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GLOSSARY. 



Gymnotpermia. A Linnsean artificial 

 order of Didynamia, in which the 

 nutlets resulting from tour divisions 

 of an ovary were taken for naked 

 seeds; 337. 



Gyrnru.sperms, Gymnospermce. A sub- 

 class of naked-seeded plants ; 268, 344. 



Gymnospermous (-us). Naked-seeded, as 

 opposed to Angiospermous. 



Gynandria. A Linnaean class, character- 

 ized by the flower being 



Gynandrous. Stamens borne on (adnate 

 to) the pistil, even to the style or 

 stigma; 251, 335. 



Gynobfise ( Gynobasis). An enlargement 

 or production of the torus on which 

 the gyncccium rests or is somewhat 

 elevated; 212.. 



G yno-dioRcious. Dioecious with some 

 flowers hermaphrodite and others pis- 

 tillate only; 191. 



Gijnoscium. The pistil or collective pis- 

 tils of a flower; the female portion of 

 a flower as a whole; 165. 



Gynophore (Gynophorum). The stipe of 

 a pistil; 212. 



Gynosteyium. A sheath or covering of 

 the gynoscium, of whatever nature. 



Gynostemium. The column of an Orchid, 

 consisting of androscium and summit 

 of the gyncccium 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. 



Halbert- or Halberd-shaped. See Has- 

 tate. 



Haloed. See Dimidiate; with one half 

 absent or appearing to be so. 



Hamate (-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. 



Haplostemonnus (-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 

 Capitulum, 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], Heiicoidal. 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. 

 Ifelvulus. Dull and grayish yellow. 

 Hemi. Half or halved; in Greek com- 

 pounds, such as 



Hemi-anatrapous. Half anatropous. 

 Hemicarj) (-arpium). Half or one carpel 



of a Cremocarp. 

 Hemitropous (-us). Same as amphitro- 



pous or half anatropous. 

 Hepta. The Greek numeral seven. 

 Heptayynia. A Linnaean artificial order, 

 having seven styles or distinct car- 

 pels ; 337. 



Hrptdmerous (-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. 

 Hercoyamous (-us). Said of hermaphro- 

 dite flowers when some structural ob- 

 stacle prevents autogamy. 

 Hermaphrodite (-itus). Of both sexes; 



191. 

 ffetperidium. A hard-rinded berrv, like 



an orange and lemon ; 299. 

 Heteracmy. Synonym of Dichogamy ; 



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 Heteros. In Greek compounds, denotes 



diverse or various, as 

 IletiT'icmpous (-us, Heterocarpicus). 

 Producing more than one kind of 

 fruit. 



