Nervation 



nivalis 



to the midrib of a leaf, as a 

 prolongation of it as a tendril. 



Nerva'tion, Nerva'tio (nervus, a nerve), 

 venation, the manner in which the 

 foliar nerves or veins are arranged ; 

 ner'vate, nerva'tus (Lat.), nerved 

 or veined; Nerve, Ner'vus, in 

 botany, a simple or unbranched 

 vein or slender rib; nerved, ner'- 

 viger (gero, I bear), having nerves, 

 in a botanic sense ; ner'veless, with- 

 out apparent nerves ; Nervimotir- 

 ity ( + MOTILITY), used by Dut- 

 rochet to denote the stimulating 

 effect of the substratum on a grow- 

 ing organ ; ner'vose, nervo'sus 

 (Lat., sinewy), full of nerves, or 

 prominently nerved ; ner'vulose, 

 nervulo'aua, diminutive of NER- 

 VOUS ; Ner'vures, the principal 

 veins of a leaf. 



Nest-ep'iphyte ( + EPIPHYTE), an epi- 

 phyte which accumulates humus 

 around itself for its growth. 



nest'ling, nidulant (Crozier). 



net'ted, reticulated, net-veined with 

 any system of irregularly ana- 

 stomosing veins. 



Neuramphipet' alae (vetpov, a nerve or 

 sinew ; d/x0t, around ; weraXov, a 

 flower-leaf), Cassini's name for 

 the Compositae ; Neura'tion ( + 

 ation) = NERVATION (Crozier) ; 

 neur'ose, neuro'stis = NERVOSE. 



neu'ter (Lat., neither of two), sexless, 

 as a flower which has neither sta- 

 mens or pistils ; ~ Flow'ers, func- 

 tionally asexual flowers ; neu'tral, 

 pertaining to neither sex ; ~ Zone, 

 in Characeae, that line or place 

 where rotating streams of proto- 

 plasm flow beside each other in 

 opposite directions, the "indiffer- 

 ent line " shown by the absence of 

 chlorophyll granules ; neutriflor'us 

 (flos, Jtoris, a flower), used of the 

 ray-florets of Compositae when 

 neuter. 



new, the first publication of a genus, 

 species, variety or form. 



Newto'uian Curve, called also the 

 binomial or Galtonian curve, a 

 graphic representation of varia- 



tions plotted geometrically in 

 two dimensions ; half -Galtonian 

 Curve, a similar scheme, from the 

 maximum to minimum, or vice 

 versa. 



nicked, emarginate or notched. 



nicotia'nus, tobacco-coloured, from the 

 genus Nicotiana ; it usually means 

 a full brown ; Nic'otin, an alkaloid 

 found in tobacco-leaves. 



nido'sus=nidoro'sus (Lat., reeking), 

 having a foul smell, as of burnt 

 meat, or rotten eggs. 



nid'ulant, ni'dulans (Lat., nesting),(l) 

 partially encased or lying free in a 

 cavity, as the gemmae of Mar- 

 chantia ; (2) embedded in pulp, as 

 the seeds in a berry ; nidula'tus 

 (Lat.), nested, nestling; Nidular'- 

 ium, " the mycelium of certain 

 Fungals " (Lindley). 



Ni'dus (Lat., a nest), a favourable 

 place for a seed or spore to ger- 

 minate. 



Niederblat'ter(Germ. ) = CATAPHYLLA. 



ni'ger (Lat.), black ; Nigre'do (Lat.), 

 blackness. 



Night-position, the position assumed 

 by leaves during darkness, the 

 edges being usually turned towards 

 the zenith. 



nigres'cent, nigres'cens (Lat.), turn- 

 ing black; ni'gricant, ni'gricans 

 (Lat. ), becoming black ; this and 

 the last are used for tints which 

 turn black with age. 



ni'gritus (Lat.), blackened, clothed 

 in black. 



Nip'ple, = PAPILLA. 



niteli'nus (Lat., pertaining to a dor- 

 mouse), dormouse-coloured. 



nit'id (Crozier) nit'idous, nit'idus 

 (Lat., shining), smooth and clear, 

 lustrous. 



Nitrifica / tion(m7rww, nitre, + fication), 

 the action of a nitric ferment result- 

 ing in the production of nitrates and 

 nitrites ; Nitrobacte'ria ( + BAC- 

 TERIA), bacteria which produce 

 nitrification by their action ; 

 Nitrocellulose ( + CELLULOSE), see 

 CELLULOSE. 



nivalis (Lat., snowy); (1) growing 



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