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Eu-. In Greek compounds, good, true, 
proper; applied in sectional names 
to the more typical division of a 
genus. 
Evergreen. Bearing its foliage through 
all the seasons. 
Exalbuminous. Destitute of albumen. 
Exceed. To surpass in length. 
Excentric. Oat of the centre; one- 
sided. 
Excurrent. Running out, as a nerve 
projecting beyond the apex ormargin 
of the leaf. 
Exocarp. ‘The outer portion of a 
pericarp. 
Exogenous. Growing by successive 
external layers as in dicotyledonous 
plants. 
Exogens. Plants having an exogenous 
structure. 
Expanded. Spread out. 
Explanate. Opened out flat. 
Exsert, Exserted. Projecting beyond 
an envelope, as stamens standing 
out of the corolla, 
Ezstipulate. Without stipules. 
Exterior. Outer. 
Eztra-axillary. Growing from out- 
side of the axil. 
Extrorse. Directed outward. 
Falcate, or Falciform. Sickle-shaped; 
strongly curved and more or less 
flattened or folded. 
Farinaceous. Mealy; containing or 
yielding flour or starch. 
Farinose. Covered with a white mealy 
powder. 
Fascicle. A close bundle or cluster. 
Fascicled. Arranged in close clusters. 
Fastigiate. With branches erect, pa- 
rallel and near together, as in the 
Lombardy poplar. 
Faveolate, Favose. 
combed. 
Feather-veined. 
Ferruginous. 
rust, 
Fertile. 
Pitted or honey- 
Pinnately veined. 
Of the color of iron- 
| Flagelliform. 
Capable of producing fruit, | 
as a pistillate flower; applied also | 
to a pollen-bearing stamen, 
Fertilization of plants. The appli- 
cation and action of pollen upon 
_ Foveolate. 
the pistil and ovule, effecting fructi- | 
fication. 
| Fringed. 
Appendix VI: Glossary. 
Fibrous. 
fibres. 
Fiddle-shaped. Obovate with a con- 
traction or sinus on each side. 
Filament. That part of the stamen 
which supports the anther; any 
thread-like body. 
Filamentous. Composed of threads 
or filaments. 
Filiform. Thread-shaped; long, slen- 
der and terete. 
Fimbriate. Fringed with narrow pro- 
cesses; having the margin finelly 
dissected. 
Fistular. Hollow and eylindrical. 
Flabellate, Flabelliform. Fan-shaped; 
dilated and rounded above, from a 
cuneate base. 
Flaccid. Flabby; limp. 
Flagellate. Producing flagellae, filli- 
form runners or runner-like branches. 
Long and slender, like 
Composed of threads or 
a whiplash. 
Flavescent. Pale yellow. 
Fleshy. Succulent, juicy. 
Flexuous, or Flexuose. Bent or curving 
alternately in opposite directions. 
Floccose, Bearing or clothed with 
locks of fine hair or wool. 
Floral. Belonging to the flower. 
Floret. A small flower; one of a head. 
Floriferous. Flower-bearing. 
Foliaceous. Leaf-like in structure and 
appearance; leafy. 
Foliate. Having leaves, as in bi- 
foliate, ete. 
Foliolate. Having leaflets. 
Follicle. A pod, formed from a simple 
pistil, dehiscing along the ventral 
suture only. 
Follicular. Pertaining to a follicle or 
like it in structure. 
Food-stalk. A petiole, pedicel, or 
other slender support. 
Foramen. The narrow orifice at the 
apex of an ovule. 
| Forked. Branching equally, or diver- 
gently. 
Foveate. Pitted; marked by deep 
depress ons. 
Diminutive of the last; 
marked by minute pits. 
Free. Not adnate or coherent to 
other organs. 
See Fimbriate. 
