344 OLOSSART. 



Fibre : an elongated cell, or fine filament. 



Fibril, FibriUa : a very small fibre or thread. 



FOrous : containing, or like fibres. 



FibrtHBoaeular bundles: woody threads or bundles composed of 



fibrous, vascular, and parenchymous elements. 

 Filameal: the thread-like portion of the stamen which supports the 



anther, 

 FOamentous : thread-like, or bearing slender threads. 

 Filiform: thread-form. 

 Fimbriate: fringed. 



Fission : division of any body into two parts by gradual constriction. 

 FlabeUate, Flabelliform : fan-shaped. 

 Ftagelhim : a long whip-like filament or cilium. 

 Fleshy : succulent, composed of pulp or flesh. 

 Moaiing : swimming on the surface. 

 Ftoccose : with tufts of woolly or long soft hairs. 

 Floceulent : diminutive of floccose. 



Fvmicubis : the stem or stalk which supports the ovule in the ovary. 

 FvMcna: grayish-brown. 

 Fusiform: spindle-formed. 



Oaleate: helmet-shaped. 



Gamo (as a prefix) ; united. 



GamoptUdoas : petals united. 



Gamosepalous : with sepals united. 



GemnuB : a mass of cells forming a body similar in fanction to a bud. 



Gemmation: budding. 



Genera : plural of genus. 



Generic .- relating or pertaining to genus. 



Genetic : by inheritance ; genealogical. 



GcTms : a group of allied species. 



Geotropism : turning towards the earth. 



Germ : a young bud ; point of growth ; that from which anything 



originates. 

 Germination : sprouting ; sending out a filament ; the development 



of the plantlet at the expense of the nourishment contained 



in the seed. 

 Gibbous : swollen at one point. 

 Glabrous : smooth ; not hairy. 



Gland : a cell, or mass of cells which secretes something. 

 Globoid*: round bodies similar in occurrence and behavior to the 



crystalloids. 

 Gkbwlar: spherical, or nearly so. 



Globule : the male organ or antheridium of the Characess. 

 Glossology : explanations of technical terms. 

 Glumes: the husks or bracts which are inserted at the base of a 



spikelet. 

 Glutinous: viscid ; sticky. 



Gonidia : the green bodies in the thallus of the Ltch^is. 

 Grain .- a caryopsis ; the fruit of the Giaminese. 



