GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 



Germination. — The sprouting of a seed. 



Gibbous. — Swollen on one side. 



Glabrous. — Smooth ; destitute of hairs. 



Glands. — A secreting surface or structure ; a protuberance having the ap- 

 pearance of such an organ. 



Glans. — A nut. 



Glaucous. — Co\'ered or whitened with a bloom. 



Globose. — Spherical or nearly so. 



Gymnoster.ms. — Plants bearing naked seeds; without .an ovary. 



Gyncecium. — The pistils of a flower tai<:en as a wliole. 



Habitat. — The geographical range of a plant. 



Head. — .\ compact cluster of nearly sessile flowers. 



HiM'M. — The point of attachment of an ovule or seed. 



Hispid. — I:!ristly. 



HvBRir>. — A cross between two species. 



Hypogynous. — Situated on the receptacle, beneath the ovary and free from 

 it and from the calv-v. Applied to petals and stamens. 



Imbricate. — Overlapping. 



Incised. — Cut sharply and deeply. 



Included. — Applied to stamens or [listils that do not project beyond the 

 corolla. 



InL)EFIN1Ti:. — Apjjdicd to petals or oilier organs when loo numerous to be 

 conveniently counted, 



Indehiscknt. — Ncjt splitting open. 



Indigenous. — Native to the country. 



Inferior. — Applied to an ovary which has an adherent calyx. 



Inflorescence. — The flowering part of a plant. 



In.n.ate. — Applied to anthers which are attached by their base to the apex of 

 the filament. 



Inserted. — Attached io or growing out of. 



Internode. — The portion of a stem between two nodes. 



Introrse. — Facing inward ; applied to stamens that face toward the 

 pistil. 



Involucel. — A secondary involucre. 



Involucre. — A collection of bracts at the base of a flower cluster or of a sin- 

 gle flower. 



Involute.— A form of vernation in which the leaf is rolled inward from its 

 edges. 



Lanceolai'E. — .-\pplied to leaves which are slender, broadest near the 

 base and narrowed to the ape.x, 



Leafi.ei. — .A single division of a com[)ound leaf. 



Legume. — A fruit formed of a simple iiistil and usually splitting open by 

 both sutures. 



Len-ticei.s. — Sm.ill oval dots whicli ap|iear upon tlie branches. 



I.IHEK. — The inner layer of the bark. 



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