222 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. 



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



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



Moniliform : 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. 

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

 Monocotyledonous Plants, p. 150, 192. 



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

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

 Monopetalous (flower) : with the corolla of one piece; p. 101. 

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

 Monose'palous : 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. Multicipital : many-headed, &c. 

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

 Multildcular : many-celled. Multise'rial : 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. Masci). 

 Muticous : pointless ; beardless ; unarmed. 

 Mycelium : 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 ana 



propagating freely by seed. 



Navir.ular: boat-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, especially 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. 



