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Equitant. — Pertaining to leaves; coming ofT in two ranks, making the base 



appear flattened (fig. 35). 

 Erose. — Appearing as if gnawed (fig. 36). 

 Fascicle. — A cluster or bundle (fig. 37). 

 Filament. — The part of the stamen which supports the anther (fig. 38). 



Figure 35. 



Figure 36. 



Figure 37. 



Filament 



Figure 38. 



Filiform. — Like a thread; long, slender, and round (fig. 39). 



Flexuous. — Alternately bent or twisted in different directions (fig. 



Floret. — A small flower of the grasses, (fig. 1). 



Foliaceous. — Leaf-like. 



Fusiform. — Spindle-shaped (fig. 41). 



Gibbous. — Swollen on one side (fig. 42). 



40). 



Figure 39. 



Figure 40. 



Figure 41. 



Figure 42. 



Glabrous. — Without hairs. 



Glaucous. — Covered with a whitish or silvery bloom. 



Globose. — Spherical (fig. 43). 



Glume.— A chaff-like bract at the base of a spikelet in the grasses (fig. 1). 



Granular. ^ — Appearing as if covered by small grains; with a grainy texture. 



Hastate. — Like sagittate but with lobes diverging (fig. 44). 



Head. — A' dense cluster of sessile or almost sessile flowers borne on a very short 



axis (fig. 45). 

 Herb.^ — A plant with no persistent woody stem above the ground. 

 Herbaceous. — Without woody tissues. 

 Hispid. — Stiff-hairy. 

 HispiDULous. — Minutely stiff-hairy. 

 Hypanthium. — Portion of the united calyx investing the fruit (fig. 46). 



Figure 43. 



Figure 44. 



Figure 45. 



Hypanfhium 

 Figure 46. 



