GLOSSARY. 



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Multifarious (-us). Many-ranked, as 



leaves in several vertical ranks. 

 Multlfid (-idus). Cleft into many lobes 



or segments. 



Multiflorous (-us). Many -flowered. 

 Multijugate (Multijugus). In many 



pairs or juga. 

 Multilocular (-aris). Many-celled or 



several-celled. 

 Multiparous. Many-bearing ; said of a 



several-branched cyme ; 152, 155. 

 Multiple fruits. The fructification of a 



flower-cluster when confluent into one 



mass; 301. 

 Multiplication. Same as Augmentation ; 



179, 200. 

 Multiserial (-alis), Multiseriate (-atus). 



In several series. 

 Muricate (-atus). Rough with short and 



firm excrescences. 



Muriculate (-atus}. Minutely muricate. 

 Muscariformis. Fly-brush-shaped . 

 Musciform (-ormis). Moss-like in ap- 

 pearance. 

 Muscology. The botany of Mosses. But 



is a hybrid word, and is replaced by 



Bryology. 



Muticous (-us). Pointless, blunt, awn- 

 less. 

 Mycelium. The filamentous vegetative 



growth of a Fungus. 

 Mycology, Mycetology. The botany of 



Fungi. 

 Mycropyle. Micropyle misspelled. 



Naked. Wanting some usual covering ; 

 as flowers without perianth, ovules 

 without coats, seeds not in a pericarp, 

 buds without scales. 



Napiform (-ormis). Turnip-shaped; 31. 



Nanus. Dwarf. 



Natant (-ans). Floating or swimming 

 under water. 



Navicular (-aris). Boat-shaped. Same 

 as Cymbiform. 



Nebulose (-osus). Clouded or misty. 



Neck. See Collum. 



Necklace-shaped. See Moniliform. 



Nectar. The sweetish secretion by va- 

 rious parts of the blossom from which 

 bees make honey. 



Nectary (Nectarium). The place or 

 thing in which nectar is secreted : 

 formerly applied also to any anoma- 

 lous part or appendage of a flower, 

 whether known to secrete honey or 

 not ; especially to the hollow spurs of 

 a Violet, Larkspur, Columbine, and 

 the like. 



Nectariferous (-us). Nectar-bearing. 

 Needle-shaped. See Acerose. 

 Nemorosus, Nemwalis. Inhabiting 



groves. 

 Nervation. Same as Venation, or un- 



branched venation. 



Nerve (Nervus). In botany, this is a 

 simple or unbranched vein, or a slen- 

 der rib. 



Nerved, Nervose (-osus), Nervate (-atus). 

 Having nerves in the botanical 



sense. 

 Nervulose (-osus). Diminutive of ner- 



vose. 

 Netted. Same as Reticulated ; Netted- 



veined; 92. 

 Neurose (-osus). Same as Nervose. 



Neura being the Greek for nerve. 

 Neuter, Neutral. Sexless ; as a flower 

 which has neither stamen nor pistil: 

 191, 195. 



Niger. Black or blackish. 

 Niyricans. Turning black or verging 



to black. 



Nitidus. Smooth and shining. 

 Nivdlis. Growing in or near snow. 

 Niveus. Snow-white. 

 Nodding. Hanging down. 

 Node (Nodus). Literally a knot; the 

 portion of a stem which normally 

 bears a leaf or whorl of leaves ; 6. 

 Nodose (-osus). Knotty or knobby. 

 Nodulose (-osus). Diminutive of Nodose. 

 Nomenclature, 3, 345. 

 Normal (-alis). According to rule; 



agreeing with type. 

 Notate (-atus). Marked by spots or lines. 

 Nothus. False or bastard. 

 Notorhizal (-izus). Synonym of incum- 

 bent, as applied to the embryo of 

 Cruciferse. 



Nuciform (-ormis). Nut-like in shape. 

 Nucleus. A kernel of an ovule, seed, 

 &c. ; 277. A soft solid interior part 

 of a vegetable cell in the early condi- 

 tion; 309. 



Nuculanium. Name given by Richard 

 to a drupaceous or baccate fruit con- 

 taining more than one stone or stony 

 seed; adopted by Lindley for a supe- 

 rior stony-seeded berry, such as a 

 grape. 

 Nucule (-ula). A diminutive nut or 



stone ; same as Nutlet ; 296. 

 Nucumentaceus (-eus). Nut-like in char- 

 acter. 

 Nudicaulis. Naked-stamened ; stem not 



leafy. 

 Nudus. Naked, in its various senses. 



