GLOSSARY. 7 



Embryo, tlie youno; plant while still onclosod in the seed, 

 consisting of tho^ radicle, or base of the future root, 



1 or 2 cotyledons, or future seedleaves, and the plumitle, 

 or future bud. 



Entire, not toothed or divided; applied mostly to leaves. 



Family, a group of genera which resemble each other. 



Filamriit, see stamen. 



FiUforni. threadlike, very slender. 



Follirli', carpel opening only along the inner edge. 



Free, not united with any other organ. 



Funic! e, a little cord by which the ovule is attached to 



the placenta. 

 Genus, group of species which resemble each other. 

 Glabro}is, devoid of hairs. 

 C4laurinis, bluish-green, sea-green. 

 Globular, rounded like a globe. 

 Glume, bract enclosing the flowers of Cyperacece and 



Graminecv. 

 Hastate, shaped like the head of a halbert ; triang,ular with 



2 spreading lobes at the base. 

 Herb, plant without a woody stem. 

 Tlerbaccous, green and more or less succulent. 

 rnciscd. deeply and unequally cut into lobes or teeth. 

 Incumbent, when the i-adicle in the embryo of Crvciferre 



is bent over the back of one of the cotyledons. 

 hidehiscmf, a fruit Avliich does not split open at maturity. 

 Inflorescence, arrangement of the flowers on a plant. 

 Interrupted, having bare spaces between the parts. 

 Involucre, a number of bracts surrounding the base of a 



flowerhead or of an umbel. 

 Joint, (1) part of an organ, such as the stem, leaf, or 



fruit, which separates from other parts of the organ, 



usually at maturity (article): (2) place at which the 



articles separate (articulation ). 

 Knotted (torosc). a cylindrical fruit which is constricted 



at regular intervals; deeply beaded. 

 Lamina, the upper expanded part of a petal. 

 Lanceolate, shaped like the head of a lance; tapering at 



both ends. 

 Leaflet, each division of a compound leaf. 

 Ligulc. (1) a small membranous appendage at the summit 



of the sheath of grass-leaves; (2) the extended and 



usually strap-shaped limb of the corolla in many Com- 



positcr. 

 Limb, free and usually spreading part of the calyx or 



corolla. 

 LAnear, long and narrow, with parallel edges. 

 Lobe, (1) rounded divisions of any organ: (2) broad divi- 

 sions of a leaf which do not reach the midrib. 

 Lyrate, a pinnatifid or pinnatisect leaf with a terminal lobe 



much larger than the lateral ones. 



