GLOSSARY 



Epigynous, when the sepals, petals, 

 and stamens are seated apparently on 

 the ovary. 

 Epipetalous, when the stamens are 



seated on the corolla. 

 Equitant, overlapping each other like 



the leaves of many Irises. 

 Fasciated, applied to stems which 



become fused and flattened. 

 Fascicle, a cyme or crowded cluster of 



flowers each on short stalks or 



pedicels. 



Filament, the stalk of a stamen. 

 Fistular, hollow-stemmed or hollow- 

 leaved. 

 Flexuose, flexuous, zigzag, changing 



direction at each joint ; wavy. 

 Follicle, a swollen one-celled carpel with 



several seeds, as in Paeony, Aconitum, 



etc. 

 Gamopetalous, when the petals are 



united, not free. 

 Gamosepalous, when the sepals are 



united, not free. 

 Glaucous, grey- or blue-green. 

 Gyno3cium, the carpels or pistils 



(female organs) of a flower. 

 Hastate, arrow-shaped, with the lobes 



pointing outwards, not downwards, as 



in sagittate which see. 

 Hermaphrodite, when stamens and 



pistils are in the same flower. 

 Hypogaeous, hypogeal, remaining 



underground. 



Hypogynous, seated beneath the ovary. 

 Indehiscent, said of non-bursting seed 



capsules. 

 Inflorescence, the flowers and the way 



they are arranged on the stems. 

 Involucre, the circles of leafy bracts at 



the base of a flower-head. 

 Irregular, when the parts of a flower 



are unequal in size. See Figs. 37, 41. 

 Laciniate, cut deeply into narrow, 



irregular segments. 

 Monadelphous, one brotherhood said 



of stamens when united into one 



bundle. 

 Monochlamydeous, when flowers have 



only sepals or petals, but not both. 

 Monocotyledons, with one seed-leaf. 



See p. 43. 



Monoecious, when the stamens and 



pistils are in separate flowers but on 



the same plant, as in Begonia. 



Ob, inverted or reversed, as in obovate, 



oblanceolate, obcordate, obovoid, etc. 



Ocrea, a tubular membranous stipule 



surrounding the stem. 

 Ovary, the unripened seed-vessel. 

 Ovule, the young seed before it has 

 been fertilised by the contents of the 

 pollen-tube. 

 Panicle, a raceme with branching 



pedicels. 



Pedicel, the stalklet of a single flower 

 on a raceme, panicle, or corymb, etc. 



See Figs. 37, 40, 41, 50, 99, etc. 

 Peduncle, flower-stalk. 

 Peltate, roundish, with the stalk in the 



centre. 

 Perfoliate, when a stem apparently 



passes through a leaf. 

 Perianth, the name given (especially in 



Monocotyledons) to the floral leaves 



(petals). 

 Perigynous, growing above and round 



the ovary. 



Petals, the parts of the corolla. 

 Petiole, leaf-stalk. 

 Phanerogams, flowering-plants. See 



p. 43. 

 Pinnate, when leaflets are arranged on 



opposite sides of a common stalk. 

 Pistil, the ovary, style, and stigma 



taken together. 

 Pollen, the dust-like granules from the 



anthers which serve to fertilise the 



ovules. 

 Polygamous, when male, female, and 



hermaphrodite flowers are intermixed 



on same plant 

 Polypetalous, when the petals are 



quite free and distinct from each 



other. 

 Protandrous, when the anthers in a 



flower ripen before the stigmas. 

 Protogynous, when the stigmas in a 



flower ripen before the anthers. 

 Raceme, a main flower - stem with 



several shortly-stalked flowers, as in 



Lily of the Valley. See Fig. 99. 

 Rachis, the main or central stem of an 



inflorescence. 



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