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GLOSSARY. 



sometimes when perpendicular to the 



surface of attachment. 

 l-'.ritin. Greek for wool; used in com- 



pouml words, as 



I-'. 1 1 ni ill us. With woolly flowers. 

 Eridphorus. Wool -bearing. 

 l us. Woolly-leaved. 

 ( AVo.v//-/.*). l!eak!e-<. 

 r<if<i*). \- it gnaued; applied 



to an irregularly toothed or eroded 



margin. 

 Erythros. Greek for red, used in com- 



l>oiui<l terms from the Greek. 

 Erytltrdstomum. Name given bv Des- 



vaux for such an aggregate fruit as 



a raspberry ; ;;im. 

 F.ftirntinn. See ^Estivation. 

 Etcerio. Name of aggregate fruits, 



especially of fleshy ones, such as a 



blackberry. 



Etiolated. Blanched by darkness. 

 Eu. I'relixed to words of Greek deri- 

 vation denotes very, true, or much so. 



Frequently used in names of sections 



or other groups ; 357. 



. Foliage-leaves, or true leaves. 

 (-/CHS). Name suggested for 



twining "with the sun;" 51. 

 F.rnlrulitr (Evalvis). Not opening by 



valves. 

 Ert-r</n'tn. Bearing .green foliage all 



the year round. 

 Friitntns. Not vittate. 

 Ex. A prefix in place of E privative 



when the following part of the com- 

 pound begins with a vowel; as 

 /./ 'illiiiiiiiiiniis ( -HSU* i. I lestitule of albu- 

 men; 14, 309. 



F..i-ii1<ttr (-ntns). Destitute of wing. 

 Exanthemata, Eruptive cxcrex-enseson 



the Mirface of leaves, &e. ; blotches. 

 Exinistiile (-a/us). Destitute of an 



arisla or awn. 

 Exasperate \-ntns). Hough with hard 



projecting points. 

 l-'.rri nil !r ( ir/is). Out of the centre; 



one-sided. 

 Excui-rent (-ens). Hunniug through to 



the very siiinniit or beyond ; 48. 



mix. Small or mean. 

 / .1 His. I.ank or meagre 

 Eximii'S, Distinguished, as for size or 



beauty. 



Exo-. In Greek compounds, external or 



outward ; as 

 Exocarp ( /'.rni-'ir/iimii). The outer layer 



of a pericarp : '288. 



Outside growing, aa the 



wood of Dicotyledons; 69, 73. 



Exogens, Exogeruz. Exogenous Plants; 

 69, 340. 



Exorhiza. Name equivalent to Exogen, 

 from 



Exwhizal (-us). The radicle not sheathed, 

 so the primary mot in germination 

 , has no covering to break through. 



l-.si'Sii.ini (Ext The foramen of 



the outer coat of the ovule; 277. 



Exothecium. The outer wall of an 

 f anther. 



1-'.j-[tlinniv ( atus). Spread out flat. 



Exsert, Exserted (Exsertus). 1'rotruding 

 beyond or out of, as stamens beyond 

 the corolla. 



I'j-fi^nilut, (-atus). Destitute of -tipules. 



Exterior. External in the sense of outer. 

 But also in the flower sometimes used 

 in the sense of anterior. 



Extine. ( inter coat of a pollen-grain. 



Extra-axillary. Beyond or out of the axil. 



Extrorse ( l-'.xtrorsus, Extrursum). Di- 

 rected outward : 253. 



Eye. A gardener's name for an unde- 

 veloped bud. 



Fades. Face ; the general aspect. 



Falcate (-atus), and Flf(t'rni (-onnia). 

 Scythe-shaped or sickle-shaped ; plain 

 and curved, with the edges parallel. 



Family. In botany, synonymous with 

 Order; 325. 



Fan-shaped. See Flabelliform. 



Fnrinn Starch. 



Fiirhini-in/if (-ins). Of the nature of 

 March, or contain!!. g it. 



Furinngi- (-i>sus). Covered with a meal- 

 like powder. 



Fttsciate (-atus). Said of monstrous ex- 

 pansions of stems, giving the appear- 

 ance as of several stems coalescent in 

 one plane. 



Fusdr/i (-if/tin ). A close cluster or 

 bundle, whether of tlowers, stalks, 

 roots, or leaves: 147, 153. 



Fiisi-'n-li it ( Fasciculatits, Fascicularis). 

 In a fascicle; 131. 



F<i ftit/i<ttc (-ntns). Said of branches 

 whi'ii parallel, clustered, and erect. 



FIIIIJ; ]il. _/;///() .<. The gorn'e or throat 

 of a gamo])hvlloii.s calyx or corolla; 

 either at the orilice, or a portion 

 between the limb and the proper 

 tube: 24ii. 



Fdveolate (-atvs), /'<rn.<i (-O.--M.<). Iloney- 

 coml>ed : same as Alveolate. 



Feather-veined. Having veins all pro- 

 ceeding from the sides of a midrib. 



Feathery. See Plumose. 



