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Fugaceous. Falling soon after development. 

 Fugitive. Plants not native, but recurring here and there, 

 without apparently becoming established. 



Gamete. A sexual c_ell. 



Gametophyte. The sexual generation of plants. 

 Geophilous. Earth-loving; growing partly or completely sub- 

 terranean. 

 Gibbous. Enlarged or swollen on one side. 

 Glabrate. Nearly without hairs. 

 Glabrous. Without hairs. 

 Gland. A group of secreting cells. 

 Glaucous. Covered w'ith a bluish or white bloom. 

 Globose. Spherical or nearly so. 

 Glutinous. Sticky or gummy. 

 Gynecium. The whole set of carpels in a flower. 



Habit. General aspect. 



Habitat. The place where a plant grows. 



Hastate.' Arrow-shaped with the basal lob^s diverging. 



Head. A dense, round inflorescence of sessile or nearly sessile 



flowers. 

 Herbaceous. Leaf-like in texture and color. 

 Hirsute. Having rather coarse stiff hairs. 

 Hispid. With bristly stiff hairs. 

 Hydrophyte. A water plant. 

 Hypanthium. Any enlargement or special development of the 



torus, in a flower, on which the sepals, petals, and 



stamens are borne; a perigynous disk. 

 ITypogynous. Having the calyx, corolla, and andrecium l)e- 



low the gynecium. 



I mbricatcd. Overlapping. 



Imperfect. Monosporangiate flowers ; having only stamens or 



only carpels. 

 Incised. Cut into sharp lobes. 



Included. Not projecting beyond surrounding parts. 

 Indehiscent. Not opening. 

 Inequilateral. With unequal sides. 

 Inferior. Situated or arising below other organs. 

 Inflorescence. The flower cluster of a plant and its mode of 

 arrangement. 



