GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



Germination. — The sprouting of a seed. 



Gibbous, — Swollen on one side. 



Glabrous. — Smooth ; destitute of hairs. 



Glands. — A secreting surface or structure; a protuberance having the ap- 

 pearance of such an organ. 



Glans. — A nut. 



Glaucous. — Covered or whitened with a bloom. 



Globose. — Spherical or nearly so. 



Gymnosperms. — Plants bearing naked seeds ; without an ovary. 



Gyncecium. — The pistils of a flower taken as a whole. 



Habitat. — The geographical range of a plant. 



Head. — A compact cluster of nearly sessile flowers. 



HiLUM. — The point of attachment of an ovule or seed. 



Hispid. — Bristly. 



Hybrid. — A cross between two species. 



Hypogynous. — Situated on the receptacle, beneath the ovary and free from 

 it and from the calyx. Applied to petals and stamens. 



Imbricate. — Overlapping. 



Incised. — Cut sharply and deeply. 



Included. — Applied to stamens or pistils that do not project beyond the 

 corolla. 



Indefinite. — Applied to petals or other organs when too numerous to be 

 conveniently counted. 



Indehiscent. — Not splitting open. 



Indigenous. — Native to the country. 



Inferior. — Applied to an ovary which has an adherent calyx. 



Inflorescence. — The flowering part of a plant. 



Innate. — Applied to anthers which are attached by their base to the apex of 

 the filament. 



Inserted. — Attached to or growing out of. 



Internode, — The portion of a stem between two nodes. 



Introrse. — Facing inward ; applied to stamens that face toward the 

 pistil. 



Involucel, — A secondary involucre. 



Involucre. — A collection of bracts at the base of a flower cluster or of a sin- 

 gle flower. 



Involute. — A form of vernation in which the leaf is rolled inward from its 

 edges. 



Lanceolate. — Applied to leaves which are slender, broadest near the 

 base and narrowed to the apex. 



Leaflet. —A single division of a compound leaf. 



Legume. — A fruit formed of a simple pistil and usually splitting open by 

 both sutures. 



Lenticels. — Small oval dots which appear upon the branches. 



Liber. — The inner layer of the bark. 



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