370 GLOSSARY 



Filament, the stalk of the stamen. 



Filiform, thread-like, p. 208. 



Fimbriated, fringed, p. 199. 



Flaccid, limp, p. 312. 



Flask-shaped, pear-shaped, with the narrow tapering part acting as a neck. 



Floral apex, the end of the shoot within the flower, p. 49. 



Floral axis, the shoot around which the floral organs are arranged, 

 p. 270. 



Floral diagram, a conventional figure drawn to show the relations of the 

 floral parts, p. 123. 



Floral envelopes, the outermost coverings of the flower : calyx, corolla, 

 perianth, &c. 



Floral formula, a conventional short-hand expression of the relations 

 of the floral parts. 



Floral leaves, bracts, p. 41. 



Floral whorls, the cycles of organs, petals, stamens, &c., of the flower, 

 p. 55. 



Floriferous, flower-bearing, p. 8. 



Flower, the shoot-apex bearing sporophylls stamens or carpels respec- 

 tively, p. 3. 



Flower-bud, a bud containing one or more flowers, p. 3. 



Free, of organs not attached laterally to organs of like kind, nor up or 

 down to those of unlike kind, p. 58. 



Free-central placenta, where the placenta stands up in the centre of the 

 ovary and free from its walls. 



Fruit, the ripened carpels bearing seed. 



Funicle, the stalk of an ovule. 



Furcate, forked, p. 233. 



Galbulus, the fleshy cone ("berry") of a Juniper, p. 178. 



Gamopetalous, a corolla where all the petals have grown into one com- 

 mon whole, p. 63. 



Gamopetaly, with petals concrescent into one common corolla, p. 63. 



Gamophyllous, with the parts of the perianth coherent into one whole. 



Gamosepalous, where the calyx consists of one whole, p. 63. 



Gamosepaly, with sepals concrescent into one common calyx, p. 63. 



Geminate, in pairs, p. 305. 



Germination, the first period of growth of a spore, seed, &c. 



Gibbous, protruding as a pouch. 



Glabrescent, almost glabrous, p. 206. 



Glabrous, devoid of hairs, p. 205. 



Gland, a specialised piece of secretory tissue. 



Glandular disc, glandular tissue on the floral axis, p. 298. 



Glandular hairs, hairs which secrete honey, oil, or other definite sub- 

 stances, p. 273. 



