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Moxog'ynus, flowers having only one 
style or pistil ; Moxolocular'is, one- 
celled ; monopeta'lus, synonymous 
with “ Gamopetalus” ; Monophyllus, 
applied to an involncrnni when com- 
posed of a single piece ; Moxobper- 
Mi:s, a fruit which contains only one 
seed. 
M 0 NOPETAL.E (2nd Sub-class of Dicoty- 
ledons} — Petjils united into a single- 
lobed corolla. 
Moria — T he parts of a flower in general; 
as ptnt<(inorins^ which aignifi.es all the 
parts being arranged in fives. 
Morphol'ogy, AIorpiiolo'gia — T hat de- 
partment of !)otany which treats of 
the modification of certain fundamental 
organs, by which these are enabled to 
assume other functions than are per- 
formed by them under their normal 
condition. 
Mos'chatub — P ossessingthe odourof Musk. 
(See the Musk ifiant, Miinvlus vioS’ 
chatus.) 
Mo'tile — H aving powers of self-motion, 
though unconscious ; as the motile 
spores of certain Algm. 
Muco'sus— Slimy. Mucus — A definite 
peculiar matter, forming a covering 
of some Algfe. 
Mu^cro — A sharp point, a straight stiif 
and sharp point. Mucrona'tus — 
Pointed ; abruptly pointed by a sharp 
spinous process. 
Mul'ti, in compounds, signifies “many,” as 
Mul'tioeps, many-headed ; Multif'- 
ERUS, often bearing ; Multtf'idus, 
many-cleft, where the subdivisions or 
laciniations are deep .and numerous ; 
MuLTiJi:(4A'rus, when a pinnate leaf 
bears many i^urs of leaflets ; Multi- 
locula'ris, when a seed-vessel hUvS many 
cells; MuLTiPARTi'TUS, deeply divided 
into several stri[*s or porthms ; Mul'- 
TiPLEX, where many of the same parts 
or organs occur together; Muutipli- 
ca'tus, wliere the petals of double 
flowers arise from superriumerary 
developments t>f the floral whorls. 
Mural'is — O rowiiig on walls, or belonging 
to a wall. 
Murica'tub — R ough, with short, hard 
tubercular excre.^cenees. 
Murifor'mis — F lattened cellular tissue in 
laminse (as the medullary ray.s of 
exogens), and so arranged as to 
resemble tlie courses of bricks or stones 
in a wall. 
!Mu'rinus — Mouse-coloured ; slightly 
reddish-grey ; red with much grey. 
Muta'bilis— C hangeable. (See flowers of 
the Changeable Rose, Hibiscus -muta- 
hi/is ; or the G->ld and Silver flower, 
Lonicera co)ifus<.i, which from pure 
white changes to a golden yellow.) 
Muscarius — Pertaining to flies, (See 
Aoo.ricm 
Mu'ticus — P oiutle.sR. 
Myce’lium— T he spawn, or root-like sleiider 
fibres that traverse the soil, in many 
kinds of Fungi. 
Mycetogen'etic— P roduced by Fungi. 
My'COSis — A disease of animal tissue, 
due to the vegetative activity of a 
Eurotiwu, 
Myrtoi'deus — R e.sembling the Myrtle, 
Myu'rus — L ong and tapering, like a 
mouse’s tail. (See the tropical water 
grass l\vnicu)ii mimrus.) 
Nan'axprous — H aving short or dwarf male 
plants. 
Na'xcs —Dwarf, Synonym for “ Puinilus. ” 
Napieormis— H aving the figure of a de- 
pressed sphere ; as the root of the 
turnip, radish, &c. 
Nar'cotic — A drug which produces sleep, 
as poppy-heads, and Thorn Ax>ple, 
T>ntum stramonium. 
Ka'taxs — S wimming or floating. (See 
Uictia natansj a small plant common 
'to still water about Ltrisbane.) 
Natural Orders— G roup-* of genera col- 
lected together tm account of their 
natural affinity und.u- a common name 
generally derived fr.»m a supposed 
typical genus, as Geraniaccie from 
(rcranixua, 
Nau'ccm or Nau'cus— T h ■ former has been 
arjpiied to distinguish seeds whose 
hilum is very large. It is also used for 
the external fleshy c )vering of the 
stone of such fruits as the Peach. The 
latter has been^ appli«-d to certain seed- 
vessels in Crncifera3 where the ijericarp 
is valveless. 
Navjcula'ris — Boat-.shaped. Synonym 
for “ Cymbiformis.” 
Nebulo'kus— M isty, clouded. 
Necrog'excs — A term applied to certain 
cryptogamic parasites, which hasten 
the death or destruction of the vege- 
tables on which they live. 
Nec'tar — A sweetish exudation, secreted by 
glands in different parts of plants. 
Neotarif'erus — Secreting nectar. 
NKC'rARiKS — Are either the disc, or 
small defonued i>etals, or abortive sta- 
mens, or aiipeiulages at the base of 
the iietals or stamens, or any small 
bodies within the flower which do not 
look like petals, stamens, or ovaries. 
They wens formerly suppt*sed tos\ipply 
bees with their honey, and the term is 
fretmently to be met with in the older 
Floras, but is now deservedly going 
orit of use. 
Nematuecia — W arty excrescences of the 
fronds of certain rosc-spored Algte, 
producing tefcraspores, as in PhyllO' 
■phora. 
Nemoii'osUvS, Nem'okum— F ound growing 
among trees, as Acalypka ncuiorma. 
Nephuoi'iu’XS — Synonym for “Kenifor- 
tiiis,” kidney form, as the indusluin of 
many s|>ecies of AttpiilUuu. 
Kerhrosta — T he spore-c;use of Lycopods. 
Nerva'tjOX. — L eaves are more or less 
marked by veins, which, starting from 
the stalk, diverge 01 branch as the 
blade widens, and 8i>read all over it, 
more or less visibly. The princi])al 
ones, when prominent, are often called 
