Gl OSSARY. 



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Frondose. Ample and expanded like 

 the fronds of certain Alga-. 



Fructification. The fruit part of a plant. 



Fruticulose. Branched and shrub-like, 

 sometimes pendulose. 



ious. Falling off rery early, last- 

 ing only I very short tinu'. 



Fusiform. Spindle-shaped j terete and 

 tapering gradually to each end. 



Gemma (in Hepaticse). Minute masses 

 ells, serving for non-sexual repro- 

 duction. 

 Gibbous. Swelling out on one side. 



The spore-bearing tissue of the 

 romycetes. 



Spherical in form, or nearly so. 

 Gonidia. The imprisoned Algsa within 



the thallus of a Lichen. 

 Granulote. Composed of small grains 

 or granul 



ious. Growing in clusters, but 

 not matted together. 



lived backward and for- 

 ward in turns. 



Hyaline. Colorless and transparent or 

 translucent. 



Hygropkanou*. Presenting when fresh 

 and moist a watery appearance. 



tcopic. Moving under the influ- 

 ence of moisture and dryness. 



Evnenhtm. A layer producing spores. 



Hifpothecium. A mass of tissue just 

 under the hymeninm in some Lichens. 



Imbricate. Overlapping each other like 

 tiles or shingles on a roof. 



Incubous. The tip of one leaf lying flat 

 over the base of the next above it. 



Indekiscent. Not splitting open by 

 valves, chinks or along regular lines. 



Innate (apothecium). Sunk in the sur- 

 face. 



Innovation. A new-formed shoot ; a 

 supplementary extension of the stem. 

 kjt« (in Hepaticse). A tabular or 

 somewhat prismatic organ surround- 

 ing the sporogonium or its base. 

 There may be two involucres, an inner 

 and an outer. 



Labvrinth\form. With intricate turn- 

 ings lik«- a maze or labyrinth. 



LaCi rate. Irregularly cleft BS it' torn or 

 lacerated. 



Lamellate. Composed of, or provided 



with thin plates or lamella'. 



Lamina. The expanded part of a leaf, 



exclusive of the midrib. 



Lanceolate. Shaped like a lance or 

 spear-head; narrower than oblong, 



and tapering to each end, or at leasl 



to the apex. 

 Lateral. Relating to the side. 

 Lid. The cover of the orifice of the 



capsule. 

 Liyulate. Strap-shaped. 

 Limbatt. With a flaring border or limb, 



a- in an infundibuliform corolla. 

 Linear. Long and narrow. 

 Lirellavform. Elongated like a trench, 



often branched and Binuose. 



Lunulate. Crescent-shaped. 



Medulla. Pith, or what answers to it. 



Medullary. Relating to the pith, or 



what answers to it. 

 Membranaceous. Thin and rather soft, 



and pliable like a membrane. 

 Meter {m.). Equals about three feet 



and a quarter. 

 Millimeter (mm.). Equals about one 



twenty-fifth of an inch. 

 Mitrate or Mitriform. Conical or mitre- 

 shaped. 

 Mucronate. Abruptly pointed by a 



sharp spine-like tip. 

 Multicellular. Composed of many cells. 

 Mycelium. The filamentous tissue of 



fungi. 



Obcordate. Inverted hca^t-shaped. 

 Osliole. The minute orifice at the top 



of a perithecium through which the 



spores are discharged. 

 Oral. Broadly elliptical. 

 Oouid. Egg-shaped. 



Palmalely (lobed or divided). In a 

 palmate manner; i. c bo that the Bl- 

 ouses are directed toward- or reach a 

 common point, such as the point of 

 insertion. 



