or tribe 

 of plants. 



Monopet'alous, 71. 



Monophyl'lous. Consisting of one leaf. 



Monosep'alnvs. A calyx which apfiears to con- 

 sist of but one sepal, but is ghmosepalous. 



Monosper'mous. One seed to a flower. 



Monotro'pece, 475. 



Monta'iius. Growing on mountains. 



Moon-form. See Crescent-form. 



Mo'rtc, 528. 



Mo.-is'ts, 248, 286. 



Mountains. Vegetation of, 321. 



Miicrv'nate. Having a small point or prickle at 

 the end of an obtuse leaf. 



Mul'bcrrrj, 276, Fig. 114. 



Mul'lein, 185, b. 



Multijlo'rus. Many-flowered. 



Miil'tiplex. Many-fold, petals lying over each 

 other in two rows. 



Mnl'tus. Many. 



Mu'ricate. Covered with prickles. 



Mlsa'ce.e, 543. 



Mua'ci, 565. 



Mush'room, 290. PI. 3, Figs. 7, 8, and 9. PI. 4, 

 Fig. 7. 



Mycelium. The vegetation of Fungi. 



Myrica'ce^, 523. 



Myrta'ces, 447. 



Naiad a'ce^, 535. 



JVa'kcd. Destitute of the usual covering or ap- 

 pendage. 



JVa'mts. Dwarfish, very small. 



JVap'iform. Resembling a turnip. 



JVarcot'ics, 231, a. 



J\rarcis'sus, PI. 7, Fig. 7. 



J^astur'tion, 209. 



JVa'tant. Floating. 



JVat'ural character. That which is apparent, 

 having no reference to any particular method 

 of classification. 



JVat'ural family, 157. 



orders, 157. 



of Linnaeus, 153. 



of De Candolle, 153. 



of Jussieu, 153. 



families of plants, 152. 



history, 9. 



science, 365. 



system, 390, 391, 392. 



jYa'ture, 367. 



JVat'uralists formerly inclined to skepticism, 366. 



Nelumbia'ck.'e, 406. 



JVelum'bo, PI. 8, Fig. 6. 



JSTemoro'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 termination to conform to the gen- 

 der of the substantive. 



j^Terva'tion, 53. 



J\''erves, 53. 



JVcrv'ed. Marked with nerves, so called, though 

 not organs of sensibility like the nerves in the 

 animal system. 



mt'tle, 64, d. Fig. 207. 



JVcf-veined, 53. 



jXic'titnns. To twinkle or wink. Applied as f 

 specific name to some sensitive plants. 



J\''i'ger. Black. 



J\rtt'idus. Glossy, glittering. 



JVi'trogcn, 143. 



J^iv'ciis. Snow-white. 



J^Tod'ding. Partly drooping. 



