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GLOSSARY 



Monopodia!, having the axis 

 formed from one bud, uni- 

 axial. 



Mucronate, tipped witli a mucro 

 or sliort and sliarp abrupt tip. 



Nectariferous, producing nes- 

 tar or bearing nectary. 



Nectary, any place or organ 

 where nectar is secreted. 



Nerve, a simple or unbranched 

 vein or slender rib. 



Neuter, neutral, without sta- 

 mens or pistils. 



Node, the place or ring upon a 

 stem which normally bears a 

 leaf or a whorl of leaves. 



Nut, a hard indehiscent one- 

 celled and one-seeded fruit, 

 though usually resulting from 

 a compound ovary. 



Nutlet, a diminutive nut. 



Ob-, a Latin prefix, usually 

 carrying the idea of inversion. 



Obconically, inversely conical, 

 having the attachment at the 

 apex. 



Obcordate, inverted heart- 

 shaped. 



Oblanceolate, lanceolate with 

 the broadest part toward the 

 apex. 



Oblique, unequal-sided or slant- 

 ing. 



Oblong, longer than broad, and 

 with nearly parallel sides. 



Obovate, inverted ovate. 



Obovoid, having the form of an 

 inverted egg. 



Obsolete, not evident, rudimen- 

 tary. 



Obtuse, blunt or rounded at the 

 end. 



Ocrea, a legging- shaped or 

 tubular stipule. 



Ocreate, having sheathing sti- 

 pules. 



Officinal, of the shops; used in 

 medicine or the arts. 



Oosphere, unfertilized germ- 

 cell. 



Oospore, the fertilized germ- 

 cell from which the new plant 

 is directly developed; the 

 product of fertilization. 



Opaque, dull ; neither shining 

 nor translucent. 



Operculum, a lid; the upper por- 

 tion of a circumscissile cap- 

 sule. 



Orbicular, circular. 



Orthotropous (ovule or seed), 

 erect, with the orifice or 

 micropyle at the apex farthest 

 from the placenta and tht 

 chalaza nearest to the pla- 

 centa. 



Ovary, the part of the pistil 

 that contains the ovules. 



Ovate, egg-shaped; having an 

 outline like that of an egg, 

 with the broader end down- 

 ward. 



Ovoid, a solid with an oval out- 

 line. 



Ovule, the body which after fer- 

 tilization becomes the seed. 



Ovuliferous, bearing ovules. 



Palate, a rounded projection of 

 the lower lip of a personate 

 corolla, closing the throat. 



Palea, glume or bract which 

 with the flowering glume en- 

 closes the flower in Grasses ; 

 also the bracts on the disk of 

 a capitulum. 



Paleaceous, chaffy. 



Palmate (leaf), compound leaf 

 with the leaflets attached to 

 the apex of the petiole and 



