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Galea. A helmet, applied to the corolla of the Class Gynan- 



dria, as the Orchis. 

 Galeatum labium. The lip of a flower shaped like a helmet. 

 Geminae stipuU. Stipulae growing in pairs. Ex. Mtborea. 

 Geminatus pedunculus. Double footstalks growing from the 



same point. 

 Gemma. A bud, an hibernaculum on the ascending caudex. 

 Gemnatio. A young bud. 

 Gcmniparous. Bearing buds. 



Genera plantarum. Genera of plants, a subdivision of plants 

 comprehending an assemblage of species, similar in their 

 parts of fructification. 

 Geniculatus epulis, culmus, pedunculus. A jointed stem, straw, 



or foot-stalk of a flower. Ex. Misseltoe, Class xxii. &c. 

 Genicula. Little joints. 



Genus, (Plural, Gjnera). In botany a primary division of vege- 

 tables according to the principles and ceconomy of nature. 

 Germen. A sprout or bud, the base of the pistillum, the rudi- 

 ment of the fruit in embryo. 

 Gibbum folium. Bunching out, or gouty leaf. 

 Glaber. Smooth. Having a glossy or slippery surface. 

 Gladiata silijua. A sword- shaped pod. 

 Glandulse. Glands, or secretory vessels. 



Glandulifera s.airities. A kind cf bristly roughness on the 

 surface of some plants, on which there are minute glands at 

 the extremity of each bristle. 

 Glareosi loci. Gravelly places, where plants delight in gravel. 

 Glaucophyllus. A powdered green, as the leaf of the Sea-kale. 

 Globosa radix. A round root. 



Globularis scalrities. A species of glandular roughness, scarcely 

 visible to the naked eye, the small grains of which are 

 exactly globular. 



