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Pun reel-form. Tabular at the bottom 
and gradually expanded at the top. 
Fusiform. Spindle shaped, a root 
thick at the top and tapering down- 
wards. 
G. 
Ga'lea. A helmet. 
Gem'ma. A bud containing a plant 
seated upon the stem and branches, 
and covered with scales, in order 
to defend it from injury. The bud 
resembles the seed in containing the 
future plant in embryo ; but this 
embryo is destitute of a radicle, 
though if the bud is planted in the 
earth, a radicle is developed. 
Gemma’ceous. Belonging to a bud. 
Made of the scales of a bud. 
Gener ic name. The name of a ge- 
nus. 
Genic' ulatc. Bent like a knee. 
Ge'nus. (The plural of genus is gen- 
era,) a family of plants agreeing in 
their flower and fruit. Plants of 
the same genus are thought to pos- 
sess similar medical powers. 
Germ. The lower part of the pistil 
which afterwards becomes the fruit. 
Gcrmina'tion. The swelling of a seed, 
and the unfolding of its embryo. 
Gib'bous. Swelled out commonly on 
one side. 
Glabeilous. Bald, without covering. 
Gla brous. Sleek, without hairiness. 
Gland. A small appendage, which 
seems to perform some office of se- 
cretion or exhalation. 
Glandular. Having hairs tipped 
with little heads or glands. 
Glauc’ous. Sea green, mealy, and 
easily rubbed off. 
Glome. A roundish head of flowers. 
Glom'erate. Many branchlets termi- 
nated by little heads. 
Glume. The scales or chaff of grass- 
es, composing the calyx and corolla, 
the lower ones are called the calyx, 
all others the corolla ; each scale, 
chaff, or husk, is called a valve : if 
there is but one, the flower is called 
univalve, if two, bivalve. 
Glu'tinous. Viscid, adhesive. 
Gon. (From gonu. a knee or angle ;) 
as pentagon, five angled ; hexagon, 
six angled ; polygon, many angled. 
Graft'ing. Is the process of uniting 
the branches or buds of two or more 
separate trees. The bud or branch 
of one tree, is inserted into the bark 
of another, and the tree which is 
thus engrafted upon is called the 
stock. 
Gram'ina. Grasses and grass-like 
plants. Mostly found in the class 
Triandria. 
Gramineous. Grass like; such plants 
are also called culrniferous. 
Grand'iflorus. Having large flowers. 
Gran ular. Formed of grains, or co- 
vered with grains. 
Grave'olens. Having a strong odour. 
Grega rious. In flocks, plants grow- 
ing together in groups. 
Groov ed. Marked with deep lines. 
Gymnocarp'cs. (from gumnos, naked 
and karpos fruit.) Mirbel’s first class 
of fruits, containing such as have 
fruit without being covered or con- 
cealed. 
Gymnospcr'mia. (From gumnos, na- 
ked, and sperma, seed.) Having 
naked seeds. 
Gynandrous. Stamens growing up- 
on the pistil. 
Gyn'ia. From the Greek, signifying 
pistil. 
II. 
Ilabita'tio, or Habitat. The native si- 
tuation of plants. 
Habit. The external appearance of a 
plant, by which it is known at first 
sight, without regard to botanical 
distinctions. 
Hair. See Pilus. 
Hair'- like. Sec Capillary. 
Hal'bert-{orvn. See Hastate. 
Hand - form. See Palmate. 
Hang’ing. See pendant. 
Has tate. Shaped like a halbert ; it 
differs from arrow-shaped in having 
the side processes more distinct and 
divergent. 
Head. A dense collection of flowers, 
nearly sessile. 
Heart. See Corculum and Corcle. 
Heart' -form. See Cordate. 
Helmet. The concave upper lip of a 
labiate flower. 
Helminthology. The science of worms. 
Hepat'ic. Liver like. 
Herb. A plant which has not a woody 
stem. 
Herba'ceous. Not woody. 
Her'bage. Every part of a plant ex- 
cept the root and fructification. 
Hcrba'rium. A collection of dried 
plants. 
