204 GLOSSARY. 



MEMBRANOUS. In texture like a membrane, soft 

 and supple. 



MULTIFID. Cut into three, four, five, or more, 

 narrow divisions. 



MUCRONATE. Sharply pointed. 



MURICATED. Covered with short sharp points. 



NECTARY. Honey cup. 



NATANT. Floating. 



NERVES Parallel veins on leaves. 



NUTANT. Nodding. 



OVAL. Having the figure of an ellipse. 



OVARY. The portion of the pistil which contains 

 the ovules or germs of seeds. 



OVATE. Of the shape of an egg cut lengthwise. 



OBOVATE. Ovate reversed. 



PALEACEOUS. Chaffy. 



PALMATED. Cut into oblong segments, so as to 

 resemble a hand. 



PANDURIFORM. Fiddle-shaped ; oblong, broad at 

 the extremities, and contracted in the centre. 



PANICLE. A bunch of flowers, composed of nu- 

 merous branches of different lengths, each 

 bearing a flower. 



PECTINATE. Like the teeth of a comb. 



PELTATE. Stalk fastened in the middle. 



PERIANTH. An inner calyx, immediately sur- 

 rounding the flower. 



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