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flower has one whorl only to the 

 perianth ; MoNOOOTYpE'DONS, plants 

 having only one cotyledon ; MoNffi'- 

 cions, when the male and female 

 flowers are distinct, but on the same 

 plant (see the Melon or Pumpkin, or 

 the inflorescence of the Castor-oil plant); 

 Monog'yncs, flowers having only one 

 style or pistil ; Monolooulab'is, one- 

 celled ; Monopeta'hjs, synonymous 

 with " Gamopetalus " ; Monophyllus, 

 applied to an involucrum when com- 

 posed of a single piece ; Monosper- 

 MUS, a fruit which contains only one 

 seed. 

 40NOPETAL2E (2nd Stfb-class qi Dipoty- 

 ledons)— Petals upited into a single- 

 Ipbed corolla. 

 Jobphol'ogy, ' MopPHOLO'GiA— That de- 

 partment of botany wliich treats of 

 the modification of certain fundamental 

 organs, by which these are enabled to 

 assume other functions than are per- 

 . formed by them under their normal 



condition. 

 loa'cHATHS— Possessing the odour of Musk. 

 (See the Musk plant, Mimulus mos- 

 chatus. ) 

 iIo'tile — Having powers of self-motion, 

 though unponscious ; as the motile 

 spores of certain A'g^- 

 kIbop'bus— Slimy. Mucus — A definite 

 peculiar matter, forming a covering of 

 some Algffi. 

 tfu'oEO — A sharp point, a straight stiff 

 and sharp ppint. Muceona'tu?— 

 Pointed ; abruptly pointed by a sharp 

 spinous process. 

 iiDD DING or Pup'dling— Dipping thp roots 

 "of young trees, shrubs, and other plants 

 in a thin mud or puddle, previous to 

 Joeing packed for sending a distance. 

 The following is considered to form a 

 good puddle for the purpose — say, 3 lb. 

 of garden soil, 1 oz. of salt, 8 oz. of coal 

 soot, and 1 gallon of water. 

 VIci.OH'lNQ — Short moist stable litter makes 

 the best mulching, and this, whenever 

 possible, shoulti be placed roiind all 

 newly planted trees and shrubs, especi- 

 ally when such plants may require 

 watering. 

 M^ul'ti, in compounds, signifies "many," as 

 Mcl'tiobps, many-hea(3ed ; Multif'- 

 BRUS, often bearing ; Mtjltif'idub, 

 many-cleft, where the subdivisioiis or 

 laciniations are deep and numerous ; 

 Multuuga'tds, when a pinnate leaf 

 bears many pairs of leaflets ; Multi- 

 locdla'eis, when aseed- vessel has many 

 cells ; Hditipabti'tps, deeply divided 

 into several strips or portiqn,s ; Mul'- 

 TIPLEX, where many of the same parts 

 or organs occur together; Muitipli- 

 ca'tdb, where the petals of double 

 flowers ari?e from supernumerary 

 developments of the floral whorls. 

 MdraJj'is — Growing on walls, or belonging 



to a wall. 

 IVfURuros'Mis-^Plattened cellular tissue in 

 ia'minse (as the medullary ;:^ys of 

 exogens), and so arranged as to 

 resemble the courses of bricks or stones 

 in a wall. 



MufiipA'TBS— Kougb, with shofj;, bard 



tubercular excrescences. 

 Mu'RiNUB — Mouse-coloured ; nlightly 



reddish-grey ; red with much grey. 

 Muta'bilis— Changeable. (See flowers of 



the Changeable Rose, Hibiscus muta- 



iilis; or the Gold and Silver flower, 



Lonicera confusa, which from pure 



white changes to a golden yellow.) 

 Mu'TicDS — Pointless. 

 Myoe'lium— The spawn, or root-like slender 



fibres that traverse the soil, in many 



kinds of Fungi. 

 Myoetogen'etic — Produced by Fungi. 

 My'cosis — A disease of animal tissue, 



due to the vegetative activity of a 



Eurotium. 

 Myrtoi'deub— Eesembling the Myrtle. 

 Myu'kus— Long and tapering, like a 



mouse's tail. 



Nan'andeous — Having short or dwarf male 

 plants. 



Na'nus— Dwarf. Synonym for "Pumi- 

 lus. " 



Nar'ootic — A drug which produces sleep, 

 as poppy-heads, and Thorn Apple, 

 Datura stramonium. 



Na'tans — Swimmi^ig or floating. (See 

 Jticcia natans, a small plant common 

 to still water about Brisbane.) 



Natural Obdees— Groups of genera col- 

 lected together on accoupt of their 

 natural affinity under a common name 

 generally derived from a supposed 

 typical genus, as Geraniafieas from 

 Geranium. 



Nau'cum or Nau'ous — The former has been 

 applied to distinguish seeds whose 

 hilum is very large. It is alsp used for 

 the external fleshy covering of the 

 stone of such fruits as the Peach. The 

 latter has been applied to certaiii seed- 

 vessels in Cruciferse where the pericarp 

 is valveless. 



Natioula'eis — Boat-shaped. Synonym 

 for "Cymbiformis." 



Nebulo'sus— Misty, clouded. 



IJeoeqg'enps — A term applied to certain 

 cryptogamic parasites, which hasten 

 the death or destruction of the Vege- 

 tables on which they live. 



NEtfTAE — A sweetish exudatioq, secreted by 

 glands in difi^rent parts of plants. ; 

 Nectaeif'keuS' — Secreting nectar. 

 Nbc'tartes — Are either the disc, or 

 small deformed petals, or abortive sta- 

 mens, or ^pppndages at the ba^e pf 

 the petals or stamens, or any small 

 bodies within the flower which dp not 

 look like petals, stamens, or ovaries. 

 They were formerly supposed to supply 

 bees with their honey, and the term is 

 frequently to be met with in the older 

 Floras, but is now deservedly going out 

 of use. 

 Nemoe'osub, N?m'orcm— Found growing 



among trees, as Acdlypha nemorii,m,. 

 Nepheoi'deus — Synonym tor "Renifor- 

 mis,'' kidney form, as the indnsium of 

 many species of Asj^iwnf,. 



