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GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS. 



Ferruginous. Color of iron-rust. 



Fdid. Ill-snnllin^. 



Fibrillose. With fibres or fibre-like or- 

 gans. 



Filament. The stalk of an anther; the 

 two forming the stamen. 



Filamentous. Composed of thread-like 

 structures; thread-like. 



Filiform. Thread-like. 



Fimbriate. With fringed edges. 



Fimhrillate. Minutely fringed. 



Fistular. Hollow and cylindric. 



Flabellate. Fan-shaped, or arranged 

 like the sticks of a fan. 



Flaccid. Lax; weak. 



Flexuous. Alternately bent in different 

 directions. 



Floccose. With loose tufts of wool-like 

 hairs. 



Foliaceous. Similar to leaves. 



Foliolate. Wifh separate leaflets. 



Follicle. A simple fruit dehiscent along 

 one suture. 



Follicular. Similar to a follicle. 



Foveate. Foveolate. More or less 

 pitted. 



Free. Separate from other organs; not 

 adnate. 



Frond. The leaves of ferns. 



Frutescent. Frutuose. More or less 

 shrub-like. 



Fugacious. Falling soon after develop- 

 ment. 



Fugitive. Plants not native, but occur- 

 ring here and there, without direct 

 evidence of becoming established. 



Funiculus. The stalk of an ovule or 

 seed. 



Fusiform. Spindle-shaped. 



Galea. A hood -like part of a perianth 

 or corolla. 



Galeate. With a galea. 



Gametophyte. The sexual generation of 

 plants. 



Gamopetalous. With petals more or less 

 united. 



Gemma. A bud-like propagative or- 

 gan. 



Gibbous. Enlarged or swollen on one 

 side. 



Glabrate. Nearly without hairs. 



Glabrous. Devoid of hairs. 



(iladiate. Like a sword-blade. 



Gland. A secreting cell, or group of 

 cells. 



Glandular. With glands, or gland- 

 like. 



Gliucous. Covered with a fine bluish 

 or white bloom; bluish-hoary. 



Globose. Spherical Or nearly mi. 



Glomerate. In a compact cluster. 



Glomerule. A dense capitate cyme. 



Glumaceous. Resembling glumes. 



Glume. The scaly bracts of the spikeiet^ 

 of grasses and sedges. 



Granulose. Composed of grains. 



Gregarious. Growing in groups or col< >- 

 nies. 



Gynobase. A prolongation or enlarge- 

 ment of the receptacle supporting the 

 ovary. 



Habit. General aspect. 



Habitat. A plant's natural place of 

 growth. 



Hastate. Halberd-shaped; like sagit- 

 tate ; but with the basal lobes diverg- 

 ing. 



Haustoria. The specialized roots cf 

 parasites. 



Head. A dense round cluster of sessile 

 of nearly sessile flowers. 



Herbaceous. Leaf- like in texture and 

 color, pertaining to an herb. 



Hilum. The scar or area of attachment 

 of a seed or ovule. 



Hirsute. With rather coarse stiff hairs. 



Hispid. With bristly stiff hairs. 



Hispidulous. Diminutive of hispid. 



Hyaline. Thin and translucent. 



Hypocotyl. The rudimentary stem of the 

 embryo; also termed radicle. 



Hypogyniiwi. Organ supporting the 

 ovary in some sedges. 



Hypogynous. Borne at the base of the 

 ovary, or below. 



Imbricated. Overlapping. 



Imperfect. Flowers with either stamens 

 or pistils, not with both. 



Incised. Cut into sharp lobes. 



Included. Not projecting beyond sur 

 rounding parts. 



Incumbent. With the back against the 

 hypocotyl. 



Indehiscent. Not opening. 



Indusium. The membrane covering a 

 sorus. 



Inequilateral. Unequal sided. 



Inferior. Relating to an organ which 

 arises or is situated below another. 



lnflexed. Abruptly bent inward. 



Inflorescence. The flowering part of 

 plants; its mode of arrangement. 



Integument. A coat or protecting layer. 



Internode. Portion of a stem or branch 

 between two successive nodes. 



Jntrorse. Facing inward. 



Iwolucl. A secondary involucre. 



Imolucrate. With an involucre, or like 

 one. 



Itrrolucre. A whorl of bracts subtend- 

 ing a flower or flower-cluster. u 



Involute, Rolled inwardly. 



