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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. 



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



Genus: a kind; a rank above species. 



Geographical Botany: the study of plants in their geographical relations. 



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



Germen : the old name for ovary. 



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. 



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, etc.; sometimes on the surface as small projec- 

 tions; sometimes raised on hairs or bristles {glandular hairs, etc.}, 

 as in the Sweetbrier and Sundew. The name is, also given to any 

 small swellings, etc., whether they secrete anything or not. 



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



Glans (Gland}: the acorn or mast of Oak and 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. Globular : nearly globose. 



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

 double hooked point. 



Glomerate : closely aggregated into a dense cluster. 



Glomerule : a dense head-like cluster. 



Glossology: the department of Botany in which technical terms are ex- 

 plained. 



Glumaceous : glume-like, or glume-bearing. 



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

 ularly, the outer husks or bracts of each spikelet. 



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



Gluten : a vegetable product containing nitrogen. 



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



Grumous or Grumose : formed of coarse clustered grains. 



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



Gymnocarpous : naked-fruited. 



Gymnospermous : naked-seeded. 



Gynandrous : with stamens borne on, i. e., united with, the pistil. 



Gyncecium : a name for the pistils of a flower taken altogether. 



