GLOSSARY. 



Floret : a diminutive flower ; one of the flowers of a head (or of the so-called 



compound flower) of Compositse. 



Flower: the whole organs of reproduction of Phaenogamous plants. 

 Flower-bud : an unopened flower. 



Folidceous: belonging to, or of the texture or nature of, a leaf (folium}. 

 Ftfliose : leafy ; abounding in leaves. 

 Fdliolate: relating to or bearing leaflets (foliola). 

 Follicle : a simple pod, opening down the inner suture. 

 Follfcular : resembling or belonging to a follicle. 

 Foramen : a hole or orifice, as that of the ovule. 



Fornix : little arched scales in the throat of some corollas, as of Comf rey. 

 Ftirnicate : over-arched, or arching over. 

 Foveate: deeply pitted. Fove'olate: diminutive of foveate. 

 Free : not united with any other parts of a different sort. 

 Fringed : the margin beset with slender appendages, bristles, &c. 

 Frond: what answers to leaves in Ferns ; the stem and leaves fused into 



one body, as in Duckweed and many Liverworts, &c. 

 Frtfndose : frond-bearing ; like a frond : or sometimes used for leafy. 

 Fructification : the state of fruiting. 



Fruit : the matured ovary and all it contains or is connected with. 

 Frutescent: somewhat shrubby ; becoming a shrub (frutex). 

 Fruticulose: like a small shrub. Fruticose.- shrubby. 

 Fugacious : soon falling off or perishing. 

 Fulvous : tawny ; dull yellow with gray. 

 Funfculus : the stalk of a seed or ovule. 

 Funnel-form, or Funnel-shaped: expanding gradually upwards, like a funnel 



or tunnel. 

 Furcate: forked. 



Furfurdceous : covered with bran-like fine scurf. 

 Furrowed : marked by longitudinal channels or grooves. 

 Fuscous : deep gray-brown. 

 Fusiform : spindle-shaped. 



Gdleate : shaped like a helmet (galea) ; as the upper sepal of the Monkshood, 



and the upper lip of the corolla of Dead-Nettie. 



Gamopetalous : of united petals ; same as monopetaJous, and a better word. 

 Gamophyllous : formed of united leaves. Gamosepalous : formed of united 



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

 Gemma : a bud. 



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

 GeniculaU: bent abruptly, like a knee (genu), as many stems. 

 Genus : a kind ; a rank above species. 



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

 Germination : the development of a plantlet from the seed. 

 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. 

 Gladiate : sword-shaped, as the leaves of Iris. 

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