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GEMMA [an a gem, i. e. gigno; an a y-ftes, 

 pknus fum] a bud ; an hybernaculum on the a- 

 iceading caudex: it conlifls either of 5/;/>k/<^, Pe- 

 tioli, the rudiments of leaves, or cortical y^z/^w- 

 mie. The various fpecies of gemmcE are deciduee, 

 foliifem, foli'iftra i^ florijens dijiin^lis, foliifera 

 l^ Jior'ifera fetninece, foliifera ^ jiorifem ma few 

 Ice, follifem iS jiorifertz hermaphrodita, foliifera- 

 jloriferes, 



GEMMATIO [gctnma, a j-oung bud] the 

 formation of the gejnma from leaves, jTipulcs, pe- 

 tioli, ox fquanima. With regard to its bulb, it 

 is foUdus, iunicatus, fquammatus^ or caullnui ; as 

 to its origin, it is petiolar'is, Jlipularis, or cortica- 

 lis ; and in refpedl to ics contents, foliaris, Jio- 

 ralls, communis. 



GEMMiPARUS [Gmma, a bud, & pario, to 

 bear] producing buds. 



GENERA Plantarum, is the fecond fubdivi- 

 fion in the Linnsan fyftem : it comprehends 

 an alTemblage of fpecies, fimilar in their parts 

 of frutStification, under the fame clafs and 

 order. 



GENICULATUS Cmdis, Culmus, Pedun- 

 cuius [genu, the knee] in its general acceptation 



fignifies 



