Appendix VI: Glossary. 
Frond. The leaf of ferns; the leaf- 
like expanded vegetation of some 
Hepaticae; applied also to the 
peculiar growth of the Lemnaceae. 
Frondose. Frond-like, or bearing 
fronds. 
Fructifikation. The bearing of fruit, 
or the organs concerned in the pro- 
duction of fruit. 
Fruit. The matured seed- or spore- 
vessel, of whatever kind, with its 
appendages and contents. 
Frutescent. Shrubby or somewhat so. 
Fruticose. Decidedly shrubby. 
Fruticulose. Diminutive of the last; 
shrubby, but small. 
Fugacious. Soon falling; of short 
continuance. 
Fulcrate. Subtended or surrounded 
by bracts, or the like. 
Fulvous. Dull brownish or grayish 
yellow. 
Fungous. Spongy; fungus-like. 
Funiculus. The stalk of an ovule or 
seed. 
Funnel-form. Tubular, but expanding 
gradually from the narrow base to 
the spreading border or limb. 
Furcate. Forked; with divergent 
branches. 
Furrowed. Deeply grooved longi- 
tudinally. 
Fusiform. Spindle-shaped, i. e. tape- 
ring toward each end from a 
thickened middle. 
Galea. A helmet; applied to the 
helmet-shaped portion of the co- 
rolla in Labiatae, Aconitum, ete.; 
also to the upper lip of some Scro- 
phulariaceae, though not so shaped. 
Galeate, Having a galea. 
Gamopetalous. Applied to a corolla 
whose parts are not distinet but 
more or less coalescent; mono- 
petalous. 
Gamophyllous. With united or coales- 
cent leaves or parts, applied either 
to corolla or calyx. 
Gamosepalous. Having the sepals more 
or less coalescent. 
Geminate. In pairs; binate; twin. 
Generic. Relating to the genus. 
Geniculate. Bent abruptly at an angle, 
like the knee. 
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Genus, pl. Genera. The divisions of 
an Order or Family, each consisting 
of a more or less clearly defined 
group of nearly related species. 
Germination. The sprouting of a 
seed; the development of the young 
plant from the embeyo. 
Gerontogaeous. Belonging to the Old 
World. 
Gibbous. Protuberant; swelling out 
and somewhat saccate at one side. 
Glabrate. Becoming glabrous. 
Glabrous. Without hairs, pubescence 
or roughness. 
Gland. Any secreting structure, de- 
pression or prominence, on any part 
of a plant, or any structure having 
a similar appearance. 
Glandular. Bearing glands, or gland- 
like. 
Glaucescent. Somewhat glaucous; be- 
coming glaucous. 
Glaucous. Covered with a fine whitish 
bloom that is easily rubbed off; 
having a bluish-hoary appearance. 
Globose, Globular. Round; spherical, 
or nearly so. 
Glochidiate. Barbed, like a fish-hook. 
Glomerate. Closely clustered. 
Glomerule. A compact somewhat ca- 
pitate cyme. 
Glumaceous. Glume-like; having glu- 
mes; chaffy. 
Glume. In grasses, the chaff-like bracts 
subtending the spikelets. 
Glutinous. Viscid; sticky; covered 
with a sticky secretion. 
Grain. The fruit of grases. See Cary- 
opsis. 
Gramineous. Relating to or resem- 
bling the grasses. 
Granular. Composed of small grains 
or grain-like bodies; rough with 
grain-like prominences. 
Gymnosperms. Plants having naked 
seeds, or in which the typically 
naked ovule is fertilized directly by 
the pollen without the intervention 
of a stigma. 
Gynandrous. Having the stamens ad- 
nate to the pistils and style, so as 
to be apparently borne at or upon 
its summit, as in Orchids. 
Gynobase. A short thick prolongation 
of the axis or receptacle upon which 
