420 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
Fis'sion. —A form of division in which the cell separates into two equal or nearly 
equal parts. 
FlagelTum. —A whip like protoplasmic outgrowth of certain organisms or of 
zodspores, serving as an organ of locomotion. 
Folia'ceous.—Leaf-like. 
Fol'licle. —A one chambered dry fruit that dehisces along one suture only. 
FovilTa. —The contents of a pollen grain. 
Frac'ture. —The manner in which a root or other plant part breaks when sub¬ 
jected to sufficient pressure. 
Frond. —The leaf of a fern. 
Fruit.—A matured pistil, or ovarian portion thereof together with any closely 
adhering part. 
Fru'ticose. —Shrubby. 
Fuga'cious. —Falling off early. 
Fundamental Tis'sue. —Ground-tissue. The tissue of plants through which 
the fibrovascular bundles course. 
Funic'ulus. —The stalk of an ovule. 
Fur'cate. —F orked. 
Fu'siform. —Enlarged in the middle and tapering toward either end. 
Gal'balus. —A berry-like cone, as in Juniper us, formed by the coalescence of 
fleshy scales. 
Ga'leate. —Helmet shaped. 
Gam'ete. —A sexual cell. 
Gam'etophyte. —The sexual generation. 
Gamopet'alous. —Applied to a flower whose corolla is composed of petals which 
are more or less united at their edges. 
Gamosep'alous. —Having the sepals more or less united at their margins. 
Gem'ma. —An asexual bud-like structure found in the capules of Liverworts. 
Gemma'tion. —The process of budding as seen in the yeasts. 
Gen'era. —Plural of genus. 
Genic'ulate. —Kneed. 
Geot'ropism. —Response to the stimulus of gravity. 
Germina'tion. —The sprouting of a spore or seed. 
Germ Cell. —A reproductive cell as distinguished from a somatic or body cell. 
Gills. —The spore bearing plates of a toadstool. 
Gla'brous. —Smooth. 
Gland. —A secreting structure. 
Gians. —A nut. 
Glau'cous. —Covered with a bloom. 
Glo'boids. —Small granules of calcium-magnesium phosphate found in aleurone 
grains 
Glob'ular. —Spherical. 
Glom'erule. —A head-like cyme. 
