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INDEX AND VOCABULARY. 
Otme ulate. Fomaing an angle at the point like 
a bent knee, 41. 
Rkntiana'cea;, 492. 
Oe'nus. (The plural of genus is genera.) A 
family of plauts agreeing in their flower and 
truit. Plants of the same genus are thought to 
possess similar medicinal powers. 
Gkrania'ckjE, 429. 
Geranium^ 246, 247, Fig. 180. 
Germ. '1 he lower part of the pistil, which after- 
ward becomes the fruit, 86, 87, 140, d. 
Gerniiria'tion. The swelling of a seed and the 
unfolding of its embryo, 114. 
Ges'nrr., 344. 
GtSNERlA'rEjE, 484. 
Gi'niit-iG\me\, PI. 2, Fig. 3. 
Gib'buus. Enlarged. 
GUIs, 290. 
Gin'/rer, 165. 
Gird Zing- trees, 127, a. 
Glabel'lous. Bald, without covering. 
Gla'brous. Sleek, without hairiness. 
Glands, 64, a; 118, a. 
Glan'dular. Furnished with glands. 
Glau'cous. Sea-green, mealy, and easily rubbed 
off. 
Glo'bnse. Round or spherical. 
Glom'eratc. Densely clustered*. 
Qlo'mertus, 84 
Glossology. (From glossa, a tongue or language, 
and logos, a discourse.) 
Gluma'cece, 154. 
Glume, 68, a, 173, Fig. 131. 
Ghimei'leus, 68, b. 
Gluten, 141. 
Glu'tinous. Viscid, adhesive. 
Gold'en-Yoi, 262. 
Gon. (From genu, a knee or angle) ; as penta- 
gon, five-angled ; hexagon, six-angled. 
Goose-iooi, 18U. 
Graft' ing, 227,322. 
Grain, 176. 
Sramina'ck^, 559. 
Gramiv'eous. Grass-like; such plants are also 
called culmiferous. 
Grandijlo'rus. Having large flowers. 
Granular. Formed of grains, or covered with 
grains. 
Gran'ulatcd root, 35. 
Grape, 187, Fig. 185. 
vines, 1S7, a. 
Grass'es, 173, 236. 
Gravc'olens. Having a strong odor. 
Green principle, 140. 
Gregarious. In flocks ; plants crowing together 
in groups 
Groov'ed. Marked with deep lines. 
Grossula'ce/E, 454. 
Growth of plants, 133, 
Groups ot plants, 151. 
Gru'mose. Thick, crowded, 
root, 35, b. 
Gum resins, 140, e. 
Gums, 140, d. 
Gymnocar'pes. (From gumnos, naked, and kar- 
pos, fruit.) 89, a. 
Gymnospei-'mia. (From gumnos., naked, and 
sperma, seed.) 236, 237. 
Gynce'cium. The pistillate system. 
Gijnav'dria. ^tameus growing upon the pis- 
til, 267. 
Gyn'ia. Fi'om the Greek, signifying pistil. 
Gynophore. A terra applied to the receptacle 
when it bears the gyniecium alone. 
Oy'nostemium. Column formed by the union of 
the filaments with the pistil. 
Hab'it. The general appearance of a plant, by 
which it is known at sight. 
Habita'tions of plants, 313. 
Habita'tio or Habitat. The native situation ol 
plants. 
Hab'its of plants, 309, 310, 311. 
H^emodora'ce^, 546. 
Hnlora'gcB, 452. 
Hamamela'cejE, 461. 
Hns'tnte. Shaped like a halbert; lanceolate, 
with a divaricate lobe on each side at the base, 
Head. A dense collection of sessile flowers, 84, 
Fig. 94, c. 
Heads of flowers, 84, a 
Heart-wood, 129. 
Heat, 114, a, 312. 
Heath, 208. 
Heav'enly bodies, 368. 
Helian'thus. 258, 263. 
Hel'lebore, 233. 
Hel'met ; galea. The concave upper hp o! a 
labiate flower. 
Hem'atine, 141. 
Hem'icarp. Half carpel or fruit. 
Hepat'ic. Tiiver-like. 
Hepaticje, 566. 
Herb, 23. 
Herba'ceous. Not woody. 
Herb' age. F.very part of a plant except the rool 
and fructification. 
Herba'riiim. A collection of dried plants, 24. 
labels for, 14. 
mode of preparing, 24. 
Hexag'onal. Six-cornered. 
Hi'ans, Gaping. 
Hi'lum, 99. 
Hippocasta'n^. 
Hippoc'rates, 331. 
Hip'puris, 164. 
Hirsute. Rough-haired. 
Hispid. Bristly. 
Hoary. Covered with white pubescence. 
Homog'amous. Syngenesious flowers, all similiu'* 
tubular and perfect. 
Hoi'ly, 182. 
Hol'lyhock, 248. 
Honey, 75, a. 
Hood'ed. Cucullate, or cowled. 
Hop, 283, Fig. 206. 
Hora'rius. Continuing but an hour. 
Ho7-7i. Elongation like a horn. 
Horse-chest' nut, 202. 
Hous'tonia cerulea, 178. 
House-leek, PI. 4, Fig. 5. 
Hum'boldVs division of regions, 319. 
Hum'iiis. Low. 
Husk. The larger kind of glume, as the husks 
of Indian corn. 
Hi/alines. Water-color. 
Hijbcr'nalis. Growing in winter. 
Hi/brids. Variations produced by fertilizing the 
ovary of one plant with the pollen of a nearly 
allied species. 
Hydrnn'gecE, 220. 
Hydrochariha'ck^, 538. 
Hydrophyi.la'ce^, 491. 
Hypkrica'ce/t:, 416. 
Hypericum, 256. 
Hypo. Greek upo, under; used in the coiu- 
position of scientific terms. 
Hy pocr liter' if orm. Salver-shaped, with a tuba 
abruptly expanded into a flat border. 
Hypog ynous, 77. 
Ichthyol'og]/, 376. 
Icosan'dria, 224, a. 
Illece'br<B, 418. 
Im'bricate. Lying over, like scales, or the shiir 
gles of a roof. 
Imper'fect. Wanting the stamen or pistiL 
Impres'sions of leaves, 27. 
