GLOSSAET. Xlll 



Extrorse. — Of an anther which dehisces towards the outer 



side of the flower. 

 Filiform. — Thread-like. 

 Frondescent. — Foliaceous, leafy. 

 Funicle. — The stalk of an ovule. 

 ^' Gamo-gemmie." — The "intimate association of two or several 



floral rudiments." 

 ■Gamophyllous. — Having the members of the perianth united. 

 Gamosepaly . — The condition in which the sepals are con- 



genitally united. 

 Genetic spiral. — The hypothetical line passing through the 



point of insertion of foliar organs on an axis, which are 



spirally arranged in the order of development. 

 Gynandrous. — Having the stamens and styles united to form 



a column. 

 Gynoeceum. — The pistil. 

 Gijnofhore. — The extension of the floral axis between the 



stamens and the pistil. 

 Hemi-peloric. — Of flowers with bisymmetric pelory. 

 Heptandrous. — Having seven stamens. 

 Heteropetalody. — The change from one kind of petal into 



another. 

 Heterosepalody. — The change from one kind of sepal into 



another. 

 Hose-in-hose.- — Having the corolla enclosed by a calyx of the 



same colour, consistency, and development as itself. 

 Hypanthium. — -The gamophyllous portion of the perianth 



immediately above the ovary in CEnothera. 

 Hypogytious. — Inserted below the ovary. 



liidusium. — The membranous covering of the sorus in Ferns. 

 "Keel." — The structure resulting from the union of the two 



anterior petals of the flower of Papilionaceae. 

 Lahellum. — The posterior (in the original untwisted flower) 



or anterior (in the usual twisted flower) modified petal 



or "lip" of the orchid-flower. The anterior petaloid 



stamen of the inner whorl of the flower of Zingiberacese. 

 Lahellum-pelory. — The change by which an orchid-flower 



tends to become symmetrical owing to the transformation 



of the lateral petals into labella. 

 Ligulate. — Tongue-shaped, referring to the one-sidedly de- 

 veloped corolla of some of the florets of Compositse. 

 Loculus. — A compartment of an anther or an ovary. 

 Lodicules. — The scale-like organs, one to three in number, 



occurring between the androecium and the paleae in the 



grass-flower, which represent a reduced corolla. , 



