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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Lodicule, 104. 



Loment : a jointed legume, 242. 



Lyrate ; pinnately-lobed, with the 



terminal lobe much larger than 



the others. 



Magnesium, 307. 



Marcescent : withering persistent. 



Margin of leaves, 178. 



Marginal : relating to the margin, 

 221. 



Markings (on cells), 268. 



Mass-movement of Protoplasm, 

 262. 



Median plahe, 197. 



Medullary rays, 801. 



Membranous : thin, like a mem- 

 brane. 



Mericarp, 242. 



Meristem, 282, 285. 



Mesocarp : see Endocarp. 



Metastasis, 809. 



Micropyle, 16, 244. 



Middle lamella, 266. 



Mid-rib, 168. 



Mixed inflorescence, 192. 



Monadelphous, 36, 40, 212. 



Monandrous : with a single stamen. 

 - Monocarpellary, 215. 



Monochlamydeous : with only one 

 set of floral envelopes. 



Mouocotyledonous, 118. 



Monocotyledons, 118. 



Monoecious, 68, 71- 



Monomerous flowers, 196. 



Monopodiaj^ branching, 142. 



Morphology, 130. 



Mucronate, 177. 



Multifld, 176. 



Multilocular, 219. 



Multiple fruits, 237. 



Mycelium, 347. 



Naked flowers : those which are 

 destitute of calyx and corolla. 



Ka-ked seeds : those not enclosed 

 in an ovary, 127. 



Napiform, 133. 



Natural system of classification, 

 357, &c. 



Naturalized: introdffced from 



other countries, but growing 



spontaneously from seed. 

 Nectary : that in which nectar is 



secreted, 88, 224. 

 Needle-shaped, 122. 

 Net-veined, 4, 18. 

 Neutral flowers : those having 



neither stamens nor pistil. 

 Nitrogen, 307. 

 Nodding : hanging with the top 



downward, like the flower in 



Fig. 82. 

 Node, 4. 



Normal; regular; according to rule. 

 Nucleolus, 260. ' 

 Nucleus (of an ovule), 16, 244, 249; 



(of a cell), 260. 

 Nucule, 354. 

 Nut, 241. 

 Nutations, 323. 

 Nutlet: a small nut or nut-like 



body, 65. 



Obcordate, 175. 



Oblanceolate, 174. 



Oblique : having the sides unequal. 



Ohliteration (of partitions), 220. 



Oblong, Pig. 146. 



Obovate, 174. 



Obsolete, 206. 



Obtuse, 177. 



Ochrea: a tube formed by the 

 union of both edges of a pair of 

 stipules. 



Ochreate : having ochrese. 



Octandrous: having eight separ- 

 ate stamens, 45. 



Odd-pinnate, 180. 



Oflset : a short, prostrate branch, 

 rooting at the end. 



Oils, 281, 309. 



Open bundles, 297. 



Operculum, 341. 



Opposite, 158. 



Optimum temperature, 319. 



Orbicular, Fig. 146. 



Orders, 363. 



Organic elements, 307. 



Organs : the parts or members <f' 

 a living body. 



Organs of Beproduction the part 

 of the flower. 



