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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Fimbriate; fringed. 



Fistular or fistulous ; tubular. 



Flabelliform ; fan-shaped. 



Flexuous ; bent in an undulating manner. 



Floating root, 149. 



Floral envelopes, or perianth, 54. 



Floral leaves, 252. 



Florets, 303, b. 



Flosculous; consisting of many tubular 



monopetalous flowers, or florets. 

 Flower, origin of, 24. 



" consists of, 53. 



" physiological structure of, 106. 



" normal structure of, 61, c. 

 Flower-bud, 166. 



Foliaceous ; baring the form of leaves. 

 FoUicle, 116, 5. 

 Foot-stalks ; the stalks of either flowers 



or leaves. 

 Foramen, 90. 

 Fork-veined, 229, 3. 

 Free, 97. 



Free central placenta, 88. 

 Fringed ; having a border like a fringe. 

 Frond ; the leaves of the ferns, palms, &c 



have been generally so called. 

 Fruit, 109, 110. 



" growth of, 113. 



" ripening of, 114. 



" consists of. 111. 

 Fratescent; shrubby. 

 Fugacious, 257, 1. 



Fungous ; of the substance of the Fungi. 

 Fmiiculus, 91. 

 Furcate ; forked. 

 Fusifonn, 145. 



Galea ; (104, 5) the arched upper lip of a 

 labiate flower. 



Geminate; doubled. 



Genus, 52. 



Genu ; the old name of the ovary. 



Germination, 130 — 133. 



Gibbous ; swelled out, protuberant. 



Glabrous, 237, 1. 



Glands, 41. 



Glandular fibre or tissue, 31. 



Glaucous; sea green; pale bluish green 

 with a powder or bloom. 



Globose ; round or spherical. 



Glossologv, 4. 



Glumace£e, 350. 



Glume, 256. 



Granular ; 147, b, foraied of grams or cov- 

 ered with grains. 



Gregarious ; herding together. 



Grooved ; furrowed or channelled. 



Groups, 357. 



Gymnosperms, 349. 



Gynandrous ; having the stamens and 

 styles combined in one body. 



Gynoecium, 5S. 



Hairs, 41. 

 Hastate, 232, 10. 



Habit ; the general aspect or external 

 features of a plant, by wliich it is 

 known at sight. 



Head, 303. 



Helmet or Galea, 104, 5. 



Herb, 164, c. 



Herbarium, 369, 370. 



Heterogamous ; flowers not all perfect, 

 some being neutral or pistillate. 



Hexandrous ; ha^^ng six stamens. 



Hilum, 120. 



Hirsute, 41, a. 



Hispid ; rough, with stiff hairs. 



Hoary, 237, 5. 



Hombgamous; flowers all tubular, simi- 

 lar and perfect, as in some of the Com- 

 positse. 



Homogeneous ; having a imiform nature 

 or composition. 



Hooded ; cui-\-ed or hollowed at the end 

 into the fonn of a hood. 



Hot springs, 12, e. 



Hvaline ; crystalline, transparent. 



Hybrid ; partukmg of the nature of two 

 species. 



Hvpocraterifoi-m, 104, 3. 



Hypogynous, 107, b. 



Imbricate ; placed one over another, like 



the tiles upon a roof, 108, 8. 

 Incised, 235, 8. 

 Incrassated; becoming thicker by 



gi-ees. 

 Indehiscent, 115. 

 Indigenous ; native of. 

 luduplicate, lOS, 7. 

 Incumbent; lying against or across, 

 the Cruciferae it denotes that the radi- 

 cle is applied to the back of one of the 

 cotyledons. 

 Indus'iiun; the membrane that encloses 



the theca of ferns. 

 Inferior, 97. 

 Inflated; tumid and hoUow, blown up 



like a bladdei-. 

 inflexed ; bending inward. 

 Inflorescence, 285, &c. 



" centripetal, 293. 



" centrifugal, 294. 



Infundibuliform, 104, 2. 

 Innate, 68, 1. 



Inserted into ; growing out of. 

 Integument, 118. 

 Intercellular passages, 39. 

 Internode, 172. 

 lutrorse, 69, 4. 

 Involuccl, 254. 

 Involucre, 254. 

 Involute, 217, 3. 

 Irregular ; unequal in size or figure 



de- 



In 



Keel, 105, 5. 



Kidney-shaped, 232, 12 (remform). 



Labellum, 107, a. 



