594 GLOSSARY 



Falcate (Jalcaius). Sickle-shaped. 



Fascicle (fasciculus). A cluster, especially a short and dense cymose inflorescence of 



distinctly stalked or conspicuous flowers. 

 Female Flower (flos foemineus). A flower containing fertile (ovule-bearing) carpels, but 



no fertile (pollen-producing) stamens. 

 Fertile (feitilis). Capable of producing progeny, especially bearing pollen or ovules 



which develop into seeds. 

 Filament {filamentum). The lower narrow part (the stalk) of the stamen. 

 Filiform {fdiformis). Thread-shaped, i.e., cylindrical and very slender. 

 Flexuous (flexuosus). Bent alternately in opposite directions. 



FoLiACEOUS (foliaceus). Leaf-like, i.e., having the shape and texture of a foliage-leaf. 

 Foliole (folioluni). Leaflet, i.e., one of the leaf-like parts of a compound leaf, which are 



jointed to the rachis. 

 Follicle (folliculus). A one-celled fruit opening lengthwise (at the ventral suture). 

 Forked (furcatus). Divided into two subequal branches. 

 Free (liber). Not united, not even at the base. 

 FuNiCLE (funiculus). The stalk of the ovule. 



Gamo- (gamo-). With the parts more or less united, e.g., gamopetalous = with the petals 

 united below into a ring, cup, or tube. 



Glabrous (glaber). Without hairs. 



Gland (glans). A thick, usually roundish outgrowth, generally secreting a liquid. 



Glandular (glandulosus). Bearing a gland or glands. 



Glomerule (glomerulus). A short and dense cymose inflorescence of subsessile incon- 

 spicuous flowers. 



Glume (gliima). A chaffy bract, especially in the inflorescence of grasses. 



Gynophoee (gynophorum) . An elongation of the receptacle below the carpels. 



Hastate (hastatus). Halbard-shaped, i.e., with two acute basal lobes turned outwards. 

 Head (capitulum). A centripetal inflorescence with a short and usually thick axis and. 



sessile or nearly sessile flowers. 

 Hermaphrodite (hermaphroditus). Bisexual, i.e., containing both kinds of sexual organs 



(stamens and carpels) in complete development. 

 HiLUM (hilus). The point where the ovule or the seed is attached to the funicle or the 



placenta. 

 Hirsute (hirsutus). Densely covered with erect, rather short and stiff hairs. 

 Hispid (kispidus). Beset with long stiff hairs. 

 Hyaline (hyalinus). Membranous and translucid. 

 Hypogynous (hypogynus). Inserted at the base of the ovary or below it, upon a small 



and flat or an elevated receptacle. 



Imbricate (imbricaius). Overlapping at the edges, as the tiles of a roof, especially in the 

 bud. 



Imparipinnate (imparipinnatus). Unequally pinnate, i.e., pinnate with a terminal leaflet. 



Included (inclusus). Concealed within the tube of the perianth or corolla. 



Incumbent (incumbens). Placed upon the back, especially of the cotyledons. 



Indehiscent (indehiscens). Remaining closed at maturity. 



Induplicate (induplicatus). Doubled along the midrib, with the margins turned inwards. 



Inferior Ovary (ovarium inferum). An ovary adnate to a concave receptacle or to the 

 tube of the perianth or calyx. 



Inflorescence (inflorescentia). The flowering part of a branch and the arrangement 

 of the flowers upon it. The flower-clusters constituting together a compound in- 

 florescence are termed partial inflorescences, 



Introrse (introrsus). Turned inwards. 



Inverted Ovule (ovulum anatropum). An ovule with the micropyle next to the hilum. 



Involucel (involucellum). The involucre of a partial inflorescence. 



