222 GLOSSART, 



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 : vcrmilion-coloi-ed. 



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



Monadeljihous : stamens united by their filaments into one set; p. 111. 



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



Monilifonn : necklace-shaped ; a cylindrical body contracted at intervals. 



Monochlamydeous : having only one floral envelope, i. e. calyx but no corolla, as 



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

 Monocotijle'donous (embryo) : wrth only one cotyledon; p. 16, 137. 

 Monocofi/ledonoits Plants, p. 150, 192. 



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

 Moiid(ji/noHs (flower) : having only one pistil, or one style; p. 116. 

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

 Mono/ iliijl Ions: one-leaved, or of one piece ; p. 102. 

 Monose'/ia/oiis : 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 stracture or form. 

 Morpholo(/y: the department of botany which treats of tiie forms which an organ 



(say a leaf) may assume; p 28. 

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

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

 Multi-, in composition : many ; as 



Multangidar : many-angled. Multicipital : many-headed, &c. 

 Multifarions : in many rows or ranks. Miiltifid: many-cleft; p. 62. 

 Multildcular : many-celled. Multise'rial: in many rows. 

 Multiple Fruits, p. 133. 

 Mdricate: 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). 

 Mdticous : pointless ; beardless ; unarmed. 

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



originate. 



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



Natural System: p. 195. 



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



propagating freely by seed. 

 Navicular: boat-shaped, like the glumes'of mo.st 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, especially when hone3'-bearing. So the hollow spur-sliaped petals of 



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



Monkshood, fig. 186, &c. 



