GLOSS A RIAL INDEX. 



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Lip, the lower projecting petal of an irregular 



flower. 



Lobe, the segment of a divided leaf. 

 Loculicidal, admitting the escape of the seeds 



through the valves. 

 Lament, a kind of pod, which, when ripe, falls in 



pieces at the joints. 

 Lucid, shining. 

 Lunuiate, half-moon-shaped. 

 Lyrate, a leaf is lyrate when its apex is rounded, 



and there are several small lateral lobes towards 



its base ; harp or lyre-shaped. 



Membranaceous, of a thin pliable texture. 

 Metamorphosed, changed from one form to an- 



other. 

 Monad elphous, having the filaments united at 



the bottom into one bundle, or brotherhood. 

 Moniliform, formed like a necklace, having al- 



ternate swellings and contractions. 

 Monoecious, having the stamens and pistil in se- 



parate flowers on the same plant. 

 Monopetalous, having but one petal, or having 



the petals united so as to appear but one. 

 Monospermons, one-seeded. 

 Mucilaginous, of a slimy nature. 

 Mucro, a sharp rigid point. 

 Mucronate, terminating in a spine, or mucro. 

 Mucronate- cuspidate, tapering suddenly to a 



point which is tipped with a mucro, or spine. 

 Mucronate-detiticulate, toothed, each tooth ter- 



minated with a sharp point. 

 Mucronulate, having a small hard point. 

 Multifid, many-cleft. 



Muncate, covered with short sharp points. 

 Mutic, pointless ; a term opposed to mucro. 



N. 



Narrowed, tapering. 



Navicular, boat-shaped. 



Nectariferous, having nnctaries ; bearing honey. 



Nectary, a part of the corolla, for the most part 



containing honey. 

 Xucamentaceous, having catkins. 

 Nucleus, the kernel ol a nut. 

 Nucule, a small nut. 



Nut, a seed enclosed within a hard shell. 

 Nutant, nodding. 



O. 



Obconical, inversely cone-shaped. 



Obcordute, inversely heart-shaped. 



Obcuneate, wedge-shape inverted. 



Oblanceolate, inversely lance-shaped. 



Oblate, flattened. 



Oblique, not direct or parallel. 



Oblong, two or three times longer than broad. 



Oblong-acute, oblong and sharp-pointed. 



Oblong-cuneated, between oblong and wedge- 



shaped. 

 Oblong-lanceolate, between oblong and lance- 



shaped. 



Oblong-linear, in form between oblong and linear. 

 Oblong-oval, a form between oblong and oval. 

 Obovate-cuneated, between obovate and wedge- 



shaped, with the broadest end uppermost. 

 Obovate lanceolate, a form between egg-shaped 



and lance-shaped inverted. 

 Obovate-spathulate, a form between obovate and 



that of a spatula. 

 Obsolete, hardly evident. 

 Obtuse, blunt. 

 Ochrea, membranous stipules surrounding the 



stem and cohering by their anterior margins. 

 Octandrous, having 8 stamens. 

 Opaque, not reflecting light ; not transparent. 

 Opposite, placed in pairs on opposite sides of a 



stem. 



Orthotropous, straight, and having the same di- 



rection as the body to which it belongs. 

 Oval, in the form of an ellipsis. 



Ofarium, \ 

 Ovary, 



the germen, or incipient seed-vessel, 

 which contains the rudiments of th 

 future seed. 

 Ovate-acuminate, egg-shaped in the lower part, 



and tapering to a point. 

 Ovate-acute, egg-shaped in part, but terminating 



in a sharp point 

 Ovate-arrow-shaped, a form intermediate be- 



twen egg-shaped and arrow-shaped 

 Ovate-campanulate, a figure between egg-shaped 



and bell-shaped. 



1 Ovate-elliptic, between egg-shaped and elliptical. 

 Ovate-globose, a form between round and egg- 

 shaped. 

 Ovate-lanceolate, between egg-shaped and laure* 



shaped. 



Ovoid, egg-shaped 



Ovoid-cylindrical, egg-shaped and cylindrical. 

 Ovulum, an incipient seed. 



P. 



Paleaceous, having or abounding in chaffy 



scales. 

 Palete, chaffy scales, common in compound 



flowers. 

 Palmate, palm-shaped, divided so as to resemble 



the hand spread open. 

 Panduriform, fiddle-shaped. 

 Panicle, a loose irregular mode of inflorescence, 



similarly disposed to that of many grasses, as 



oats. 

 Papilionaceous, butterfly-shaped flowers, as those 



of the common pea. 



Papilliform, bearing resemblance to small glan- 

 dular excrescences or pimples. 

 Pappose, downy ; having pappus. 

 Pappus, a kind of down formed by the minute 



division of the limb of the calyx of the Com- 



pdsitte. 

 Parietal, attached to the sides or walls of the 



ovary. 



Pectinate, comb-shaped. 



Pedicel, the flower-stalk of each separate flower. 

 Pedicellate, having pedicels. 

 Peduncle, the principal flower-stalk. 

 Pedunculate, having peduncles. 

 Pellucid, transparent ; bright. 

 Peltate, a peltate leaf has the petiole fixed in the 



centre of the disk, instead of in the margin. 

 Pendulous, drooping ; hanging down. 

 Pentagonal, five-angled. 

 Pentandrous, having 5 stamens. 

 Pentapetalous, five-petaled. 

 Perfotiate, a leaf is said to be perfoliate when the 



stem passes through its base, as in the honey- 

 suckle. 

 Perforated, pierced through, apparently full of 



holes. 

 Perianth, the flower -cup; the envelope which 



surrounds the flower : a term applied when 



the calyx cannot be distinguished from the co- 

 rolla. 



Pericarp, the covering of the seed vessel. 

 Perigonal, having both calyx and corolla. 

 Perigynous, inserted in the calyx, or in the disk 



which adheres to the calyx. 

 Peripherie, curved ; circular. 

 Persistent, remaining ; not falling off. 

 Petal, a division of a corolla. 

 Petiolale, having petioles, or footstalks, to the 



leaves. 



Petiole, the footstalk of a leaf. 

 Petiolule, the footstalk of a leaflet. 

 Petiolulate, having petiolules. 

 Pilose, hairy. 



Pinnce, the leaflets of a pinnate leaf. 

 Pinnate, a leaf divided into many smaller leaves 



or leaflets is said to be pinnate. 

 Pistil, the columnar body usually situated in the 



centre of a flower ; when perfect it consists ot 



the germen, style, and stigma. 

 Placenta, that part of the seed-vessel to which 



the seeds are affixed. 

 Plano-convex, flat on the one side and convex on 



the other. 

 Plicate, plaited. 



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