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GLOSSARY. 



Numerous (Numerosus). Used in the 

 sense of indefinite in number. 



Nut (Nux). A hard and indehiscent 

 one-seeded pericarp resulting from a 

 compound ovary; 295. 



Nutlet. A diminutive Nut. See Nucule. 



Nutant (-an*). See Nodding. 



Ob. Orer against ; as a prefix denotes 

 inversely or oppositely, as 



Obcomprtssed (-us). Flattened the other 

 way, antero-posteriorly instead of lat- 

 erally. 



Obconical (-icus). Conical, but attached 

 at the apex. 



Obcordate (-atus). Inverted heart- 

 shaped, the notch at the apex; 97. 



Obdiplostemonous (-us), Obdiplostemony. 

 When the stamens are double the 

 number of the petals, but the outer 

 series opposite the latter; 198. 



Obimbricate. Imbricated or successively 

 overlapping downward. 



Obldnceolate. Lanceolate but tapering 

 toward the base more than toward the 

 apex; 95. 



Oblique (Obliquus). Unequal-sided or 

 slanting. 



Oblong ( Oblongus). Considerably longer 

 than broad and with nearly parallel 

 sides; 95. 



Obdvate (-atus). Ovate with the broader 

 end toward the apex; 95. 



Obovoid. Solid obovate. 



Obtectus. Covered by something. 



Obtuse (-usus). Blunt or rounded at the 

 extremity ; 97. 



Obtusiusculus. Somewhat obtuse ; dimin- 

 utive of obtuse. 



Obvallatus. Guarded on all sides or sur- 

 rounded as if walled in. 



Obverse, Obversely. Same as the prefixOb. 



Obvolute (-utut). A modification of Con- 

 volute; 138, 139. 



Ocellate (-atus). With a circular patch 

 or a ring of color. 



Ochraceous (-eus). Ochre color ; light 

 / yellow with a tinge of brown. 



Ochrea, Ocrea. A leggin-shaped or 

 tubular stipule or rather combined 

 pair of stipules ; 106. 



Ochreate, Ocreate (-atus). Furnished 

 with ochrea or sheaths; 106. 



Ochroleucous (-us). Yellowish-white or 

 between white and yellow. 



Octo. Eight. In composition gives such 

 terms as the following. 



Octagynia. Linnsean artificial order with 

 Octagynous (eight-styled) flowers ; 337. 



Octdmerous. Composed eight parts in 

 the circle. 



Octandria. The Linnsean class with 

 Octandrous, i. e. eight-stamened flow- 

 ers; 249, 334. 



Octdni. In eights. 



Octopetalous (-us). Eight-petalled. 



Ociosepalons. With eight sepals. 



Octostichous (-us). In eight vertical 

 ranks; 124. 



Oculate (-atus). Same as Ocellate. 



Officinal (-alis). Used in medicine or 

 the arts, therefore in the shops. 



Offset. A short lateral shoot for propa- 

 gation; 53. 



Oides, Oideus, -odes and -ides. Greek 

 for likeness, used as terminations, in- 

 dicate similarity to; as Dianthoides, 

 resembling a Pink. 



Oleraceous (-eus). Esculent in the way 

 of a pot-herb. 



Oliffos. Greek for few ; in compounds 

 giving such terms as 



Oligdndrous (-us). With few stamens. 



Oliganthous (-us). Few-flowered. 



Oliydmerous (-us). Of few members. 



Oligospermous (-us). Few-seeded. 



Olivaceus (-eus). Olive-green. 



Omphalodium. A mark (navel) on the 

 hilumof a seed, through which passed 

 vessels to the chalaza or rhaphe. 



One-sided. Either turned to one side, 

 or with parts all turned one way, or 

 unequal-sided. 



Oophoridium. The spore-case for the 

 larger spores in Selaginella, &c. 



Opaque ( Opdcus). Mostly used in the 

 sense of not shining or dull. 



Operculate (-atus). Furnished with an 

 Operculum or lid. 



Operculum. A lid; a top' which sepa- 

 rates by a transverse line of separation 

 as does that of a pyxis. 



Opposite (-itus). Set against; as leaves 

 over against each other when there 

 are two on one node ; or one part be- 

 fore another, as a stamen before a 

 petal ; 6, 120, 178. 



Oppositifolius (-ius). Placed opposite a 

 leaf, as is a tendril or peduncle in 

 Vitis, &c. 



Oppositipetalous (-us). Placed before a 

 petal. 



Oppositisepalous (-us). Situated before 

 a sepal. 



Orbicular (-arts), Orbiculate (-atus). 

 Said of a flat body with a circular out' 

 line; 95. 



Orchidactous, 246. 



