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GLOSSARY. 



min'iate, vermilion. 



mit'ri form, having the form of a miter or 



peaked cap. 

 mon a del'phous, having the stamens united 



in one body by the Jilaments. 

 mo nan'drous, having hut one stamen. 

 mo nil'i form, jointed or constricted at regu- 

 lar intervals, to resemble a string of beads. 

 mon o car'pic, fruiting but once. 

 mon o chla myd'e ous, having a single floral 



envelope, either calyx or corolla. 

 mon o cot y le'dou, a plant having only one 



cotyledon or seed lobe. 

 mo noe'cious, having stamens and pistils on 



the same plant. 

 mo nog'y nous, having only one style or 



stigma. 

 mon o pet'al ous, having but one petal. 

 mo noph'yl lous, having but one leaf. 

 mon o sep'al ous, having the calyx in one 



piece. 

 mon o sper'mous, having but one seed. 

 mon'strous flow'ers, floivers ichose stamens 



have developed into petals. 

 morphol'ogy, that branch of biology which 



deals with the structure of animals and 



plants, and treats of the forms of orgayis, 



describing their varieties, homologies, and 



metamorphoses. 

 mos'ehate, exhaling the odor of musk. 

 mu'cro, a minute, sharp, abrupt point, as of 



a leaf. 

 mu'cro nate, ending abruptly in a sharp 



point. 

 mu cron'u late, tipped with a small point or 



points. 

 miirti fid, cut into many segments. 

 mu'ri cate, full of sharp points or prickles. 

 mu'ri form, resembling a wall of mason work. 

 mus col'o gy, bryology ; that part of botany 



which relates to mosses. 

 mu'ticous, without a point ; blunt. 

 my ce'li um, the white threads or filamentous 



growth from ivhich a mushroom or fungus 



is developed. 



N. 



na'ked seeds, seeds not in a. seed vessel. 

 na'pi form, turnip-shaped. 

 na'tant, floating in water ; submersed. 

 nat'u ral ized, growing spontaneously, but 



not native. 

 na vTc'u lar, boat-shaped , as the glumes of 



many grasses. 

 neck'lace-shaped, looking like a string of 



beads. 

 nSc'tar, honey. 

 nee tar if 'er ous, .'secreting honey ; having a 



nectary. 

 nec'tar y, a vessel containing honey. 

 ngm'o ral, or nem'o rous, pertaining to a 



wood or grove ; woody ; inhabiting groves. 

 nerves, reins. 



ner vose, ' conspicuously nerved. 

 net 'ted, or net-veined', having the veins in- 

 terlaced so as to present the ajrpearance 



of a net. 

 ueu'tral flow'er, a flower without stamens or 



pistils. 

 nit'id, bright; lustrous; shining. 

 ni 'val, living in or near snoiv. 

 niv'e ous, snoivy ; .snow-white. 

 n5d'ding, nutant ; having the summit bent 



over, (IS in the Snoicdrop. 

 node, (I Joint of a stem. 



nodose', knotty; having numerous or con- 

 spicuous nodes. 

 uod'u lose, having small nodes or knots; 



dim inutively nodose. 

 no'men cla ture, the technical names used in 



any particular branch of science or art. 

 nSr'mal, regular ; according to rule. 

 no'tate, marked with spots or lines, which 



are often colored. 

 nu ca men ta'ceous, resembling a small nut; 



bearing one-seeded, nut-like fruits, 

 mi c&ilws, nucleus ; kernel. 

 nu'ci form, shaped like a nut. 

 nu cle'o lus, a dense rounded body within a 



nucleus. 

 nu'cle us, a kernel; an incipient ovule of 



soft, cellular tissue. 

 nut, the fruit of certain trees and shrubs, 



consi.'sting of a hard and indehiscent shell 



inclosing the kernel. 

 nu'tant, nodding; having the top bent 



doicnivard. 

 nut'let, a small nut ; the stone of a drupe. 



o. 



ob com ^ve?,s,&(\' , flattened back and front. 

 obcSr'date, heart-shaped, with the attach- 

 ment at the pointed end. 

 oblan'ceolate, lanceolate, narrowing toward 



the point of attachment. 

 oblique', having unequal sides, as the leaves 



of an Elm . 

 ob'long, longer than broad, the sides being 



nearly parallel. 

 ob'o vate, egg-shaped, having the broad part 



at the apex. 

 ob tuse', blunt at the apex. 

 ob'verse, having the base, or end next the 



attachment, narrower than the top. 

 ob'vo lute, overlapping. 

 o eel 'late, marked ivith eye-like spots of color. 

 o'chrea, a kind of sheath formed by two 



stipules uniting around a stem. 

 och ro leu'cous, yellowish-ivhile. 

 oc tSn'drous, having eight distinct stamens. 

 oc tog'y nous, having eight pistils. 

 oc'u la ted, having spots or holes resembling 



eyes. 

 of fic'i nal, used in medicine, — therefore 



kept in the shops. 



