oboval 



Octandria 



much longer than broad, with 

 nearly parallel sides. 



obo'val, obova'lis (ob, inverse, -f 

 OVALIS), reversed ovate, the distal 

 end the broader ; obo'vate, obova'- 

 tus, practically the same as the 

 last ; obo'vold (eI5os, like), an obo- 

 vate solid ; obrin'gens ( + RIN- 

 GENS), J a ringent floret of the 

 Compositae, with an anterior lip 

 tth, and the posterior lip fths of 

 the whole, as though the lower lip 

 were uppermost; obrotun'dus ( + 

 ROTUND us), :{: somewhat round. 



obscure', obscu'rus (Lat., dark), (1) 

 dark or dingy in tint ; (2) uncer- 

 tain in affinity or distinctiveness ; 

 (3) hidden. 



ob'solete, obsole'tus (Lat., worn out), 

 wanting or rudimentary ; used of 

 an organ which is scarcely apparent 

 or has vanished ; obsoles'cent ( + 

 ESCENS), nearly obsolete. 



obstruc'tus (Lat., blocked up), where 

 hairs or other appendages partially 

 close the throat of a tubular corolla. 



obsubula'tus (ob, inverse, + SUBULA- 

 TUS), very narrow, pointed at the 

 base and widening a little towards 

 the apex ; obsutura'lis (sutura, a 

 seam), J applied to the suture of a 

 pericarp ; septifragal. 



obtec'tus (Lat.), covered over by 

 something ; obtee'to-veno'sus, when 

 the principal and longest veins are 

 connected only by simple cross- 

 veins ; ob'tegens (Lat.), covering 

 over. 



Obtura'tor (obturatus, stopped up), (1) 

 a small body accompanying the 

 pollen-masses of Orchids and Ascle- 

 piads, closing the opening of the 

 anther ; (2) = CARUNCLE (Hooker 

 fil.); (3) a process of the wall of 

 the ovary descending on the 

 micropyle, in Plumbago. 



obturbina'tus (ob, inverse, + TFRBINA- 

 TUS), reverse top-shaped, swollen 

 at the bottom, narrowed at the 

 top. 



obtuse', obtu'sus (Lat.), blunt or 

 rounded at the end ; *- An'gled, 

 stem-angles rounded, as in Salvia 



pratensis, Linn. ; obtusius'culus, 

 (Lat.), somewhat obtuse. 



obvallate, obvalla'tus (ob, about, 

 vallatus, walled round), apparently 

 walled up, guarded on all sides ; 

 obvalla'ris, surrounded as by a 

 wall, as in Narcissus obvallaris, 

 Salisb. 



ob'verse, olver'sus (Lat. turned to- 

 wards) ; (1) the side facing, as 

 opposed to reverse ; (2) used when 

 the point of a radicle in a seed 

 approaches the hilum ; ob'versely, 

 in an obverse form. 



ob'volute, obvolu'tus (Lat. wrapped 

 round), a modification of CONVO- 

 LUTE, when the margins of one 

 organ alternately overlap those of 

 an opposite organ, such as half- 

 equitant; obvolu'tive is a syno- 

 nym. 



Occlu'sion (occhisus, shut up), the 

 process by which wounds in trees 

 are healed by the growth of callus, 

 then said to be occlu'ded (M. Ward). 



occulta'tus (Lat. ), hidden. 



ocean'idus (oceanus, belonging to the 

 ocean), used of a marine plant. 



ocel'late, ocella'tus, ocella'ted (ocellus, 

 a little eye), with a circular patch 

 of colour. 



Ocellus (Lat. a little eye), an eye- 

 spot as in Halionyx, a genus of 

 Diatoms. 



ocnra'ceous, -ceus (ochra, yellow 

 earth), ochre^ coloured, yellow with 

 a tinge of red. 



O'chrea = OCRS A; o'cnreate = OCREATE. 



ocnroleu'cous, -cus (&xp<*, yellow 

 earth, Xei /c6s, white), yellowish 

 white, buff. 



O'crea (Lat. a greave), a tubular 

 stipule, or pair of opposite stipules 

 so combined ; o'create, ocrea'tus, 

 provided with ocreae. 



Octagyn'ia (OKTOJ, eight, yvvri, a 

 woman), a Linnean order of plants 

 with eight-styled flowers ; octag'y- 

 nous, octagyn'icus, having eight 

 styles ; octam'erous (/A^/WS, a part), 

 in eights ; octan'der (dv-^p, d^Spos, 

 a man), with eight stamens; Oc- 

 tan'dria, a Linnean class of plants 



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