GLOSSARY 



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or aggregated, of whatever 

 form. 



Fugacious, falling or fading- 

 very early. 



Funicle, the free stalk of an 

 ovule or seed. 



Fusiform, spindle-shaped; swol- 

 len in the middle and narrow- 

 ing towards each end. 



Gamopetalous, having the petals 

 of the corolla more or less 

 united. 



Gamophyllous, composed of 

 coalescent leaves or leaf- 

 like organs, usually applied 

 to the perianth leaves. 



Gamosepalous, having' the sepals 

 united. 



Gibbous, protuberant or swollen 

 on one side. 



Glabrous, smooth ; not rough, 

 pubescent, or hairy. 



Gland, a secreting surface or 

 structure ; any protuberance 

 or appendage having the ap- 

 pearance of such an organ. 



Glandular, bearing glands or 

 of the nature of a gland. 



Glaucous, covered or whitened 

 with a bloom. 



Glumaceous, furnished with or 

 resembling glumes. 



Glume, a chaff-like bract; spe- 

 cially one of the two empty, 

 chaffy bracts at the base of 

 the spikelet in the Grasses. 



Gymnospermous, bearing naked 

 seeds, without an ovary or 

 closed carpellary leaf. 



Gynaecium: The pistil of a flower; 

 or all the pistils, collectively. 



Gynandrophore, the stalk-like 

 internode supporting both the 

 andrsecium and gynaecium. 



Gynandrous, having the sta- 



mens adnate or adherent to 

 the pistil, as in Orchidacece, 



Gynophore, the stalk-like inter- 

 node supporting the gynoe- 

 cium only. 



Gynostemium, the compound 

 structure or column resulting 

 from the union of the stamens 

 and pistil in the Orchidacem. 



Habit, the general appearance 

 of a plant. 



Habitat, locality, geographical 

 position. 



Hastate, dart-shaped or like an 

 arrow-head, but with the 

 basal lobes pointing outward 

 nearly at right angles. 



Head, a dense cluster of sessile 

 or nearly sessile flowers on 

 a very short axis or recep- 

 tacle. 



Heart-shaped, ovate, with two 

 rounded lobes and a sinus at 

 base; commonly used to de- 

 fine such a base. 



Helicoid (cyme), one-sided cjme 

 circinately coiled. 



Herb, a plant with no persistent 

 woody stem above ground. 



Herbaceous, having the charac- 

 ters of a herb ; leaf-like in 

 colour and texture; soft in 

 texture. 



Herkogamous, having self-pol- 

 lination prevented by suitable 

 contrivances in homogamous 

 flowers. 



Hermaphrodite, flowers _ with 

 both stamens and pistil. 



Heterogamous, bearing two 

 kinds of flowers. 



Heterostylism, condition in 

 flowers in which the styles 

 and stamens are of different 

 lengths. 



