502 
UfBEX AND VOOABIJLAKT. 
Lob ed^ 54, o. 
Lobelia'ce e 473 
Lobe'lhvs^ 343. 
Loc'ulus. (From Zociis, a place.) A small space. 
JLoffa'niat^ 4(56. 
Lo'ment. A pod resembling a legume, but di- 
vided by transverse partitions. 
Longifo'lius. Loug-leuved. 
Long-is' simus. Very long. 
LoNi'oKRffi, 465. 
Lorantha'cejE, 512. 
I.u'cidus. Bright and shining. 
L,u'nate, lu'nulate. Shaped like a half moon. 
Lurid. Of a pale dull color. 
Lu'teus. Yellow. 
Lycopodia'cejE, 563. 
Ly'rate. Pinnatifld, with a large roundish leaflet 
at the end, 54, k. 
Li/sijnach'ia, 18G. 
Lyt/ira'cem, 449. 
Macula'tus. Spotted. 
Mad'der, 180. 
jyiagno'lia, 233. 
MAONOLIA'cEiE, 401. 
MaJ'low family, 248. 
MiU'ing, 114, a. 
Malva'ce^, 421. 
Mandrake, 185. 
Mangrove, Pi. 5, Fig. 2. 
M'l'plc, Fig. 183. 
Mares'cent. Withering. 
Margin. Tlie edge or border. 
Marigold, 305. 
Maritime. Growing near the sea. 
Marsilea'ce*, 564. 
May-ap'ple, 230. 
Medal' la. (From viedulla, marrow.) The pith 
or pulp of vegetables. The center or heart of 
a vegetable. 
Mcdul'lary rays, 42, 231. 
Melantha'cejE, 553. 
Melastoma'ce*, 448. 
VIelia'ce^, 425. 
Melliferous. (From mely honey.) Producing 
or containing honey. 
Membrane, 23, 116. 
Membra!neous fiber, 118. 
MKNISPERMA'cEiE, 403. 
MESKMBRVANTHEMA'CBiE, 420. 
Mes'ocarp, 87, a. 
Mes'osperm, 99. 
Metamorphosis, 86, 323, 4th. 
of organs, 323. 
Mid'r-ib, 53. 
Milk'weed, 271. 
Minia'tus. Scarlet, vermilion color. 
Mimo's(B, 444. 
Mind. Its faculties, 1. 
science which relates to, 8. 
Mir'bel, 223. 
Mistletoe, 282. 
Modifications of the flower commonly called 
nectaries, 75. 
Mol'lis. Soft. 
Monadcl'phia, 242. 
Monadel'phous. Stamens united. 
M'^nil'iform. Granulate; strung together like 
beads. 
Monoceph' alous. (From mono, one, and kephale, 
head.) The term is applied to pericarps which 
have but one summit, as the wheat ; the anem- 
one has as many summits as styles; it is poly- 
cephalous. 
MonnMamyd'eous. (From monos, one, and 
chlamys, a covering.) 66. 
Monodtnous. Stamens and pistils on the same 
plant, 153. 
JUanocotyle'donSf 100, 154. 
Monocotyle' donous plants, 45. 
■ growth of, 135. 
Mona'cious. Having pistillate and stamic 
flowers on the same plant. 
Mon'ograph. A full account of a genus or tri; * 
of plants. 
Monopet' alous, 71. 
Monophyl'lous. Consisting of one leaf. 
Monosep' alous. A calyx which appears to con* 
sist of but one sepal, but is g&mosepalous. 
Monosper'mous. One seed to a flower, 
Monoti'o'pea, 475. 
Munta'nus. Growing on mountains. 
Moon-form. See Oi escent-form. 
Mo'rm, 528. 
Moss'es, 248, 286. 
Mount' ains. Vegetation of, 321. 
Mucro'nate. Having a small point or prickle at 
the end of an obtuse leaf. 
Mul'berry, 276, Fig. 114. 
Mul'lcin, 185, b. 
Multifio'rus. Many-flowered. 
Mul'tiplex. Many-fold, petals lying over each 
other in two rows. 
Mul'tus. Many. 
Mu'ricate. Covered with prickles. 
Musa'ce^, 543. 
Mus'ci, 565. 
Mush'room, 290. PI. 3, Figs. 7, 8, and 9. PI. 4 
Fig. 7. 
Mycelium. The vegetation of FungL 
Myrica'cejE, 523. 
Myrta'ce^, 447. 
Naiada'cejE, 535. 
JSTa'kcd. Destitute of the usual covering or ap 
pendage. 
JVa'nus. Dwarfish, veiy small. 
J^np'iform. Resembling a turnip. 
JSTarcot'ics, 231, a. 
JsTarcis sus, PI. 7, Fig. 7. 
JSTastiir'tion, 209. 
JSTa'tant. Floating. 
JVat'ural character. That wnicn is apparent, 
having no reference to any particular method 
of classification. 
JSTat'ural family, 157. 
— ! — orders, 157. 
of Linnaeus, 153. 
of De Candolle, 153, 
of Jussieu, 153. 
families of plants, 152. 
history, 9. 
science, 365. 
system, 390, 391, 392. 
J^a'ture, 367. 
JVat'uralists formerly inclined to skepticism, 366. 
Nelumbia'ce*, 406. 
JVelum'bo, PI. 8, Fig. 6. 
JVemoro'sus. Growing in groves ; often given as 
a specific name, as .Anemone nemo7osa; the 
ending in a denotes the adjective as being in 
the feminine gender; the adjective in Latin 
varying its termination to conform to the gen- 
der of the substantive. 
JVcrva'tion, 53. 
JiTerves, 53. 
J^erv'ed. Marked with nerves, so called, though 
not organs of sensibility like the nerves iii the 
animal system. 
J\re.t'tle, 64, d. Fig. 207. 
JVei-veined, 53. 
JsTic'titans. To twinkle or wink. Applied as • 
specific name to some sensitive plants. 
J^i'ffer. Black, 
Mtidus. Glossy, glittering. 
JVi'trogcn, 143. 
JViv'eus. Snow-white. 
JVod'dinff. Partly drooping. 
