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Slower compou.vd. (Flos composltus) contains se-v-eral florets, 

 incloscil in a coninion perianth, and on a conunon receptacle with 

 the anthers forming a tube. 



oLLicLE. A pericarp or seed-vessel of one Yalve, openino- on one 

 side longitudinally. (Folliculus.} ° 



Frutescent. See Shrubby. 



Furrowed stem. Marked with deep broad channels lon'^itudinally. 

 (Sulcatus.) ° ^ 



Geniculate or having knees. Applied to a stem, peduncle or awn, 

 lormin^ an obtuse angle at tlie joints, as when tlie knee is a litf.ie 

 bent. The deviations are angular, whereas in the flexuose stem 

 , they are curved. (Geniculatus.) 



Germen, ovarium or seed-bud. The rudiment of tlie fruit yet in em- 

 bryo; tlie base of the pistil. Germen superior when included 



within the corolla j but when placed below the corolla, inferior. 

 (Germen.) 



Glandular leaf is that which has glands cither on the surface, or on 



the serratures. (Glandulosum.) 

 Glaucous— pale green ; sea green. (Folium glaucum.) 



Glomerate spike. Having the component spikes variously heaped 

 togetiier. 



Panicle. The flowers growing close togetiier in a dobular form. 

 (Glomeratus.) 



Glume. The calyx or corolla of grasses, formed of valves embrac- 

 ing the flow^er and seed. (Gluma.) 



Habit of Plants. Their general external appearance and mode of 

 growth. (Habitus ) 



Halved head. Hemispherical: round on one side and flat on the 

 other: a spathe is halved when it invests the fructification on one 

 side only. (Dimidiatus.) 



HANGiNGleaf. Pointing directly to the ground. (Dependens.) 

 Hastate leaf. Resembling the head of a halbert. Triangular, hol- 

 lowed at the base and on the sides, with angles spreadlno-. (Foli- 

 um hastatum.) a v 



Head. A mode of flowering in wliich several flowers form a kind of 

 ball. (Capitulum.) 



Heart-shaped leaf. See Cordate. 



Hirsute. Rougli with liair. Having more bristles or hairs than His- 

 pid but less stiif. (Hirsutus.) 

 Hispid. Beset with stiff bridles. (Hispidus.) 



Hoary leal. Covered with a white pubescence. (Incanum,) 

 Horizontal leaf. Making a right angle with the stem. (Horliiontalc.) 

 HypocRATERiFORM corolla. Monopetalous, witlrtlie border spread- 

 ing out horizontally or flat from the tube: Salver-shaped. (Hvpo- 

 craterifunaLs.) '^ 



I-MBRicATE—tiled, laying over each other like the shingles or tiles, 

 on the roof of a house. 



Imperfect flower. Destitute of either antiier or stigtna. May this 



not be synonymous with Barren flower. (Flos impcrfectu?.) 

 Incised leaf. Having tlie sections or divisions usunliv determinate in 



thcu- numberj or at lea.t more so tliun in the lac'-iatc leaf. (Foli- 

 um incisum.) 



