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Geminate: twin; in pairs ; as the flowers of Linnsea. 



Gemma : a bud. 



Gemmation : the state of budding, or the arrangement of parts in the bud. * 



Gc'inmule : a small bud ; the buds of Mosses ; the plumule, p. 6. 



Geniculate: bent abruptly, like a knee (gemi), as many stems. 



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



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



Geographical Botany: the study of plants in their geographical relations, p. 3. 



Germ: a growing point ; a young bud; sometimes the same as embryo ; p. 136. 



Germen : the old name for ovary. 



Germination: the development of a plantlct from the seed ; p. 5, 137. 



Gibbous : more tumid at one place or on one side than the other. 



Glabrate: becoming glabrous with age, or almost glabrous. 



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



Gfadiate: sword-shaped; as the leaves of Iris, fig. 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, $*c.), as in the Sweetbricr and Sun- 

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

 secrete anything or not. 



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



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



Glaucescent: 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. 



Globose: spherical in form, or nearly so. Gldbular : nearly globose. 



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

 hooked point. 



Gldmerate : closely aggregated into a dense cluster. 



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



Glossolw/y : the department of Botany in which technical terms are explained. 



Glumaci ons : glume-like, or glume-bearing. 



Glume: Glumes are the husks or floral coverings of Grasses, or, particularly, 

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



Glumelles: the inner husks, or paleae, of Grasses. 



Gluten: a vegetable product containing nitrogen; p. 165. 



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



Groicth, p 138. 



Grumous or Grumosc: formed of coarse clustered grains. 



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



Gymnocdrpous : naked-fruited. 



Gymnospe'rmous : naked-seeded; p. 121. 



Gymttospe'rmcp, or Gymnospermons Plants, p. 184; Manual, p. xxiii. 



Gyndndrous : with stamens borne on, i. e. united with, the pistil ; p. Ill, fig. 226. 



GyncKcium : a name for the pistils of a flower taken altogether. 



Gynobase : a particular receptacle or support of the pistils, or of the carpels of 

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

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