GLOSSARY AXD INDEX. 



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Linguifbrm, or Ungulate: tongue-shaped, 



as t!io leaves of Ilound's-tonguc. 

 Lip: the two lobes a bilabiate calyx 



or corolla; the lower petal of an 



Orchidcous plant. 

 Littoial, or It total: growing on shores. 

 Lieul : pale lead-color. 

 Loasacese, 421. 

 Lobe : any division or projecting part 



of an organ, especially a rounded 



one, 275. 

 Lobed, (abate: divided into lobes; rig. 



2G0, 2G4. 

 Lobcliaccae, 438. 



Lobttlule: bearing small lobes (lobidi). 

 Ldcellate: having secondary cells (or 



I ocelli) 

 Loce'llus (plural, (ocelli) : a secondary 



cell, or a division of a cell. 

 Loadament, 316 ; sania as loculus. 

 L6r.iilar: having cells. 

 Loculicidal, or loculicide : dehiscence 



opening directly into the back of a 



cell; 316, fig. 583, 585. 

 Locuhie: partitioned off into cells, as 



the pith of Poke, &c. 

 Ldcidus (plural, (oodi): the cells of an 



ovary, anther, &c. 

 Locdi'a : a spikelct or flower-cluster of 



Grasses 

 Lddicules (lodicuhe) : the minute scales 



inside of the palea; of Grasses, 497. 

 Loganiacca;, 433. 

 Logwood, 414. 

 Loinc.nl: a jointed legume; 315, fig. 



581 

 Lometttaceoits : bearing or resembling a 



lament. 

 Longitudinal tissue or system, 45, 50, 112. 

 Lonicerca;, 431. 

 Lorantlia.ca;, 469. 

 Lorate: thong-shaped. 

 Lucid: shining 



Lunate: crescent or half-moon shaped 

 Litnnlat.e : diminutive of the last 

 Lupuline : waxy grains on the scales 



of Hops. 

 Lurid: dingy brown. 

 Lutexent : yellowish. (Luleus : yellow) 

 Lycopodiaccaj, 501. 

 Lycottopous, or lycotropnl : an orthotro- 



pous ovule curved into a horse- 

 shoe form. 

 Lijrate, lyieshaped, 161, fig. 138, 27s. 

 Li/iateltf pinnate, 164, rig. 285. 

 Lythraccue, or Lytharieaj, 418. 



Mace: the arillus of Nutmeg, 322, 383 

 Miculate: spotted or blotched. 

 Madder. 432. 

 Magnoliaces, 381. 

 Mahogany, 401. 



Maize, 49S. 



}[a(efloicer, 201. 



Malpighiaecse, 403. 



MaLpitjhiaceous hairs: hairs fixed by 



their middle, as ia the foregoing 



order, in C'ornus, &c. 

 Malvaccaj, 397. 

 Mdmi/late, or mdmiUar : bearing little 



prominences on the suiface. 

 H [dm nice form : teat-shaped. 

 Mainmce-apple, 400. 

 Mammoie : bearing larger prominences, 



like breasts. 

 Mango, 406. 

 Mangostccn, 400. 

 Manicate (gloved) : covered with a 



woolly coat which may be stripped 



off whole. 

 Manilla hemp, 490. 

 Manna, 460. 

 Many-cleft : cut as far as the middle 



into several divisions, 159. 

 Many-beaded : sec Multicipital. 

 Marantaccce : see Cannaccte 

 Murcesccnt: gradually withering with- 

 out falling off, 279. * 

 Marchantiacete, 504. 

 Marginal : belonging to the margin. 

 Maiginate : furnished with a margin of 



different texture or color from the 



rest. 

 Maritime: belonging to the sea-shore. 

 Markings on cells, 3, 6. 

 Marmorale : marbled. 

 Marsiliaceas, 502. 

 Mas: male, masculine; belonging to 



the stamens. 

 Masked: see Personate. 278. 

 Mealy : see Farinaceous. 

 Medial: belonging to the middle. 

 Medulla: pith, 118. 

 Me'dullaig rays, 117, 119. 

 Medullaiy sheath, 119. 

 Medullose, or mediitlanj: pitb-liko. 

 Meioste'uionous : having fewer siarp.Cris 



than petals. 

 Melanospermese. 509. 

 Mclanthaeea:, 494. 

 Melastomaceae, 4i8. 

 Meliaccai, 401. 

 Melon. 423. 

 Membranaceous, or membranous: thin and 



soft, like a membrane. 

 Meniscoid: shaped like a meniscus or 



concavo-convex lens. 

 Menispcrmaecaj, 383. 

 Menyanthideis, 457. 

 ^f^'rl r nr/ll/ma, 4 1. 



Me'ricaru: half a crcmocarp, 426. 

 Merismdtic: dividing into parts, 28. 

 Me'rithall : a name for an intcrnode 

 Merous, in Greek compounds : the jmrts 



