GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 
Lip, the lower projecting petal of an irregular 
lower. 
Lobe, the segment of a divided leaf. 
Loculicidal, admitting the escape of the seeds 
through the valves. 
Loment, a kind of pod, which, when ripe, falls in 
pieces at the joints. 
Lucid, shining. 
Lunuiate, half-moon-shaped. 
Lyrate, a leaf is lyrate when its apex is rounded, 
and there are several small lateral lobes towards 
its base ; harp or lyre-shaped. 
M. 
Membranaceous, of a thin pliable texture. 
Aleiamorphosed, changed from one form to an- 
other. 
Monadelphous, having the filaments united at 
the bottom into one bundle, or brotherhood. 
Monilifurm, formed like a necklace, having al- 
ternate swellings and contractions. 
Moneecious, having the stamens and pistil in se- 
parate flowers on the same plant. 
Monopetalous, having but one petal, or having 
the petals united so as to appear but one. 
Monospermous, one-seeded. 
Mucilaginous, of a slimy pature. 
Mucro, a sharp rigid point. 
Mucronate, terminating in a spine, or mucro. 
Mucronate: pidate, tapering suddenly to a 
oint which is tipped with a mucro, or spine. 
ucronate-denticulate, toothed, each tooth ter- 
minated with a sharp point. 
Mucronulate, having a small hard point. 
Multifid, mauy-clett. 
Muricate, covered with short sharp points. 
Mutic, pointiess ; a term opposed to mucro, 
N. 
Narrored, tapering. 
Navicular, boat-shaped. . ; 
Nectarvferous, having nectaries ; bearing honey. 
Nectary, a part of the corolla, for the most part 
containing honey. 
Nucamentaceous, having catkins. 
Nucleus, the kernel of a nut. 
Nucule, a small nut. 
Nut, a seed enclosed within a hard shell. 
Nutant, nodding. 
oO. 
Obconical, inversely cone-shaped. 
Obcordate, inversely heart-shaped. 
Obcuneate, wedge-shape inverted. 
Oblanceolate, inversely lance-shaped. 
Oblate, flattened. 
Oblique, not direct or parallel. 
Oblong, two or three times longer than broad. 
Oblong-acute, oblong and sharp-pointed. 
Oblung-cuneated, between oblong aud wedge- 
shaped. 
Oblong lanceolate, between oblong and lance- 
shaped, 
Oblong-linear, in form between oblong and linear. 
Oblong-oval, a form between oblong and oval. 
Obovate-cuneated, between obovate and wedge- 
shaped, with the broadest end uppermost. 
Obovate lanceolate, a form between egg-shaped 
and lance-shaped inverted. 
Obovate-spathulate, a form between obovate and 
that of a spatula. 
Obsolete, hardly evident. 
Obtuse, blunt. F . 
Ochrea, membranous stipules surrounding the 
stem and cohering by their anterior margins. 
Octandrous, having 8 stamens. 
Opaque, not reflecting light ; not transparent. 
Opposite, placed in pairs on opposite sides of a 
stem. 
Coes circular ; spherical. 
Orthotropous, straight, and having the same di- 
rection as the body to which it belongs. 
Oval, in the form of an ellipsis. 
Plicate, plaited. 
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oi the germen, or incipient seed-vessel, 
haa a which contains the rudiments of the 
Ys future seed. 
Ovate-acuminate, egg-shaped in the lower part, 
and tapering to a point. 
Ovate-acute, egg-shaped in part, but terminating 
in a sharp point. 
Ovate-arrow-shaped, a form intermediate be- 
twen egg-shaped and arrow-shaped. 
Ovate-campanulate, a figure between egg-shaped 
and bell-shaped. 
Ovate-elliptic, between egg-shaped and elliptical. 
Ovate-globose, a form between round and egg- 
shaped. 
Ovate-lancevlate, between egg-shaped and lances 
shaped. 
Ovoid, egg-shaped 
Ovoid-cylindrical, egg-shaped and cylindrical. 
Ovulum, an incipient seed. 
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Paleaceous, having or abounding in chaffy 
scales. 
Palee, chaffy scales, common in compound 
flowers. 
Palmate, palm-shaped, divided so as to resemble 
the hand spread open. 
Panduriform, fiddle-shaped. 
Panicle, a \vose irregular mode of inflorescence, 
similarly disposed to that of many grasses, as 
oats. 2 
Papilionaceous, butterfly-shaped flowers, as those 
of the common pea. 
Papilliform, bearing resemblance to small glan- 
dular excrescences or pimples. 
Pappuse, downy ; having pappus. 
Pappus, a kind of down formed by the minute 
auvicion of the limb of the calyx of the Com- 
pdésite. 
Parietal, attached to the sides or walls of the 
ovary. 
Pectinate, comb-shaped. 
Pedicel, the flower-stalk of each separate flower. 
Pedicellate, having pedicel 
Pedunele, the principal flower-stalk. 
Pedunculate, having peduncles. 
Pellucid, transparent ; bright. 
Peitate, a peltate leaf has the petiole fixed in the 
centre of the disk, instead of in the margin. 
Pendulous, drooping ; hanging down. 
Pentagonal, five-angled. 
Pentandrous, having 5 stamens. 
Pentapetalous, five-petaled. 
Perfoliate, a leaf is said to be perfoliate when the 
stem passes through its base, as in the honey- 
suckle. 
Perforated, pierced through, apparently full of 
oles. 3 
Perianth, the flower-cup; the envelope which 
surrounds the flower: a term applied when 
une calyx cannot be distinguished from the co- 
rolla. 
Pericarp, the covering of the seed-vessel. 
Perigonal, having both calyx and corolla. 
Perigynous, inserted in the calyx, or in the disk 
which adheres to the calyx. 
Peripheric, curved ; circular. 
Persistent, remaining ; not falling off. 
Petal, a division of a corolla. 
Petiolate, having petioles, or footstalks, to the 
leaves. 
Petiole, the footstalk of a leaf. 
Petivlule, the footstalk of a leaflet. 
Petiolulate, having petiolules. 
Pilose, hairy. 
Pinna, the leaflets of a pinnate leaf. 
Pinnate, a leaf divided into many smaller leaves 
or leaflets is said to be pinnate. 
Pistil, the columnar body usually situated in the 
centre of a flower; when perfect it consists of 
the germen, style, and stigma. 
Placenta, that part of the seed-vessel to which 
the seeds are affixed. 
Plano-convex, flat on the one side and convex on 
the other. 
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