M A 



from each other ; cxemphfied in the Rumex pul- 



chcr, Gewn urbanum. 



M. 



MAGNUM Pcriar.thium, comparatively 

 large, as in the Mandragora ; oppofed to far- 

 vurii & minimum. 



MARCESCENS Corolla [marceo, to wither] 

 withering, but not falling off", as in the Campa- 

 nula, Orchis, Cucumis, Cucurbita, Bryonia. 



Marcefcens Perianthium, as in the clafs Diadel- 

 fhia of Linnseus. 



MARGO Folii [a jnari, fays Ainfworth] 

 the margin or edge of the leaf, extrema ora 

 folii ad latera, iniaSio difco. A leaf, in regard to 

 its margin, is fpinofum, dentaium, ferratum, cre- 

 natum, repandum, cartilagineum, ciliaium^ lacerum, 

 erofunu or integerrimum. 



MAS Plant a [etym. incertum'] Male plants arc 

 thofe which on the fame root produce only 

 male flowers, as in the clafs Dioecia. See Ma- 

 f cuius. 



MASCULUS Flos [a ?«<?;] male flowers are 



ihofe 



