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



Gemma : a bud. 



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



Gemmule : a small bud ; the buds of Mosses ; the plumule, p. 6. 



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



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



Generic Names, p. 178. 



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 plantlet 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 pubescent*. 



Gladiate: 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, frc. ), as in the Sweetbrier and Sun- 

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

 secrete anything or not. 



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



Glans ( Gland) : the acorn or mast of Oak arid 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. Gldbidar : nearly globose. 



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

 hooked point. 



Gldmerate : closely aggregated into a dense cluster. 



Glo'merule : a dense head-like cluster ; p. 83. 



Glossology : the department of Botany in which technical terms are explained. 



Glumaceous : glume-like, or glume-bearing. 



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

 the outer husks or bracts of each spikelet. 



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



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



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



Growth, p 138. 



Grumous or Grumose : formed of coarse clustered grains. 



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



Gyrnnocdrpous : naked-fruited. 



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



Gi/nmospermce, or Gymnospermous Plants, p. 184. 



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



Gyna'cium : 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 ovam as in Geranium, fig. 277, 278. 

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