Index and Glossary 



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GYN 



Gynandrous (Gr. gune^ a. woman ; aner, 

 a man). Applied to flowers where the 

 pistil and stamens are united together 

 m a central column, 114, 180 



Gynoecium (Gr. gnne, a woman ; oikos, 

 a house). The pistil or female organ 

 of the flower, 100, 113 



Gynophore (Gr. gime, woman ; pkero, 

 to carry). A prolongation of the 

 flower stalk beyond the calyx, bear- 

 ing the ovary, 124 



ZJABENARIA, i82_ 



■* -* Hairs, prolongation of the epi- 

 dermis of plants, 31, 72 



Hawthorn, 166 



Hazel, loi, 178, 179 



Heartwood. The inner wood of dicoty- 

 ledons, 46 



Helianthus, 172 



Helicoid (Gr. helix, kelicos, coiled). The 

 same as bostrychoid, which see 



Heliotropism (Gr. helios, sun ; irope^ a 

 turn). The bending of plants towards 

 the light, 149 



Helleborus, 158 ' 



Helosciadiujn, 169 



He7nlock, 168 



Heracleum^ 167, 169 



Herb Paris, 116, 183 



Hermaphrodite (Lat. hermaphrodittis). 

 Plants where stamens and pistil grow 

 in the same flower, loi 



Hesperidium (from the Lat. H esperides). 

 A multilocular berry, as seen in the 

 orange, 141 



Heterostylism (Gr. heteros, different 

 from). Plants where the styles differ 

 in length in the various flowers, 

 132 



Hilum(Lat. a very little thing). The 

 scar by which the ovule or seed is 

 attached to the raphe or placenta, 3, 

 122 



Hordeum, 188 



Horse-radish, 160 



Hottonia, 176 



Hyacinthus, 185 



Hybrid (Lat. hybrida, a mongrel). The 

 common offspring of two distinct 

 species, 156 



Hydrocotyle, 169 



Hydrogen of plant, whence obtained, 



Hypocrateriform (Gr. hiipo^ under ; 

 /erater, a goblet). Salve -shaped 

 corolla; that is, a long tube with 

 spreading lobes above, log 



Hypogeal (Gr. hupo, under ; ge, the 

 earth). Seeds whose cotyledons re- 

 main below the soil, 29 



Hypogynous (Gr. kupo, under ; ^ine, 

 a woman). Attachment of petals and 

 stamens below the pistil, 107, 115, 



r54 

 Hyssop, 174 



INV 



JBERIS, 160 



■^ Imbricate (Lat. imhricatus, over- 

 lapping). Arrangement of leaves in 

 a bud where they overlap like tiles of 

 a house, 65 



Imparipinnate (Lat. impar, odd ; pin- 

 natus, winged). Leaves where the 

 leaflets are arranged on each side of 

 the central stalk like barbs of a 

 feather, and an odd leaflet terminates 

 the whole, 80 



Imperfect flowers. Those where the 

 pistil and stamens are on separate 

 flowers, loo 



Incompleia, 154, 177 



Incomplete flowers. Those where any 

 of the floral whorls are absent, 

 100 



Indefinite inflorescence. Inflorescence 

 where the youngest flowers are above 

 or in the centre, 94 



Indehiscent fruits (Lat. in, not ; dehisco, 

 to gape). Fruits which do not break 

 when ripe, 136, 140 



Indian Corn, 188 



Indigo, 164 



Induplicate (Lat. in, in ; duplicaiiis, 

 doubled). When in the leaf bud in- 

 volute leaves touch by their edges 

 without overlapping, 66 



Inferior. Applied to the calyx when it 

 is attached beneath the ovary, 108 ; 

 and to the ovary when the calyx is 

 above it, 103 



Inflorescence (Lat. inflorcsco, I flourish). 

 The general arrangement of the 

 flowers upon the stem, 93 



Influence of plants on climate, 88 



Infundibuliform (Lat. infundibulum, 

 a funnel). Funnel shaped : applied 

 to the calyx or corolla, 109 



Innate (Lat. innatus, inbred). When 

 the anther lobes are attached imme- 

 diately on top of the filament, 115 



Inner bark, 48 



Integument of seed. (Lat. integiimen' 

 turn, a covering). The outer coat of 

 seeds, 5 



Interfascicular cambium (Lat. ifiter, 

 between ; fascictilus, a little bundle). 

 Cambium growing between the fibro- 

 vascular bundles, 47 



Internodes (Lat. inter,^ between ; nodtis, 

 a knot). The portions of the stem 

 between the nodes, 60 



Inline. The inner cjat of the pollen 

 grains, 117 



Intussusception (Lat. inl7£s, from within; 

 suscipio, to beget). The peculiar 

 method of grow th seen in organic 

 bodies, 15 



Inula, Tjz 



Inuline. A peculiar compound found in 

 the roots of Comfjositse, 14 



Involucel. A partial or secondary in- 

 volucre, 95 



Involucre (Lat. involucrum, a covering). 

 ■, A whorl of bracts forming a covering 



