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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) astructure which secretes 
something, as the knobs on the 
hairs of sundew; (2) any knob 
or swelling. 
Herbaceous, with no stem above- 
ground which lives through the 
winter, not woody or shrubby. 
Indefinite, too many to be easily 
counted. 
Indehiscent, not splitting open reg- 
ularly. 
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. 
Ob, in composition, signifies in- 
versely, as obcordate, inversely 
heart-shaped. 
FOUNDATIONS OF BOTANY 
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 papille or 
minute projections, like the 
human tongue. 
Pappus, tufts of hair or other ob- 
jects, representing the limb of the 
calyx in Composite. 
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. 
Radical, arising from the root or a © 
very 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. 
