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Genus, (The plural of genus is genera), 

 a family of plants agreeing in their 

 flower and fruit. Plants of the same 

 genus are thought to possess similar 

 medical powers. 



Germ, The lower part of the pistil 

 which afterwards becomes the fruit. 



Germination, The swelling of a seed, 

 and the unfolding of its embryo. 



Gibbous, Swelled out commonly on 

 one side. 



Glabrous, Sleek, without hairiness. 



Glandular, Having hairs tipped with 

 little heads or glands. 



Glaxicous, Sea green, mealy, and easi- 

 ly rubbed off". 



Glutinous, Viscid ; adhesive. 



Gramina, Grasses and grass like 

 plants. Mostly found in the class 

 Triandria. 



Gramineous, Grass-like. 



Grandiflorous, Having large flowers. 



Granular, Formed of grains, or cover- 

 ed with grains. 



Grooved, Marked with deep lines. 



Habit, The external appearance of a 



plant, by which it is known at first 



sight, without regard to botanical 



distinctions. 

 Hair-like, See Capillary. 

 Hanging, See Pendant. 

 Head, A dense collection of flowers, 



nearly sessile. 

 Heart, See Corculum and CorcJe. 

 Heart-form, See Cordate. 

 Herb, A plant which has not a woody 



stem. 

 Herbaceous, Not woody. 

 Herbage, Every part of a plant except 



the root and fructification. 

 Herbarium, A collection ofdried plants. 

 Hermaphrodite, Designating both sexes 



in the same animal, flower or plant. 

 Hexagonal, Six-cornered. 

 Hilum, The scar or mark on a seed, 



at the place of attachment of the 



seed to the seed vessel. 

 Horizontal, Parallel to the horizon. 

 Humid, Moist. 

 Husk, The larger kind of glume, as 



the husks of Indian corn. 

 Hubernalis, Growing in winter. 

 Hybrid, A vegetable produced by the 



mixture of two species, the seeds of 



hybrids are not fertile. 



Ichor, A thin watery humor, like 



serum or whey. 

 Imbricate, Lying over, like scales, or 



the shingles of a roof. 



Included, Wholly received, or con- 

 tained in a cavity ; the opposite of 

 exsert. 



Indigenous, Native, growing wild in 

 a country, (some exotics after a 

 time, spread and appear as if indi- 

 genous.) 



Indurated, Becoming hard. 



Inferior, Below ; a calyx or corolla is 

 inferior when it comes out below the 

 germ. 



Inflorescence, The manner in which 

 flowers are connected to the plant 

 by the peduncle, as in the whorle, 

 raceme, etc. 



Irregular, Differing in figure, size or 

 proportion of parts among them- 

 selves. 



Irrigation, The act of watering or 

 moistening. 



Inserted, Growing out of, or fixed 

 upon. 



Intermittent, Ceasing at intervals. 



Integument, The covering which in- 

 vests the body, as the skin or mem- 

 brane that invests a particular part. 



Intcrnode, The space between joints ; 

 as in the grasses. 



Involucrum, A kind of general calyx 

 serving for many flowers, generally 

 situated at the- base of an umbel or 

 head. 



Involute, Holling inwards. 



Kernel, See Nucleus. 

 Kidney- shaped, Heart-shaped without 

 the point, and broader than long. 



Labiate, Having lips ; as in the class 

 Didynamia. 



Laciniate, Jagged ; irregularly torn ; 

 lacerated. 



Lamellated, In thin plates. 



Lamina, The broad or flat end of a 

 petal, in distinction from its claw. 



Lanceolate, Spear-shaped, narrow with 

 both ends acute. 



Lateral, On one side. 



Latent, Hidden, concealed, (from lateo, 

 to hide.) 



Leaflet, A partial leaf, part of a com- 

 pound leaf. 



Leaf stalk, See Petiole. 



Legume, A pod or pericarp, having 

 its seeds attached to one side or su- 

 ture; as the pea and bean. 



Leguminous, Bearing legumes. 



Liber, The inner bark. 



Ligneous, Woody. 



Lignum, The hard part of wood; the 

 heart wood. 



