Navicular, boat-shaped, like the glumes of most Grasses.
Necklace-shaped, looking like a string of beads; see [moniliform].
Nectar, the sweet secretion in flowers from which bees make honey, &c.
Nectariferous, honey-bearing; or having a nectary.
Nectary, the old name for petals and other parts of the flower when of unusual shape, especially when honey-bearing. So the hollow spur-shaped petals of Columbine were called nectaries; also the curious long-clawed petals of Monkshood, [87], &c.
Needle-shaped, long, slender, and rigid, like the leaves of Pines.
Nemorose or Nemoral, inhabiting groves.
Nerve, a name for the ribs or veins of leaves when simple and parallel, [50].
Nerved, furnished with nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins, [50].
Nervose, conspicuously nerved. Nervulose, minutely nervose.