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Fruc'tus. The fruit is an annual part o 

 the plant, which adheres to the flowe: 

 and succeeds it ; and after attaining ma 

 turity, detaches itself from the paren 

 plant, and on being placed in the bosom 

 of the earth gives birth to a new vegeta 



ble. In common language the fruit in- Gram'ina. Grasses and grass-like plants. 



eludes both the pericarp and the seed 

 but strictly speaking, the latter only i 

 the fruit, while the former is but th 

 case or vessel which contains it. 



Prates' cent. Becoming shrubby. 



Fru'tex. A shrub. 



Fu'gax. Fugacious, flying off. 



Jill 



fcrg'. 



Props, supports; as the petiole 



peduncle, &c. 

 Ful'vous. Yellowish. 

 Fun'gi. The plural of fungus, a mush 



room. 

 Fun'gous. Growing rapidly, with a soft 



texture like the fungi. 

 Fun'nel-form. Tubular at the bottom and 



gradually expanded at the top. 

 Fu'siform. Spindle shaped ; a root thick 



at the top and tapering downwards. 



G. 



Ga'lea. A helmet. 



Gem' ma. A bud seated upon the stem and 

 branches, and covered with scales, in 

 order to defend it from injury. The bud 

 resembles the seed in containing the fu- 

 ture plant in embryo ; but this embryo is 

 destitute of a radicle, though if the bud 

 is planted in the earth, a radicle is de- 

 veloped. 



Gemma' ceous. Belonging to a bud ; made 

 of the scales of a bud. 



Gener'ic name. The name of a genus. 



Genic'ulate. Bent like a knee. 



Ge'nus. (The plural of genus is genera.) 

 A family of plants agreeing in their flow- 

 er and fruit. Plants of the same genus 

 are thought te possess similar medicinal 

 powers. 



Germ. The lower part of the pistil, which 

 afterwards becomes the fruit. 



Germina' tion. The swelling of a seed, 

 and the unfolding of its embryo. 



Gib'bous. Swelled out commonly on one 

 side. 



Glabel'lous. Bald, without covering. 



Gla'brous. Sleek, without hairiness. 



Grafting, is the process of uniting the 

 branches or buds of two or more sepa- 

 rate trees. The bud or branch of one 

 tree, is inserted into the bark of another, 

 and the tree which is thus engrafted up- 

 on is called the stock. 



Gland. A small appendage, which seems Herba'ccous. Not woody, 

 to perform some office of secretion or ~" 

 exhalation. 



Gland'ular. Having hairs tipped with lit- 

 tle heads or glands.- 



Glauc'ous. Sea green, mealy, and easily 

 rubbed off. 



Glome. A roundish head of flowers. 



Glomerate. Many branchlets terminated 

 by little heads. 



Glume. The scales or chaff of grasses, 

 composing the calyx and corolla; the 

 lower ones are called the calyx, all others 

 the corolla ; each scale, chaff, or husk, 

 is called a valve : if there is but one, the 

 flower is called univalve, if two, bivalve 



Glu'tinous. Viscid, adhesive. 



Gon. (From gonu, a knee or angle ;) as 

 pentagon, five angled ; hexagon, six an- 

 gled ; polygon, many angled. 



Mostly found in the class Triandria. 

 Gramin'eous. Grass-like ; such plants are 



also called culmiferous. 

 Grand'iflorus. Having large flowers. 

 Gran'ular. Formed of grains, or covered 



with grains. 



Grave' olens. Having a strong odour. 

 Grega'rious. In flocks, plants growing 



together in groups. 

 Groov'ed. Marked w,ith deep lines. 

 Gymnocarp'es. (From gumnos, naked, 



and karpos, fruit.) Mirbel's first class of 



fruits, containing such as have fruit 



without being covered or concealed. 

 Gymnosper'mia. (From gumnos, naked, 



and sperma, seed.)' Having naked seeds. 

 Gynan'drous. Stamens growing upon the 



pistil. 

 Gyn'ia. From the Greek, signifying pistil. 



H. 



Habita'tio, or Habitat. The native situa- 

 tion of plants. 



Habit. The external appearance of a 

 plant, by which it is known at first sight, 

 without regard to botanical distinctions. 



Hair. See Pilus. 



Hazr-like. See Capillary. 



fal'bert-form. See Hastate. 



land'-form. See Palmate. 



lang'ing. See Pendant. 



Hastate. Shaped like a halbert ; it dif- 

 fers from arrow-shaped in having the 

 side processes more distinct and diver- 

 gent. 



Head. A dense collection of flowers, 

 nearly sessile. 



feart. See Corculum and Corcle. 



feart'-form. See Cordate. 



Hel'met. The concave upper lip of a labi- 

 ate flower. 

 Helminthol'ogy. The science which treats 



of worms. 



Hepat'ic. Liver-like. 

 Herb. A plant which has not a woody 

 stem. 



Her' b age. Every part of a plant except 

 the root and fructification. 



Herba'rium. A collection of dried plants. 



Herb'ist. One who collects and sells 

 plants. <j 



Hexag'onal. Six cornered. 



Hi'ans. Gaping. 



Hi'lum. The scar or mark on a seed at 

 the place of attachment of the seed to 

 the seed vessel. 



Hir'sute. Rough with hairs. 



His'pid. Bristly, more than hirsute. 



Ho'ary. Whitish coloured, having a scaly 

 mealiness, not unlike glaucous. 



Holera'ceous. Suitable for culinary pur- 

 poses. The term is derived from holus, 

 signifying pot herbs. One of the natural 

 orders of Linnasus, called Holeracce, in- 

 cludes such plants as are used for the 



