GLOSSARY. 



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



compound flower) of Compositas. 

 Flower: the whole organs of reproduction of Phasnogamous plants. 

 Flower-bud: an unopened flower. 



Folidceous: belonging to, or of the texture or nature of, a leaf {folium). 

 Fdliose : leafy ; abounding in leaves. 

 Fdliolate: relating to or bearing leaflets (foliola). 

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

 Follicular : resembling or belonging to a follicle. 

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



Fornix: little arched scales in tlie throat of some corollas, as of Comfrey. 

 Fdrnicate: over-arched, or arching over. 

 Fdveate: deeply pitted. Fove'olate: diminutive of ^yeafe. 

 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 iuto 



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

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

 Fructijication : the state of fruiting. 



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

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

 Frutfcidose: like a small shrub. FiiUicose: shrubby. 

 Fugacious : soon falling off or perishing. 

 Fulvous : tawny ; dull yellow with gray. 

 Funiculus : the stalk of a seed or ovule. 

 Funnel-farm, or Funnel-shaped : expanding gradually upwaitia like a funnel 



or tunnel. 

 Furcate: forked. 



Furfurdceous : covered with bran-like fine scurf. 

 Furroived : marked by longitudinal channels or grooves. 

 Fuscous: deep gray-brown. 

 Fusiform : spindle-shaped. 



Gdleafe: shaped like a helmet {galea) ; as the upper sepal of the Monkshood, 



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

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

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



sepals. 

 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. 

 Geniculate: bent abruptly, hke 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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