GLOSSARY 



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falcate. Scythe-shaped; a flat body curved, 

 its edges parallel. 



Farinaceoits_, Mealy in texture. 



Farinose, Covered with a mealy powder. 



Fascicle, A close cluster. 



Fascicled, Growing in a bundle or tuft, as 

 the leaves of pine and larch, and the 

 roots of peony and dahlia. 



Fastigiate (branches). Close, parallel. 



Faveolate, Favose. Honeycombed; same as 

 alveolate. . 



Fertile. Fruit-bearing, or capable of pro- 

 ducing fruit; also applied to anthers 

 when they produce ^ood pollen. 



Fiddle-shaped. Obovate with a deep re- 

 cess on each side. 



Filament, T^e stalk of a stamen; also any 

 slender thread-shaped appendage. 



Filamentose, Filamentous. Bearing or 

 formed of slender threads. 



Filiform. Thread-shaped; long, slender, 

 and cylindriqal. 



Fimbriate. Fringed; furnished with 

 fringes. 



FistiUar, Fistulose. Cylindrical and hollow, 

 as the leaves of onion. 



FlabelUfoj-m, Flabellate. Fan-shaped; broad, 

 rounded at the summit, and narrowed 

 > at the base. 



Fleshy. Composed of firm pulp or flesh; 

 succulent. 



Flexuose, Flexuous. Bending gently in op- 

 posite directions, in a zigzag way. 



Floccose. Composed of or bearing tufts of 

 woolly or long a^id soft hairs. 



Floret. A small flower, usually one of a 

 dense cluster. 



Foliaceous. Belonging to, or of the texture 

 or nature of a leaf. 



Foliose. Leafy. 



Follicle. A simple pod, opening down the 

 inner suttu'e, 



Foveate. Deeply pitted. 



Foveolate. Diminutive of foveate. 



Free. Not united with any other parts. 



Fringed. The margin beset with slender 

 appendages, bristj^es, etc. 



Frond, The leaf of ferns and some other 

 cryptogams; in Lemnaceae, the thallus- 

 like stem which functions as foliage, 



Fr}4t. The seed-bearing structure of » 

 plant. 



Fugacioits. Soon falling off or perishing. 



Fulvous. Tawny; dull yellow with gray. 



Funiculus. The stalk of a seed or ovule. 



Funnelform, Funnel-shaped. Expanding 

 gradually upwards, like a funnel. 



Furcate. Forked. 



Fuscous. Deep gr^iy-brown. 



Fusiform. Spindle-shaped. 



Galea. A hooded or helmet-shaped portion 

 of a perianth, as the upper sepal of 



Aconitum, and the upper lip of some 



bilabiate corollas. 

 Gamopetalous. With united petals; same 



as monopetalovs and synf-petalous. 

 Qamosepalous. With united sepals; same 



as monosepalous. 

 Geminate. Twin, in pairs, as the flowers of 



Linnaea. 

 Gemma., . A bu^'. 

 Geniculate. Beut abruptly, like a knee, 



as many stems. 

 Gibbous. More swollen at one place or on 



one side than the^othe;*. 

 Glabrate, Becoming glabrous with age, or 



almost glabrous. 

 Glabrous. Smoolh, having no hairs, bristles, 



or other pub,escenee. 

 Gland. . A segreting, surface or structure; 



any protuberance or appendage having 



the appearance of such an organ. 

 Glaucous. Covered with a fine white 



powder that rubs off {bloom), like that 



on a fresh plum or a cabbage leaf. 

 Globose. Spherical in form, or nearly 



so. 

 Globular. Nearly globose. 

 Glochidiaie ,(|iairs or bristles). Barbed; 



tipped with barbs, or with a double hooked 



point. 

 Glomerate. Closely aggregated into a dense 



cluster. 

 Glqmerule. A deiQs^ head-like cluster. 

 Glume. The husks or floral coverings of 



grasses, or particularly the outer husks 



or bracts of each spikelet. 

 Gymnospermov^. Naked-seeded. 

 Gymnosperms. The, great group of seed- 

 plants with ovules (and seeds) not in- 

 closed (njaked). 

 Gynandrous, With stamens borne on 



(united with) the pistils. 

 Gynohaae. An enlargement or prolongj^ 



tion of the receptacle bearing the 



ovary. 

 Gynoecium. The whole set of pistils. 

 Gynophore. A stalk raising a pistil above the 



insertion of the stamens. 



Habit. The general aspect of a plant, or 



its mode of growth. 

 Habitat. The situation in which a plant 



grows in a wild state. 

 Hastate. Like an arrowhead, but with the 



basa^ lobes pointing outward nearly at 



right angles. 

 Heart-shaped. With the conventional shape 



of a heart. 

 Helmetk See galea. 

 Hernia, 'vx compounds, means half. 

 Herb.^ A plant with no persistent woody 



stem above groun4. 

 H^baceous. With the texture of common 



herbage; not woody. 



