344 GLOSSARY: 



Fibre : an elongated cell, or fine filament. 



Fibril, Fibrilla : a very small fibre or thread. 



Fibrous : containing, or like fibres. 



Fibro-vaseular bundles : woody threads or bundles composed of 



fibrous, vascular, and parenchymous elenaents. 

 Filament : the thread-like portion of the stamen which supports the 



anther. 

 Filamentous : thread-like, or bearing slender threads. 

 Filiform : thread-form. 

 Fimbriate: fringed. 



Fission : division of any body into two parts by gradual constriction. 

 Flabellate, Mabelliform : fan-shaped. 

 Flagellum : a long whip-like filament or cilium. 

 Fleshy : succulent, composed of pulp or flesh. 

 F7oaiing : swimming on the surface. 

 Ftoceose : with tufts of woolly or long soft hairs, 

 Fioceulent : diminutive of floccose. 



Funicidus : the stem or stalk which supports the ovule in the ovary. 

 Fuseoius: grayish-browri. 

 Fndjorrm: spindle-formed, 



Galeate: helmet-shaped. 



Oamo (as a prefix) : united. 



GamopeiaUms : petals united. 



Gamosepalous : with sepals united. 



Gemmm : a mass of cells forming a body similar in function to & bud, 



Gemmatiaa: budding. 



Genera : plural of genus. 



Generic : relating or pertaining to genus. 



Genetic : by inheritance ; genealogical. 



Genus .- a group of allied species. 



Geetrofism : turning towards the earth. 



Germ : a young bud ; point of growth ; that from which anything 



originates. 

 Germination : sprouting ; sending out a filament ; the development 



of the plantlet at the expense of the nourishment contained 



in the seed. 

 Gibbons : swollen at one point. 

 Glabrous : smooth ; not hairy. 



Gland : a cell, or mass of cells which secretes something. 

 Gldicids: round bodies similar in occurrence and behavior to the 



crystalloids. 

 Glob'ular .- spherical, or nearly so. 



Globule .- the male organ or antheridium of the Characese. 

 Glossology : explanations of technical terms. 

 Glumes: the husks or bracts which are inserted at the base of a 



spikelet. 

 Glutinous : viscid ; sticky. 



Gonidia : the green bodies in the thallus of the Lichens 

 Qraia : a caryopsis ; the fruit of the Gramineie, 



