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latter only, is the fruit, while the former is >ut the c.ise or vessel 

 \vhich contains it. ^^ 



Brutes wit. Becoming shrubby. 



Fnt'tex. A shrub. 



Put' era. Props, supports; as the petiole, pedurele, &c. 



fWvmis Yellowish. 



Furigi. The plural of Fungus, a mushroom. 



Fun'gous. Growing rapidly, with a soft texture like the Fungi. 



Mm'*Z-/bnfi. Tubular at the bottom and gradually expanded at the 

 top. 



Fu'siform. Spindle shaped, a root thick at the top and tapering down- 

 wards. 



pon the stem and \ 



defend it from inju- 

 the future plant in 



le, though if the bud I 



G. 



Ga'lea. A helmet. 



Gem'ma. A bud containing a plant seated upon the stem and 

 branches, and covered with scales, in order to de^ 

 ry. The bud resembles the seed in containing tl 

 embryo; but this embryo is destitute of a radicle, 

 is planted in the earth, a radicle is developed. 



Gemma'ceous. Belonging to a bud. Made of the scales of a bud. 



Gencr'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 similar in 

 their flower and fruit. Plants of the same genus usually 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 o f Us em- 

 bryo. 



Gibbous. Swelled out commonly on one side. 



Glabel'lous. Bald, without covering. 



Gla'bro-us. Sleek, without hairiness. 



Gland. A ^mall appendage, which seems to perform some office of 

 secretion or exhalation. 



Gland'ular. Having hairs tipped with little heads or glands 



Glaucous. Sea green, mealy, and easily rubbed off. 



Glome. A roundish head of flowers. 



Glom'erate. Many branchlets terminated by little heads. 



Glume. The scales or chafTof grasses, composing the calyx ana co- 

 rolla, the lower ones are called the calyx, all others the corolla; 

 . oach 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. 



Gun, (from gonu, a knee or angie;) as pentagon, five angled; hexa- 

 gon, six angled ; polygon, many angled. 



Graff-ing. Is the process of uniting the branches or buds of two or 

 more separate trees. The bud or branch <-f one tree, is inserted 

 into the bark of another, and the tree which is thus engrafted upon 

 i Called the stock. 



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