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Monodel’phous. Waving the stamens united in a tube at the base. 
Momili’form. Granulate, strung together like beads. 
Monocotyl’edons. Waving but one cotyledon. 
Mone’cious. Having pistillate and staminate flowers on the same 
plant. 
Monopet’alous. The corolla composed of one petal. 
_ Monophyl’/lous. Consisting of one leaf. 
Monesep’alous. A calyx of one piece or sepal. 
Monosper’mus. One seed to a flower. 
Vonta'nus. Growing on mountains. 
Moon-form. See Crescent-form. eet 
Mosses. ‘The second order of the class Cryptogamia. 
Mu’cronate. Having a small point or prickle at the end of an obtuse 
leaf. 
Multifio’rus. Many flowered. 
Mul/tiplex. Many flowered, petals lying over each other in two rows. 
Mul/tus. Many. 
Mu’ricate. Covered with prickles. 
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Naked. Destitute of parts usually found. 
Na’nus. Dwarfish, very small. 
Nap. Downy, or like fur, tomentose. 
Napifor’mis. Resembling a turnip. 
Narcot’ic, (from the Greek word navce, torpor.) A substance which has 
the power of procuring sleep—Opium is highly narcotic. 
Na‘tant. Floating. 
Natural Character. ‘That which is apparent, having no reference to 
any particular method of classification. 
Natural History. ‘The science which treats of nature. 
Nec’tary, (from nectar, the fabled drink of the gods.) The part of a 
flower which produces honey: this term is applied to any appendage 
of the flower which has no other name. . : 
Nemoro’sus. Growing in groves, cften given as a specific name, as 
Anemone nemorosa ; the ending in @ denotes the adjective as being 
in the feminine gender: the adjective in Latin varying its termina- 
tion to conform to the gender of the substantive. 
Nerves. Parallel veins. ; 
Nerved. Marked with nerves, so called, though not organs of sensi- 
bility like the nerves in the animal system. ; 
Nic’titans. From a word which signifies to twinkle, or wink; appli-— 
ed as a specific name to some plants which appear sensitive ; as the 
Cassia nictitans. 
Ni’ger. Black. 
Nit/idus. Glassy, glittering. : | 
Niv’eus. Snow white. ra 
Nod’ding. Partly drooping. 
Node, Nodus. Knot. 
WNo’men. A name. 
Notch’ed. See Crenate. 
Nu/cleus. Nut, or kernel. 
