103 PRACTICAL BOTANY. 



Flora (the goddess of flowers) : a term signifying metaphorically all 

 the plants, which grow spontaneously in a country or district. 



Floral : belonging to the flower. 



Floral envelopes: the flower-leaves, the perianth. 



Flower : the system of organs, which are subservient to the produc- 

 tion of seed. 



FoLiACEous : leafy or leaf-like. 



FoLiOLATE : consisting of leaflets ; a term applied to compound leaves. 

 A trifoUolate leaf is a leaf with 3 leaflets. Six- or seven-foliolatc 

 (compound) leaves have 6 or 7 leaflets. 



Follicle : a simple pod, dehiscent down the inner suture. 



Frond : stem and leaves fused into one body, as in Duckmeat ; also 

 what answers to leaves in Ferns. 



Fructification : the state of fruiting. 



Fruticose : shrubby. 



Fugacious : falling away early. 



Funnelform : expanding gradually upward. 



Fusiform : spindle-shaped. 



Gamopetalous : having the petals united more or less into one 

 piece. 



Gamosepalous : having the sepals united into one piece. 



Geniculate : bent, like a knee. 



Genus : a kind ; a rank above species. 



Gibbous : swollen at one place. 



Glabrous : smooth, without hairs, bristles, etc. 



Glands : small projections or roundish bodies, secreting an oily sub- 

 stance, sometimes raised on hairs. 



Glandular : gland-like, or furnished with glands. 



Glaucous : covered with a bloom, or white powder, that rubs off. 



Globose : spherical. 



Globular : nearly globose. 



Glomerate : aggregated in a close cluster. 



Glomerule of flowers : a dense, head-like flower-cluster. 



Glume : a bract, like those of Sedges and Grasses, subtending one or 

 several flowers. 



Granular : composed of grains. 



Gymnospermous : naked-seeded, having the seeds not enclosed in an 

 ovary. 



GvNANDRous : having the stamen or the stamens borne on and united 

 with the pistil. 



