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Gtno'basis, iStno'phobb, Gtuo'pho^ps— 

 When the receptacle ia distinctly elon- 

 gated below the ovary it is offcep called 

 by these terms. If the elongation takes 

 place below the stameng or below the 

 petals, these stamens of petals are then 

 said to be inserted on the st^lk of the 

 pvary,and are occasionally, tut falsely, 

 (^escribed as epigynous. Really epigy- 

 no'us stamens (i.e., when the fila- 

 ments are combined with the oyary) are 

 very rare, unless the rest of the flower is- 

 epigynpns. 



GrYNO^Tp'pinM— Synonym for "Perianth.'! 



{xTNOStb'mium — The columnar mass formed 

 by the unipn of the style and filan^ents 

 in Qrchidpse. 



Gtp'sbus {Gypsum, white lime)— Synonym 

 for "Cretapeus." 



Gtra'tus — Turned about. Synonym for 

 " Ciroinatus " ; also, " Gyrans is ap- 

 plied to a species of D.esmodium, D. 

 gyrg/ns, because its lateral smal lle%^e^s 

 keep turning round in a circle, 



G^BO'ma (Gyrus, a circle) — Synonym for 

 "Annulus.'' 



GfT'RDSB — Concentrically twisted or plaited. 



H/BMAti'tious— Ked, with much grey. 



Saloija'tus — When a coloured oirplg sur- 

 rounds a spot. 



EfAiiO'PHTTON — A pUnt which grows \fithiu 

 the influpnce of sea-water. 



Hama'tus, Hamo'sus— Hooked. 



Ham'plus, Ha'mus— a hook. 



IJas'tate, Ha9t;'lis, H^lSTA'tus— Shaped 

 like the head of a halbert, ttie base 

 diverging on each side into an acute 

 lobe. (See leaves of Chenopodium 

 triangV'fare. ) 



Hausto'ri0M— A term uspd to designate a 

 special branch of a fllamentpus fungus 

 mycelium serving as an orgsvn qf at- 

 tachment ^nd suction.. 



HEBKOAE'pns — W^iere e^ 'fruit is covered 

 with a downy pubpsceuoe. ^^bbta'tus 

 — Wliere the extremity is obt^iise and 

 more or less spft. (See fruit of qne of 

 North Queensland trees, Dioapyros 

 hebecarpa. ) 



Helvo'lus — Pale red; yellqw, rpd, and 

 grey. 



Hbmicab'pps— Ope portion pf a frujt 

 wnioh spontaneously divides into two 

 separate p8.rtSj as that o| Urnbel^ifene. 

 HEMicjLiNpBious — Synojiym for 

 " Half -terete " ; plane on the pne side 

 »n^ convex pn the other. H^MIG ^Bus — 

 A psricarp formed like a follicle, but 

 more or lebs hard and woody ; a^ in the 

 Sanksia and other proteaoeous plants. 



Hepa'tious — Liver-coloured ; yellowish- 

 red, with much grisy. 



Hep'ta — Seven in composition ; Heptagy'- 

 N14 — Possessing seven styles ; Heptan'- 

 DBIA — Possessing seven staqiens. 



Hbeba'ceoxis, HebbVoeus — XJsed in con- 

 tradistinction to " Woody." Also, 

 applied to any portions of a plE^nt 

 which are more particiilarly green and 

 siiccu^ent. The garden varieties pf 

 Chrysanthemum indicum are herbaceous 

 plants. 



Hebba'kidm— A coUectipn of plants, pro- 

 perly dried and prepared for bptariica 

 study. Synonym for " Hortus-§iocus." , 



Hebmaph'kodite, Heemapheodi'tus — 

 Where the stamens and pistils occur in 

 the same fiower, as in the Peach 



HESPEEi'pinM (Said tp be derived from 

 the Bilpposition that oranges grew in 

 the garden of the Hesperides) — An in- 

 dehispentmany-oelled _fruif.j coated with 

 a sppngy rind (this rind is considered 

 to be analogous tp the epicavp and 

 sarcpoarp pf thp drupa) ; the cells con 

 taining a mass of pulp, in the midst of 

 wljjoh'a few seeds are embedded. The 

 Orange, Lemon, &c., are examples. 



Het'bkocyst — Intercalated cells of a special 

 character differing fro|n their neigh- 

 bours. 



Hbtepog'amous, Hbtebpgamus — Bearipg 

 flowers pf different sexes. A head of 

 flowers is heterogamous when male, 

 female, hermaphrodite, and (i^^'^r 

 flowers, or any two or three of them, 

 are included in one head ; homogamous, 

 when all the flowers included in one 

 head are alike in this respect. A spike 

 or head of flowers is androgynous when 

 male and female flowers ^re ipixed 

 in it. 



Hbtee'otbopal, Hbteb'oteopus — W here 

 the embryo lies oblique or transverse to 

 the axis of the seed, the radicle not 

 being directed to the hilum. 



HEx'A~Six in comppsition, as Hexa^'tnia, 

 having six pistils ; Hexan'deia, haying 

 six stamens ; Hexahbdbical, having 

 six sides. 



Hi'ans— Gaping. 



HiLA'Ris — Belonging to the hilum. 



Hi'lum — The soar left on the surface pf a 

 seed at the spot where it was attached 

 by the funiculus or umbilical cord 

 to the placenta. (See the soar upon 

 the seed of the cpmmon Broad Beans.) 



Hippocbbp'sis — Horseshoe-shaped, as the 

 seeds of Menispermaceae. 



HiROO'sus— A goat-like odour. 



Hiesu'tus— Hairy, with dense but not stiff 

 hairs, HiBTUS — Shaggy. (Seelndigo- 

 fera Mrsutct.) 



HlS'PID, HISPIDO'SUS, HlSPID'CLUS— 



Where the pubescence is composed of 



long and rigid hairs, as in Adiantum 



Mspidulum, 

 HisTO'tOGY (Jstos, tissue, ^ojfos, a discourse) — 



That branch oif botany whieK treats of 



the tissue of plants. 

 Hoae'y — Greyish white. Synonym for 



"Oanescent." 

 HoLo' — Whple; HoLOS', all, as Panioum 



holosericeum, 

 Homo'gbnus — Of the same nature or kind. 

 Homo'tbopal, HpMOTBo'iens— When the 



embryo is not straight, but still has 



the same general direction as the seed. 

 Hp'eaey, Hpea'eics — Lasting about an 



hohr, as some flowers, those of the 



Sida weed, for instance. 

 Hpemp'opne — Special reproductive bodies, 



composed of a chain of cells. 

 Hpkten'sis — Belonging to s^ garden. 

 HoE'Tug-siG'ovs -^ Synpnym for ^? Her- 

 barium." 



