104 GLOSSARY. 



FURCATE, forked. 



GIBBOUS, bulged out. 



GLABROUS, bald ; smooth. 



GLAUCOUS, hoary grey-green, like the back of a cab- 

 bage-leaf. 



GRUMOUS, thick ; clotted. 



GYRATE, curled up. 



HABITAT, the native home of a plant, where it grows 

 indigenously. 



HERBACEOUS, green and leafy. 



HYBRID, a mixed plant, composed of two species. 



HYBRIDIZATION, the commingling or running of plants 

 of different species one with the other. 



IMBRICATED, laid one upon the other, like tiles. 



IMMERSED, sunk 



INDECIDUOUS, retaining its leaves during the winter, 

 whether changed in their colour or not. 



INDUSIUM, the cover over the mass of spore-cases. 



INVOLUCRE, used by some writers for indusium. 



LACINIATED, jagged. 



LANCEOLATE, narrow- oblong -triangular above, and 

 contracted again below ; lance-shaped. 



LATERAL, springing from the side of the root, stem, &c. 



LIGULATE, strap-shaped, like the blade of a paper- 

 cutter. 



LINEAR, very narrow, with the two sides parallel. 



LOBED, divided more or less deeply down into scallops, 

 or parts rounded at their edges. 



LOBE, scalloped portion of the leaf between its divi- 

 sions ; or leaf itself, or branch, when not cut 

 down quite to the stem; sometimes used for 

 perfect leaf. 



