222 GLOSSART. 



Micropyle: the closed orifice of the seed ; p. 135. 



Midrib : the middle or main rib of a leaf; p. 55. 



Milk-Vessels: p. 148. 



Miniate : vermilion-colored. 



Mltriform : mitre-shaped ; in the form of a peaked cap. 



Monaddphous : stamens united by their filaments into one set; p. 111. 



Mbndndrous (flower) : having only one stamen; p. 112. 



MonUiform : necklace-shaped ; a cylindrical body contracted at intervals. 



Monochlamydeous : having only one floral envelope, i. o. calyx but no corolla, as 



Anemone, fig- 179, and Castor-oil Plant, fig. 178. 

 Monocotyle'domxis (embryo) : with only one cotyledon ; p. 16, 137. 

 Monocotyledonom Plants, p. 150, 192. 



Monoecious, or Monoicous (flower) ; having stamens or pistils only ; p. 90. 

 Mondgynous (flower) : having only one pistil, or one style; p. 116. 

 Monopgtalous (flower) : with the corolla of one piece; p. 101. 

 Monophyttous : one-leaved, or of one piece ; p. 102. 

 Monose'palous : a calyx of one piece ; i. e. with the sepals united into one body ; 



p. 101. 

 Monospirmous : one-seeded. 



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

 Morphology : the department of botany which treats of the forms which an organ 



(say a leaf) may assume ; p. 28. 

 Mucronate: tipped with an abrupt short point (mucro) ; p. 60, flg. 111. 

 Mucrdnulate: tipped with a minute abmpt point; a diminutive of the last. 

 MM-, in composition : many ; as 



Multangular: many-angled. Mvlticipital : many-headed, &c. 

 Multifarious: in many rows or ranks. MiUtiJid: many-cleft; p. 62. 

 Multildcular : many-celled. Multis^rlal: in many rows. 

 Multiple Fruits, p. 133. 

 Miiricate : beset with short and hard points. 

 Miiriform : wall-like ; resembling courses of bricks in a wall. 

 Muscology : the part of descriptive botany which treats of Mosses (1. e. Musci). 

 Muticous : pointless ; beardless ; unarmed. 

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



originate. 



Ndpiform: turnip-shaped; p. 31, fig. 57. 



Natural System: p. 195. 



Naturalized : introduced from a foreign country, but growing perfectly wild and 



propagating freely by seed. 

 Navicular: boat-shaped, like the glumes of most Grasses. 

 Necklace-shaped: looking like a string of beads ; see monilifartn. 

 Nectar : the honey, &c. secreted by glands, or by any pai-t of the corolla. 

 Nectariferous : honey-bearing ; or having a nectary. 

 Nectary : the old name for petals and other parts of the flower when of unusual 



shape, especially when honey-bearing. So the hollow spur-shaped petals of 



Columbine were called nectaries; also the curious long-clawed petals of 



Alonkshood, fig. 186, &c. 



