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Fugacious. Fnllinc; a^ay very paiiy. 

 Funicle or Fuiiitailus. 'J'lic >italk of an a\iil:' 



or seed. 

 Fuscous. Grayish l)rowu. 

 Fusiform. SpiuiUe-sliapcil. 

 Ganiopetalous. Having [)ctals luorc or Ic-.s 



united. 

 Gililious. Swollen or extended on one sid(\ 

 Glabrate. Xearly or heconiini,' glabrous. 

 Glabrous. Smooth — without hairs nr rough- 

 ness of any kind. 

 Gland. Secreting cidl or grou]i of cidls or a 



protuberance resendding sauie. 

 Glaudular. Su]iplied with glauds. 

 Glaucescent. llecmuing or nearly glancfuis. 

 Glaucous. Furnisheil with a bluish or 



whitish bloom, as seen <m the cal)ljage b-af. 

 Globose. Sphiuical nr nearly so. 

 Gymnosjierm. (adj. Gynmospernious) A 

 plant ha\ing naked o\'tiles or seeds not 



inclosed in an o\ary. 

 Gyn(ecitun. Tlu' jtistil oi- ]"iistils c<")llecti\"ely. 

 Gynophore. Tlie stipe or stalk 'd' a ]iistil. 

 Habit. The iovin or general ajipcarance iif a 



plant. 

 Habitat. The area over which a species is 



found. 

 Hastate. SIui|hmI like an arrow-head but with 



lolies directi'd outward. 

 Head. A dense cluster of sessile or nearly 



sessile flowers. 

 Heart-wood. The nuiture and usual 1,\' darker 



colored central portion of an cxogcnons 



trunk. 

 Hilum. The sear or place of attaclinieid" of 



an ovule or seed. 

 Hirsute. Covered with rather coarse stiff 



hairs. 

 Hispid. Go\-ered with In'istly stiff hairs. 

 Hoary. Covered with fine grayish pubescence. 

 Hybrid. A cross between two species. 

 Hypogenons. (irowing from beneath the 



ovarv. 

 Hiibricated. (Iwrlapping like the sliingles of 



a roof. 

 Imperfect. Applied to (lowers indicates that 



either ])istils or stamens are lacking. 

 Incised. Cut into rather deeidy. 

 Included. Said of stamens whirh do not |.ro- 



jeet bevond the jHudantb. 

 Incomple'te. A|)iilied to llowers in whi.-li .n.e 



or more of tlie four sets of floral lU'gans are 



wanting. 

 Incumbent. b.\ing ujiun. as the radical 



against the back of a cot\dedon. 

 Indehisceiit. X'd ..pmiing at maturity. 

 Induplicate. With edges folded inward. 

 Inequilateral. Cncinaksided. 

 Inferior. Said "f an ovary wlimi it is adnale 



to the calyx-tube. 

 Inflorescence. The arrangement of a flower- 

 cluster. . 

 Innate. Said of an antlna- when it is seati'd, 



as it were, on the mid of a filament. 

 Internode. The jiortion of a stem between the 



points from which the leavs grow. 

 Interpetii 



I'.etwi-ell the petioles. 



Introi 



l^'aeiiig inward. 



Inviduerate. Furnished with an involucre. 

 Involucre. A wliorl of bracts subtending a 



llower. 

 Involute. The sides rolled inward. 

 Irregular. Said of flowers in which similar 



parts differ in size or form. 

 Keid. A ecntral ridge; also the united an- 

 terior petals of a ]ta|)ilionai'i'ons llower. 

 Key. A ilvy winged indehiseent fruit: a 



samara. 

 Laciniate. Cut into long irregdar teeth. 

 Lamella. A thin flat scale or plate. 

 Lamellate. Com]iosed of lamelhe. 

 Laminate. Consisting of plates. 

 Lanceolate. Lance-sha|ieil. wide b(dow ami 



ta]iering to ape.v, lint narrowiu' than o\ate. 

 Leaflet. One of the small Idades of a eoni- 



jioiind leaf. 

 Legume. A simple dry fruit, composed of a 



single carpel and dehisrcnt usually along 



both sutures; a pod. as of the Pea. 

 T^egnminous. Producing iegnmi's. 

 jjenticek Small Ipns-sha|H'd corky growths 



seen in young bai'ks. 

 Lenticular. I^ens-shajied. 

 Le]iidote. Bearing small senrfy scales. 

 Lignlate. Strap-slni|ied, or provided with 



ligules, descripti\e (if enrnlhis. ete. 

 Limb. The expanded part of a petal or 



se|>al. 

 Tjine:ir. ])escriptive of a narrow leaf with 



margins appro.ximateh' parallel, as a blade 



of grass. 

 Lobe. A in'ominent divisitni of an organ. 

 Lolled. Divided with rathei' deep sinuses. 

 Loculicidal. Said id' capsules wdiich open 



into till' cell along the dorsal suture. 

 Lomeiit. .V pod constricted between the seeds, 

 Lyrate. f^yrc-shaped ; said of pinnatifid 



leaves \viiere tiie terminal segment is 



laigest. 

 Marcescent. \\'ithering but still persisting. 

 .Medulla. The central pilli-column of e.xogen- 



oiis stems. 

 Medullary-rays. Tjines of S]iecialized cells of 



woods radiating fnnn the pith-coluinn ti> 



the bark. 

 Micro|iyle. The orilice of an ovule or the 



corresjionding point of a seed. 

 Midrib. The main central rib of a leaf; the 



mid-vein. 

 .Monadel plums. Stamens with filaments 



united. 

 :\toniliforin. Pesemlding a string of beads. 

 Monocotyledonoiis. With a, single ciityledon. 

 Monoecious. With stamens and [listils on the 



same plant but in dilferent flowers. 

 Monopetaliins. With )ietals united, 

 ilucri). ,V small abrupt tip. 

 Mucronate. Furnished with a niiicro. 

 iluricate. Rough with short rigid points. 

 Xatnrali/.ed. Said of introdnceil plaids which 



arc reproducing by- self-sown seeds. 

 Xectar. .V sweet secretion in llowers. whidi 



becomes hone.v after being gathered by liees. 

 Xecf ariferous. Bearing nectar. 

 Xcclary. .\n organ secreting nectar. 

 ,\ei\c. A siin|de or unbranclied vein. 



