212 GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



Margtnate, margined with an edge different from the rest. 



Marginicidal dehiscence, 123. 



Maritime, belonging to sea-coasts. 



Marmorate, marbled. 



Mas., Muse., Masculine, male. 



Masked, see personate. 



Mealy, nee farinaceous. 



Median, Medial, belonging to the middle. 



Medifixed, attached by the middle. 



Medullary, belonging to or of the nature of, pith (Medulla)-, pithy 



Medullary Rays, the silver-grain of wood, 140, 141. 



Medullary Sheath, a set of ducts just around the pith, 140. 



Meiostemonous, having fewer stamens than petals. 



Membranaceous or Membranous, of the texture of membrane; thin and soft. 



Menitcoid, crescent-shaped. 



Mericarp. one carpel of the fruit of an Umbelliferous plant, 121. 



Merismatic, separating into parts by the formation of partitions across. 



Merous, from the Greek for part; used with numeral prefix to denote the number ol 



pieces in a set or circle: as Monomerous, of only one, Dimerous, with two- Tri- 



merous, with three parts (sepals, petals, stamens, &c.) in each circle. 

 Mesocarp, the middle part of a pericarp, when that is distinguishable Into three 



layers, 120. 



Mesophlaeum, the middle or green bark. 

 Micropyle, the closed orifice of the seed, 110, 126. 

 Microspore, the smaller kind of spore when there are two kinds, I0L 

 Midrib, the middle or main rib of a leaf, 50. 

 Milk-vessels, 138. 

 Miniate, vermilion-colored. 



Mitriform, mitre-shaped: in the form of a peaked cap, or one cleft at the top, 

 Moniliform, necklace-shaped; a cylindrical body contracted at intervals. 

 Monocarpic (duration), flowering and seeding but once, 38. 

 Monochlamydeous, having only one floral envelope. 

 Monocotyledonous ( embryo), with only one cotyledon, 24. 

 Monocotyledonous Plants, 24. Monocotyls, 24. 

 Moncecious, or Monoicous (flower), having stamens or pistils only, 9t 

 Monogynous (flower), having only one pistil, or one style, 105. 

 Monopetalous (flower), with the corolla of one piece, 89. 

 Monophyllous, one-leaved, or of one piece. 

 Monos, Greek for solitary or only one ; thus Monadelphous, stamens united by thelt 



filaments into one set, 99 ; Monandrous (flower), having only one stamen, 100. 

 Monosepalous, a calyx of one piece; i. e. with the sepals united into one body. 

 Monospermous, one-seeded. 



Monstrosity, an unnatural deviation from the usual structure or form. 

 Morphology, Morphological Botany, 9; the department of botany which treats of 



the forms which an organ may assume. 

 Moschate, Musk-like in odor. 

 Movements, 149. 



Mucronate, tipped with an abrupt short point (Mucro), 54. 

 Mucronulate, tipped with a minute abrupt point; a diminutive of the last. 

 Multi-, in composition, many; as Multangular, many-angled; Multicipital, many 



headed, &c.; Multifarious, in many rows or ranks; Multifid, many-cleft; Mul 



tilocular, many-celled; Multiterial, in many rows. 

 Multiple Fruits, 118, 124. 



Muricate, beset with short and hard or prickly points. 

 Muriform, wall-like; resembling courses of bricks in a wall. 

 Muticovt, pointless, blunt, unarmed. 

 Mycelium, the spawn of Fungi; i. e. the filaments from which Mushrooms, &c n 



originate, 172. 



