222 oi.aasA<BT. 



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



Midrib : the middle ot maia rib of a leaf; p. 55. 



Milk-Vessels: p. 148. 



it/ifmate: vermilion-colored. i. 



MUriforiti:. mitre-shaiiedr in the form of a peaked cap. 



jJMaiuu&J/iioEis.-. stamens united by their filajBeDt^intojone set; p. ill. 



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



MortUiform : necklace-shaped ; a ttylipidriqil;b<»dy 'contracted at iaterval&i 



Monochlamydeous : having oitlyqne floral eayelapa,' i> «. nsAybcbat no eonri^ a« 



Anemone, fig.il79, And Castor-oil.£lant,fi^ 178i 

 MonocotylAlonous (embryo) : with only one.iBOtyledon; ;pj 16, 137. 

 MmoDOtgledonaus Plemta, p. ISOi i92. n ti. . , 



JHoncecious, or Monoicous (flower) : having stamens orpistils only ; .p. 90.- .. 

 Mondgynous (flower) : having only one pistiV or one style ; p. 1 1 6. 

 Monop^talaus (flQwer)i: with the corolla i>f one pieue ; p. JOl. 

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



Monosepalomi a calyx Of one pifice'ji'itie. with the,sBpalS(l»nite^flBlOone body^ 



C p. 101. . .,._,.; ^i . _ _.r .,ii . - ., - ■ :, ... -. 



.3£»iosja^niioiu : one-seeded. ^ 



Monstrosity: an unnatural deviation fFomi.the nsnal gtnicture or fornj. _ 

 Morphokgg: the ds)&rbneint of botaay whieh treats pf the farms whi^Uan orgaa 



(say a leaf) may assume; p. 28t. i. ., ;.], ., ; j 



Mdcronaie: tipped with an abrupt short point (mucro) ; p. 60, fig. 111. - 

 Mucrdnulate : tipped with a minittfe' abrupt point ; a 4in>itiutive of the last. , 

 ilfij/^i'.,. in composition : many; As . ; ; , ,j,, 



Multangular: many-an^ed. Mvkktpitd: ma)iynhead«d,,'&c.. 

 Jfu&i/arioiM ; in many rows or ranks. J/«/((/id; Wftnyrpleft; p. 62,, 

 Multildcular : many-celled. MuUisirial: in many rows. 

 Multiple Fruits, p. 133. -c^ ', 



iWurieate ; beset with short and hard points. 



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



Muscology : the part of descriptive botany which treats of [Mosses, (i. g. Muaci). 

 Miiticous: pointless; beardless; unarmed.! ., i. . ■;. i i, ... , 



MycHium : the spawn of Fungi ; i. e. the £laq($atg' from >vhicb Mushrooms, ,&cw 



originate. . i ', . ... , • 



- ». 

 iVapi/irm: turnip-shaped; p. 31, fig. 57. 

 Natural System: pi 195. . . . ' ' 

 Naturalized: introduced from a foreign couutly) but ^rojvjng, perfectly wild and 



propagating frebly by seed. j 



iVbw&uiori .bottt*sh5.ped, like the glumes of most brasses. _ ..ij • ,, 

 NecMace-shaped : looking like a string of beads ; see monilijimf^ 

 Nectar : the honey, &c. secreted by glands, or by any j)art of the corolla. 

 iVcctarf/erous; honey-beaiSpg:i or having lanectayy., 



Nectary : the old name for petals and other part? of the flower when of untisual 

 •: shape, especially when houey-beAringr So the hoUpw spur-shaped petals of ^ 



Columbine were called nectaries; also the curious long^nyired petals of 



Monkshood, fig. 186, &c. 



