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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Free, not adherent nor adnate, 81, 94. 



Fringed. (See Fimbriate.) 



Frond^ an organ which is both stem and 



leaf, as in Duckmeat, Fern. 

 Frondescent, bursting into leaf. 

 fructification, flower and fruit as a whole. 

 Fruit', '38, 143; ripening of, 457. 

 Frutescent, shrubby, becoming shrubby. 

 Fulcra (roots), 206. 

 Fuliginous, smoky brown, blackish. 

 Fulvous, dull yellowish brown. 

 Funiculus (a little rope), 140. 

 Funnel-form. (See Infundibuliform), 102. 

 Furcate,^ forked. Fork-veined, 284. 

 Furfuraceous, scurfy. [wise. 



Furrou-ed, marked with channels length- 

 Fuscous. grayish or blackish brown. 

 Fusiform, spindle-shaped, 203. 



Galea, galeate. 103. 



Gamopetalat, Monopetalae, 513. 



Gamopetalous, with the petals united, 99. 



Gamophyllous, of united leaves. 



Gamosejmlous, with the sepals united. 



Geminate, twin, two together. [bud). 



Gemmation, state of budding (Latin, gemma, 



Geniculate, bent as the knee (genu). 



Genus, 29. Genera, 4!>8. 



derm, the ovary. (The term is obsolete.) 



Germination. 1S8, 454. 



Gibbous, more tumid in a certain place. 



Glabrous, smooth, not hairy, 312. 



Gladiate. sword-shaped, ensiform. 



Gland, glandular, 80, 401. 



Glans. 155. 



Glaucous, sea-green, bluish, usually with a 



bloom, or whitish powder. 

 Globous. in form nearly spherical. 

 Glomerate, collected into close heads. 

 Glomerule, 363. 



Glossology, the same as Terminology. 

 Glumes, 108, 349. 

 Glumiferce, 511. 

 Gluten, 445. 



Granular, composed of grains. 

 Grafting. (Fig. 250, e.) 

 Graminoidece, 515. 

 Grand Divisions, 65. 

 Growth is downward, 477. 

 'rymnos (a Greek prefix), naked ; as, 

 Gymnospermous. with naked seeds. 

 Gymnospermce. Gymnoeperms, 510. 

 Gymnosporw, Gymnospores, 517. 

 Gynandrous, 119. 

 Gyncecium, 123. 

 Gynobase, a process of the torus on and 



around which the carpels are suspended 



(sc. Geranium, Fig. 175). 

 Gynophore, a produced torus, bearing the 



ovary on its summit. (Fig. 112.) 

 Gyrate, same as Oircinate, 255. 

 Gyrous, strongly bent to and fro. 



ITabit. the general aspect of a plant. 

 Habitat, the natural locality or place of 



growth of a wild plant. 

 Hairs, 400. Hairy, hirsute. 

 I/albert-shaped, hastate. (Fig. 313.) 

 Halved, one-half apparently defici, nt. 

 Hastate, with the base-lobes abruptly 



spreading, as in a halbert, 291. 

 Jfeart-shaptd, 291. Heart- wood, 410. 

 Herb, herbaceous, 40, 41. 



Herbaceous, green and cellular in texture. 

 Herbarium, 3. 



Hesperidium. 160. [and pistils. 



Hermaphrodite (flower), with both stamens 

 Heteroctphalous, heads of two sorts in tho 



same plant, some $ and some ? . 

 Heterogamous, two sorts of flov ors iu the 



same head, some $ and some ? . 

 Hexa (Greek numeral), six ; as in, 

 Hexagonal. 6-sided or 6-angled. 

 Hexamerous, 6-parted. 

 Hexandrous, having 6 stamens. 

 Hilum, the eye or scar of the seed, 177, 

 Hirsute, hairy, with rather long hairs, 313. 

 Hispid, bristly with stiff hair*, 313. 

 Hoary, frost-colored, grayish-white. 

 Hontogamous, head with all the flower* 



alike, as to the stamens and pistils. 

 Honey, Honey-bee, 458. 

 Hood. (See Calyptra, 518.) 

 Hooded. (See Cucullate.) 

 Horny, of the texture of horn. 

 Hortus siccus, the herbarium, 3. 

 Humifuse, spreading on the ground. 

 Hyaline, transparent, or nearly so. 

 Hybrid, a cross-breed between two species. 

 Hyperborean, inhabiting northern regions. 

 Hypo (in Greek compounds), under; as, 

 Hypocrateriform, salver-form, 102. 

 I/ypogean, growing under ground. 

 Hypogynous, 95. 119. 



Imbricate, imbricated, 257, 339. 

 Immarginate, having no rim or border. 

 Immersed. (See Submersed.) 

 Inaxialroot, 201. 



Incised, divided deeply as if cut, 310. 

 Included, enclosed within, or shorter thai* 



as the stamens in the corolla. 

 Incrassate, thickened. 

 Incumbent (sc. embryo), 183. 

 Indehiscent, not opening, 148. 

 Indefinite, 118. 



Indigenous, native of a country. 

 Induplicate, 337. 

 Indusium, the shield of the fruit-dot (sorua; 



of a Fern. 



Inferior, lower in position. 

 Inflorescence. 341, etc. 

 Infundibuliform, funnel-shaped, 102. 

 Innate (sc. anther), 114. 

 Inserted, Insertion, refer to the point of 



junction or apparent origin. 

 Integument, a coat or covering. 

 Internode, 220. 



Interpetiolar, between the petioles. 

 Interruptedly pinnate. 302. (Fig. .358.) 

 Introrse (anthers), turned inward, 114. 

 Involucre, Involucel, 347. 

 Involute, rolled inward, 256. (Fig. 287.) 

 Irregular flowed s, 83, 101. 



Jointed, having joints, separable pieces. 

 Junvm. a pair : as bijugoits. with two pairi 

 of leaflets ; Irijugous, three pairs. 



Keel, Keeled. (See Carinate.) 

 Kidney-shaped. (See Reniform, 295.) 

 Kingdoms of Nature, 12-14. 



Labellum. Ihe odd pe^al of :.n Orchid, 101. 



Labiate, lip-shaped, 103. 



Laceratt., <orn irregularly by deep incisions 



