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GLOSSARY. 



Gymnonpermia. A Linnaean artificial 

 order of Didynamia, in which the 

 nutlets resulting from (bur divisions 

 of an ovary were taken for naked 

 seeds; 337. 



Cymnosperms, Gymnospermce. A sub- 

 class of naked-seeded plants ; 268, 344. 



Gymnospermous (-us). Naked-seeded, as 

 opposed to Angiospermoiis. 



Gynandria. A Linnaean class, character- 

 ized b}' the flower being 



Gynandrous. Stamens borne on (adnate 

 to) the pistil, even to the style or 

 stigma; 251, 335. 



Gynobase (Gynobasis). An enlargement 

 or production of the torus on which 

 the gynoecium rests or is somewhat 

 elevated; 212. 



Gy no-dioecious. Dioecious with some 

 flowers hermaphrodite and others pis- 

 tillate only; 191. 



Gyruzcium. The pistil or collective pis- 

 tils of a flower; the female portion of 

 a flower as a whole; 165. 



Gynophore ( Gyntphorum). The stipe of 

 a pistil; 212. 



G ' ynosteyium. A sheath or covering of 

 the gynoecium, of whatever nature. 



Gynostemium. The column of an Orchid, 

 consisting of androecium and summit 

 of the gynoecium combined. 



Gyrate (-atus). Curved into a circle, or 

 taking a circular course. 



Gyrose (-osus). Curved backward and 

 forward in turns. 



Habit (Habitus). The general appear- 

 ance of a plant. 



Habitat. Habitation ; the geographical 

 limits or station; 366. 



Hcematitic (-icus). Brown-red. 



Hairs. Outgrowths of the epidermis, 

 consisting of single elongated cells, or 

 of a row of cells. 



Hairy. Descriptively applied to pilosity 

 or pubescence, in which the hairs are 

 separately distinguishable. 



Ilnlbert- or Halberd-shaped. See Has- 

 tate. 



Halved. See Dimidiate; with one half 

 absent or appearing to be so. 



H'imate (-atus). Hooked at the tip. 



Hdmulate or Hamulose (-osus). Dimin- 

 utive of Hamate. 



Haplos. In Greek compounds, simple 

 or simply, as 



Haplopetalus (-us). With only one row 

 of petals. 



Haplostemonmts (-us). With a single 

 series of stamens; 177. 



Hastate (-atus), Hastilis. Halberd- 

 shaped, like the head of a halberd, 

 i. e. sagittate, but the basal lobes di- 

 rected outward or at right angles to 

 the midrib of the leaf; 96. 



Head. The form of inflorescence termed 

 Cajritulum, viz. a cluster of sessile 

 flowers on a very short axis and centri- 

 petal in evolution ; 147. 



Heart-shaped. Ovate with a sinus at 

 ., base; 96. 



Heart-wood. The older and matured 

 wood of an exogenous stem ; 80. 



Hebetate (-atus). Having a dull or blunt 

 and soft point. 



Helicoid (-oideus), Htlicoidal. Coiled into 

 a helix, or like a snail-shell. In true 

 helicoid inflorescence, the flowers are 

 all in a single row; 155, 157. 



Helmet. See Galea. 



Helvolus. Dull and grayish yellow. 



Hemi. Half or halved; in Greek com- 

 pounds, such as 



ffaiii-anatropous. Half anatropous. 



Hemicarp (-arpium). Half or one carpe, 

 of a Cremocarp. 



Hemitropous (-us). Same as amphitn. 

 pous or half anatropous. 



Hepta. The Greek numeral seven. 



Heptaijyma. A Linnaean artificial order, 

 having seven styles or distinct car- 

 pels; 337. 



Heptdmervus (-us). Of seven members. 



Heptandria. The Linnaean class with 

 seven stamens ; 334. 



Heptandrous. Seven-stamened; 249. 



Herb (Herba). A plant with no persist- 

 ent woody stem above ground ; 50. 



Herbaceous. Of the texture, color, or 

 other characters of an herb. 



Herbarium, Herbal. A collection of 

 dried specimens of plants, systemati- 

 cally arranged ; 380. 



Hercogamous (-us). Said of hermaphro- 

 dite flowers when some structural ob- 

 stacle prevents autogamy. 



Hermaphrodite (-itus). Of both sexes; 

 191. 



Hesperidium. A hard-rinded berry, like 

 an orange and lemon ; 299. 



Heteracmy. Synonym of Dichogamy ; 

 219 



Heteros. In Greek compounds, denotes 

 diverse or various, as 



Heternca >pous (-us, Heterocarpictts). 

 Producing more than one kind of 

 fruit. 



