GLOSSARY OF BOTANIC TERMS- 



yoveolate :— impressed with small 



pits. 

 Fruit :— the matured pericarp and 



its contents, together with any 



external integral portion of it. 

 Frumentaceous : -relating to 



grain. 

 Frutescent :— becoming shrnhhy. 

 . Fruitcose :— shrcibby. 

 Fugacious -.—falling or fading 



early. 

 Funicle :— the stalk or chord which 



connects the ovule or seeds to the 

 ti« placenta. 



Funiculatus: —thread-like. 

 Furcate :- forked. 

 Furrowed :- grooved. 

 . Fuscous :-greywish-brown. 

 Fusiform :— spindle-shaped. 



Cramopetalous :- withi united 

 petals. 



Cramophyllous :— applied to a peri- 

 anth with united segments. 



Gamosepalous :— with unite d 



Geminate :-in pairs. 



Geniculate : -abruptly bent. 



Genus :- a natural group consist- 

 ing cf one cr more species, and 

 which with the species gives the 

 name t) a plant, 



GitJtoous:-a pouch-like enlarge- 



^ ment at the base 'of an organ, as 

 of a calyx. 



Glabrous :— smooth. 



Glalirescent :— becoming glabrous 

 or nearly so. 



Gladiate:— shaped like a sword. ■ 



Gland :-a definite secreting strac 

 ture on the surface of an organ, 

 embedded or ending in a hair ; or 



' any gland-like non-secreting 

 protuberance. A viscid enlarge- 

 ment at the base of the stalk of 

 a poUinium in orchids and 

 Asde'j^iadaceoe. Another name 

 for an acorn. 



Glandular :— f urnished with 

 glands. 



Glaucous :— sea-green. 



Globose ;— somewhat spherical. 



Glochidiate : - cl >thed with barbed 

 bristles. 



Glomerate -.-compactly clustered. 



Glumaceous : - resembling glumes, 

 like the perianth of rashes 

 (Juncus). 



Glume :-One of the chaff -like 

 bracts which characterize the 

 inflorescence of grasses and 

 sedges and Erioca-ulon. 



Graveoleus :— unpleasantly strong- 

 scented. 



Gregarious:— associated, or grow- 

 ing in c : mpany . 



Guttatus :— spotted. 



Gymnospermse :— the class, includ- 

 ing the conifers, which have 

 naked ovules. 



Gynandrous ; - applied to stamens 

 which are adnate to the pistil, as 

 in orchids. 



Gynobasic :— applied to a style 

 which adheres by its base to a 

 prolongation upwards of the tcrus 

 between the carpels, as in Lahi- 

 atce. 



Gynoecium :— the pistil or carpels 

 of a flower collectively. 



Gynophore :-an elongation of the 

 receptacle, forming a stipe or 

 stalk to the pistil. 



Habit :— the general appearance of 



plant. 

 Habitat :— the kind of locality in 



which a plant grows. 

 Hamose : -hooked. 

 Hastate :— shaped like the head of 



a spear, 

 Helicoid : -coiled like a snail- shell. 

 Heptandrous :— having seven 



stamens. 

 Herbaceous: -applied to plants 



which do not form a persistent 



woody stem. 

 Hermaphrodite :— with stamens 



and pistil in the same flower. 

 Heterogamous :b earing two 



kinds of flowers, as in some Com- 



<posite and UmhelUferoe. 



