436 GLOSSARY. 



Germination. The sprouting of a seed. 

 Gibbous. Swelled out, commonly on one side. 

 Glabrous. Smooth, as it regards hairiness or pubescence. 

 Gland. A small roundish appendage, apparently performing 



some function of secretion or excretion. 

 Glandular pubescence. Hairs tipped with little heads or glands. 

 Glaucous, Sea-green. Pale bluish green. 

 Glume. The scales, valves or chaff, which make the calyx and 



corolla of grasses. 

 Glutinous. Adhesive, viscid, covered with an adhesive fluid. 

 Gramina. Grasses and grass like plants. 

 Gramineous. Resembling grasses. 

 Granular. Formed of grains, or covered with grains. 

 Gymnospermous. Having naked seeds. 

 Gynandrous. Having the stamens growing on the pistils. 



H. 



Habit. The general external appearance of a plant, by which it 



is known at sight. 

 Halbert shaped. See Hastate. 

 Hastate. Shaped like a halberd. It differs from arrow shaped in 



having the barbs or lateral portions more distinct and di- 

 vergent. 

 Head. A dense, round collection of flowers, which are nearly 



sessile. 

 Helmet. The concave upper lip of a labiate flower. 

 Heptandrous. Having seven stamens. 

 Herb. All that portion of a plant which is not included in the 



root or fructification ; as the stem, leaves, &c. 

 Herbaceous. Not woody. 

 Hermaphrodite. See Perfect. 

 Hesperidium. A plant like the orange, many celled, few seeded, 



superior, indehiscent, with a separate spongy rind. 

 Hexandrous. With six stamens. 

 Hilum. The scar or mark on a seed, where it was attached to 



the plant or seed vessel. 

 Hirsute. Rough with hairs. 

 Hispid. Bristly. More than hirsute. 



