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GLOSSAKY. 



Frondose; leafj-,cr with leaf like appendages, j 

 Fructijication ; the flower and fruit, with ! 



their parts. < 

 FrvAt : the mature ovarv or seed-vessel, ] 



and its contents. j 

 F/'utesrertt; hecoming shruhby, or hard and ; 



woody. j 

 Fruticose: shrub-like, or shrubby. i 

 Fruticulose ; like a little shrub." j 

 Fuc/a-cious: hei^tins: of short duration. | 

 Fulvous: tawny, fox or tan-colored. | 

 Fungous: of rapid growth and soft tes | 



ture. like the fungi. \ 

 Funiculus : the little cord by which seeds 



are attached to the placenta. j 

 Funn Ifonn: tubular below, and expand- 

 ing above— like a funnel. j 

 Fu rcate ; forked. { 

 Furfardceous ; scaly, or scurfy, like bran | 



or dandruff. * I 



Fuscous: greyish brown, or deep brown, 



with a tinge of green. j 

 Fiiniform : spindle-shaped ; terete and ta- ; 



pering to a point. \ 

 Galea: a helmet ; the arched upper lip of 



a ringent corolla. 

 Gdleate: helmeted; resembling a casque, 



or helmet. 



Gamopetalous: having the petals all more 

 or less united, — forming what is called 

 (rather incorrectly) a monopetalous co 

 roll a. 



Gamosepalous: having the sepals all more 

 or less united, — forming a monosepalous 

 calyx. 



Geminate: in pairs. 



Gen ric: pertaining or relating to a genus 



Geniculate: iQrva.va%&VL angle at the joints, 

 like a bent knee. 



Genus i^Xxw-iX genera): a group of species 

 which agree with each other in the struc- 

 ture or essential characters of the flower 

 or fruit ; sometimes a genus comprises 

 I ut a single species. 



Germ: the growing part of a bud. 



Germen: the old name for the ovary. 



Gerrninalion: the sprouting, or incipient 

 growth, of a seed. 



Gihbom: hunched, or swelled out, on one 

 or both sides. 



Glaliroits; very smooth, without any rough- 

 ness or pubescence. 



Gland : a small roundish organ, or append- 

 age, which often secretes a fluid. 



Glandular: furnished with ghinds. 



Glandular-hispid, or gla'ndulnr-puJ des- 

 cent: hairy or pubescent, and the hairs 

 tipped with glands. 



Glaucescent: inclining to, or becoming, 

 glaucous. 



Gi'iu>'ou'<: silvery: pale-bluish, or greenish- 

 white ; covered with a greenish white 

 meaiiness. 



Globose, or globular; spherical; round on 

 all sides. 



Glomerate: densely clustered in small 

 heaps, ->r irregular heads. 



GU/in^ndes: small dense, roundish clus- 

 ters. 



Glumacfous: chaff like ; resembling chaff 

 or glumes. 



Glumes: the bracts, or outer chaff, em- 

 bracinc the sj likelets of the grasses i calvx, 

 of Linn. . See J vL a. 



Glutinou--^: \i<v\i\: covered M'ith an adhe- 

 sive fluid. 



Grain : fruit of the true grasses, sometimes 

 called a caryop-As. 



Gramineous: grass-like; resembling grasses. 



Granijercus: bearing a grain, or grains. 



(?/•(/?( ttZar. formed of grains or small parti- 

 cles. 



Giimnosp'irmoiis: having the seeds naked, 

 — f. not inclosed in a pericarp. 



Gyndndrcus: having the stamens growing 

 on, or adhering tortile pistil. 



Gyn -^cium : a term designating the pistil- 

 late portion of the flower, or the seed- 

 bearing organs, collectively. 



Gynostegiym: the pistil-cover or tube 

 formed by the connate filaments, in the 

 Asclepias family. 



Halit of plants.' Their general external 

 appearance and mode of growtli, by which 

 they are recognized at sight. 



Ilal iiat. or habitatio: the natural or na- 

 tive place of growth. 



Halved: one sided. — as if one half had been 

 cut off. 



Hastate: shaped like a halbert: lanceolate, 

 with a divaricate lobe on each side of the 

 base. 



Head: a dense roundish cluster of sessile 

 flowers. 



ffeptandrous: having 7 stamens. 



Herbaceous: not wc)ody;of a tender con- 

 sistence, and usually destructible by frost. 



Herbarium : a collection of dried speci- 

 mens of plants. 



Herbs: plants which are not woe dy- — of a 

 more tender structure than trees and 

 shrubS; and usually killed by frost. 



Heterogamous heads ; heads of Syngene- 

 sious flowers, containing florets of differ- 

 ent structure and sexual character. 



Heteropiliyllous: having leaves of different 

 forms. 



HexdmPi ous: consisting of 6 parts. 

 H xandrous; having (j stamens of equal 

 length. 



Hilnm : the scar left on a seed, at the point 



of attachment to the funiculus. 

 Hirsute: rough-haired : clothed with stiflish 



hairs. 



His/iid: bristly : beset with rigid, spreading, 

 bristle-like hairs. 



Hoary: covered with a white or whitish pu- 

 bescence. 



Uon,< gn nitius heads. Heads of Syn:j;ene- 

 sions flowers, in which all the florets are 

 of similar structure and the same sexual 

 character. 



Hoodid. See eiucvXlate. 



Horizontal ovules. When they project 



