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INDEX AlfD VOCABULARY. 



Oenic tdate. Forming an angle at the point like 



a beut knee, 41. 

 Gkntiana'ck.?:, 492. 



Oe'nus. (The plural of genus is genera.) A 

 family of plauts aj^reeing in»their flowei- and 

 fruit. Plauts of the same genus are thought to 

 possess similar medicinal powers. 

 Gkrama'ce.*:, 429. 

 Gera'jiium, 246, 247, Fig. 180. 

 Ocrm. 'i'he lower part of the pistil, wliicii after- 

 ward becomes the fruit, 8G, b", 140, cl. 

 Oerminn'tion. The swelling of a seed and the 



unfolding of its embryo, 114. 

 Oes'ner, 344. 

 GESNERiA'rE.t, 484, 

 G<'rt?tf-fennel, PI. 2, Fig. 3. 

 Oib'bous. Enlarged. 

 Oills, 290. 

 Ohi'/Tcr, 165. 

 Qird'llng trees, 127, a. 

 Glabcl'lous. Dald, without covering. 

 Glabrous. Sleek, without hairiness. 

 Glands, 64, a; 118. a. 

 Glan'du/ar. Furnished with glands. 

 Glaucous. Sea-green, mealy, and easily rubbed 



off. 

 Globose. Round or spherical. 

 Glom'erate. Densely clustered. 

 Glo'merule, 84, 

 Glossal' ogy. (From glossa, a tongue or language, 



and ligvs, a discourse,) 

 Gluma'cea, 154. 

 Glume, 68, a, 173, Fig. 131. 

 Glumel'ltus, 68, b. 

 Gluten^ 141. 



Glu'tinous. Viscid, adhesive. 

 Gold'en-Tod, 262, 



Gon. (From gonn, a knee or angle) ; as penta- 

 gon, five-ansled ; hexagon, six-angled. 

 Goosf-foot, 189. 

 Graft' ing, 227, 322. 

 Grain, 176. 

 Gramina'ckje, 559. 

 Gramin'eovs, Grass-like; such plants are also 



called culmiferous. 

 Grandiflo'rus. Having large flowers. 

 Granular. Formed of grains, or covered with 



grains. 

 Gran'ulated root, 35. 

 Grape, 187, Fig. 185. 



— vines, 187, a. 



Grass'es, 173, 236. 



Grave olcns. Having a strong odor. 



Green principle, 140. 



Grcga'rious. In flocks ; plants growing together 



in groups. 

 Grooved. Marked with deep lines. 

 Grossula'ce/E, 454. 

 Groicth of plants, 133. 

 Groups of plants, 151. 

 Gru'mose. Thick, crowde'd. 



root, 35. b. 



Gum resins, 140, e. 



Gums, 140, d. » 



Gymnocar'pcs. (From gumnos, naked, and kar- 



pos, fruit.) 89, a. 

 Gymnosper'mia. (From gumnos, naked, and 



sperma, seed.) 236, 237. 

 Gynm'cium. Tlio pistillate system. 

 Oynan'dria. f-tauu-ns growing upon the pis- 

 til, 267. 

 Gyn'in. From the Greek, signifjing pistil. 

 Gy'nophore. A term applied to the receptacle 



when it bears the gyna^cium alone. 

 Gy'nostemium. Column formed by the union of 



the filaments with the pistil. 



Eab'it. The general appearance of a plant, by 

 which it is known at sight. 



Habita'tions of plants, 313. 



Habita'tiu or Habitat, The native situation oJ 



plants. 

 Hf:b'its of plants, 309, 310, 311. 



H^MODORA'CE.t, 546. 



HUora'gce, 452. 

 Hamamela'ce.k, 461. 



Hastate. Shaped like a halbert; lanceolate, 



with a divaricate lobe on each side at the base. 



Head. A dense collection of sessile flowers, 84, 



Fig. 94, c. 

 Heads of flowers, 84, a. 

 Heart-wood, 129. 

 Heat, 114, a, 312. 

 Heath, 208. 

 Hen v' ally bodies, 368. 

 Heiiaii'thus. 258, 263. 

 Hel'Ubore, 233. 

 Hel'mct ; galea. The concave upper Jip of a 



labiate flower, 

 Hem'atine, 141. 



Hem'icarp. Half carpel or fruit. 

 Hepatic. Liver-like. 

 Hepatic^, 56G. 

 Herb, 23. 



Herbaceous. Not woody. 

 Herb' age. Every part of a plant except the root 



and fructification. 

 Herbarium. A collection of dried plants, 24. 



labels for, 14. 



mode of preparing, 24. 



Hexag'onal. Six-cornered. 



Hi'uns. Gaping. 



Hi'lum, 99. 



Hippocasta'n.'e. 



Hippocrates, 331. 



Hip'puris, 164. 



Hirsute. Rough-haired. 



His'pid. Bristly. 



Hoar'y. Covered with white pubescence. 



Homog'amous. Syngenesious flowers, all similar^ 



tubular and perfect. 

 Hol'ly, 182. 

 Hvl'lyhock, 248. 

 Honey, 75, a. 



Hood!cd.. Cucullate, or cowled. 

 Hop, 283, Fig. 206. 

 Hora'rius. Continuing but an hour. 

 Horn. Elongation like a horn. 

 Horse-chest' nut, 202. 

 Hous'tonia cerulea, 178. 

 House-leek, PI. 4, Fig. 5. 

 Hum'boldt''s division of regions, 319. 

 Hum'ilis. Low. 

 Husk. The larger kind of glume, as the huska 



of Indian corn. 

 Hyalines. Water-color. 

 Hyber'nalis. Growing in winter. 

 Hybrids. Variations produced by fertilizing the 



ovary of one plant with the pollen of a nearly 



allied species. 

 HydrnngecE, 220. 

 Hydrocharida'ce^, 538. 

 IIydrophylla'ce.*:, 491. 

 Hyperica'ceje, 416. 

 Hitper'icum, 256. 



Hy'po. Greek vpo, under; used iu the com- 

 position of scientific terms. 

 Hypocrater'iform. 8alver-shaped, with a tube 



abruptly expanded into a flat border. 

 Hypog ynous, 11. 



Ichtkyol'ogy, 376. 

 Icosav'dria, 224, a. 

 Illecebrm, 418. 



Im'bricate. Lying over, like scales, or the shin- 

 gles of a roof. 

 Imper'fect. Wanting the stamen or pistil. 

 Imprea'aions of leaves, 27. 



