GLOSSARY. 



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Fascicle ; a close cluster of leaves 



on a very short branch. 

 Fasciculate (branches); clusters of 



short lateral unequal branches. 

 Fastigiate ; having the branches of 



equal height, in close clusters. 

 Fertile (flower); with archegonia, 



or i'ruit-bearing. 

 Fibrils ; small fibres or filaments 



lining the utricles of Sphagnum. 

 Filijoiiu; thread-lilie. 

 Fiinljriate ; fringed. 

 Fissile ; easily split or divided. 

 Fisttilose ; hollow and cylindrical. 

 Flagi llij'orin ; long, narrow, and 



flexible, like the lash of a whip. 

 Flavcscent ; yellowish or turning 



yellow. 

 FroiKliform ; like the leaves of 



ferns; havi^^g stem and leaves 



fused in one. 

 Frondose ; frond-bearing, or like a 



frond. 

 Fvgdcious ; soon falling away. 

 Fusifvrin ; spindle-shaped. 



Geminate ; twin; in pairs. 

 Gemma, (plural) Gemmoe ; a bud; 



loose granular bodies capable of 



becoming plants. 

 Geminule ; a small bud. 

 Gemntaceous ; bearing genunce. 

 Geiiimifonn ; shaped like a bud. 

 Geniculate ; suddenly bent at an 



angle. 

 Gibbous ; more tumid on one side 



than on the other. 

 Glaucous ; covered with a bloom 



or pulverulent. 

 Granulated; roughish on the sur- 

 face. 

 Granu lifer ous ; bearing small 



grains. 

 Granulose; resembling small grains. 

 Gref/arious ; growing in clusters, 



but not malted together. 

 Gymnostome ; with the orifice of the 



capsule naked ; without peristome. 



Hamate; hooked. 



Hamulose ; bearing or formed into 



small hooks. 

 Hispid; bristly; beset with stiff 



hairs. 

 Homonallous (leaves); bent or 



curved ail to one side. 

 Hijaline ; transparent. 

 Hygroscopic; sensitive to moisture ; 



moving when moistened or dried. 

 Hypogynous ; inserted at the base 



of the pistil. 



Imbricated ; overlapping each other 

 like tiles or shingles on a roof, 



Immarginate ; without margin. 



Immersed (capsule); covered over 

 and concealed by the leaves of 

 the pericliaetium. 



IncuDibent; leaning or resting upon. 



Indeliiscent ; not splitting open or 

 dehiscent. 



Injlexed ; bent inward. 



Inflorescence ; the arrangement of 

 the flowers. 



Innovation; a j'oung shoot; a sup- 

 plementary extension of the stem. 



Involiicral ; belonging to the invo- 

 lucre. 



Involucre ; a whorl of leaves around 

 a flower. 



Irregular ; unsymmetric. 



Julaceous ; resembling a slender 

 glossy worm; ament-like. 



Lacinlce; slender lobes or segments. 



Laciniate ; cut into deep narrow 

 segments or shreds. 



Lacunose ; perforated with holes. 



Lamella ; a small thin plate, or 

 thin narrow projection. 



Lamellate ; consisting of small 

 I)latps or lamellae. 



LamelUJ'orm ; like lamellae. 



Lamina; the substance of a leaf, 

 excepting the nerve ; the terminal 

 part of tiie leaf in Fissidens. 



Lanceolate ; lance-shaped. 



Latticed; see Cancellate. 



Lid; the cover of the orifice of the 

 capsule; the operculum. 



Ligulatc; strap-shaped. 



Linguiform, or Ling u late; tongue- 

 shaped. 



Lorate; thong-shaped. 



Macrospores; spores of large size, 

 in opposition to microspores, in 

 mosses with two kinds of spores. 



Mamillate; tipped with a small 

 nipple. 



Margin (of a leaf); a border of 

 ceils of peculiar shape or color. 



Medullary; pertaining to the pith 

 of stems. 



Microspores; small spores. See 

 Macrospores. 



Microstome ; having a small mouth 

 or orifice. 



Midrib; middle nerve of a leaf. 



Mitriform; mitre-shaped ; in the 

 form of a peaked cap; conical, 

 with somewhat narrowed orifice. 



