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GLOSSARY. 
Fruit. The seed-bearing part of a plant. 
Fugacious. Fading very early ; flowers of Helianthemum. 
Funicle. The free stalk of an ovule or seed. 
Fusiform. Spindle-shaped; swollen in the middle and thinning out to- 
ward each end. 
Galea. A hooded or helmet-shaped portion of a perianth, as the upper 
sepal of Aconitum, and the upper lip of some bilabiate co- 
rollas. 
Galeate. Helmet-shaped ; having a galea. 
Gainopetalous. Having the petals of the corolla more or less united. 
Gemma. A bud, or body analogous to a bud, by which a plant propagates 
itself. 
Gemmiparous. Producing gemmae. 
Geniculate. Bent abruptly like a knee. 
Gibbous. Protuberant on one side. 
Glabrate. Somewhat glabrous or becoming glabrous. 
Glabrous. Smooth ; not rough, pubescent, or hairy. 
Gland. A secreting organ ; any protuberance or appendage having the 
appearance of such an organ. 
Glandular. Bearing glands or being of the nature of glands. 
Glaucous. Covered or whitened with a bloom. 
Globous. Globular; being spherical or nearly so. 
Glomerate. Compactly clustered. 
Glumaceous. Furnished with or resembling glumes. 
Glume. One of the chaffy bracts of the inflorescence of grasses. 
Granular. Composed of small grains. 
Gregarious. Growing in groups or clusters. 
Gymnospermous. Bearing naked seeds ; without an ovary. 
Gynandrous. Having the stamens borne upon the pistil, as in Orchidaceae. 
Gynobase. An enlargement or prolongation of the receptacle bearing the 
ovary. 
Habit. The general appearance of a plant. 
Halbert-shaped. The same as hastate. 
Hastate. Like an arrow-head, but with the basal lobes pointing outward 
at nearly right angles. 
Head. A dense cluster of sessile or nearly sessile flowers on a very short 
axis or receptacle. 
Heart-shaped. Ovate, with a sinus at the base. 
Herb. A plant with no persistent woody stem above ground. 
Herbaceous. Having the character of an herb ; leaf-like in color and 
texture. 
Heterogamous. Bearing two kinds of flowers. 
Hilum. The scar or point of attachment of the seed. 
Hirsute. Covered with rather stiff hairs. 
Hispid. Beset with rigid or bristly hairs or with bristles. 
