GLOSSARY 371 



Glaucous, sea-green and usually waxy, p. 183. 



Glomerulus, a head with cymose development of the flowers. 



Glossy, with polished surface, p. 271. 



Growing-point, the very apex of the shoot, p. 48. 



Gynandrous, where stigmatic column and stamens adhere and fuse into 



one. 

 Gynodicecious, some plants bearing only pseudo-hermaphrodite ? flowers, 



p. 161. 

 Gynoecium, the totality of the carpels in one flower: the pistil, p. 43. 

 Gynoemonoecious, where ^ and ? flowers occur without <? flowers on 



the same plant, p. 161. 

 Helicoid, coiled like a watch spring, p. 221. 

 Helicoid cyme, a sympodial inflorescence with the branches all developed 



on one side, but not in one plane ; see Bostryx, p. 35. 

 Hemicyclic, part of the organs in whorls, part in spirals, p. 57. 

 Herbaceous, green and soft like ordinary leaves, grass, &c. 

 Heredity, transmission of characters from i:)arents to offspring. 

 Hermaphrodite, when stamens and pistil occur in the same flower: more 



accurately termed monoclinous. 

 Heterochlamydeous, with distinctions evident between calyx and corolla. 

 Heterogeneous, compounded of unlike kinds, p. 29. 

 Heterostyled, where the styles of different flowers of the same species 



differ in length. 

 Hilum, the scar showing where the seed was attached to its stalk. 

 Hoary, with grey hairs, p. 317. 

 Homochlamydeous, with calyx and corolla alike. 



Homogamous, flowers all alike, the pollen and stigmas maturing simul- 

 taneously. 

 Homogeneous, compounded of like kind, p. 29. 

 Hump, a little outgrowth on the side of a growing point, destined to 



become an organ, p. 50. 

 HydropMly, pollination by means of water, p. 156. 

 Hypanthodium, the hollow receptacle of the Fig, p. 270. 

 Hypha, the ti lament of a fungus. 



Hypogynous, with the parts inserted on the floral axis beneath the ovary. 

 Hypogyny, with the sepals, petals, and stamens inserted on the floral 



axis beneath the pistil, p. 58. 

 Ideal, imaginary, but based on comparisons and reflections on normal 



cases. 

 Imbricated, where the edges of the folded organs overlap in bud. 

 Immersed, plunged or buried in the tissues, p. 265. 

 Incept, the earliest stage of a developing organ, p. 49. 

 Indefinite, where the apex grows on continuously and developes new 



flowers on its flanks, p. 19, 



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