190 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



elonga'ta ; elongate, lengthened, extended. 



ensifo'lia ; from ensis, a sword, sword-leaved. 



erec'tus; erect. 



ericeto'rum ; of, or pertaining to, heaths. 

 *eriophorus; wool-bearing. 



excel'sior ; higher, comparative of excelsus. This name is 

 applied to the Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), one of our 

 finest forest trees ; it is given by Bauhin, and probably 

 refers to the height of the tree. 



exig'uus ; small, mean. 



exim'ius ; uncommon, rare, extraordinary. 



exten'sus ; stretched out, extended. 



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falca'tus; falcate, i.e. sickle -shaped. 



farino'sus ; mealy, like the Bird's-eye Primrose. 



fastigia'tus ; becoming pointed. It is a name given, for 



instance, to the Lombardy Poplar, and refers to the 



form of the tree, 

 fat'uus ; foolish, silly, or wild, as we say Ignis fatuus, wild 



fire, or Will o' the Wisp, 

 ferrugin'ea ; the colour of iron rust, 

 ficifolium ; fig-leaved {fici, of a fig ; folium, a leaf), 

 filifor'mis ; filiform, i. e. thread-shaped (fili-formis). 

 fis'sus; cleft, 

 fistulo'sus; fistulose, i.e. hollow or pipe-like. Yyovh fistula, 



a hollow reed, 

 fla'vus ; yellow, 

 flaves'cens ; yellowish. 



flexuo'sus ; flexuose, i. e. bent in alternate directions, 

 fluitans ; floating, on water, 

 fluviat'ilis ; pertaining to rivers, 

 foe'tidus; stinking. 



