200 GLOSSARY OF SPECIFIC NAMES AND BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Minor, smaller. 



Minuta, minute. 



Missouriensis, Missouri. 



Mitracarpa, miter-podded. 



Modesta, modest. 



Monandruxn, one-stamened. 



Monantha (2), one-flowered. 



Moniliforrnis, necklace-formed. 



Monospermum, one-seeded. 



Montana (7), mountain. 



Molle (6), soft. 



Montioides, montia-like. 



Moschatus (2), musky. 



Mucronate, Mucronuiate, tipped with a 



sharp point. 



Muhlenbergii, Dr. Henry Muhlenburg. 

 Multicaulis, many stemmed. 

 Multifida (3), much-dissected. 

 Multiflora (3), many-flowered. 

 Multinervis, many-nerved. 

 Multivalis, many-valved. 

 Muricata (2), Muricate, rough with 



short projections. 

 Mnriculatej finely muricate. 

 Muirii, John Muir, geologist, naturalist 



and author, Alhambra Valley, Solano 



County. 



Mutica, Mutilum, cut short. 

 Myriantha, mauy-ilowered. 

 Myrinsites, an old name. 

 Myrtifolia, myrtle-leaved. 

 Myrtilloides. myrtle-like. 

 Myrtillus, generic name. 



Nana (2), pigmy, dwarf. 

 Namatoides, nama-like. 

 Nasutus, large-nosed. 

 Neniaclada, thread-branched. 

 Nemoralis, sylvan, grove. 

 Nemorosa (2), leafy. 

 Nevadense (5), Sierra Nevaea, Nevada. 

 Neviniana, Rev. J. C. Nevin, Los 



Angeles. 



Nervosa, nerved. 

 Newberryi, Dr. J. S. Newberry. 

 Nigellaeformis, nigella-shaped. 

 Niger, (nigra) (3), black. 

 Nigrescens, blackening, becoming black. 

 Nitens, Nitida (3), shining. 

 Nivalis, Nivea, snowy. 



Node, place on the stem where a leaf, a 

 pair of leaves, or a whorl of leaves 

 grow. 



Nodlnora, node-flower (the peduncles 

 from the nodes). 



Nothofulvus, falsely-tawney (soon fad- 

 ing. 



Nubigena, cloud-born. 



Nuda, Nudata (2), naked. 



Nudicaule, naked-stemmed. 



Nudiflorus, naked-flowered. 



Nummularia, money-wort. 



Nutans, nodding. 



Nuttaliana, Nuttallii (6), Thos. Nut- 

 tall, an eminent ornithologist and 

 botanist, 1835. 



Nutkanus (2), Nutka or Nootka. 



Ob, the reverse ; e..g., 



Obcordate, cordate (leaf, petal, etc.) with 

 the stem at the acute or rounded end 

 of the blade, not in the sinus. 



Obcordatus, obcordate. 



Obispoensis, San Luis Obispo. 



Obicularis, under Psoralea is a mis- 

 print for orbicularis. 



Oblong, two or three times as long as 

 broad, with parallel edges. 



Oblonga, oblong. 



Oblongifolia, oblong-leaved. 



Obtuse, rounded at the end. 



Obtusa, Obtusata, obtuse. 



Obtusiflorum, obtuse-flowered. , 



Occidentalis (22), occidental, western. 



Ocellata, eyed (i. e., a pair of spots), 

 spotted. 



Ochroleuca, Ochroleucous, yellowish- 

 white. 



Oculata, eyed. 



Odorata, Odoratissima, sweet-scented 

 and very sweet-scented. 



Officinale (8), medicinal. 



Oleracea, edible (the whole plant). 



Oligosperma, few-seeded. 



Oliganthum. few-flowered. 



Olivaceum, olive-green. 



Onustus, loaded, burdened. 



Oocarpus, egg-pod. 



Opulifolia, maple-leaved. 



Opulus, maple. 



