BOTANICAL TERMS. 
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Galea ; a helmet ; the upper arched Up 
of some labiate flowers. 
Gamopetalous ; the same as monopetalous. 
Gamosepalous ; when the sepals are joined 
at the edge. 
Gills ; the lamellae or thin parallel plates, 
which form the hymenium of mushrooms and 
similar fungi. 
Glomerulus or glomus ; a head or capi- 
tulum. 
Glumes (glumd) ; the outer covering or 
scales enclosing the spikelets of grasses. 
Glumella, glumellula ; terms applied to 
the hypogynous scales of grasses. 
Granules; the little grains of which the 
pollen consists ; also the longer sporules of algas. 
Grappe J a term applied to the raceme. 
Grossification ; the swelling of the ovary 
after fertilisation. 
Gymnostemium ; a term used to express 
the combination of the filaments into a solid 
body, as it takes place in the flowers of orchids. 
Gynceceum ; a term applied to the pistil. 
Gynandrous; having the stamens and styles 
combined, as in orchids ; this peculiarity 
distinguishes the twentieth Linnaean class 
Gynandria. 
Gynous ; flowers are 1, % 3, 4, 5, &c. 
-gynous, when they contain so many styles. 
Helmet ; the upper arched part of a labiate 
flower ; this is seen in the flowers of Lamium. 
Heptandrous; having seven stamens ; this 
peculiarity distinguishes the seventh Linnasan 
class Heptandria. 
Hermaphrodite ; when the male and female 
organs are in the same flower it is said to be 
hermaphrodite ; it is so in the majority of 
plants. 
Hexandrous ; having six stamens ; this 
peculiarity distinguishes the sixth Linnasan 
class Hexandria. 
Hymenium ; the part in which the sporules 
of fungi are situated. 
Hypocrateriform (Jiypocrateriformis) ; sal- 
ver-shaped, a monopetalous corolla, with a 
long narrow tube, and flat spreading margin 
or limb, as in the Phlox. 
Hypogynous {hypogynus); applied to the 
stamens when apparently inserted under the 
pistils or ovary : not a very accurate term. 
Hypanthodium ; a fleshy receptacle not 
enclosed in an involucrum ; the fig is of this 
structure. 
Icosandrous ; having from twelve to twenty 
stamens ; this peculiarity distinguishes the 
twelfth Linnasan class Icosandria. 
Included; applied to stamens when their 
filaments are shorter than the corolla. 
Indehiscent ; not opening by pores ; applied 
to anthers. 
Inflorescence ; the general arrangement of 
the flowers on the branch and stem. 
Infundibuliform (ivfundibuliformis); fun- 
nel-shaped ; a monopetalous funnel-shaped 
corolla, with a swollen obconical tube and 
spreading limb, as the flower of Nicotiana. 
Inlus ; a term applied to the catkin. 
Innate ; when the anther is attached to the 
filament by its base ; adhering to the apex of 
a thing. 
Introrse (introrsus) ; turned inwards, or 
towards the axis to which it appertains ; in 
anthers, when the line of dehiscence is towards 
the pistil. 
Involucre ; an organ consisting of a series 
of whorled bracts surrounding several flowers, 
as in composite and umbelliferous plants. 
Involucellum ; a partial involucre surround- 
ing the smaller umbels of a general or com- 
pound umbel. 
Keel; the carina or lower segment of a 
papilionaceous flower. 
Labellum ; the lower petal or lip in orchida- 
ceous or other flowers ; the front segment ; 
the term is applied chiefly to the flowers of 
orchidaceous plants. 
Labiate (labiatiis); lipped, when the seg- 
ments of a monopetalous corolla form two un- 
equal divisions, as in the flower of the Salvia. 
Labiose ; when a polypetalous flower re- 
sembles what is called labiate among mono- 
petalous ones. 
Lacinida ; the inflexed acuminated point of 
the petal in the flowers of umbelliferous plants. 
Lamella ; foliaceous appendages to the base 
of the limb of some flowers, divided Jnto 
several erect scales ; the gills of mushrooms. 
Lepicena ; a term applied by some to the 
glumes of grasses. 
Lepisma ; a term sometimes applied to the 
disk, when it assumes the appearance of a cup, 
as in pasonies. 
Liliaceous; applied to a polypetalous 
corolla with claws gradually widening to a 
limb, as in the lily. 
Limb (limbus) ; the dilated part of a petal 
or flower, as distinguished from the claw of 
the former in polypetalous, and the tube of the 
latter, in monopetalous corollas. 
Loculi ; a term applied to the lobes or cells 
of the anther. 
Locusta ; the spikelets or small bunches of 
the flowers of grasses. 
Lodicula ; a term applied to the hypogynous 
scales of grasses. 
Membranida; sometimes applied to the 
indusium of ferns. 
Monandrous ; having one stamen ; this 
peculiarity distinguishes the first Linnaean 
class Monandria. 
Monadelphous ; when the stamens are 
united into one bundle only, as in the mallow ; 
this peculiarity distinguishes the sixteenth 
Linnaean class Monadelphia. 
