GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Naiadaeote, 487. 



Naked flowers : same as achlamydeous ; 

 or destitute of involucre, &c. 



Naked ovules and seeds, 296, 320. 



Names of species and genera, 363 ; of 

 orders, tribes, &c., 373. 



Ndpijbrm: turnip-shaped, 84. 



Naiant: floating under water. 



Natural system, 365, 366. 



Naturalized: species introduced, but 

 growing completely spontaneous, 

 and propagating by seed. 



Navicular : boat-shaped. 



Nebulose: clouded. 



Neck : the junction of root and stem. 



Necklace-shaped: see Moniliform. 



Nectar : the honey of a flower, or any 

 sweetish exudation. 



Nectary (nectarium) : a place or thing 

 in which nectar is secreted : for- 

 merly applied also to any anoma- 

 lous part or appendage of a flower, 

 whether known to secrete honey or 

 not, as to the spur-shaped petals of 

 Aquilegia, fig. 647, or the two 

 singular-shaped petals of Aconi- 

 tum, 257, fig. 402, 404. 



Needle-shaped: see Acei-ose. 



Nelumbiacese (Nelumbo), 385. 



Nimeous: filamentose; composed of 

 threads. 



Nervation : the arrangement of the 



Nerves: parallel and simple veins. 



Nerved : nervate ; furnished with nerves, 

 154. 



Nervose : abounding in nerves. 



Netted: same as reticulated. 



Netted-veined, 154. 



Neurose: same as nervose. 



Neutral : without sexes. 



Neutral flowers : having neither stamen 

 . nor pistil, 263, 436. 



Neutral quaternary products, 196. 



New Zealand Hemp, 492. 



Nidulant: nestling in. 



Nitid {nitidus) : smooth and shining. 



Niveous : snow-white. 



Nodding: curved so that the apex 

 hangs down. 



Node (knot) : the place on a stem 

 where a leaf is attached, 92. 



Nodose : knotty ; swollen in some parts, 

 contracted at others. 



Ndduhse : diminutive of the last. 



Normal : according to rule. 



Notate: marked by spots or lines. 



Notorhizal: the radicle bent round to 

 the back of one cotyledon ; same 

 as incumbent. 



Nucumentaceous ; nut-like. 



Niicelle : same as nucleus. 



Niicifl>rm: nut>-like. 



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Nucleus: the kernel, 297, 320, 322. 



Nucleus of a tell, 26. 



Nuculanium : a name for a berry like a 

 grape. 



Nucule : a diminutive nut, stone, or 

 kernel. 



Nuculose: containing nucules or nut- 

 lets. 



Numerous : same as indefinite. 



Nut, 314. 



Nutlet : a small nut, or the small stone 

 of a beriy-like drupe. 



Nutmeg, 383. 



Nutant: nodding. 



Nutrition, 61, 177. 



Nux-vomica, 434. 



Nyctaginaceas, 463. 



Nymphseacese, 385. 



Oat, 498. 



06- (over against) signifies inversely; 

 as, 



Ohcompressed : flattened fore and aft, in- 

 stead of laterally. 



Obcdrdate: heart-shaped inverted ; 162, 

 fig. 274, 233. 



Obldnceolate : lance-shaped, but broader 

 upwards. 



Oblique, rcfemng to shape, unequal- 

 sided, 165. 



Obliteration, 309. 



Oblong: elliptical, or approaching it, 

 and much longer than mde ; fig. 

 242. 



Obdvate: inversely ovate ; 157, fig. 232. 



Obtuse: blunt ; the apex an obtuse an- 

 gle; 162, fig. 270, 236. 



Obverse : same as ob. 



Ubvolute : a modification of convolute, 

 145. 



Oc€ttate : eyed ; a circular patch of 

 , color within another patch. 



Ochrea (a boot) : a tubular stipule ; 

 171, fig. 805. 



Ochreate : fui-nished with ochrese. 



Ochroleucous : ochre-colored (pale dull 

 yellow) verging to white. 



Octo-: eight ; in composition in such 

 words as the following. 



Octagynia, 515. 



Octdgynous : with eight pistils or styles. 



Octdmerous : the parts in eights. 



Octandria, 512. 



Ocldndrous: with eight stamens. 



Octopetalous : of eight petals, 276. 



O'cuktie : eyed ; same as ocellate. 



Officinal (belonging to the shop) : ap- 

 plied to plants, &c. used in medi- 

 cine or the arts. 



Ofset, 102. 



Oilnut, 469. 



Oils, 56, 57. 



