G L 



round ball or globe] A fpecies of glandular 

 Scahrities, fcarce viiible to the naked eye, the 

 fmall grains of which are exactly globular, on 

 the furface of feme plants, as in the Jtriplex, 



Chenopod'nmi, &c. 



GLOCHIDES [rxcox'i-, cufpis, a point] the 

 fmall points of the pubes of plants. In the Phil. 

 Botanica Liunieus applies this term only to the 

 h ami 'tr'iglo chides, three-pointed, as in the Lap- 

 pula. 



GLOMERATA Spica [a glomus, a clue of 

 yarn or thread] indicates the flowers growing 

 clofe together in fomewhat of a globular form, 

 as in the Pancium iiaiicum. 



Ghmcrata Panicula, as in the Poa ciliaris. 



GLUMA [I ghtlo, to ftrip the bark from a 

 tree] hufl^, chatF ; a fpecies of calyx peculiar 

 to corn and grafs, infolding the arijla : it may 

 be uniflora, multifiora, univalvis, bivdvis, multi- 

 valvls, colorata, glabra, hifpida. 



GLUMOSUS [from Gluma] apphed to an 

 aggregate flower with a filiform Receptaculum, 

 whofe bafs is provided with a common Gluma, 

 huflc. 



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