Globose; round like 'a globe. ' '. "'■ , } 



Glumes ; the scales enclosing' the apiielet of flo'WeM in Grasses ; 



the imbricate bracts enclosing the floweis of Sedges. 

 Glumifefous ; having ilowei-S covered by gliimes. 

 Granidar ; coveijed with minuts projdoting points, 



feSi^X thS' genera! atijlfearance of si'fllaiit. 



JIaft ; a winged leafitalk ; the linear part of a spathulate leaf 



or.petaL •■ ■ ^ ' '■ 

 Hastate ; enlarged at the base into two lobes directed hearly hori- 

 zontally. ' ' ■ _ 

 iffea^; a close terminal collection of flowers surrounded by an- 



involucre. 

 Helmet;, ^he hooded upper part of a flower. 

 Hehnet-shaped ; arched and concave, like a helmet. 

 Herbaceous) th«. parts of plalitg, which are not woody; ^S(», 



organs, or parts of them, of a green colour, 

 Hermaphrodite ; having both sexes in one flower. 

 Hilfum or hile ; the niark on a seed which indicates its, place of 



attachment. 

 Hispid ; covered with stiff hairs, 

 Hoary ; with greyish-white down. 

 Sboifed; formed xnto a hood at the. end. 

 Horizontal; spreading at right angles to their support, as leaves 



on a stem.''' •' ' . ' 'T • i " . :: 

 Hybrid ; a mule. 

 Hypogyndas; springing from below the base of the ovary and 



not attached to the calyx. 



Imbricate; arranged over each other like; the tiles of a roof. 



Tncislg ; deeply cut. ' 



Induded; not extending beyOiid the organs surrounding it.- 



Incumbent ; when the radicle is applied to the back, not edge% 

 "ofthe'cbtyledons. ' '• 



Incurved; cuiTed inwards. . , .. ,• 



Indefinite y many but tmcertain in nuitlber, 



Indehiscent; not bursting.-. 



Indeterminate ; infloresoerice having always a tertninal leaf-btid, 



Induplicate ; when the edges of organs arranged in a valvate 

 manner are 'folded inwardsi ' ' -■:.■• 



Indiidum; a thin membrane often ooVering'the clusters of cap- 

 sules of Ferns. 



Inferior; an inferior calyx or. corolla is wholly 'free from the 

 ovary; the reverse Of su^>erior,- 



Iitfiexed; curved inwards. i : ii . ,- 



Inflorescence ; arrangement of the flowers. 



Inserted; growing upon. ■ ' '■""■ ■■-' ' 



