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GLOSSARY. 



Fusiform. Spindle-shaped, i. e., taper- 

 ing toward each end from a thick- 

 ened middle. 



Galea.A. helmet ; applied to the helmet- 

 shaped upper lip of the corolla in 

 Labiates, Aconitom, etc. ; also to the 

 upper lip of some Scrophularinese. 

 though not so shaped. 



Galeate. Having a galea. 



Geminate. In pairs ; binate ; twin. 



Geniculate. Bent abruptly at an angle, 

 like the knee. 



Gibbous. Protuberant ; swelling out at 

 one side. 



Glabrate. Becoming glabrous. 



Glabrous. Without any kind of hairiness. 



Gland. Any secreting structure, depres- 

 sion or prominence on any part of a 

 plant, or any structure having such 

 an appearance. 



Glandular. Bearing glands, or gland- 

 like. 



Glaucescent. Somewhat glaucous ; be- 

 coming glaucous. 



Glaucous. Covered with a fine whitish 

 bloom that is easily rubbed off ; hav- 

 ing a bluish-hoary appearance. 



Globose, Globular. Round ; spherical, or 

 nearly so. 



Glochidiate. Barbed, like a fish-hook. 



Glomerate. Closely clustered. 



Glomerule. A compact somewhat capi- 

 tate cyme. 



Glutinous. Viscid ; sticky; covered with 

 gummy secretion. 



Granular. Composed of small grains or 

 grain-like bodies ; rough with grain- 

 like prominences. 



Gymnosperms. Plants having naked 

 seeds, or in which the typically naked 

 ovule is fertilized directly by the 

 pollen without the intervention of a 

 stigma. 



Gynnndrous Having the stamens ad- 

 nate to the pistils and style, so as to 

 be apparently borne at or upon its 

 summit, as in Orchids. 



Gynobase. A short thick prolongation of 

 the axis or receptacle upon which 

 the pistil rests. 



Gynazcium. The aggregate of the pistils 



of a flower. 

 Habit. The general form or mode of 



growth of a plant 

 Habitat. The locality or geographical 



range of a plant. 



Hamate. Curved at the end into a hook. 

 Hastate. Triangular or arrow-shaped 



with basal angles or lobes directed 



outward. 

 Head. A. cluster of flowers, which are 



sessile or nearly so upon a very short 



axis or receptacle ; a shortened spike . 

 Herb. A. plant that has no persistent 



woody growth above the ground. 

 Herbaceous. Having the character of an 



herb ; not woody or shrubby. 

 Hilum. The scar or place of attachment 



of the seed. 

 Hirsute. Pubescent with rather coarse 



or stiff hairs. 

 Hirsutulous. Diminutive of hirsute, 



i. e., sparingly and shortly hirsute 

 Hispid. Beset with rigid or bristly hairs. 

 Hispidulous . Minutely hispid. 

 Hoary. Grayish-white with a fine close 



pubescence. 



Hyaline. Transparent ; translucent. 

 Hybrid. A. cross between two species, 



produced by the fertilization of the 



flower of one species by the pollen of 



another 

 Imbricate. Overlapping, like shingles 



on a building. 

 Incised. Irregularly, sharply and deeply 



cut. 

 Included. Enclosed by the surrounding 



organs ; not exserted. 

 Incurved. Carved inward. 

 Indigenous. Native to the country. 

 Indument. The hairy, silky, woolly 



scurfy or other such clothing of leaf 



or stem. 



Induplicate. With margins folded in- 

 ward. 

 Inferior. Lower; that part of a flower, 



etc., which is toward the bract; ap- 

 plied also to a calyx that is free from 



the ovary, and to an ovary that is 



adnate to the calyx. 



