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FLESHY, thick, pulpy. 



FLEXUOUS, having a bent or wavy direction. 

 FLORET, a little flower, part of a compound flower, 

 FOLIACEOUS, leafy. 



FOOT-STALK, a term used instead of peduncle and petiole. 

 FRIABLE, easily crumbled, or reduced to a powder. 

 FRUCTIFICATION, the act of causing fruit, theory of germi- 

 nation. 



FUNICLE, the stalk which connects the ovule to the ovary. 

 FUSIFORM, radish or carrot shaped. 



GENERA, a family of plants agreeing in their flower and fruit. 

 GERM, the lower part of the pistil, afterwards the fruit. 

 GERMINATION, the swelling of seed, and the unfolding of its 



embryo. 



GRANDIFLORA, having large flowers. 

 GLABROUS, smooth. 



GLANDULOUS, having small glands on the surface, 

 GLAUCOUS, smooth, of a sea-green color. 

 GLABOSE, round or spherical like the orange. 

 GLUME, a part of the floral envelopes of grass. 



HASTATE, formed like the head of the ancient halbert, 



HERB, a plant without a woody stem. 



HERBACEOUS, plants not woody. 



HERBAGE, every part of a plant, except the root and fructificatious 



part. 

 HISPID, when the spines on the surface of the leaf are not very 



visible to the naked eye. 

 HOARY, covered over with white down. 

 HYBRID, a vegetable production, by the mixture of two species ; 



seeds of hybrid plants are not fertile. 



IMBRICATED, lying over, like shingles of a roof. 



IMPERFECT, wanting the stamens or pistils. 



INDIGENOUS, native, growing wild in a country. 



INFLEX, or INCURVED, folding inwards. 



INVOLUCRE, where the bracteae, or floral leaves, are set in a whorl. 



