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FREE. Said of veins in a leaf that are simple or forked, 



but whose branches do not unite. 

 FUGACIOUS. Falling away early. 

 GAMETOPHYTE. The phase of a fern that produces the 



sexual organs. 

 GLABROUS. Without hairs. 

 HASTATE. Shaped like an arrow-head with the basal 



lobes directed outward. 

 IMBRICATE. Overlapping. 

 INCISED. Gut sharply and irregularly. 

 INDUSIUM. The covering of a sorus in ferns. 

 LABYRINTHIFORM. Having complicated curved lines. 

 LANCEOLATE. Shaped like a lance-head. 

 LEAFLET. A division of a compound leaf. 

 LIGULE. A projection at the top of a sheath. 

 LINEAR. Narrow and elongate, with parallel sides. 

 LOBE. A segment, usually if rounded. 

 LOBED. Having rounded segments. 

 MEGASPORANGIUM. The envelope in which macrospores 



are developed or contained. 

 MEGASPORE. The larger kind of a spore where there 



are two kinds. 

 MICROSPORANGIUM. The envelope in which microspores 



are developed or contained. 

 MICROSPORE. The smaller kind of spore where there 



are two kinds. 



MIDRIB. The main vein of a leaf or of a leaflet. 

 MONOECIOUS. Having antheridia and archegonia on the 



same prothallium. 

 MYCORHIZA. A fungus living in symbiotic relation in 



the roots of a higher plant. 

 OB-. In combination, meaning inversion. 

 OBLIQUE. Slanting. 



