INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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Labiate, 104, 5. 



Laciniate, 233, 20. 



Lactescent ; milky or juicy. 



Lamina, 102. 



Lanate ; "woolly. 



Lanceolate, 232, 5. 



Lateral ; relating to the side. 



Latex, 265. 



Laticiferotis tissue, 34, 207, c. 



Leaf consists of, 27. 



form of, 231. 



color of, 215. 



margin of, 235. 



surface of, 237. 



functions of, 267. 



duration of, 257. 

 Leaf-bud, 167. 

 Leaflets, 239. 



Leaves, arrangement of, 218. 

 Legume, 116, 4. 

 Leguminous ; having legumes. 

 Lenticular ; lens-shaped. 

 Liber, 205, 206. 

 Ligneous ; woody. 

 Lignla, or ligule ; the membrane at the 



top of the sheath of grasses, &c. 

 Ligulate ; strap-shaped. 

 Liliaceous, 105, 3. 

 Limb, 103. 

 Linear, 234, 23. 

 Linnean Classes, 73, 74. 

 Linnean Orders, 80. 

 Loculicidal, 115, 1. 

 Loment ; a jointed legume. 

 Lunate ; crescent-shaped. 

 Lyrate, 232, 14. 



Marescent ; withering on the plant. 



Marginal ; on the margin. 



Medulla; pith. 



Medullary rays, 204. 



Medullary sheath, 200. 



Membranous, or membranaceous ; -with 



the texture of membrane. 

 Mericarp ; half-fruit. 

 Mesosperm, 118. 

 Midrib, 226. Midvein, 226. 

 Mineral denned, 9. 

 Monadelphous ; stamens all united. 

 Monandrous ; with one stamen. 

 Moniliform, 147, b. 

 Monocotyledonous plants, 126. 

 Monoecious ; stamens and pistils apart, in 



separate flowers on the same plant. 

 Monopetalae, 354. 

 Monopetalous, 101. 

 Monosepalous, 96. 

 Mucronate, 236, 6. 

 Multifid; many-cleft. 

 Muricate ; with hard short points. 



Naked ovules, or seeds, 111, a. 

 Napiform, 145, c. 



Narcotic ; producing sleep or torpor. 

 Natural System, 341. 



Nectariferous ; producing honey. 



Nectary, 107, a. 



Nerves, 227. 



Net-veined, 229. 



Nodding ; in a drooping position. 



Node, 172. 



Normal ; regular, according to rule. 



Normal structure of plants, 61. 



" causes of deviation from, 63. 

 Nucleus, 90. 

 Nut, 116, 7. Nutrition, principles of, 310. 



Ob, in composition implies inversion, as 

 obovate, inversely-ovate, &c. 



Oblong, 232, 3. 



Obovate, 232, 6. 



Obvolute ; 217, 2. 



Obsolete ; indistinct, as if worn out. 



Obtuse; blunt. Ochroleucous, yellowish- 



Octandrous ; with eight stamens, [white. 



Octogynous ; with eight styles. 



Officinal: used in or belonging to the 

 shops. 



Offset, 191. 



Oleaginous, oily. 



Operculum ; the lid to a pyxis, &c. 



Opposite, 218, 3. 



Orbicular, 232, 1. 



Orders, 355. 

 " names of, 360. 



Ordinal ; relating to the Orders. 



Organic bases, 28. 



Organography, 2. 



Orthotropous, 121. 



Oval, 234, 24. 



Ovary, 76, 77. 



Ovate ; egg-shaped (surface), as a leaf. 



Ovoid ; egg-formed (solid), as a fruit. 



Ovules, 81, 89. 



Paleacious, 99, a. 



Palese, 256. 



Palmate, 147, a. 



Panduriform; fiddle-shaped, rounded at 

 the ends, narrow in the middle. 



Panicle, 304. 



Papilionaceous, 105, 5. 



Papillose ; producing small glandular ex- 

 crescences. 



Pappus, 99, a. 



Parasitic ; growing upon or nourished by 

 another. 



Parallel-veined, 229, 2. 



Parenchyma, 29, 261. 



Parietal placenta, 



Pectinate ; comb-like, with long, narrow 

 segments. 



Pedate; when the palmate leaf has the 

 two lateral lobes cut into two or more 

 segments. 



Pedicel, 288. 



Pedicellate ; furnished with a pedicel. 



Peduncle, 287, 288. 



Pellucid; transparent. 



Peltate, 233. 21. 



