XXIV 



GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 



, finely divided at the 

 edge like fringe. 



Fistulous, orfistular, hollow or tu- 

 bular. 



Flabcllifonn, spreading like a fan. 



Flagelliform, like a whip lash. 



Flezuous, serpentine or zigzag. 



Floral leaf, see bract. 



Floret, a little flower, one in an ag- 

 gregate or compound flower. 



Follicle, 150. 



Frond, the leaf of cryptogamous 

 plants. 



Frutescent, orfruticose, shrubby. 



Fugacious, that which lasts but for 

 a short time. 



I'unicle, orfuniculiis, 166. 



Funnel shaped, tubular at bottom 

 and gradually expanding at top. 



Fusiform, 



Galea, a helmet ; the upper part 

 of a ringent corol. 



Geminate, doubled. 



Gemmaceous, belonging to a bud, 

 made of the scales of a bud, 49. 



Geniculate, bent like a knee. 



Germ or germen>ihe old name of the 

 Ovary. 



Germination, the sprouting of a 

 seed. 



Gibbous, swelled out, commonly on 

 one side. 



Glabrous, smooth, as it regards 

 hairiness or pubescence. 



Glandular pubescence, hairs tipped 

 with little heads or glands. 



Glaucous, sea green, pale blucish- 

 green. 



Glomerate, gathered in around heap 

 or head. 



Glume, the scales, valves, or chaff, 

 which make the calyx of grass- 

 es. 



Glutinous, adhesive, viscid, cover- 

 ed with an adhesive fluid. 



Gramineous, resembling grasses. 



Granular, formed of grains, or cov- 

 ered with grains. 



Gymnospermous, having naked 

 seeds. 



Gynandrous, having the stamens 

 growing on the pistils. 



Habit, the general external appear- 

 ance of a plant, by which it is 

 known at sight. 



Hamate, hooked, a bristle curves! 

 at the end. 



Hastate, shaped like a hulbert ; it 

 differs from arroic shaped in hav- 

 ing the barbs or lateral portions 

 more distinct and divergent. 



Head, 66. 



Hebntt, see galra. 



Herbaceous, or herb, 31. 



Hermaphrodite, 91. 



Hilum, 167. 



Hirsute, rough with soft hairs, 



Hispid, rough with stiff hairs. 



Hoary, covered with white down, 



Hooded, see cucullate. 



Horn; see spur. 



Hybrid, a mongrel or partaking of" 

 the nature of two species. 



Hypocrateriform , salver shaped, 

 with a tube abruptly expanded 

 into a flat border. 



Hypogynous, 93. 



Imbricate, lying over each other like- 

 scales, or the shingles of a roof. 



Incised, cut, separated by incisions- 



Included, wholly received or con- 

 tained in a cavity, the opposite 

 of exserted. 



Incrassdted, tliickened upward, lar- 

 ger toward the end. 



Incumbent, lying against or across; 

 181. f 



Indefiiscent, not opening. 



Indusium, the involucre or veil 

 which covers the fruit of ferns. 



Inferior, lowermost. 



Inflated, blown up like a bladder. 



Inflexed, bending inwards. 



Inflorescence, 5&. 



IrfundUiuliform, funnel shaped. 



Inserted into, growing out of. 



Internode, the space between joints ; 

 as in Grasses. 



Interruptly pinnate, when smaller 

 leafetsare interposed among the 

 principal ones. 



In r of we I, a partial involucre, 53; 



Involucre, or involucrum, 53: also> 

 the Indusium. 



Involute, rolled inwards. 



Irregular corol, 78. 



Keel, 81. 



Keeled, shaped like a keel. 



Kidney-shaped, heart-shaped with- 

 out the point, and broader than. ' 

 long. 



