Granular 



OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Gynaecium 



GRAN'ULAR, composed of grains 

 or granules; covered with small 

 tubercles. 



GRAN'UlATE, see Granular. 



GRAN'ULE, any small gruin-like 

 body. 



GRAnULIF'EROUS, see Granu- 

 lar. 



GRAvE'OLENT, having a strong 

 unpleasant odor. 



GREEN-LAYER, see M E s o - 



riIL(EUM. 



GREGARIOUS, thesame as Social ; 

 also applied to the fruiting 

 spots or sori of a parasitic 

 fungus when they appear in 

 groups upon the host. Com- 

 pare Cespitose. 



GROSSIFICA'TION, the swelling 

 of the ovary after fertilization. 



GROUND-TISSUE, see Funda- 

 mental Tissue. 



GROWING POINT, see Punctum 

 Vegetationis. 



GR0WTH-F6RM, a vegetable 

 structure marked by some 

 easily recognized feature of 

 growth, characterizing stages 

 in the lives of plants which are 

 not necessarily closely related, 

 as a filamentous fungus. 



GROWTH' - RING, see Annual 

 Ring. 



GRUMOSE', see Grumous. 



GRU'MOUS, consisting of clus- 

 tered grains or tubercles; gru- 

 mose. 



GUARD-CflLLS, special epidermal 

 cells, usually two in number, 

 enclosing the opening of a 

 stoma, and which have the 

 power of altering their shape 

 so as to increase or diminish 

 the size of the opening. 



GUARD'IAN-CELLS, see Guard- 

 cells. 



GU'LAR, pertaining to the throat. 



GUM, a name applied to various 

 viscid (not oily) secretions of 

 amorphous character which 

 either dissolve in water or 

 merely swell in it. as cerasin, 

 the characteristic element of 

 cherry gum. 



GUM-PASSAGE, a glandular in- 

 tercellular passage containing 

 gum. 



GUS'SET, an intercellular space, 

 either filled or hollow, at an 

 angle where more than two 

 cells meet. 



GUT'TATE, covered with small 

 dots, as though sprinkled with 

 some colored fluid. 



GUT'TIFER, a plant which pro- 

 duces gum or resin. 



GUTTIF'EROUS, yielding gum or 

 resin. 



GUT'TULATE, resembling small 

 drops of oil or resin. 



GYMNAX'ONY, a monstrous con- 

 dition in which the placenta 

 protrudes from the ovary. 



GYMNOBLAS'TUS, having the 

 ovary superior. (Obs.) 



6YMN0CAR'P0US, naked-fruited; 

 having the fruit destitute of 

 hairs (rare), or free from the 

 perianth or other covering; in 

 fungi, having the hymenium 

 exposed when the spores are 

 maturing. Compare Angio- 



CARPOU8. 



GYMNOSPER'MOUS, having the 

 seeds naked (not enclosed in a 

 pericarp), as in Couiferae. 



GYMNtiS'TOMOUS, said of the 

 mouth of the sporangium in 

 mosses, when destitute of a 

 peristome. 



GYM'NOSPORE, a naked spore — 

 one not produced in a recep- 

 tacle. 



GYN-ffiCI'UM, see Gynqscium. 



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