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INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



Fibrous : thread-like, 2, 18, 22. 



Fibrous tissue, 286. 



Fibro-vascular system, 287, 291, 

 295. 



Filament, 6, 211. 



Filiform, 183. 



Fimbriate: fringed. 



Fleshy fruits, 232. 



Flora : a description of the plants 

 of a district ; a collective name 

 for the whole of the species of a 

 district. 



Floral diagram, 197- 



Floral envelopes, 14, 207. 



Floral formula, 198. 



Floral symmetry, 195. 



Floret, 61. 



Flower: the part of a phanero- 

 gamous plant in which the sta- 

 mens and pistil are situated. 



Flower-head, 60. 



Flower-leaves, 11. 



Flowering plants, 359. 



Flowerless plants, 359. 



Foliaceous : like a leaf in appear- 

 ance. 



Foliage-leaves, 11, 156. 



Foliolate : having leaflets. 



Foliose (Liverwort), 344. 



Follicle, 238. 



Foot, 144. 



Forked cyme, 143. 



Free, 5, 7, 41. 



Free cell-formation, 283, 353. 



Free-central placentation, 221. 



Frond, 324. 



Fruit, 228. 



Fruit-dots, 324. 



Fugacious : falling away early. 



Fundamental tissue, 291, 303. 



Funiculus, 245. 



Funnel-shaped, Fig. 178. 



Furcate: forked. 



Fusiform : same as spindle-shaped, 

 133. 



G-alea: an arching petal or sepal, 

 as the two upper ones in Catnip, 

 Fig. 59. 



Gamopetalous, 207. 



Gamophyllous, 84. 



Gamosepalous, 34, 205. 



Gemmae, 345. 



Genera : plural of genus. 



Genus, 363. 



Germ : same as embryo. 



Germ-cells, 347. 



Germination, 132, 254. 



Gibbous : swollen on one side. 



Gills, 347. 



Glabrous, 22, 182. 



Gladiate : sword-shaped. 



Glands : applied generally to celli 

 or hairs on the surfaces of plants 

 in which resinous or oily mat- 

 ters are secreted; but the term is 

 also used to describe any pro- 

 jection, the use of which is not 

 clear, 226 



Glandular : bearing glands, 226. 



Glaucous, 182. 



Globose : like a globe or sphere. 



Glumaceous : bearing or resemc 

 ling glumes, 114, 359. 



Glumes, 101. 



Gonidia, 352. 



Gourd, 233. 



Grain, 102, 117, 241. 



Granules : particles. 



Granulose, 277. 



Gravitation, 322. 



Ground-tissue, 303. 



Growing point, 145. 



Growth, 317. 



Gum, 281. 



Gymnospermous, 144 223. 



Gymnosperms, 124, 12&, S59. 



Gynandrous, 91, 213. 



Gynoecium, 199, 215. 



Habitat : a term applied to C^u 

 region most favourable to tJ-.a 

 growth of a plant: tha plwi- 

 where it grows naturally. 



Hairs, 226. 



Hairy, 4. 



Halberd-shaped, Fig. 154. 



Half-inferior, 49, 216. 



Half- superior, 49. 



Hastate, Fig. 154. 



Head, 189. 



Heart-shaped, 175. 



Helicoid cyme, 144. 



Hemicyclic flowers, 195. 



Heptandrous : with seven distinct 

 stamens. 



