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Falcate. Scythe-shaped. 



Fascicle. A compact cluster of leaves or flowers. 



Fascicled. Arranged in fascicles. 



Fastigiate. Said of branches which are erect and near together. 



Feather-veined. Having veins extending from the midrib to the margin, 



feather-wise. 

 Fertile. Capable of bearing fruit. 

 Fertilization. The mingling of the contents of a male (pollen) and female 



(ovule) cell. 

 Fibro-vascular bundles. The strands that make up the framework of higher 



plants. 

 Filament. The part of a stamen which bears the anther. Page 8. 

 Filamentose or Filamentous. Composed of threads or filaments. 

 Flaky. With loose scales easily rubbed off (bark). 

 Fleshy. Succulent; juicy. 

 Flower. An axis bearing stamens or pistils or both (calyx and corolla 



usually accompany these). Page 8. 

 Fluted. With rounded ridges. 

 Fruit. The part of a plant which bears the seed. 

 Fungous. Relating to the Fungi, i. e., plant organisms of a lower order 



destitute of chlorophyll. 

 Fusiform. Thick, but tapering towards each end. Fusiform ray, a medullary 



ray which is fusiform in cross-section. 



Germinate. To sprout, as of a seed. 



Gibbous. Swollen on one side. 



Glabrous. Neither rough, pubescent, nor hairy; smooth. 



Gland. Secreting surface or structure; a protuberance having the appearance 



of such an organ. 

 Glandular. Bearing glands. 

 Glaucous. Covered or whitened with a bloom. 

 Globose. Spherical or nearly so. 

 Globular. Nearly globose. 

 Graining. The fibrous arrangement of the particles in wood, determining its 



hardness, splitting qualities, smoothness, etc. 

 Gregarious. Growing in groups or colonies. 

 Growth ring. An annual ring of growth. Page 195, VIII, h. 



Habit. The general appearance of a plant, best seen from a distance. 



Habitat. The place where a plant naturally grows, as in water, clay soil, 

 marsh, etc. 



Hairy. With long hairs. 



Halberd-shaped. Like an arrow-head, but with the basal lobes pointing out- 

 ward nearly at right angles. Page 7. 



Heartwood. The dead central portion of the trunk or large branch of a tree. 

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Hirsute. Covered Avith rather coarse or stiff hairs. 



Hoary. Gray-white with a fine, close pubescence. 



Homogeneous. Uniform; composed of similar parts or elements. 



Hybrid. A cross between two nearly related species, formed by the action of 

 the pollen of one upon the pistil of the other, yielding an intermediate 

 form. 



Hybridize. Forming a cross-breed of two species. 



Imbricate. Overlapping, like the shingles on a roof. 



Indehiscent. Not opening by valves or slits; remaining persistently closed. 



hidigenous. Native and original to a region. 



Inflorescence. The flowering part of a plant, and especially its arrangement. 



Interlaced. Twisted or linked into each other. 



Internode. The portion of a stem between two nodes. 



Involucral. Pertaining to an involucre. 



Involucre. A circle of bracts surrounding a flower or cluster of flowers. 



Keeled. With a central ridge like the keel of a boat. 



Key-fruit. An indehiscent winged fruit found in maples and ashes. 



