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Geminate: twin ; in pairs; as tlic flowers of Linnica. 



Gemma : a luul. 



Gemmation: tlie state fif luidilinf;, or flic arranfjrenifnt- of parts in the i)ud. 



Gimmnle : a small luid ; tla- inids of Mosses ; the phiinule, p. 6. 



Geniculate: bent alHuptly, like a knee (ijenu), as many stems. 



Genus: a kind ; a rank above speeies ; p. 175, 176. 



Generic Names, p. 178. Generic Character, p. 181. 



Geajrap/iiral Botani/ : the study of plants in their <};cni.napliiral relations, p. 3. 



Germ: a f:ro\vin<^ jjoint ; a yomii^; iuid; sometimes the same as emi)ryo ; p. 1.36. 



Germen : tlie old name for ovary. 



Germination : the develoi)ment of a plantlot from the seed ; p. 5, 137. 



Giblnns: more tumid* at one plaee or on one side tiian the other. 



Glnltrate: hccomini^ glabrous witli a<;e, or almost glabrous. 



Glabrous: smooth, i. e. having no hairs, bristles, or other pubcscentv. 



Ghuliate: sword-shajied ; as the leaves of Iris, (ig. 134. 



Glands: small cellular organs which .secrete oily or aromatic or other products: 

 they are sometimes sunk in the leaves or rind, as in the Orange, Prickly 

 Ash, &c ; sometimes on the surface as small projections ; sometimes raised 

 on hairs or bristles (glandular hairs, S,-c.), as in the Sweetbricr and Sua- 

 dew. The name is also given to any small swellings, &c., whether they 

 . secrete anytiiing or not. 



Glandular, Glaiidulose : furnished with glands, or gland-like. 



Glans ( Gland) : the acorn or mast of Oak and similar fruits. 



Glaucescenl: slightly glaucous, or bluish-gray. 



Glaucous: covered with a bloom, viz. with a fine white powder that rubs off, like 

 that on a fresh plum, or a cabbage-leaf. 



Glol>ose: spherical in form, or nearly so. Globular: nearly globose. 



Glochidiale (hairs or bristles): barbed; tipped with barbs, or with a double 

 hooked ]>oint. 



Gldmerate : closely aggregated into a dense duster. 



GIdmerule: a dense head-like cluster; p. 83. 



Glossolotjij : the department of Botany in which technical terms arc explained. 



Glumaccous : glume-like, or glumc-bcaring. 



Glume: G'umes arc the husks or floral coverings of Grasses, or, particulailj, 

 the outer husks or bracts of each sj)ikelet. (Manual, p. 535 ) 



Glnmelles: the inher husks, or pale.-c, of Grasses. 



Gluten: a vegetable product containing nitrogen ; p. 105. 



Granular: composed cff grains. Granule: a small grain. 



(howth, p 138. 



Grumous or Grumosr : formed of coarse clustered grains. 



Gittlale: spotted, as if by drops of something colored. 



Gi/mnordr/>ons : naked-fruited. 



Gifmnosjx'rmnus : naked-seeded; p. 121. 



Gymnospennce, or Gi/mnospennous Plants, p. 194 ; Manual, p. xxiii. 



Gi/nu'ndrnns : with stamens borne on, i. c. united with, the pistil ; ]>. Ill, fig. 226. 



Gijuu;ctum : a name for the pistils of a flower taken altogether. 



Gi/nolxise : a particular recc|)tacle or support of the ])istils, or of the carpels of 

 a compound ovary, as in Geranium, fig. 277, 278. 

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