IXDK.X AM> GLOSSARY. l27 



L^.'iicia.uIi.lMcenco) : .plitlMg m,,lway Wlweeu tbopa.litioua, 



}:;r ■ p£rer;ffir«i.l. tl.« t»mio.. lob. much .„eer tha„ 



the others. 



Maicescent : withering persistent. 



Marginal : relating to the margin. 



Markings (on cells), 107. 



Mednllary rays, 1()9. 



Membranous : thin, like a membrane. 



Mesocarp: see Endocarp. 



Micropyle, 16. 



Midrib, 101. 



Monadelphous, 134. 



Mnnnndrous- with a snigle stamen, iJ.. 



MoriScleons : with only one set of floral envelopes. 



Monocotyledonous. 80. 



Monocotyledons, 81. 



Monacious, 53. 



Morphology, 82. 



Mucrouate, 110. 



Multifid, 109. 



Multiple fruits, 153. 



Naked flowers : those which are destitute of calyx and corolla. 

 Naked seeds : those not enclosed m an ovary, 14.^. 



Napiform, 85. 



Nntiiral system of classification, l//, ac. . . 



NaluraliSd : Tntroduced from other countries, but growing spon- 



tantously from seed. 

 Neck, see Collum. 



Nectary : that in which nectar is secreted. 

 Needle-shaped, Fig. 110. 



Slurarflo;e;B: those having neither stamens nor pistih 

 Nodding : hanging with the top downwards, like the faower in 



Fig. 72. 



Node, 4. ,. . 1 



Normal: regular; according to rnle. - 



Nucleus (of au ovule), 16, 157 ; (of ft cell). 163. 

 Nut, 156. .„ 



Nutlet : a small nut, or nut-hke body, 50. 



Obcordate, 108. 



Oblanceolrtte, 107. 



Oblique : having the sides unequal. 



Obliteration (of partitions), 140. 



Oblong. 105. 



