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GLOSSARY. 



a side; a pinnate leaf is equilat- 

 eral when it has the same 

 number of leaflets on each side 

 of the rachis. 



Equitant, astride, as if riding, 

 like the leaves of Iris. 



Evanescent, disappearing or fall- 

 ing away very early. 



Exserted, protruding beyond the 

 surrounding organ; exserted 

 stamens protrude beyond the 

 corolla. 



Extrorse, turned outward. 



Falcate, sickle-shaped. 



Fascicle, a close cluster or bun- 

 dle of roots, stems, leaves or 

 flowers. 



Fenestrate, with transparent 

 areas or window-like open- 

 ings. 



Fertile timet- r, one which sets 

 fruit containing good seed; 

 fertile stamen, the anther con- 

 taining pollen. 



Fid or fidus, terminations mean- 

 ing cleft or lobed, as 3-fid= 

 3-cleft. 



Filament, a thread, in case of a 

 stamen the stalk supporting 

 the anther. 



Fimbriate, fringed. 



Fimbrillate, diminutive of fim- 

 briate. 



Fistulous, hollow. 



Flabi Hate, fun-shaped. 



Flexuous, more or less zigzag. 



Floceose, bearing locks or tufts of 

 hair or wool. 



Foliaceons, leaf-like. 



Foliolate, having leaflets; 3-foli- 

 olate, with 3 leaflets, etc. 



Follicle, a dehiscent seed-vessel 

 derived from a single carpel, 

 as a pod of the Larkspur. 



Free, not united to another 

 organ, especially when one 

 circle of the flower is not 

 united to another circle. 



Frail, the matured or ripened 



ovary with all its appendages 

 or accessory parts as well as 

 contents. 



Fugacious, very promptly falling 

 off or lasting but a short time. 



Funiculus, the stalk on which the 

 ovule is borne in the ovary. 



Fusiform, thickest at or above or 

 below the middle and tapering 

 more or less to each end. 



Galea, the long or helmet-like 

 upper lip in the Mint and Fig- 

 wort Families. 



Galeate, having a galea. 



Geminate, twin, in pairs, two 

 side by side. 



Geniculate, bent abruptly, like a 

 knee. 



Gibbous, swollen or distended on 

 one side. 



Glabrate, becoming glabrous. 



Glabrous, bald, not hairy. 



Glandular, bearing glands, or 

 having a surface which ex- 

 udes a sticky or viscid liquid. 



Glaucescent, somewhat glaucous 

 or becoming so. 



Glaucous, whitened with a bloom. 



GloehiMate, bearing bristles 

 barbed at the tip. 



Glomerate, compacted into a 

 close cluster. 



Glomerule, a compacted or con- 

 densed head-like cyme. 



Glumaceous, like the glume 

 (bract) of grasses. 



Glutinous, with a sticky exuda- 

 tion. 



Granulate, bearing granules or 

 grain-like bodies. 



Great Valley, local name of the 

 central Californian valley, in- 

 cluding the Sacramento and 

 San Joaquin. 



Gyno^dicecious, having flowers on 

 one plant pistillate, on another 

 perfect. 



Gynaecium. the name for a pistil 

 or whorl of pistils of a flower. 



