riavescens 



(464) 



Hastate 



Flaveseois, becoming yellow. 



Flams, pale yellow. 

 Flexilis, pliable, flexible. 



Flexuosc, crooked, zigzag, chang- 

 ing in direction after each 

 joint. 



Floteote, covered with little 'wool- 

 like tufts. 



Flurc plena, double flowered. 



florets, little flowers; the small, 

 individual flowers (often called 

 petals) which go to make up 

 a Composite flower. 



Flondns, flourishing. 



Jiloriferous, bearing flowers. 



Flos, a flower. 



Foetidus, stinking. 



Foliaceous, leafy, having the form 

 of leaves. 



Foliaris, an appendage to a leaf. 



Foliation, leaf development. 



Foliosus, with leaves exceptionally 

 numerous. 



Folium, ii leaf. 



Fontamis, pertaining to a spring 

 of water. 



Foramen, an opening in the cover 

 of an ovnle. 



Fornicatus, arched, vaulted. 



Foeeolate, having pits and depres- 

 sions. 



Fragilis, fragile, breaking readily. 



Fragrans, emitting a sweet per- 

 fume. 



Fragrantiishnns, very fragrant, the 

 sweetest of all. 



Fraxineits, belonging to the Ash. 



Frigidus, cold, freezing. 



I'rin'/ed, bordered with fine hairs or 

 fringe. 



Frond, the leaf of a Fern. 



F-rondose. applied to cryptogamous 

 plants with leafy expansion. 



Fructification, the parts which 

 compose the flower and fruits 

 of a plant. 



Fruit, the ripened seed vessel with 

 its contents and external cover- 

 ing. 



Frutescens, becoming bushy. 



Frutex, a shrub. 



Fruticosus, shrubbv. 



Fitcati/s, painted, counterfeit. 



Fuciformis, like Seaweed. 



Fugacious, fading quickly, soon j 

 falling, as the petals of the 

 Cistus. 



Fulgent, shining. 



Fidgidous, burnished. 



Fnlvus, tawny yellow. 



Fiinalis, rope-like. 



Fiinestus, destructive. 



Fungosus, spongy, of the substance 

 of Fungi. 



Panicle, the little stalk which 

 attaches the seed to the 

 placenta. 



Furcatiis. forked. 



Furftirai't'ous, scaly, scurfy. 



Fitsco-viridis, dark green. 



FIISCUS, brown. 



Fusiformis, spindle shaped ; e.y. 

 the root of the Carrot. 



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Galeate, helmeted ; e.g. the Gale- 



opsis, the upper lip of which 



is called a galea or helmet. 

 Gamopetaloits, applied to a flower 



whose petals are united; eg. 



the Primrose. 



Gamos, a union or marriage. 

 (iamoscpaloiis, with united sepals ; 



e.g. Primrose. 

 Gelatinous, jelly-like, consisting 



of jelly. 

 Gelidiis, cold. 

 Gemmrr, leafy, as distinguished 



from flower buds ; also applied 



to vegetative, reproductive 



bodies in Liverworts. 

 Gemmatiis, bearing buds. 

 Gemmiparous, reproduced from 



buds. 



Gemnate, doubled, in pairs. 

 General involucre, the bracts at 



the base of a general umbel ot 



flowers, as in the Carrot. 

 Genie iilatus, jointed like a knee, 



knotty. 

 Genus, a division of a natural 



order, and made up of allied 



species and varieties. 

 Germ, or Gormen, the base of the 



pistil, the old name for an 



ovary. 

 Germinal vesicle, a cell in the 



embryo-sac from which the 



embryo is formed. 

 Germination, the growth of a 



seed after its period ot 



rest. 

 Gibbosity, a swelling at the base 



of mi organ. 

 Gibbous, bulging, protuberant, 



slightly pouched. 

 Gigas, a giant. 

 Gills, thin plates beneath the 



pileus of an Agaric; e.g. Mush- 

 room. 



Glaberrimus, very smooth. 

 Glabrous, smooth, devoid of hairs. 



like the leaves of Bougainvillea 



glabra. 



Glands, secreting vessels, wart- 

 like, often found at the bases 



of Peach leaves. 

 Glandular hairs, hairs which 



bear glands at their tips, as 



in the Sundew. 



Giant, a nut, such as the Hazel. 

 G taucescent, having a bluish grey 



appearance. 



Glaucous, having a sea green ap- 

 pearance, as in Echeveria (now 



Cotyledon) secnnda glauca. 

 Globifermis, bearing globes or 



balls. 



Globose, spherical, globe shaped. 

 Glomernttis, congregated in a 



round head. 

 Glomerultis, a rounded, cymosc 



inflorescence ; e.g. Campanula 



glomerata. 



Glucose, the sugar of fruit. 

 Glume, a bract which encloses 



the reproductive organs of tho 

 Grasses. 



Gluten, a nitrogenous substance 

 of seeds. 



Glutinmis. sticky, covered with 

 adhesive slime. 



Gracilis, slender. 



Gracillimus, very slender. 



Grained, clothed with grain-like 

 protuberances, as the seg- 

 ments of the flowers of the 

 Dock. 



Gramineous, Grassy. 



Grandis, large, noble. 



Granulatus, granular, composed 

 of grains. 



Gram/lose, the formative matter 

 of starch granules. 



GrattiK, pleasant. 



Graveolens, strong smelling. 



Gregarious, sociable, herding to- 

 gether. 



Griimotis, knotted at intervals. 



Giiiiiiiiiferous, bearing gum. 



tiiittat/is, covered with small 

 spots. 



Giininogen, a plant whose seeds are 

 not in a true ovaryjc.//. Conifers. 



Gi/nmos, naked. 



Gi/inntiaperins, a botanical term 

 applied to flowering plants 

 with naked ovules, Cycads and 

 Conifers being examples. 

 These plants differ from 

 Angiosperms (other flowering 

 plants) by the pollen being 

 conveyed direct to the 

 micropyle, no style or stigma 

 being present. As soon as the 

 pollen is deposited in the 

 micropyle the mouth con- 

 tracts, imprisoning the pollen. 

 After a time varying con- 

 siderably in length with 

 various species has elapsed, 

 a short pollen tube grows and 

 forces its way into and fertil- 

 ises the egg cell, the whole 

 process being much simpler 

 than in Angiosperms. 



Gynandrophore, a column which 

 supports stamens and pistils. 



Gynandrous, with stamens and 

 pistils united in one column, 

 as in Orchids. 



Gijne, a female. 



Gyna'cium, the collective female 

 reproductive organs. 



Gynophore, the stalk which, when 

 present, bears the ovary. 



Gyrans, revolving. 



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Habit, a general term applied to 

 style of growth. 



Habitat, the place in which a 

 plant is found growing natur- 

 ally. 



Ifamosus or Hamatiis, curved like 

 a hook. 



Hastate, shaped like the head of 

 a halberd. 



