GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



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Exospore ; Gr. exo, and sporos, seed 

 Extrorse ; Lat. e.ctrorxum, outwards 



Fascicular ; Lat. fasciculus, a small bundle 



Filament ; Lat. Jilum, a thread 



Filiform ; Lat. Jilum, and forma, form 



Fistular ; Lat. listula, a pipe 



Flagellum ; Lat flagella, a little whip 



Fusiform ; Lat. fusus, a spindle, and for mi, form 



Galeate ; Lat. galea, a helmet 

 Gamete ; Gr. wife or husband 

 Gamopetalous ; Gr. yamos, marriage, and petal. 



Applied to corolla. 

 Gamosepalous ; Gr. gamos, and sepal. Applied to 



calyx 



Gibbous ; Lat. gibiosus, humped 

 Glume ; Lat. yluma, a husk 

 Gluten ; Lat. paste 

 Gynmosperm ; Gr. gumnos, naked, and sperma, 



seed 



Gymnostomous ; Gr. gumnos, and stoma, a mouth 

 GyncBcium ; Gr, gune, a female, and oiko*, a house 

 Gynandrous ; Gr. gune, and andros, a male 



Hastate ; Lat. hasta, a spear 



Heterophyllous ; Gr. hcteros, different, and phullon, 



a leaf 



Heterostylism ; Gr. heteros, and style 

 Hilum ; Lat. a very small thing 

 Hydrophilae ; Gr. udor, water, and phileo, to love 

 Hypocrateriform ; Gr. hypo, under, and krater, a 



goblet 



Indusium ; Lat. an under-garment 



Inflorescence ; a collective name for all the flowers 



produced on one floral shoot 

 Infundibuliforrn ; Lat. infundibulum, a funnel 

 Introrse ; Lat. introrsum, inwards 

 Involucre ; Lat. involucrum, a wrapper 

 Involute ; Lat. involutus, wrapped up 



Labiate ; Lat. labium, a lip 



Laciniated ; Lat. lacinia, a fringe or border 



Latex ; Lat. juice 



Leguinin ; Lat. pulse 



Leukoplasts ; Gr. leukos, white, and plasma, that 



which has teen formed 

 Loculicidal ; Lat. loculus, a little place, and ccedo, 



to cut. 



Malacophilse ; Gr. -nmlakoat, soft [mollusc], and 



phileo, to love 

 Manubrium ; Lat. a handle 

 Medullary ; Lat. medulla, the marrow 

 Megaspore ; Gr. mega, great, and sporos, seed 

 Meristem ; Gr. mcristos, divided 

 Mesocarp ; Gr. mesos, middle, and karpos, fruit 

 Metabolism ; Gr. metabole, a changing 

 Micropyle ; Gr. mikros, little, and pule, a gate 

 Microspore ; Gr. mikros, and sporos, seed 

 Monadelphous ; Gr. monos, sole, and adelphos, 



brother 



Moniliform ; Lat. monila, a necklace 

 Monoecious ; Gr. monos, one, and oikos, a house 

 Mucronate ; Lat. mucro, a sharp point 

 Multicellular ; made up of many cells 

 Mycele ; Gr. mukos, mushroom, and kele, a 



tumour 



Napiform ; Lat. napus, a turnip, and forma, 



form 

 Nodulose ; Lat. nodus, a knot 



Xucellus ; Lat. nucula, a small nut 

 Nucleus ; Lat. nux, a nut or kernel 



Obcordate ; Lat. ol, inversely, and cor, the heart 

 Obovate ; Lat. ob, and oratus, egg-shaped 

 Oophyte ; Gr. oon, an egg, and phuton, a plant 

 Oosperm ; Gr. oon, and spcrma, seed 

 Oosphere ; Gr. oon, and sphaira, a sphere 

 Orbicular ; Lat. orbiculus, a small disc 

 Ornithophilse ; Gr. ornithos, a bird, and phileo, to 



love 



Orthotropoua ; Gr. orthos, straight 

 Ostiolum ; Lat. diminutive of ostium, a door 

 Ovary, Ovule ; Lat. ovum, an egg 



Pales ; Lat. palea, chaff 

 Palmate ; Lat. palma, the palm of. the hand 

 Panicle ; Lat. paniculu, cat's-tail 

 Papilionaceous ; Lat. papilio, a butterfly 

 Pappus ; Gr. pappos, the down of plants 

 Paraphyse ; Gr. paraphus, growing beside 

 Parenchyma ; Gr. parenchuma, the spongy sub- 

 stance of the lungs 

 Paripinnate ; Lat. par, equal, and pinnatus, 



leathered 



Pedate ; Lat. pedatus, from pcs, foot 

 Pedicel, pedicillate, peduncle; Lat. diminutives of 



pes, pedis, the foot 

 Peloria ; Gr. peloron, a monster 

 Peltate ; Lat. pelta, a shield 

 Perfoliate ; Lat. per, through, and folium, a leaf 

 Perianth ; Gr. peri, about, and anthos, a flower 

 Pericarp ; Gr. peri, and karpos, fruit 

 Perichsete ; Gr. peri, and chaite, flowing hair 

 Peridium ; Gr. peri, and idea, form 

 Perigone ; Gr. peri, and gone, womb 

 Perisperm ; Gr. peri, and sperma, seed 

 Peristome ; Gr. peri, and stoma, a mouth 

 Personate ; Lat. personatus, masked 

 Petal ; Fr. petale, a leaf, used in reference to floral 



leaves only 

 Phanerogam ; Gr. phaneros, evident, and gamos, 



marriage 



Phloem ; Gr. phloios, inner bark 

 Phyco-erythrin ; Gr. phitkos, sea-weed, and eri/thros, 



red 

 Phylloclades ; Gr. phullon, a leaf, and klados, a 



branch 



Phyllode ; Gr. phullon, and eidos, likeness 

 Phyllotaxy ; Gr. phullon, and taxis, order 

 Phylloxarithin ; Gr. phullon, and xnnthos, yellow 

 Pileorhiza ; Gr. pileus, a cap, and rhiza, root 

 Pileus ; Gr. a cap or helmet 

 Pinnatifid ; Lat. pinnatus, feathered, and Undo, 



I split 



Pinnatisect ; Lat. pinnatus, and seco, I cut 

 Pistil ; L&t. pistillum, a pestle 

 Plasmodium ; Gr. plasma, anything moulded 

 Plicate ; Lat. plica, a fold 

 Plumule ; Lat. pluma, a feather 

 Pollen ; Lat. fine flour or dust 

 Polyadelphous ; Gr. polus, many, and adelphos, 



brothe s 



Primine ; Lat. primus, first 

 Procarp ; Gr. protos, first, and karpos, fruit 

 Prosenchyma ; Gr. pros, beside, and enchuma, 



something poured in 

 Proteus ; a fabulous person who could change his 



form at will 

 Protandrous ; 'Gr. proteros, before, and andros, 



male 



Protogynous ; Gr. proteros, and gune, female 

 Prothallium ; Gr. proteros, and thallos, a shoot 



