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Muticous : pointless; beardless; unarmed. 



Mycelium : the spawn of Fungi; i.e. the filaments from which Mush- 

 rooms, etc., originate. 



Napiform : turnip-shaped. 



Naturalized : introduced from a foreign country, but growing perfectly 

 wild and propagating freely by seed. 



Navicular : boat-shaped, like the glumes of most Grasses. 



Necklace-shaped: looking like a string of beads; see moniliform. 



Nectar: the honey, etc., secreted by glands, or by any part of the corolla. 



Nectariferous: honey-bearing; or having a nectary. 



Nectary : the old name for petals and other parts of the flower when of 

 unusual shape, especially when honey-bearing. So the hollow spur- 

 shaped petals of Columbine were called nectaries. 



Needle-shaped: long, slender, and rigid, like the leaves of Pines. 



Nerve : a name for the ribs or veins of leaves, when simple and parallel. 



Nerved: furnished with nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins. 



Netted-veined : furnished with branching, veins forming network. 



Nodding (in Latin form, Nutant): bending so that the summit hangs 

 downward. 



Node : a knot; the ''joints" of a stem, or the part whence a leaf or a 

 pair of leaves springs. 



Nodose : knotty or knobby. Nodulose : furnished with little knobs or 

 knots. 



Normal: according to rule; the pattern or natural way according to 

 some law. 



Notate : marked with spots or lines of a different color. 



Nucamentaceous : relating to or resembling a small nut. 



Nuciform : nut-shaped or nut-like. Nucule : a small nut. 



Nucleus : the kernel of an ovule of a cell. 



Nut: a hard, mostly one-seeded indehiscent fruit; as a chestnut, butter- 

 nut, acorn. 



Nutlet : a little nut; or the stone of a drupe. 



Ob- (meaning over against): when prefixed to words, signifies inversion; as 



Obcompressed : flattened the opposite of the usual way. 



Obcordate : heart-shaped with the broad and notched end at the apex 

 instead of the base. 



Oblanceolale : lance-shaped with the tapering point downwards. 



Oblique : applied to leaves, etc , means unequal-sided. 



Oblong : from two to four times as long as broad, and more or less ellip- 

 tical in outline. 



Obovate : inversely ovate, the broad end upward. 



Obtuse : blunt, or round at the end. 



Obverse : same as inverse. 



