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GAPING ; a term applied to the blossoms of several 

 plants in the class Didynamia, from their re- 

 semblance to an open mouth : as Ground Ivy. 

 [Plate 16.] 



GELATINOUS ; like jelly. 



GEN'ERA ; the plural of the word genus. 



GE'NUS ; one of the subdivisions in every Botanical 

 system ; containing Plants of the same classes and 

 orders, which agree in their flowers and fruit. 



GERMEN ; the lower part of a pistil. It is the young 

 fruit, scarcely formed, and becomes afterwards the 

 Seed-vessel. [Plate 1.] The germen is sometimes 

 placed below the calyx and corolla, sometimes above 

 or within them. See INFERIOR, and SUPERIOR. 



GLANDS ; solid bodies, which afford a peculiar fluid : 

 differently situated in different plants. In the Wall- 

 flower, they are placed at the foot of the shorter sta- 

 mens. [Plate 1.] 



r , fa natural family of plants ; comprehend- 



vjrRA^t IN A } I 



C \ * n & P rmci P a lly those of the order Di- 



Lgynia, in the class Triandria. 



GRINNING, or Ringent. See RINGENT. 



GYMNOSPER'MIA ; (naked-seeded) having seeds 



L without a covering; as in Ground Ivy. [Plate 16.] 

 The name of one of the orders in the class Didy- 

 namia. 



GYNAN'DRIA ; stamens growing upon the pistils: the 

 name of the twentieth class ; in which the flowers 

 have a very peculiar structure ; as in the Orchises. 

 [Plate 2.] 



