GLOSSARY. 



Micropyle: the closed orifice of the seed ; p. 135 



Midrib: the middle or main rib of a leaf: p. 55. 



Milk-Vessels: p. 148. 



Miniate : vermilion-colored. 



Mitriform: mitre-shaped; in the form of a peaked cap. 



Monad e'lphous : stamens united by their filaments into one set; p. 111. 



Mondndrous (flower) : having only one stamen ; p. 112. 



Moni/iform: necklace-shaped; a cylindrical body contracted at intervals. 



Uonochlamydeous : having only one floral envelope, i. e. calyx but no corolla, at 



Anemone, fig 179, and Castor-oil Plant, fig. 178. 

 Monocotyle'donous (embryo) : with only one cotyledon; p. 16, 137. 

 Monoc.otyledonai* Plants, p. 150, 192. 



Monoecious, or Monoicous (flower) : having stamens or pistils only ; p. 90. 

 Montigynous (flower) : having only one pistil, or one style; p. 116. 

 Monope'talous (flower) : with the corolla of one piece; p. 101. 

 Monophyllous : one-leaved, or of one piece ; p. 102. 

 Monosepalous : a calyx of one piece ; i. e. with the sepals united into one body ; 



p. 101. 



Monospermous : one-seeded. 



Monstrosity : an unnatural deviation from the usual structure or form. 

 Morphology : the department of botany which treats of the forms which an organ 



(say a leaf) may assume; p 28. 



Mucronate: tipped with an abrupt short point (mucro) ; p. 60, fig. 111. 

 Mucronulate : tipped with a minute abrupt point; a diminutive of the last. 

 Multi-, in composition : many ; as 



Multangular; many-angled. Mult icipital : many-headed, &c. 

 Multifarious: in many rows or ranks. MuU(fid: many-cleft; p 62. 

 Multildcular : many-celled. Multiserial: in many rows. 

 Multiple Fruits, p. 133. 

 Muricate: beset with short and hard points. 

 Muriform: wall-like; resembling courses of bricks in a wall. 

 Muscology: the part of descriptive botany which treats of Mosses (i. e. Musci). 

 Muticous : pointless ; beardless ; unarmed. 

 Mycelium : the spawn of Fungi ; i. e. the filaments from which Mushrooms, &c. 



originate. 



Wdpiform: turnip-shaped; p. 31, fig. 57. 



Natural System: p. 195. 



Naturalized: introduced from a foreign country, but growing perfectly wild ana 



propagating freely by seed. 



Navicular: taut-shaped, like the glumes of most Grasses. 

 Necklace-shaped: looking like a string of beads ; see moniliform. 

 Nectar : the honey, &c. secreted by glands, or by any part of the corolla. 

 Nectariferous : honey-bearing ; or having a nectary. 

 Nectary : the old name for petals and other parts of the flower when of unusual 



shape, osppcially when honey-bearing. So the hollow spur-shaped petals of 



Columbine were called nectaries; also the curious long-clawed petals of 



Monkshood, fig. 186, &c. 



