GLOSSARY 201 
Enstform (of leaves)—Sword-shaped. 
Entire (of leaves)—When the margin is not notched (Privet, Pert- 
winkle). 
Entomophilous (of flowers)—Pollinated by the agency of insects. 
Epicalyx—A whorl of small leaves outside the true calyx (Malva). 
Epigynous (of stamens)—Springing from above the ovary. 
Epipetalous (of stamens)—Attached to the corolla. 
Female (of a flower)—Having a pistil but no stamens. 
Filament—The stalk of a stamen. 
Follicle—A dehiscent seed-vessel bursting down the front only 
(Aguilegia, Saxifraga). 
Free central (of placentze)—When the ovules are attached to an 
elevation in the centre of the ovary (Przmula). 
Fruit—The seed-vessel with its seeds. 
Funicle—The stalk of an ovule. 
Glabrous—Without hairs. 
Glaucous (of leaves)—Smooth and shining. 
Glume (in sedges and grasses)—A membranous leaf at the base 
of a simple inflorescence or of each branch of a compound 
inflorescence. 
Haustorium—tThe special organ by which a parasite obtains its 
nutriment from its host (Dodder, Mistletoe). 
FHleterostylous—Having styles of unequal lengths in different indi- 
viduals (Oxalis, Primula). 
Hypogynous (of stamens)—Springing from beneath the ovary. 
Incumbent (of the radicle)—Folded against the back of one of the 
cotyledons (Crucifere). 
Indehiscent (of seed-vessels)—Not bursting to allow of the escape 
of the seeds (cf Achene, Drupe). 
Inferior (of calyx)—Below the ovary ; (of ovary)—apparently below 
the calyx. 
Inflorescence—A group of flowers. 
Internode (of stems)—The space between two nodes. 
