GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



Ligneous.— Woody. 



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 Lobe.— Any segment of an organ. 



LOCULICIDALLY.-Dehiscent through the back of a cell of a capsule. 

 Medulla. — The pith. 



MEDULLARY RAYS.-Rays of fundamental tissue which connect the pith with 

 the bark. '^ 



Membranous, MEMBRANACEous.-Thin and rather soft, more or less trans- 

 lucent. 



J Mesocarp.— The middle layer of the pericarp. 

 Metabolism.— The oxydizing processes that go on in the living plant. 

 Midrib. — The central or main rib of a leaf. 

 MONADELPHOUS.-In one brotherhood. Applied to stamens which are 



united by their filaments into one set. 

 MONOCOTYLEDONOUS.— Possessing but one cotyledon or seed leaf. 

 MONCECIOUS.- In one household. Applied to plants which have separate 



staminate and pistillate flowers, but both borne on the same plant. 

 MucRONATE. — Tipped with a small soft point. 

 Multiple Fruit.— A fruit composed of numerous sma,ll fruits, each the 



product of a separate flower'; ex. mulberry. 

 Nectary.— The honey gland or honey repository of a flower. 

 Nerved. — Veined. 



Node — The point on a stem of a plant from which the leaf develops. 

 Obconic— Conic with the point of attachment at the apex. 

 Obcordate. — Inversely heart-shaped. 

 Oblanceolate. — Inversely lanceolate. 



Oblong. — Considerably longer than broad, with flowing outline. 

 Obtuse. — Blunt, rounded. 

 Oval. — Broadly elliptical. 



Ovary. — The part of the pistil that contains the ovules. 

 Ovoid. — Egg-shaped. Applied to solid bodies. 

 Ovule. — The rudimentary seed. 

 Pa.nicle. — A compound raceme. 



Papilionaceous. — A term descriptive of such flowers as those of the Pea. 

 Parted. — Cleft nearly but not quite to the base or midrib. 

 Pedicel. — The stem of an individual flower of a cluster. 

 Peduncle. — A flower stalk. 



Perfect. — Applied to a flower which has both pistil and stamens. 

 Perianth. — A term applied to the floral envelopes taken as a whole. 

 Paricarp. — The walls of the ripened ovary, the part of the fruit that en- 

 closes the seeds. 

 Perigynous. — Borne around the pistil instead of at its base. Applied to 

 stamens and petals borne on the throat of the calyx. 



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