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Gle'ba — Chambered sporogenons tissue 
within a sporophore. 
Gle'bul.i-: — C rnmh-Hke masses. 
Globo'se, Glo'uular, Globula'ris — 
Nearly sphferical. 
Glochi'deus, GLOcniPiA'Tus— Where the 
pubescence is formed of barbed bristles. 
(See the .«EeTns of some Boragine^e.) 
GjiOMERA'TUS — Heapr^rl up. Synonym for 
“Agglomerates.” (See the fruit of 
Ficus (dome.rata^ the Cluster Fig.) 
Glo'mus — S yn<jnym for “ Capituluin.” 
Glume, Gl'u'ma, Chaff— T lic floral en- 
velopes of Grasses and Sedges ; but 
now more es^iecially retained for the 
outermost husks only, which invest one 
or more flow ers, cuiuposing the separate 
spikelets. 
Glutiwsus — O laonny. 
Glypho'lecink— lnii)ressed or canaliculate 
in an elongate wavy labyrinthine mode, 
like the genus (rlirphis. 
Gonoylo'dkk — Knot-iike, 
GON'oYLi.'ri — Tiio spoTfs of certain Fungi. 
Also a rouml, hanl, deculuoua bod>?, 
connected with the rei-roduction of 
certain AlgfP. 
Gonu)'ta — P ru])agativo bodies of small size, 
not produced directly or indirectly by 
any act of fettilisation. 
Gon'o.sphekf, — A ball-like agglomeration of 
s]jores. 
Go'nus ov Go'NI-M — I n composition, means 
either kneed ‘>r angled. 
Goss YP'INTS— Cottony. 
Gba'cllis — i^londer. {8ee Native Bluebell, 
Waklenberffia f/i'acilis.) ' 
Geam'micus — .M ade by lines, lettered. 
(Seo the aori of C^i'animitis.) 
Gran'dis — G reat, as Maf/uotia rfm'ii<fiJloru. 
GkaN'ULAR, <j}KAN'CLAT£I>, Gilvno'sus, 
GRA:s'ULA'’i’£D,GKAXi:LOsrs— Wfaenany 
organ is covered with or is composed of 
small tuborcles resembling grains. 
Graveo'lens — P osscs.Mng an intense odour, 
as liufa rjractoh’m, the Conijuon Rue. 
Grega'riuh — C lustered or crowded. 
Gri'seus — G rey, the neutral tint, w'hich 
may be formed by mixing blue, red, 
and yellow in ecpial pl•oportion^ 1 . 
Grosses— C oarse ; larger than usual j thus 
Grossc'serralus = coar.^ely serrated. 
Gruin.v'lts, from f/ms, a crane, sha]>ed 
like the bill of a crane ; as the fruit of 
the Geranium. 
Gru'mous, GurMO'sus— In chistered grains, 
Apidied to clastc-i*orI, fleshy, tubercular 
roots. Synonym for “Granular.” (See 
the graiua of Sago. ) 
Gummiferus— G ummy, bearing gum. 
Gutta'tus— S potted in drops. 
Gym'nos, in coijjponnds, signifiefi naked, as 
Gym.s’ocak'pls, where the pericarp is 
either without 4iuy pubescence, or where 
it does not adhere to any c»f tlie outer 
floral whorls. In Conifene and a very 
few allied genera called G^innospeims, 
or gymiiO.-'permon.'S j»l:vnts, tlie seed 
is naked, without any real perjearj}. 
These truly gynuio.si»eMnoas plants 
must not be couf^oiiiided. with Labiatie, 
Boragineae, &c., which have also been 
falsely called gymnospennous, their 
.small nuts having the appearance of 
seeds. 
Gymxos'tomi — Naked-mouthed ; mosses 
withi>ut a peristome. 
GY^iKOTREM'oin— A naked open «i)ot or 
space. 
Gynan'drous — W ltere the stamens and 
styles are consolidated, as in Orchid 
flowers. 
Gynan'duosporu.s — Bi-aring male and 
female sj nres. 
GYNf'uus or Gvm'zi'S— T he depressed stig- 
matic sui’fa<te of Grehid.o. 
Gy>' 0'1 US/S GvNO'pHOIIE, UTNO'PHOUUa— 
Wficn the receptacle is distinctly elon- 
giiti.d V)eIow tlio ovary it is often called 
by iliHSO terrns. If the elongation takes 
place below the atameus or Ivelow the 
petals, these stamens or petals are tlien 
said to be inserted cm the stalk of the 
ovary, and aro occasionally, but falsely, 
descrir>ed as epigynouH. Really epigy- 
TioiU'j stamens (/.c., when the filaments 
iir<’ coiiibined with Uiu ovary) arc very 
rare, unless the rest of the fli.nver is 
epigyriou-'. 
Gyn'o.ste'oil'M — S ynonym fur “ Perianth.” 
OvNOsTK'inuM — The columnar mass formed 
by the union of tiie style and filaments 
in Orcliidew. 
GypVsevs (Gypsum, white lime) -Synonym 
for “Cretaceus.” 
Gyka'tcs — T urned about. Synonym for 
“ Circinatus” ; also, “ Gyrans” i.s ap- 
plied t(.i a species of J>esinc>di-nm^ IJ. 
iPjran.% because its lateral ama, II leaflets 
keep turning rtuind in a circle. 
Gyuo’ma [Gtirus, a circle) — Synonym for 
“ Annulu.s.” 
Gy'rosf: — C oncentrically twisted or plaited. 
Habitat — T he situatian in which a plant 
grows in a wild state. 
HiEDi.vrs— Gf a kid, as BohP's lirccUniis. 
H/EMATI'tices— R ed, with much grey. 
Hahiokkha'ijia (a conbinunl flux of hlood) — 
A tliscase in plants where the sap is 
continually exuding through an ex- 
ternal w'onnd. 
Haiub of plants areexpanaionsof theceliular 
tissue. (See farinose, hirsute, hispid, 
pilos(?, pnbescoTit, setose, strigose, 
tornentose. 
Halona'tuh — When a coloured circle sur- 
rounds a spot. 
HaloThyton — plant which grows within 
the inflnenoe of sea-water. 
HAMA’TUri, H A. MO'srs— Hooked. 
Ham'UU'S, ilA'MUd — a hook. 
HAs'TATii:, HAHTiTni. HasTa''tc8 — Shaped 
like tlie head of a halbert, tlie base 
diverging on each into an acute 
lobe. (See leaves of Chenopodium 
It'i.tiHjulare.) 
Hausto'RIUM — A term used to designate a 
special branch of a filamoutoutj fungus 
mycelium serving as an organ of at 
tacbmeiit and suction. 
