INDEX AND YOCAIiULAIiT. 



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jVod<5, 40, 107. 



J\ro'Jus>i. Ilavinff numerous joints or nodes. 

 JiTo'men. A name. 



jYor'iiial law respecting the whorls of tlie flow- 

 er, t)G. 



|)osition of stamens and pistils, 77. 



situation of tlie bud, 46. 



process of development, 104, 108. 



JVotc/i'cd. See Crenate. 

 J\i'iicamcnta'reous. Producing nuts. 

 JVu'c/eiiii. Nut, or kernel, 99. 

 JsTu'cidcs. Little nuts. 

 JVa'diis. See J^akcd. 

 J^tit, JsTux. Nucleus. 

 JVu'tant. Nodding, pendulous. 

 JSTutri'tion, 140. 



organs of, 112. 



Jifyctan't/iesy t)8, a. 

 JVijmpfi'aia 231, Fig. 173. 

 NyMPH-EA CE;E, 407. 

 Nyssa'ce.*:, 511. 



Ob. A prefix which denotes the inversion of the 

 usual position ; as, obcordate, which signifies 

 inversely cordate^ 



Obcon'ic. Conic, with the point downward. 



Obcor'datc. lleai-t-shaped, with the point down- 

 ward. 



Oblaii'ccolatc. Lanceolate, with the base the nar- 

 rowest. 



Obliqxie'. A position between horizontal and 

 vertical. 



Ob' long. Longer than wide. 



Obo'vate. Ovate, with the narrower end toward 

 the stem, or place of insertion. 



Ob'solete. Indistinct. 



Obtuse'. Blunt, rounded, not acute. 



Ochra'ccous. Color of yellow ochre. 



O'chrea, 201. 



O'dor of flowers, 74. 



Odordtus. Scented, odorous. 



Office of the leaf, 50, 60, 61. 



— '■ — of the pollen, 81, b. 



Officinalis. Usually the species in a genus most 

 valued in medicine or the arts. 



Old, Oi'des. This termination imports resem- 

 blance, as petaioid, like a petal ; thalictroides, 

 resembling a thalictrum, &,c. 



Oils, 140, c. 



vegetable, 193, 326. 



Olka'ce.b, 500. 



Ol'ive, 168, a. 



Onagra'ce^, 451. 



Opaque. Not transparent. 



Opcr'culum, 286. 



O'pium, 141. 



Opposite. Standing against each other on oppo- 

 site sides of the stem. 



Orbicular. Circulai'. 



leaf, 54, a. 



Or'chnrd-ip-n^, 175. 



Orchida'le.e, 540. 



Orchid' eous. Petals like the orchis. 



Or'chis plants, 269, 270. 



Orders of Linnaeus, 14. 



Or'g-anized substances, 370. 



Organs of fructification, 112. 



Orobancha'cea:, 483. 



Os. A bone. A mouth. 



Osmun'dce, 562. 



Os'seaus. Bony, hard. 



O'vary, 80, a. 86, 89. 



O'vatc, 54, d. 



Ovip'nrous. Animals produced from cggt, as 

 birds, &LC. 



O'viUcs, 86, 99, 111. 



O'vuvi. An egg. 



OXALIDA'CKiE, 431. 



Oz'alit, Fig. 181. 



Oxygen, 114, a. 122. 



essential to germination, 312 



inhaled by leaves, 62. 



Pm'ony, 233. 



Pa'ltca, 68, b. 173. 



Pal' lite. A prominence in the lower lip of a per- 

 sonate corolla, closing or nearly closing the 

 throat. 



Palca'ccous. Chaffy. 



PAl..M.\'cEi?:, 



Pai'matc. Hand-shaped ; resembling the hand 

 with the fingers spread, 54, L 



Palmel'la nivalli, 318. 



Palms, 198, Fig. 137. 



Prt/zH-Sunday, 304, a. 



Paius'tris. Crowing in swamps and marshes. 



Pancz'tcrn. The outer covering of the peri- 

 c;irp, 95. 



Panicle, 84, Fig. 92, b. 



Pan iclcd. Bearing panicles. 



Panin'tern. The inner covering of the peri- 

 carp, 95. 



Pansy, 188. 



Papaic'-iKG, PI. 4, Fig. 1. 



Papavkra'ce.k, 409. 



Papaya'ce.?;, 457. 



Papil'io. A butterfly. 



Papiliona'cew, 444. 



Papiliona'ceous. Butterfly-shaped, 73, 253, Fig. 148 



Pap'illosc. Covered with protuberances. 



Pappus, 102. 



Papyrus, 275. 



Paraph}/' ses, 565, Fig. 217. 



Par'usUts, 39, 354, 5th. 



Paren'chyma, 53, 117. 



Parisit'ic. Growing on another plant, and deriv- 

 ing nourishment Irora it. 



Paris, 212. 



Parnas'sia, 192. 



Par'tial. Used in distinction to general. 



Partition. The membrane which divides peri- 

 carps into cells, called the dissepiment. 



Part'cd. Deeply divided ; more than cleft. 



Parts of the calyx, 67, b. 



of the pistil, 80. 



of the stamen, 79, a, 



PASSIFLORA'cEiE, 456. 



Pas'sion-Ao\SGY, 245. PI. 6, Fig. 4. 



Pat'ens. Spreading, forming less than a right 



angle. 

 Pau'ci. Few in number. 

 Pea, 254. 



Pectinate. Like the teeth of a comb, interme- 

 diate between fimbriate and pinnatifid. 

 Ped'atc. Having a central leaf or segment, and 



the two side ones, which are compound, hke a 



bird's foot. 

 Ped'iccl, 41, a. 

 Peduncle, 41, a. 



Pedicle. A thin membraneous coat. 

 Pellucid. Transparent or limpid. 

 Pcl'tate. The petiole attached to some pait o/ 



the under side of the leaf. Fig. 53, a. 

 Pcnd'cnt. Hanging down, pendulous. 

 Pcn'ciled. Shajjed like a painter's pencil or 



brush. 

 Penninerv'ed. Having the lateral nerves pin- 



natelv arranged. 

 Pe'po, 96. 

 Pepper, 170, 188. 



Peregri'nons. Foreign, wanaering. 

 Perennial roots, 31. 

 Ptr'fvct flower, 67. 

 wood, 129. 



Perfoliate. Having a stem running through the 

 leaf; differs from cbnuato in not consisting oi 

 two leaves. 



P$r'foratt. Having hol«i as If pricked through ; 



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