GLOSSARY. 
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Malcomia. In honour of Mr. Malcolm, a 
nurseryman at Kensington. 
Male flowers. Those which have only stamens 
and no pistils. 
Malesherbia. In honour of M. de Malesherbes, 
a French botanist. 
Mathiola. In honour of P. A. Mathioli, an 
Italian physician. 
Menonvillea. In honour of M. Thiery de 
Menonville, a French naturalist. 
Mericarps. The two parts into which the seed- 
vessel of umbelliferous plants is divided. 
Micrantha. Small-flowered. 
Microcarpa. Small-fruited. 
Miniata. Small. 
Minima. The smallest. 
Monandria. With only one stamen. 
Monopsis. One-faced. 
Moricandia. In honour of S. Moricand, an 
Italian botanist. 
Mucro. A little sharp point, terminating a leaf. 
Mucronate. Ending in a sharp point, termed 
a mucro. 
Multifid. Many times divided. 
Muricated. Covered with warts, or any short, 
hard excrescences. 
Mutic. Pointless. 
Naked. A naked seed is one without wings, 
, &c. ; and a naked branch, one without hair, 
down, leaves, &c. 
Nerves. Veins of the leaves. 
Necessaria. Composite flowers, in which the 
florets of the disk are male, and those of the 
ray female. 
Nocturna. Night. 
Nodes or Nodi. Swelled articulations of the 
stem, or knotted joints. 
Nodosum. Knotted. 
Numentaceous. Producing nuts. 
Nyctelea. From Nykteris, a bat. 
Obcordate. Inversely cordate, or heart-shaped. 
Obovate. Egg-shaped, with the broad end 
uppermost. 
Obsolete. Scarcely perceptible. 
Obtusi folium. Obtuse-leaved. 
Ochroleuca. Yellowish-white ; from ochrace- 
ous, the colour of yellow ochre, and lcukos, 
the Greek word for white. 
Octandria. With eight stamens. 
Odorata. Fragrant. 
Oliverianum. From the name of Oliver, a 
traveller in the East. 
Orbicular. Round, orb-like. 
Orientalis. Eastern. 
Ovaria. Incipent seed-vessels. 
Palavia. In honour of Palau y Verdera, Pro¬ 
fessor of Botany at Madrid. 
Palea:. Scales of the involucrum of composite 
flowers when mixed with the flowers. 
Palmate. Hand-shaped. 
Panicle. A loose spike of flowers or seeds ; 
as for example, a panicle of oats. 
Papillose. Covered with pimples. 
Pappus. A feathery substance, attached to the 
seeds of the Composite, and other plants. 
Papulae. Globular protuberances filled with 
a watery matter like those on the Ice-plant. 
Papulose. Covered with papula;. 
Parietal. When the placenta is very narrow, 
and in the middle of each valve. 
Patula. Spreading widely. 
Pedicels. Foot-stalks to the flowers. 
Peltate. A leaf is peltate when the foot-stalk 
is fixed in the centre, like the leaf of the 
Nasturtium. 
Pcntaglottis. Five-tongued. 
Pentagynia. Five styles. 
Peregrinum. Pilgrim-like, or wandering. 
Perennial. Lasting several years. 
Perfoliate. Where the stalk seems to pass 
through the middle of the leaf, like that of 
the Honeysuckle. 
Perianth. The entire flower, including the 
calyx. 
Pericarp. The fruit, or covering of the seed- 
vessel. 
Perigynous. Inserted in the calyx, or in the 
disk adhering to the calyx. 
Persistent. Remaining on a long time. 
Personate. When the flower is something like 
a mouth, as the Snapdragon. 
Petals. Leaves of the flower. 
Petioles. Footstalks to the leaves. 
Phoeniceum. Crimson. 
Pilose. Hairy. 
Pinnate. Consisting of several pairs of leaflets. 
Pinnae. The leaflets of a pinnate leaf. 
Pistil. The seed-bearing part of a flower. A 
pistil consists of the ovary, the style, and the 
stigma. 
Placenta. A membrane to which the seeds 
are attached in the capsule or pod. 
Plicate. Folded. 
Plumose. Feathery. 
Plumula. The part of a seed which afterwards 
becomes the ascending shoot. 
Pollen. The fertilizing dust, or yellow powder, 
borne on the anthers. 
Polyandria. Many stamens. 
Polygynia. Many styles. 
Polymorphous. Of many forms. 
Polyspermous. Containing many seeds. 
Porrigens. Widely-spreading. 
Pinnulte. The leaflets of a doubly pinnate 
leaf. 
Prismatic. Shaped like a prism. 
Profoundly. Deeply. 
Puberulous. Covered with spreading down. 
Pubescent. Covered with a soft whitish down. 
Putamen. A nut of many cells. 
Quadrangular. Four-sided. 
Quadrivulnera. Four-wounded. 
Raceme. When the flowers are dispersed round 
a central stalk or rachis, each being on a short 
stalk. 
Racemose. When the flowers are produced in 
racemes. 
Rachis. The central axis of a cone, or of a 
spike or raceme of flowers. 
Radiate. A composite flower, consisting of 
disk and ray flowers, like the Daisy. 
Radical. Rising from the root. 
Radical leaves. Those rising from the root. 
Ray. That part of a composite flower the florets 
of which are ligulate. 
Receptacle. The part at the upper end of the 
pedicel or foot-stalk that supports the differ¬ 
ent parts of the flower. 
Reflexed. Bent back. 
Reniform. Kidney-shaped. 
Repand. Undulated and dilated in the margin. 
Resupinate. Inverted ; turned in an opposite 
direction to what is usual. 
Retorta. Twisted, turned back. 
Iletuse. Appearing as if bitten off. 
Rhceas. From the Greek word for a Wild 
Poppy, or from the Saxon for red. 
Ricotia. Derivation not known. 
Ringent. Gaping, like the flower of the Sage. 
Rotate. Wheel-shaped. 
Rudimentary. Imperfectly developed. 
Runciate. When the lobes of a leaf are hooked 
back, and gradually diminish to the base. 
Saccate. Bagged, projecting at the base in the 
form of a bag or pouch. 
Sagittate. Arrow-shaped. 
Salicifolia. Willow-leaved. 
Sativa. Cultivated. 
Scabrous. Rough or scabby. 
Scariose or Scarious. Membranous and dry. 
Scorpoid. Broom-like. 
Scyphanthus. From Scyphos a cup, and Anthos 
a flower. 
Secund. Arranged on one side only. 
Segetum. Corn. 
Segments. The cut divisions of a leaf or 
flower. 
Segregata. Composite flowers in which each 
floret has its own involucre. 
Sempervirens. Evergreen. 
Sepals. Leaves of the calyx, or outer covering 
of the flower. 
Septicidal. Dividing into several parts. When 
a seed-vessel is composed of several distinct 
carpels, which part from each other when the 
seed is ripe, like the fruit of the Rhodo¬ 
dendron. 
Serrated. Cut like the teeth of a saw. 
Sessile. Without any foot-stalk. 
Setose. Bristly. 
Silene. From the heathen deity Silenus; the 
froth on the plants being compared to that 
from the mouth of a drunken man. 
Silique. A long slender pod, like that of the 
Radish or Cabbage. 
Siliquosa. Having the seeds in long round 
pods, like the Cabbage. 
Sillicle. A small short pod, like that of the 
radish. 
Sinuate. Hollowed out or scalloped. 
Sinuses. Scallops, or hollowed-out parts. 
Spathe. A broad leaf enwrapping and enclosing 
the flowers before they expand. 
Spatulate. Shaped like the broad pointed knife 
used by druggists in spreading plasters. 
Spike. When the flowers are disposed round a 
central stalk or axis, without any short stalks. 
Spikelets. Small spike-like branches, diverging 
from a spike of flowers. 
Spirate. Twisted outwardly in the shape of a 
screw, like the bud of the Ipomoea. 
Spongiole. The soft porous part at the ex¬ 
tremity of each root, intended to imbibe 
moisture for the nourishment of the plant. 
Squarrose. Spreading stiffly at right angles. 
Stamens. Thread-like substances found in the 
centre of every flower, which produce the 
fertilizing dust called the pollen, and which 
consist of two parts, the filaments and the 
anther. 
Stellate. Star-like ; generally applied to little 
tufts of hair or down. 
Sterile filaments. Without anthers. 
Sterile. When applied to stamens or anthers, 
signifies devoid of pollen. 
