GLOSSARY. 



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nation of several flowers into one aggre- 

 gate mass, as in the Pine-apple, Mulber 

 ry, ^c. 



Mitrieate; armed or covered with short 

 spreading points, or acute excrescences, 

 like a JJurex. 



Mittic or muticous; awnless or pointless : 

 the opposite of mucronate. 



Jfttktd; destitute of the usual covering, or 

 appendage, as a Stem without leaves or 

 scales, leaves without pubescence, corolla 

 without a calyx or crown, seeds without 

 a pericarp, a receptacle without chaff or 

 hairs, an umbel without au involucre, &c. 



Napiform; turnip-shaped. 



Natural Order, family, or tribe. An asso- 

 ciation or group of kindred genera, or 

 of plants which are nearly related in their 

 structure, and most important characters. 



Nect ir'tferous; producing honey. 



Nectary. That organ, or portion of a flow- 

 er which secretes honey ; a term formerly 

 applied to all disguised or modified forms 

 of petals and stamens. 



Nerved; having nerves, or coarse rib-like 

 fibres. 



Nerves. Eib-like fibres (in leaves, Ac.) 

 which usually extend from the base to, 

 or towards the apex. 



Neutre or neutral flower. Having neither 

 stamen nor pistil. 



Nodding; turning downwards; somewhat 

 drooping. 



Node. The knot, or solid and often turnid 

 joint of a stem or branch. 



Nodose; having numerous nodes or tumid 

 joints. 



Normal; according to rule ; agreeing with 

 the pattern or type. 



Nuciform; nut-like; resembling a nut. 



Nucleus. A central body; the seed or 

 kernel of a nut. 



Nucules. Little nuts, or nut-like fruit. 



Nut. A hard 1-celled indehiscent fruit, 

 usually containing a single seed. 



Ob; a preposition which inverts the usual 

 meaning of the word to which it is pre 

 fixed. 



Obcom pressed akenes fin the COMPOSI- 

 T.-K.) Flattish, with the greatest diam- 

 eter from right to left, of with the flat- 

 ted side to the front, or periphery of the 

 head. 



Obconic; inversely Conical, i. e.. with the 

 point or apex downwards. 



Obcordate; heart-form, with the sinus at 

 summit, and the narrowed point at place 

 of insertion. 



OblAnceolate inversely lanceolate, or with 

 the widest part above the middle, and ta- 

 pering gradually to the base. 



Oblique; a position between horizontal and 

 erect; also descriptive of the base of a 

 leaf, etc., when it is unequal or produced 

 on one side. 



Obloni/; longer than wide, with the sides 

 parallel, or nearly so. 



Obovate; inversely ovate, or with the 

 broadest end above. 



Obovoid; inversely ovoid. 



Obsolete; indistinct, as if worn out. 



Obtuse; blunt, or rounded. 



Obversely; turned contrary to the usual po- 

 sition. 



Ochrea. A membranous stipular sheath, 

 embracing the stem like a boot-leg ; as in 

 Polgonum, etc. 



Ochroleucous; yellowish-white, or cream 

 colored. 



Octandrous; having 8 stamens. 



Odd-pinnate leaf. Having the leaflets in 

 opposite pairs, with a terminal odd one ; 

 often termed impari-pinnate. 



Officinal; used in, or belonging to, a shop, 

 or medical office. 



Oleraceous; of the nature or quality of pot- 

 herbs. 



Opaque; not transparent. 



Opercular; opening like a lid that is fixed 

 by a hinge at one side. 



Opposite; situated directly against each 

 other, or at the same height, on contrary 

 sides of the stem. 



Orbicular; circular and flat, like a coin : the 

 length and breadth equal and the circum- 

 ference an even circular line : a term appli- 

 ed to leaves, or flatted bodies. See Terete. 



Order. A family or group of allied natural 

 objects; a subdivision of a Class, embrac- 

 ing kindred Genera. 



Ordinal; belonging to the Orders, or to an 

 Order. 



Ordinal names. The names of the Natural 

 Orders, or families of plants. 



Orthotropous ovule or seed. Straight; not 

 curved, or turned from its original or 

 natural direction. 



Oval; longer than broad, with the two ends 

 of equal breadth and curvature, and the 

 sides curving from end to end. 



Ovary. The young seed-vessel, or fruit; 

 the hollow portion at the base of the pis- 

 til, containing the ovules, or bodies des- 

 tined to become seeds. 



Ovate; flat, with the outline of a longitudi- 

 nal section of an Egg ; a somewhat oval 

 figure, but broader near the base. 



Ovate-lanceolate; lanceolate, inclining to 

 ovate at base. 



Ovate-oblong; oblong, with an ovate dilata- 

 tion near the base. 



Ovoid; egg-shaped; terete, and swelling 

 near the base *. e., having the outline of 

 an entire egg. 



Ovoid-oblong; the ovoid form lengthened 

 out. 



Ovules. The rudiments of future seeds, 

 contained in the Ovary, or young fruit. 



Palate. The prominence in the lower lip 

 of a personate corolla. 



Palca (plural pal ce). Chaff; a term ap- 

 plied to the inner, or immediate floral 

 covering of the Grasses. (Corolla of 

 Linn). See Glume.". 



