GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Naiaclaccm, 487. 



Naked flowers : same ns nchlamydcous , 

 or destitute of in\ olucre, &c. 



Nnktd ornles and seeds, 296, 320. 



Names of species and genera, 363 ; of 

 ordeis, tribes, &e., 373. 



Ndplform : turnip-slui])Ctl, 84. 



Nalant: floating' under water. 



Kiitmal system, 365, 36G. 



Nuturuhzed: species introduced, but 

 growing completely spontaneous, 

 and piopagating by seed. 



Navicular : boat-shaped. 



Nel> u lose : clouded. 



Neck: the junction of root and stem. 



Necklace-shaped: see Moniliform. 



Nectar : the honey of a flower, or any 

 sweetish exudation. 



Nectar// [nectar iutii) . a place or thing 

 in which nectar is secietcd : foi- 

 mcrly applied also to any anoma- 

 lous part or appendage of a flower, 

 whether known to secrete honey or 

 not, as to the spur-shaped petals of 

 Aquilegia, fig. G47, or the two 

 singular-shaped petals of Aeoni- 

 tum, 257, fig. 402, 404. 



Needle-shaped: see Accrosc. 



Nelumbiaceae (Nclumbo), 385. 



Ne'mcous : filamentose; composed of 

 threads. 



Nervation : the arrangement of the 



Nerves: parallel and simple veins. 



Neived: nervate; furnished with nerves, 

 154. 



Nervose: abounding in nerves. 



Netted: same as reticulated. 



Neltr.d-vcined, 1 54. 



Neiuose: same as nervose. 



Neutral : without sexes. 



Neutial flowers: having neither stamen 

 nor pistil, 263, 436. 



Neutial quaternary pioduets, 196. 



New Zealand Hemp, 492. 



Nidulant: nestling in. 



Nitid (uitidus) : smooth and shining 



Niveous: snow-white. 



Nodding : curved so that the apex 

 hangs down. 



Node (knot) : the place on a stem 

 where a leaf is attached, 92. 



Nodose : knotty ; swollen in some parts, 

 contracted at others. 



Nodulose: diminutive of the last. 



Normal: according to rule. 



Notate: marked by spots or lines. 



Noloihizal: the radicle bent round to 

 the back of one cotyledon ; same 

 as incumbent. 



Nncumentaceous : nut like. 



Nvcelle : same as nucleus. 



Nuciform: nut-like. 



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Nucleus: the kernel, 297, 320,322. 



Nucleus of a cell, 26 



Nucu/aiuuin : a name for a beny like a 

 grape. 



Nucule : a diminutive nut, stone, or 

 kernel. 



Niicitlose: containing nucules or nut- 

 lets. 



Nunieious: same as indefinite. 



Nut, 314. 



Nutlet : a small nut, or the small stone 

 of a berry-like drupe. 



Nutmeg, 383. 



Nutaut : nodding. 



Nutrition, 61, 177. 



Nux-vomica, 434. 



Nyetaginaecse, 4G3. 



Nymplueaccaj, 385. 



Oat, 498. 



Ob- (over against) signifies inversely , 

 as, 



Obcompirsscd: flattened fore and aft, in- 

 stead of laterally. 



Obcordale: hcin t -shaped inverted ; 162, 

 fig. 274, 233. 



Oblcincfolate : lance-shaped, but broader 

 upwards. 



Oblifjue, referring to shape, unequal- 

 sided, 165. 



Obi delation, 309. 



Oblong: elliptical, or approaching it, 

 and much longer than wide ; fig. 

 242. 



Obovate: inversely ovate ; 157, fig. 232. 



Obtuse: blunt; the apex an obtuse an- 

 gle; 162, fig 270, 236. 



Obverse: same as ob. 



O'bvolute: a modification of convolute, 

 145. 



Oce'l/ate: eyed; a circular patch of 

 , color within another patch. 



Oclnea (a boot): a tubular stipule; 

 , 171, fig 305. 



Ocheate: furnished with ochreoe. 



Ochiolimous: ocbrc-colorcd (pale dull 

 yellow) vciging to white 



Octo-: eight ; in composition in such 

 wouls as the following. 



Octaijyma, 515. 



Oct (iifji nous : with eight pistils or styles. 



Ocltininous: the parts in eights. 



Octandria, 512. 



Octdndious: with eight stamens. 



Ocfojie'lalous : of eight petals/276. 



O culate: eyed; same as ocellatc. 



Officinal (belonging to the shop) : ap- 

 plied to plants. &c. used in medi- 

 cine or the ails. 



Offset, 102. 



Oilnut, 469. 



Oils, 56, 57. 



