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FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 



Fertile, capable of producing fruit ; 



fertile flowers, those which have 



pistils. 

 Filiform, thread-shaped. 

 Fleshy, succulent, thick and full of 



sap. 

 Funiculus, the little stalk which 



connects a seed or ovule with the 



placenta. 



Gland, (1) a structure which secretes 

 something, as the knobs on the 

 hairs of sundew ; (2) any knob 

 or swelling. 



Herbaceous, with no stem above- 

 gi'ound which lives through the 

 winter, not woody or shrubby. 



Indefinite, too many to be easily 

 counted. 



Indehiscent, not splitting open reg- 

 idarly. 



Involucrate, provided with an in- 

 volucre. 



Keel, the two anterior and united 

 petals of a papilionaceous corolla. 



Key, a winged fruit like that of the 

 ash or maple. 



Limb, the border or spreading part 

 of a gamopetalous calyx or co- 

 rolla. 



Lobed, having divisions, especially 

 rounded ones. 



Nerved, having simple or un- 

 branched veins or slender ribs. 



()b, in composition, signifies in- 

 versely, as obcordate, inversely 

 heart-shaped. 



Odd-pinnate, pinnate with a single 

 leaflet at the end of the midrib. 



Palate, a projection in the throat 

 of a corolla. 



Papilionaceous, butterfly - shaped, 

 like the corolla of the sweet pea. 



Papillose, covered with papillae or 

 minute projections, like the 

 human tongue. 



Pappus, tufts of hair or other ob- 

 jects, representing the limb of the 

 calyx in Compositoe. 



Perfoliate, with the stem appar- 

 ently growing up through a leaf, 

 as in some honeysuckles. 



Persistent, not deciduous. 



Pinnatifid, pinnately cleft. 



Pistillate, having pistils but not 

 stamens. 



Pubescent, clothed with soft hair, 

 downy. 



Punctate, marked with dots, de- 

 pressions, or translucent glands. 



Eadical, arising from the root or a 

 A'ery short stem at its summit, as 

 the leaves of the dandelion. 



Reflexed, bent or turned abruptly 

 downward or backward. 



Root-parasite, a plant parasitic on 

 the roots of another. 



Sagittate, arrow-shaped. 



Scape, a leafless flower-stalk aris- 

 ing from the ground, as in the 

 dandelion and cyclamen. 



Scarious, thin, dry, and membra- 

 nous, not green. 



Sessile, without a stalk. 



Simple (stem), unbranched. 



