GLOSSARY. a 
Fulvous, tawny. 
Funiculus, the stalk of a seed or ovule. 
Funnel - form, gradually expanding upwards (the corolla, plates 127 and 1 30). 
Furcate, forked. 
Furfuraceous, branny. 
furrowed, marked by longitudinal grooves. (Plate 63, fig. 2.) 
fusiform, shaped like a spindle (the pod of fig. 7, plate 22). 
Galeate, helmet-shaped (the upper petal, fig. 3, plate 121). 
Gamopetalous, see Monopetalous. 
Gamosepalous, see Monosepalous. 
Geminate, twin (the flowers of fig. 2, plate 77). 
Gemmation, the budding state. 
Geniculate, bent abruptly, like a knee. (Plate 54, fig. 7.) 
Genus, a group of like species. 
Germ, the point of beginning of a growth. 
Germination, the development of an embryo into a plantlet. 
Gibbous, swollen at one place or on one side (base of style, fig. 6, plate 117). 
Glabrate, almost glabrous, or becoming so with age. 
Glands, small organs which secrete some oily or nectariferous product of the part, or any 
small swelling, whether it secretes or not (see base of petal, fig. 5, plate 15). 
Glandular, furnished with glands. 
Glaucescent, slightly glaucous. 
Glaucous, covered with a fine, white powder that ate off; as the bloom of the grape. 
Globose, spherical, or nearly so (ovary of fig. 4, plate 125). 
Globular, nearly globose (base of style, fig. 6, plate 117). — 
Glomerate, closely aggregated into a dense cluster (the fruits of fig. 1, plate 143). 
Glomerule, a dense, head-like cluster. (Plate 94, fig. 1.) 
Granular, composed of grains. 
Granule, a small grain. 
Guttate, spotted as if by colored drops (the petals of Hypericum, as represented by fig. 8, 
plate 30). 
Gymnospermous, naked-seeded (as seen in fig. 5, plate 163). 
Gynandrous, where the stamens are borne on the pistil. (Plate 170, fig. 4.) 
Gynecium, name for the pistils when taken altogether. 
Gynobase, a special support for the pistils (as seen in fig. 4, plate 146). 
Habitat, a situation in which a wild plant grows. 
Halberd-shaped, see Hastate. 
Halved, when a body appears as if one half were taken away. (Plate. 169, fig. . 
- Hastate, shaped like a halberd (see leaves, plate 123). 
Head, an aggregation of florets more or less globose (see plate 76). 
Heart-shaped, of the shape a heart is commonly drawn. See Cordate, 
_ Hemi-, half; in Greek derivatives, as : 
Hemicarp, half-fruit. See Mericarp. 
Hemitropous, nearly the same as Amphitropous, which see. 
Hepta-, seven; in Greek derivatives, as 
Heptagynous, having seven pistils or styles. 
Hepernee es seven-stamened. a 
