VOCABULARY. 



seems to perform some office of se- 

 cretion or exhalation. 



Glan'dular. Having hairs tipped with 

 little heads or glands. 



Glau'cous. Sea-green, mealy, and eas- 

 ily rubbed oif. 



Glome. A roundish head of flowers. 



Glom'erate. Many branchlets termina- 

 ted by little heads. 



Glume. The scales or chaff of grasses, 

 composing the calyx and corolla ; the 

 lower ones are called the calyx, all 

 others the corolla ; each scale, chaff, 

 or husk, is called a valve ; if there 

 is but one, the flower is called uni- 

 valve, if two, bivalve. 



Glu'tinous. Viscid, adhesive. 



Gon. (From gonu, a knee or angle ;) 

 as pentagon, five-angled; hexagon, 

 six-angled ; polygon, many-angled. 



Graft'ing, is the process of uniting the 

 branches or buds of two or more se- 

 parate trees. The bud or branch of 

 one tree, is inserted into the bark of 

 another, and the tree which is thus 

 engrafted upon is called the stock. 



Gi'avi'ina. Grasses and grass-like 

 plants. Mostly found in the class 

 Triandria. 



Gramin' COILS. Grass-like ; such plants 

 are also called culmiferous. 



Grandiflo'rus. Having large flowers. 



Gran'uLar. Formed of grains, or cov- 

 ered with grains. 



Grave'olens. Having a strong odour. 



Grega'rious. In flocks, plants growing 

 together in groups. 



Groov'ed. Marked with deep lines. 



Gru'mose. Thick, crowded. 



Gymnocarji'es. (From gunmos, naked, 

 and karpos, fruit.) Mirbel's first 

 class of fruits, containing such as 

 have fruit without being covered or 

 concealed. 



Gymnosper'mia. (From gumnos, naked, 

 and sperma, seed.) Having naked 

 seeds. 



Gynan'drous. Stamens growing upon 

 the pistil. 



Gyn'ia. From the Greek, signifying 

 pistil. 



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Habita'tio or Habitat. The native sit- 

 uation of plants. 



Habit. The external appearance of a 

 plant, by which it is known at first 

 sight. 



Hair. See Pilus. 



£foir-like. See Capillary. 



Hal'berd-iorm. See Hastate. 



Hand-form. See Palmate. 



Hang'ing. See Pendent. 



Uas'tate. Shaped like a halberd ; it dif- 



fers from arrow-shaped in having the 

 side processes more distinct and di- 

 vergent. 



Head. A dense collection of flowers, 

 nearly sessile. 



Heart. See Corculum and Corcle. 



Heart-iorm. See Cordate. 



Helmet. The concave upper lip of a 

 labiate flower. 



Helminlhol'ogy. The science which 

 treats of worms. 



Hepat'ic. Liver-like. 



Herb. A plant which has not a woody 

 stem. 



Herba'ceous. Not woody. 



Her'bage. Every part of a plant except 

 the root and fructification. 



Herba'rium. A collection of dried 

 plants. 



Herb'ist. One who collects and sells 

 plants. 



Hcxag'onal. Six-cornered. 



Hi'ans. Gaping. 



Hi'lum. The scar or mark on a seed 

 at the place of attachment of the 

 seed to the seed-vessel. 



Hir'sute. Rough with hairs. 



His'pid. Bristly, more than hirsute. 



Hoary. Whitish-coloured, having & 

 scaly mealiness, not unlike glaucous 



Holera'ccous. Suitable for culinary 

 purposes. The term is derived from 

 holus, signifying pot-herbs. One of 

 the natural orders of Linnaeus, call- 

 ed holeracece, includes such plants as 

 are used for the table, or in the econ* 

 omy of domestic affairs. 



Ho7i'eycup. See Nectary. 



Hood'ed. See Cucullate, or cowled. 



Hora'rius. Continuing but an hour. 



Horizon'tal. Parallel to the horizon 



Horn. See Spur. 



Hum'ilis. Low, humble. 



Husk. The larger kind of glume, as 

 the husks of Indian corn. 



Hyber'nalis. Growing in winter. 



Hy'brid. A vegetable produced bj the 

 mixture of two species: the seeds of 

 hybrids are not fertile. 



Hy'po. (From upo, under.) Much 

 used in the composition of scientific 

 terms. 



Hypocrater'iform. Salver-shaped, with 

 a tube abruptly expanded into aflat 

 border. 



Hypog'ynous. Under the style 



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IchthyoVogy. The science of fishes. 

 IcGsan'drous. Having about twenty 



stamens growing on the calyx. 

 Im'bricate. Lying over, like scales, or 



the shingles of a roof. 

 /mper'/ec<. Wanting the stamen or pistit 



