FRUTESCENT, becoming at length shrubby. 



FUMANT, emitting smoke when burnt. 



FUxVGI, the lifth order of vegetables in the class cryptogamia, inclucfu 

 ing such as are destitute of herbaije, and produce the lru6lification 

 a more or less spongy body : plate 1, lig. 21 ; jD. 



FUSIFORM, spindle-shaped, gradually tapering more or less to both 

 ends : plate 2, fig. 2. 



GALLIN^E, the fifth order of birds, containing all the poultry kind^ 

 and distinguished by a convex bill with the upper mandible arched. 



QAPE, the opening between the mandibles of birds, and between th^ 

 two lips of an irregular corol. 



GARTERS, coloured rings in some birds, round the naked part of 

 the thighs just above the knees. 



GENICULATE, bending abruptly in an obtuse angle, like the kne^ 

 w^hen a little bent. 



GENUS, a distinct and entire family of plants, giving its surname to 

 all the species or individuals of which it is composed ; and compre- 

 hending all those vegetables of the same class and order, which 

 agree in their parts of fructification. 



QERM, the ovary or seed-bud, attached to the base of the pistil, and 

 containing the rudiments of the seeds: plate 6, fig. 8; b. 



GILL-COVER, the bony or cartilaginous substance placed on the 

 membrane which covers the gills : Fishes^ fig. 1, g. 



GILLS, the organs of respiration in fishes : The laminae on the under- 

 side of fungi. 



GLABROUS, of a smooth surface, opposed to hairy, downy, villous, S^c. 



GLIRES, the fourth order of animals in the class mammalia, including 

 those which have two cutting-teeth in each jaw, and no tasks. 



GLUME, the valves or chaify husks of corn and grasses, enveloping 

 the seeds : plate 6, fig. 7 ; a. 



GRALL^, the fourth order of birds or such as have a roundish bill 

 and fleshy tongue, and the legs naked above the knees. 



GRESSORIAL, applied to the feet of birds which have three toes 

 forward, two of which are connected, and one behind. 



GYMNOSPERMIA, the first order of plants in the class didynamia, 

 comprising such as have the seeds naked. 



GYNANDRIA, the twentieth class of plants, comprising those herma- 

 phrodite vegetables which have the stamina growing on the style, 

 or bearing both the stamina and styles on a long receptacle : 

 plate 1, tig. 20. 



HASTATE, halbert-shaped, resembling the head of a halbert : pi. 4, 

 fig. 15. 



HELMET, the upper lip of a ringent corol : plate 6, fig. 12; a. 



JIEMIPTERA, the second order of inse<5ts, or such as have 4 wings, 

 the upper pair of which are semicrustaceous and incumbent on 

 each other : Insetis^ fig. 16. ^ 



pEPTANDIRA,' the seventh class of plants, including those herma- 

 phrodite ones which have 7 stamina : plate 1, fig. 7. 



