GLOSSAKY. 



Marccscent. Shrivelling, or withering, ■without fall- 

 ing off. 



Margin. The circumference, or edge. 



Margiiiate. Having a margin different in some mea- 

 sure from tile disis. 



3Ielliferous. Producing or containing honey. 



Membranaceous. Skinny; like parchment. With- 

 out pulp. 



Midrib. The main nerve, or middle rib, running 

 from the base to the apex. 



31onadelphous . Having the filaments all united in 

 one set. 



Moniliform. Resembling a string of beads. 



Monogynous. Having but one pistil. 



Monoico'is- Having the male and female flowers 

 distinct, on the same plant. 



Monopetulous. Consisting of one petal. 



Monophyllous. Consisting of one leaf. 



Miicronate. Having a dagger-point; vi^hich in leaves, 

 seems to bo an elongation of the midrib. 



MiMifid. Many cleft: cleft into many segments. 



Muricate. Having subulate points scattered over it: 

 or armed with prickles. 



Mutic. Awnless: having no awn. 



Nakid. Without the usual covering, or appendage: 

 as a stem without leaves— leaves without pubes- 

 cence — a corolla vvitiiout a calyx, or crown,— 

 seeds without a pericarp— a receptacle without 

 chaff, hairs. &c. a verticil without leaves— or an 

 umbel without an involucre. 



Nectary. Tne honey-bearing appendage of a flow- 

 er; of various forms— as a horn, spur, cup. scale, 

 gland, &c. Any appendage to a flower, whicii is 

 neither calyx, corolla, stamen, nor pistil, is called 

 a Nectary. 



Nerves of a leaf, &c. Rib like fibres running from 

 the base towards the apex. 



Neutral Flower. Having neither stamen nor pistil. 



Ob-. In the composition of terms, means inversely, 

 or reversed: as 



Obconic. Conic, with the apex downwards. 



Ohcordate. Heart-form, with the apex next to the 

 place of insertion. 



Ohianceolate. Inversely lanceolate. 



Oblique. A position between horizontal and verti- 

 cal. Also applied to leaves. &c. which are as it 

 were cut obliquely— or whose bases are shorter on 

 one side. 



Oblong. More than twice as long as broad, with 

 nearly parallel sides, and rounded at both ends. 



Obovate. Ovate, with the broadest end outwards. 



Obsoletely. Obscurely; as if worn out. 



Obtuse. Ending bluntly, or with a rounded apex, 

 but within the segme.-it of a circle. 



Octandrous. Having eight stamens. 



Opake. or Opaqite. Neither transparent nor shining. 



Orbicular. Circular; the length and breadth equal, 



and the circuuiference an even circular line. 

 Order. The second division, or branch, in asystem- 

 atic arrangement. 



Oval. Longer than broad, with the two ends of equal 

 breadth, and curvature; and the sides cu.^vmg from 

 end to end. 



Ovate. Kgg-shaped: the form of a longitudinal sec- 

 tion of an egg. 

 Ouate-tanccolate. Lanceolate, inclining to ovate. 

 Ovnte-oblung. The ovate form lengthened out. 

 Palate- A prominence in the lower lip of a labiate 



corolla, which tends to close the throat. 

 Palmnte Leaf A simple b^af deeply divided, and 

 the lobes spreading so as to resemble a hand with 

 the lin,p;prs spread. 

 Pandurrcform Guitar-form, or Fiddle-form. Ob- 

 long, with sides contracted, and broadish at the 



. ends. 



Panicle. A species of inflorescence in which the 

 flowers are scattered on peduncles variously and 

 irree;uhrly subdividi^d: as Oats, &e. 

 Paniculate. Disposed in the form of a panicle. 



Papilionaceous Flower. Eutterfly-shaped; or Pea- 

 bJossom: when complete, consisting of four i)etals 

 —the broad upper one called the banner— the two 

 side ones called the wings— and the lower one, 

 called the keel. 

 Papillate, or Pappillose. Having the sMrface co- 

 vered with fleshy dots, or points; like little teats. 

 Pappus. The crown on the top of some seeds, by 

 which they are dispersed; usually hairy, or feath- 

 ery—sometimes chaffy. 

 Paraaitic. Growing on, or drawing sustenance from, 



another plant. 

 Parted. Deeply divided, almost to the base. 

 Partial. Applied to an entire part of a general 

 whole: as a partiallnvolucre, Umbel, &c. which, 

 however, arc also expressed by the words Involu- ' 

 eel, Umbellule, &c. ; 



Partition. A wall, or membrane, separating a per- 

 icarp internally into ceils. 

 Pectinate. Finely pinnate, or pinnatifid.so as to re- 

 semble the teeth of a comb. 

 PcdateLeaf. When the segments are narrow, and 

 divided almost to the petiole; resembling a bird's 

 foot. 

 Pedicel. A partial peduncle, the ultimate division, 



next to Xh:- flower, or fruit. 

 Pedicellate. Having a pedicel. 

 Peduncle. The footstalk, or stem, which bears the 

 flower and fruit, when it docs not proceed direct- 

 ly from the root of the plant. 

 Pedunculate. Having a peduncle. 

 Peltate Leaf. Like a shield: having the petiole in- 

 serted into the disk, instead oi the edge. 

 Pencil-form. Resembling a hair pencil, or paintbrush. 

 Peniagynous. Having 5 styles 

 Pentandrous. Having 5 stamens. 

 Pentapctalous. Having 5 petals. 

 Perennial. Continuing more than 2 3'ears. 

 Perfect Flower. Having both stamen and pistil; 



or, at least, anther and stigma. 

 Perfoliate Leaf, or rather Stem. Having the stem 



running through the leaf. 

 Perianth. A flower cup: a species of calyx, em- 

 bracing, or contiguous to, the other parts of the 

 fructification. 

 Peric.rp. Tiie seed vessel: the case or substance, 



which encloses or covers the seeds. 

 Persistent. Remaining on: as a ca/i/x that remains 

 on the fruit after the corolla falls oH'—aiipules that 

 remain .nfter the leaves have fallen— or leaves that 

 continue after the season is over. 

 Petal. The delicate flower-leaf. In flowers of one 

 petal, the corolla and petal are the same . In flow- 

 ers of more than one petal, the corolla is the whole, 

 and the petals are the parts. 

 Petal-form. Petal-like, or Petaloid, resembling a 



petal: as the stigmas of the Iris. 

 Petiolatc- Having a petiole. 



Petiole- The footstalk, or stem which bears the leaf. 

 Phcenogamous- Having the stamens and pistils suf- 

 ficiently apparent for classification. Applied to 

 all plants not included in the Class Cryptognmia. 

 Pilose. Hairy: having distinct straighiish liai'-s: or 

 when applied to a pappus, it means composed of 

 such 

 Pinnate Leaf. Having distinct leaflets on opposite 



sidpsof a simple petiole. 

 Pinnatifid Leaf. Cleft so as to resemble a pinnate 

 leaf; but the divisions do not reach to the mid-iib 

 — beins: segments, and not le.iflets. 

 Pistil. The centra! portion of a fertile flower: con- 

 .sisting c^fthe gerra, style, nni] stigma, when com- 

 plete. Sonretimes the style is wanting. 

 Plicit". Plaited: foLlad, or crimped, like a fan, when 



nearly full spread 

 Plumose. Ffalhered; or after tlie manner of a fea- 

 ther. A plumose pappus h w]icn a hair has other 

 hairs arranged on opposite sides of it: as in the 

 genus Cnicus, itc. 



