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Geb'men— Syhbnyrh for " Ovarinm." 

 Gib'bous, GlBBO'SuS— Where a part ia 

 convex, as though it were gwbllen. (See 

 Lobelia gibhosa. ) 

 (xIOAn'tecS— Giant-like, when the dimen- 

 feions of a particular species considerably 

 exceeds those of any of its congetiers. 



Gl'SAS— See large Nettle-tree, Laportea 

 gigas; Black Bean, Mucuna gigantea. 



Gill — Synonym for "Lamella." 



Gil'vus— A dirty yellow with a tinge of 

 red, orange-yellow and grey. 



GlTHAGl'NEUS— Greenish-red. ^ , 



GlA-'BEOUS, Gla'bratus— A surface whblly 

 destitute of pubescence. 



GLADiA'ins, Gla'diatb— Flat, straight, or 

 slightly curved, With the edges parallel 

 arid the apex acute. Also synonym 

 for "Ancipital." 



QtAND, GlAn'dula— Collections of cellular 

 tissue, somewhat modified in its texture, 

 and serving the purpose of a secreting 

 organ. Some glands are sunk in the 

 textilre of the plants ; others are 

 elevated on pedicels, hairs, S;e. (See 

 " Stinking Rodger," Tagetes glanduU- 

 fera ; and glands on phyllodia of 

 Abada.) 



Glans— A one or few-seeded, dry, inferior, 

 indehiacerit pericarp, seated Within a 

 cttpulary involucrum. The fruit of 

 Quercus (Oak) is the best example. 



CtLATj'Cods, Gla0OES'cens — Dull green, 

 with a peculiar whitish-blue lustre. 

 Also frosted with bloom of a bluish- 

 green tinge. (See Nicotiana glauca.) 



GIb'BA — Chambered stiorogenons tissue 

 within a sporophore. 



Gle'bul* — Crumb-like masses. 



3LOfio'SB, Glo'btilae, Globula'kis — 

 Nearly sphserical. 



GLOOHi'fiEUS, Glochidia'tus— Where the 

 fiubescenoe is formed of barbed brisitles. 

 (See the stems of some Boraginese.) 



Glomera'tus— Heaped up. Synonym for 

 " Agglometatus." (See the fruit of 

 FicuS glomerata, the Cluster Fig.) 



Glo'muS — Synonym for "Capitulum." 



Glume, Glu'mA, ChaI'F — The floral en- 

 velopes of Grasses and Sedges ; but 

 now more especially retained for the 

 buterntost husks only, which invest one 

 or more flowers, composing the separate 

 sfiikelets. 



Gltpho'lecine — Impressed or canaliculate 

 in an elongate wavy labyrinthine mode, 

 like the genus Glyphis. 



GoNGYLO'DES— Knot-like. 



GbNlD'li. — Propagative bodies Of small size, 

 not produced directly or indirectly by 

 any act of fertilisation. 



Qon'ospHehe — A ball-like agglomeration of 

 spores: 



Go'NUS 6i Go'HUM — In composition, means 

 either kneed or angled. 



GoasYP'iNtJS — Cottony. 



Gka'oilIS— Slender. (See Native Bluebell, 

 WaMeribergiagracilii.) 



Ghaft'ing — In hoiticulture, the operation 

 of affixing one portion of a plant to 

 another in such a mannfer as that a 

 vital union mAy take place betWeetl 

 them. It may be performed both with 

 herbaceous and ligneous plants; A 



grafted pUnt consists of wo pSJts ! 

 ^ the stock or stem, arid the scion, which 

 is a detached portion of another plant 

 CO be affixed to it. Success can only 

 be looked for when the operation la 

 performed ^ipon allied plants. Graft- 

 ing by approach, or inarching, is a 

 mode of grafting in which, to make sure 

 of success, the scion is not separated 

 from the parent plant till it has become 

 united with the stock. 



GBAM'Mrcns— Made by lines, lettered. 

 (See the sori of Grammitis.) _ , 



Gran'dis— Great, as Magnolia grandifiora. 



Gban'clar, Gkan'ulatkd, Grano'bus, 

 Geandla'tbd, GBANnLOsns— When any 

 organ is covered with or is coruposed of 

 small tubercles resembling grains. 



Gbape Vines, to stop bleeding^ of — 

 When vines are pruned late in the 

 season, or an old branch is broken or 

 cut ofi during the growing season, the 

 wound often bleeds copiously, and this 

 flow of sap has been found a very diffi- 

 cult matter to stop. That great autho- 

 rity, T. A. Ehight, however, says :— 

 If to four parts of scraped cheese be 

 added one part of calcined oyster shell 

 or other pure calcareous earth, and this 

 composition be pressed strongly latd 

 the pores of the wood, the sap will 

 instantly cease to flow, so that the 

 largest branch may of course be taken 

 off at any season with safety. 



Gravbo'lens — Possessing an intense odour, 

 as Ruta graveolens, the common Rue. 



Gbega'bious — Clustered or crowded. 



Gri'seus — Grey, the neutral tint, which 

 may be formed by mixing blue, red, 

 and yellow in equal proportions. 



Gru'mous, Getjmo'sus — In clustered grains. 

 Applied to clustered, fleshy, tubercular 

 roots. Synonym for "Granular." (See 

 the grains of Sago.) 



Gutta'lus — Spotted in drops. 



Gum'mikg op Fruit Trees — When a tree is 

 found to exude a quantity of gum, the 

 cause will be most frequently found in 

 defective drainage arid unfavourable 

 subsoil. 



Gtm'Nos, in compounds, signifies naked, as 

 Gymnocar'pus, where the pericatp is 

 either without any pubescence, or where 

 it does not adhere to any of the outer 

 floral whorls. In Coniferse and a very 

 few allied genera Called Gymnosperms, 

 or gymnospermouS plants, the seed 

 is naked, without any real pericarp. 

 These truly gymnospermous plants 

 must not be confounded with Labiatse, 

 Boraginese, &c., which have also been 

 falsely called gymnospermous, their 

 small nuts having the appearance of 

 seeds. 



Gymnos'tomi — Naked -mouthed ; mosses 

 . without a peristorrife. 



Gthnotrem'oid— A naked open spot or 

 space. 



GtNAN'nKous — Where the stamens and 

 styles are consolidated, as in Orchid 

 flowers. 



Gynan'DeospoBus — Bearing male and 

 female spores. 



