Funiliform 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Gemmaceous 



FtJNlL'fFORM, like a rope or 

 cord, as the roots of many 

 endogeus. 



FUN'NEL-FORM, tubular, and 

 gradually enlarging upward to 

 a spreading border; infuudi- 

 buliform. Compare Rotate 

 and Cyathiform. 



Fu*R'CATE, see Forked. 



FtR'CATED, see Forked. 



FtiRCA'TION, division into two 

 (rarely said of more) main 

 branches. See Bifurcation. 



FtfRFURA'gEOtJS, covered with 

 soft scales easily displaced; 

 scurfy. 



FURROWED, see Sulcate. 



FUSCfis'CENT, slightly fuscous. 



FUS'COIJS, grayish brown. 



FtJ'SiFORM, spindle-shaped; en- 

 larged, terete, and tapering 

 toward each end, as the roots 

 of some radishes. 



FtJ'SOID, somewhat fusiform. 



GAL'BtJLtJS, a closed fleshy cone, 

 resembling a berry, as that of 

 juniper. 



GA'LEA, an arched sepal or petal 

 resembling a helmet; helmet; 

 hood; cucullus. Also applied 

 to the upper lip of some Scro- 

 phulariaceae, though not so 

 arched. 



GA'LEATE, helmet-shaped, as the 

 flower of Aconitum. 



GALVAN6T'R0PiSM, the curva- 

 ture of growing organs under 

 the influence of a current of 

 electricity. 



GAM'ETE, any sexual proto- 

 plasmic body, naked or in- 

 vested with a membrane, mo- 

 tile or non-motile, as an 

 oosphere or antherozoid; con- 

 jugation-cell; generative cell. 

 Used mainly in Conjugatae. 



GAMETOGEN'ESiS, the produc- 

 tion of gametes (male or fe- 

 male). 



GAM'ETOPHYTE, the prothallus 

 or sexual generation in ferns, 

 etc. Compare Sporophyte. 



GAM06EN'ESiS, sexual repro- 

 duction. 



GAmOPET'ALOUS, having the 

 petals more or less united; 

 sympetalous. Also called erro- 

 neously Monopetalous. Com- 

 pare Polypetalous and Uni- 



PETALOUS. 



GAmOPHYL'LOUS, a term includ- 

 ing Gamopetalous and Gamo- 

 sepalous, but applied mainly 

 to sepals. 



GAMOSEP'ALOtJS, having sepals 

 more or less united; mono- 

 sepalous. 



GAN'GLidN (pi. Gan'glia), a term 

 applied to various enlargements 

 on the mycelium of certain 

 fungi, some of which at least 

 are rudimentary fructificatious. 



GEITONdG'AMY, the fertilization 

 of a pistil by pollen from 

 another flower of the same 

 plant — the closest kind of cross- 

 fertilization. 



GEM, see Gemma. 



6£M'lNATE, in pairs or twins; 

 binate. 



(jKEM'mA (pi. Gem'mae), an old 

 term for leaf -bud, now usually 

 confined to various asexual re- 

 productive bud-like processes 

 in cryptogams. They may be 

 distinguished from gonidia by 

 not having as uniform methods 

 of production, by greater vari- 

 ation in size, and by usually 

 containing many cells. See 



GONIDIUM. 



GEMMA'gEOtJS, having the na- 

 ture of gemmae; bearing 

 gemmae; gemmiferous. 



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