GLOSSARY. 331 



Gon'ophore. A stem supporting stamens and pistil. 69. 



Gyn'obase. A dilated base, or receptacle, bearing a many-celled 

 ovary. 



Gyn'ophore. The stem that raises the pistil above the stamens. 



Gynosper'mous. Naked-seeded. 184. 



Has'tate. With a spreading lobe each side of the base. n. 



Heptan'drous. Having seven stamens. 49. 



Herba'ceous. Like herbage. Not woody. 



Hermaph'rodite. Having both stamens and pistil. 



Hesperid'ium. A fruit like the orange. 109. 



Heterog'amous. Bearing flowers of different kinds as to stamens and 

 pistil. 145. 



Hexan'drous. With.six stamens. 49. 



Hi'lum. The scar left after separation of seed from placenta. 105. 



Hirsute'. Hairy. 



His'pid. Beset with stiff hairs. 



Hoary. Grayish white. 



Homog'amous. Bearing like flowers as to stamens and pistil. 145. 



Homo'tropous. Curved with the seed. Fig. 382. 



Hybrid. Cross-breed. 



Hypog'ynous. Inserted under the pistil. 60. 



Im'bricate. Overlapping. 



Imperfect (flowers). Wanting either stamens or pistil. 45. 



Incised. Cut deeply and irregularly. 



Included. Inclosed within. 90. 



Incum'bent (cotyledons). With the radicle folded back upon one of 

 the cotyledons. 123. 



Indefinite. More than twelve. 49. 



Indehis'cent. Not bursting open. 109. 



Indig'enous. Native to the country. 



Inferior. Growing below some other organ. 59. 



Inflated. Turgid and bladdery. 



Inflected. Bent inward. 



Inflores'cence. The arrangement of flowers on the stem. 29. 



Insertion. The place and mode of attachment of a part to its sup- 

 port. 23. 



In'ternode. The space between two nodes. 21, 



In'tine. The inner coat of a pollen-grain. 88. 



Introrse'. Facing inward. 85. 



Involu'cre. The outer green circle of bracts of a flower-head. 140. 



In'volute. Rolled inward. 22. 



Irreg'ular dehis'cence. When seeds escape through chinks or pores 

 or other irregular openings. 102. 



