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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Guava, loo, 210. 



Guiacum, i8o. 



Guilandina, 198. 



Gulancha, 155 



Gunjah, 273. 



Gutta Percha, 236. 



Guttiferse, 168. 



gyimiospermotts, 295. 



Gymnosperms, plants with naked seeds ; 

 i.e. not enclosed in an ovary. 



Gynandropsis, 162. 



gynattdrous, applied to stamens adher- 

 ing to the pistil, 52. 



Gyftceciiim. the pistil, or carpels of a 

 flower collectively. 



GynopJiore, a stalk supporting the ovary 

 above the rest of tlie flower, 162. 



•gynous, in composition, applying to the 

 pistil. 



Haematoxylon, 199. 



Haloragea;, 212. 



hastate, 77. 



Heart-nvood (or duramen), the matured 



central portion of the wood of Exogens. 

 Heath Family, 232. 

 Hedychium, 326. 

 Helianthus, 230. 

 Helicteres, 176. 

 Heliotrope, 249. 

 Hemidesmus, 241. 

 Hemlock, 221. 

 Hemp, 273. 

 Henbane, 252. 

 Henna, 213. 



hepta-, seven, in composition. 

 herbaceous, not woody; applied generally 



to plants which do not form a woody 



stem, 3. 

 Herbarium, 363. 

 hermaphrodite, with stamen and pistil 



in the same flower. 

 heterogamous, 229. 

 hex-, hexa-, six, in composition. 

 Hibiscus, 173-175. 

 Hiliem, the point of attachment of a 



seed or ovule, 13. 

 Hippocratea, 205. 

 Hiptage, 179. 



hirsute, with rather long stiff hairs. 

 hispid, with short, harsh hairs. 

 Holmskioldia, 259. 

 hofnogavio7is, 229. 

 Hordeum, 339. 

 Horsetail Family, 3;4. 

 Hop, 275. 

 Hopea, 171. 

 Hoya, 241 



Humble Plant, 197-199. 

 Humulus, 275. 



hybrid, a cross between two species. 



Hydrangea, 218. 



Hydnlla, 331. 



Hydnocarpus, 164. 



Hydrocera, 182. 



Hydrocharidese, 330. 



Hydrocotyle, 221. 



Hydrogen of plants, 21. 



Hyvienium, the surface bearing spores 



or spondia in leafless Cryptogams ; 



usually restricted to Fungi. 

 Hymenophyllum, 349. 

 Hyoscyanius, 252. 

 Hypencinea;, 167. 

 Hypericum, 167. 

 Hyphaene, 302. 

 hypocrateriform, salver-shaped ; applied 



to gamopetalous corollas, with the 



tube longer than the flat, spreading 



limb. 

 hypogynous, inserted under the ovary ; 



applied to stamens and corolla, 9. 



Iceland Moss, 361. 



icosandrous, with twenty stamens ; ap- 

 plied to flowers in which they are 

 inserted upon the calyx. 



Illicium, 149, 150. 



imbricate, overlapping, 88. 



imparipinnate , pinnate with an odd 

 leaflet. 



Impatiens, 181. 



imperfect, with stamens only, or with 

 pistil only, 40. 



Incompletae, 60, 265. 



incomplete, when one or more of the 

 whorls (calyx, corolla, stamens, or 

 carpels) is absent from a flower. 



indefinite ittjiorescence, 86 ; indefiftite 

 seeds, xo^; indefinite vascular bundles, 

 115- 



hidehiscent fruits, loi. 



indeterminate,^ applied to an inflores- 

 cence which is indefinite or centripetal 



Indian Botany, Books on, 376. 



Indian Copal, 172. 



Indian Corn, 337, 341. 



Indian Cress, 181. 



Indian Madder, 225. 



Indian Shot, 325. 



India-rubber, 275-280. 



Indigo, 196. 



Indigofera, 196, 199. 



Indusiuvt, 346. 



inferior {ovary), adherent throughout 

 or nearly so to the calyx ; {calyx) free 

 from the ovary ; {relation of parts of 

 a flower to the axis) farthest from the 

 axis ; {radicle) directed towards the 

 base of the fruit. 



