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Gamopetalous, when the petals are united 

 together, as in Canterbury Bells, Laures- 



ImG. 58.— GAtEATI-:. 



VIU. 59. — GAMOPETALOUS. 



tinus, Forsythias, and most of the plants 



described under Gamopetalse in this work, 



p. 477, see figs. 59, 60, 63, 66, 67. 

 Gibbous, swollen on one 



side, like the flower of 

 Valerian (fig. 60). 

 Glabrous, without hairs or 



down on the surface, as 



the leaves of Camellias, 



Aucubas, Cherry Laurels 



&e. 9- ■ 



Gland, Glandular, a wart- 

 like cellular secreting ho. eo.— gibbous. 



organ usually raised above 



the surface, as on the leaves of many 



Peaches. 

 Glandular-hairy, having hairs tipped with 



glands. 

 Glans, a name applied to the fruit of the 



Oak. In fig. 61, c represents 



the cupule, without the 



seed, and g the entire fruit. 

 Glaucous, sea-green with a 



whitish-blue lustre, like 



the thick fleshy leaves of 



Echeveria secunda, and 



many Aquilegias &o. 

 Globose, round Uke a globe, 



used in connection with in- 

 florescences, like the heads 



of flowers of EcMnops 



Bitro, as well as of single 



bodies like fruits, capsules &e. 

 Glumes, the scales enclosing the spikelet of 



flowers in Grasses. 

 Graveolens, possessing an intense odour, as 



in Ruta graveolens, the Eue. 

 Gymnos, in compounds signifies naked, as 



'Gymnospermous,' naked-seeded, applied 



to the Conifers (p. 972). 

 Gynandrous, stamens and styles consoli- 

 dated, as in the case of the Orchid family 



(p. 890), shown under Column (flg. 32). 

 GyncEcium, the female organs, that is, ear- 

 pels or pistils collectively. 



Habit, the port or aspect of a plant. 



Hastate, a leaf enlarged at the base into 

 two lobes pointing outwards nearly hori- 

 zontally (flg. 62 



FIG. 61.— GLANS. 



PIG. 63.— HTPO- 

 CBATERIFORM. 



Head, a close terminal collection of flowers 



surrounded by an invo- 

 lucre, as in composite 



flowers ; the same as a 



capitulum. 

 Herbaceous, the parts of 



plants which are not 



woody ; also organs, or 



parts of them, of a green 



colour. 

 Hermaphrodite, flowers 



having both stamens and 



pistil, as in figs. 49, 55, ™- 62.-hastate. 



60 &c. 

 Hesperidium, a hard-rinded berry, like the 



Orange and Lemon. 

 Hirsute, with long soft hairs. 

 Hispid, covered with stiff hairs. 

 Hoary, with greyish- white down. 

 Hooded, flowers formed into a hood at the 



end, like the Aconites. 



See Galeate (flg. 58). 

 Humilis, dwarf, low. 

 Hybrid, see p. 37. 

 Hypo, in compounds, 



signifies under, as hypo- 



gynous stamens, below 



the pistil, as shown in 



fig. 109. 

 Hypocotyl, the part of the 



young stem below the 



seed leaves, as shown 



at h, fig. 48. 

 Hypocrateriform, salver-shaped, said of flat 



corollas (fig. 63). At t is shown the ' tube' 



of such flowers. 



Igneus, bright scarlet. 



Imberbis, destitute of hairs. 



Imbricate, arranged over each other like 

 the scales of flower and leaf buds. 



Impari-pinnate, pinnate, 

 with an odd terminal 

 leaflet, as shown in fig. 

 63, in which I indicates 

 one of the 5 leafiets com- 

 posing the whole leaf, 

 p the stalk or petiole, 

 and St the stipules. This 

 is the same as oddly- 

 pinnate. 



Incised, deeply cut, as the 

 leaves of the Haw- 

 thorns. 



Included, not extending beyond the organs 

 surrounding it ; said of stamens which do 

 not project beyond the mouth of the 

 corolla. 



Incomplete, some part wanting, as calyx, 



corolla &c. Plants belonging to the In- 



completse section are described from p. 759 



to p. 805. 



Incurved, curved inwards. 



Indefinite, many, but uncertain in number. 



PIG. 64. — IMPARI- 

 PINNATE. 



