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iarter only is the fruit, while the former is but the c.ise or vessel 

 which contains it. 



brutes' cent. Becoming shrubby. 



Frv'tex. A shrub. 



Fui'crct. Props, supports ; as the petiole, peduncle, &c. 



FulSvnus Yellowish. 



Fun'gi. The plural of Fungus, a mushroom. 



Fun'gous^ Growing rapidly, with a soft texture like the Fungi. 



Furinel-form. Tubular at the bottom and gradually expanded at ths 

 top. 



Fu'siform. Spindle shaped, a root thick at the top and tapering down- 

 wards. 



G. 



Ga'lea. A helmet. 



Gem'ma. A bud containing a plant seated upon the stem and 

 branches, and covered with scale.?, in order to defend it from inju- 

 ry. The bud resembles the seed in containing the future plant in 

 embryo; but this embryo is destitute of a radicle, though if the bud 

 is planted in the earth, a radicle is developed. 



Gemma' ceous. Belonging to a bud. Made of the scales of a bud. 



Gcncr'ic name. The name of a genus. 



Genic'ulate. Bent like a knee. 



Ge'nus, (the plural of genus is genera,} a family of plants similar in 

 their flower and fruit. Plants of the same genus usually po^ess 

 similar medicinal powers. 



Germ. The lower part of the pistil which afterwards becomes the 

 fruit. 



Germina'tion. The swelling of a seed, and the unfolding of its em- 

 bryo. 



Gib'bous. Swelled out commonly on one side. 



Glabcl'lous. Bald, without covering. 



Gla'brous. Sleek, without hairiness. 



Gland. A small appendage, which seems to perform some office of 

 secretion or exhalation. 



Gland'ular. Having hairs tipped with little heads or glands. 



Glauc'ous. Sea green, mealy, and easily rubbed off. 



Glome. A roundish head of flowers. 



Glom' crate. Many branchlets terminated by little heads. 



Glume. The scales or chafFof grasses, composing the calyx and co- 

 rolla, the lower ones are called the calyx, all others the corolla; 

 each scale, chaff, or husk, is called a valve; if there is but one, the 

 flower is called univalve, if two, bivalve. 



Gln'tinous. Viscid, adhesive. 



Gon, (from gonu, a knee or angle;) as pentagon, five angled ; hexa- 

 gon, six angled ; polygon, many angled. 



Graft' ing. Is the process of uniting the branches or buds of two or 

 more separate trees. The bud or branch of one tree, is inserted 

 into the bark of another, and the tree which is thus engrafted upon 

 )= -ailed the stock. 



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