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Fruit. The seed with its enclosing 

 pericarp. 



Frutescent. Woody, or becoming 

 woody. 



Fugacious. Soon disappearing, or 

 escaping. 



Fulcrum. Various appendages of 

 plants. 



Funiculus. Footstalk of the ovary 

 or seed. 



Funnel- shaped. A corolla with a 

 tube, and the limb expanding gra- 

 dually into a conical shape. 



Furcate. Forked. 



Furrowed. Marked with longitudinal 

 channels. 



Fusiform. Spindle-shaped ; tapering 

 above and below. 



Galea. A helmet ; the upper lip of 

 a labiate corolla. 



Gamopetalous. Monopetalous ; hav- 

 ing one petal. 



Gamosepalous. Monosepalous ; hav- 

 ing one sepal. . 



Gape. The opening between the lips 

 of a labiate or personate corolla. 



Gelatinous. Resembling jelly. 



Geminate. Paired, double. 



Gemmiparous. Bearing buds in the 

 axils. 



Geniculate. Bent at a very obtuse 

 angle. 



Germ. The growing point of a bud ; 

 the ovary. 



Germination. The swelling of a 

 seed and the evolution of its em- 

 bryo. 



Gibbous. Swollen or enlarged at one 

 side. 



Glabrous. Smooth ; destitute of pu- 

 bescence. 



Gland. A small collection of tissue 

 producing a secretion. 



Glandular. Furnished with glands. 



Glaucous. Covered with a greenish- 

 gray powder. 



Globose. Globular ; round like a ball. 



Glomerate. Consisting of small heads. 



Glomerule. Small heads forming a 

 glume. 



Glume. The scales or bracts sur- 

 rounding the stamens and pistils in 

 the grasses. 



Gluten. A tenacious principle found 

 in some seeds. 



Glutinous. Furnished with a co- 

 hesive matter. 



Granulate. In the form of grains. 



Gymnosperms. Naked-seeded plants. 



Gymnospermia. An order of Didy- 

 namia; having naked seeds. 



Gynandrous. When stamens are 

 seated on the pistil. 



Gynobase. The supporting disk or 

 axis of the ovary. 



Gyncecium. The pistillate system 

 of a flower. 



Habitat. The natural place of 



growth of a plant. 

 Hairs. Hair-like appendages to 



plants. 

 Halbert- shaped. Hastate. 

 Hastate. Shaped like a halbert. 

 Head. Flowers collected in a rounded 



form. 

 Heart-shaped. Cordate. 

 Heart-wood. Duramen ; the inner 



layers of a stem. 

 Helmet. The upper lip of a labiate 



flower. 

 HemAcarp. Half a cremocarp. 

 Heptandrous. Having seven stamens. 

 Heptagynous. Having seven styles. 

 Herb. Any plant not having a woody 



stem. 

 Herbaceous. Not woody. 

 Herbarium, A collection of dried 



plants. 

 Herperidium. An orange, or similar 



fruit. 

 Heterogamous. A compound flower, 



with the disk flowers perfect, and 



the rays ligulate and pistillate, or 



neutral. 

 Heterotropous. See Amphitropous. 

 Hexamerous. A whorl of six parts. 

 Hexandrous. Having six stamens. 

 Hexagynous. Having six styles. 

 Hilum. The scar or mark on a 



seed, left by detachment of the 



funiculus. 

 Hirsute. Clothed with coarse hairs. 

 Hispid. Bristly ; beset with stiff 



hairs. 

 Hoary. Whitish ; from a scaly 



mealiness. 



