720 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
FLAGEL’LuM.—A _ whip-like protoplasmic outgrowth of certain organisms, as 
Flagellates or of zodspores, serving as an organ of locomotion. 
FowtA/cEous.—Leaf-like. 
Fou’LicLte.—A one-chambered, dry fruit that dehisces along one suture only. 
Fovit’/LA.—The contents of a pollen grain. 
Frac’rureE.—The manner in which a root or other plant part breaks when sub- 
jected to sufficient pressure. 
Fronp.—The leaf of a fern. The leaf-like, branching thallus of marine algz. 
Fruir.—A matured pistil, or ovarian portion thereof together with any closely 
adhering part. 
Fru’tT1cose.—Shrubby. 
Fuco’xAn’THIN.—The brown pigment of the brown alga (synonymous with 
phycophzin). 
FucA‘cious.—Falling off early. 
FuNDAMEN’TAL Tis’suE.—Ground-tissue. The tissue of plants through which 
the fibrovascular bundles course. 5 
Funic’uLus.—The stalk of an ovule. 
Fur’cate.—Forked. 
Fu’strorm.—Enlarged in the middle and tapering toward either end. 
Gau'suLus.—A berry-like cone, as in Juniperus, formed by the coalescence of fleshy 
scales and carpels. 
GaA’/LEATE.—Helmet shaped. 
GAMETAN’GIuM.—The cell or organ lodging the Eat 
Gam’ETE.—A sexual cell. 
GAm’ETOPHYTE.—The sexual generation. 
GAMoPET’ALOus.—Applied to a flower whose corolla is composed of petals which 
are more or less united at their edges. 
GAmosEP’ALOus.—Having the sepals more or less united at their margins. 
Gem’MA.—An asexual bud-like structure found in the cupules of Liverworts. 
GremMA’TI0ON.—The process of budding as seen in the yeasts. 
GeEne.—The unit of inheritance which is found in the chromosomes of the germ cells. 
Gen’ERA.—Plural of genus. 
GeEnIc’ULATE.—Kneed. 
Geot’ropisM.—Response to the stimulus of gravity. 
GeERMINA’TION.—The sprouting of a spore or seed. 
Gero CELL.—A reproductive cell as distinguished from a somatic or Peay: cell. 
Giiis.—The spore-bearing plates of a peeels 
Gia’srous.—Smooth. 
GiLanp.—A cell or group of cells whose principal function is secretion. 
GLAND’ULAR.—Pertaining to or bearing glands. 
Gians.—A nut. 
G.avu’cous.—Covered with a bloom. 
GLo’sows.—Small spherical se ac of calcitum-magnesium-phosphate found in 
aleurone grains. 
Gtos’uLAR.—Spherical. 
GLom’ERULE.—A head-like cyme. A determinate head. 
Guvu’coswwE (Gly’coside).—A cell constituent which under the influence of an 
enzyme or of heat, dilute acids or alkalies splits up into glucose and some 
other substances. 
