GLOSSARY 153 



small leaves with, them; sometimes at end of the first 

 season (bald cypress, tamarisk), sometimes after several 

 years (arbor vitae). 



Foliar shoots. The same as foliage sprays*. 



Follicle. A small dry fruit opening down one edge. 



Fusiform. Spindle-shaped: rounded in cross-section and tap- 

 ered to base and apex. 



Gamopetalous. With the petals grown together, as in a mor- 

 ning glory, or at least at the ba&e. 



Genus. A natural group of plants comprising one or more 

 species. Generic names of trees ending in us are feminine. 



Glabrate. Nearly glabrous. 



Glabrescent. Becoming glabrous. 



Glabrous. Not hairy. 



Gland. A secreting organ: as here used, secreting nectar 

 (petiole of cherry), aromatic oil (sweetbrier foliage), or 

 balsam (cottonwood and horse-chestnut buds) ; sometimes 

 containing resin or essential oils, either on the surface 

 (bayberry) or within the substance of a leaf, etc. (orange). 



Glaucous. With a white or bluish bloom, like a plum. 



Globose. Shaped like a globe: spherical. 



Glutinous. Sticky, with resin or gum. 



Granular. Minutely or microscopically roughened. 



Gummy. Much the same as resinous, as applied to buds. 



Gymnosperms 1 . Naked-seeded flowering plants, like cycads 

 and conifers: contrasted with Angiosperms. 



Habit. General appearance, or mode of growth. 



Halberd-shaped. The same as hastate. 



Hard-wood. Technically, the lumber derived from Angiosperms. 



Hastate. Elongated, with two spreading lobes at base (leaves 

 of red sorrel, bracts of blue beech). 



Head. A round or flat cluster of sessile flowers. 



Herbaceous. Not woody. 



Homogeneous. Continuous and without firmer cross-plates or 

 diaphragms, as applied to pith. 



Horizontal. With the broad faces parallel to the earth, as 

 applied to the foliage sprays. 



