GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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Endocarp, the hard shell which 

 forms the covering of the seeds. 



Ensiform, sword-shaped, two-edged. 



Entire, even and whole at the edge ; 

 without incision, notch, or tooth. 



Envelop, an integument or covering. 



Epicarp, the outer coating of the 

 pericarp or fruit. 



Epidermis, see Cuticle. 



Epigynous, attached to the ovary, 

 so that the upper portion is appa- 

 rently inserted on its summit. 



Epipetalous, upon the petals. 



Equal, similar parts of nearly the 

 same size and form; as sepals, 

 petals, fec. 



Eroded or erose,^ appearing as if 

 gnawed at the edge. 



Esculent, eatable. 



Evergreen, remaining fresh through 

 the winter, not deciduous. 



Exsert or exserted, projecting or pro- 

 truding out; as stamens from the 

 tube of a corolla, &c. 



Falcate, sickle-shaped, linear and 

 crooked. 



Fascicle, 70. 



Fascicled or fasciculate, collected in 

 bundles. 



Fastigiate, flat or level topped. 



Favose, deeply pitted, resembling a 

 honeycomb. 



Feather-veined leaf, where the lat- 

 eral veins diverge regularly from 

 each side of the midrib ; as in a 

 quill. 



Ferruginous, reddish-brown, like the 

 rust of iron. 



Fertile, containing perfect pistils and 

 yielding fruit. 



Fibrous, being composed of fibres. 



Filiform, thread-like, or very slender. 



Fimbriate, finely divided at the edge 

 like fringe. 



Fimb-rillate, clothed with fimbrillcc, 

 membranaceous linear or subulate 

 filaments ; as the receptacle of 

 certain compound flowers. 



Fistulous or jUstular, hollow or tu- 

 bular. 



Flabelliform, spreading like a fan. 



Flaccid, weak, so as to bend by its 

 own weight. 



Flagelliform, like a whip-lash. 



Flexuous or flexuose, serpentine or 

 zigzag. 



Floral leaf, see Bract. 

 Foliaceous, resembling a leaf. 

 Follicle, 150. 

 Frond, the leaf of Cryptogamous 



plants. 



Frutescent, becoming shrubby. 

 Fruticuse, shrub-like, or shrubby. 

 Fulvous, tawny or tan-colored. 

 Fugacious, that which lasts but for a 



short time. 

 Funiculus, the little cord by which 



seeds are attached to the placenta, 

 Funnel-shaped, tubular at bottom, 



and gradually expanding at top. 

 Fuscous, grayish brown, or deep 



brown tinged with green. 

 Fusiform, 11. 



Galea, a helmet, the upper part of 



a ringent corolla. 

 Geminate, doubled. 

 Gemmaceous, belonging to a bud, 



made of the scales of a bud, 49. 

 Geniculate, bent like a knee. 

 Germ or germen, the old name for 



the ovary. 



Germination, the sprouting of a seed. 

 Gibbous, swelled out, commonly on 



one side. 

 Glabrous, very smooth, without any 



roughness or pubescence. 

 Glandular pubescence, hairs tipped 



with little heads or glands. 

 Glaucmts, sea-green, pale bluish 



green. 

 Globose or globular, spherical, round 



on all sides. 

 Glomerate, gathered in a round heap 



or head. 

 Glomerules, small dense roundish 



clusters. 

 Glumaceous, resembling chaff or 



glumes. 

 Glumes, the scales, valves or chaff 



which make the calyx of grasses. 

 Glutinous, adhesive, viscid, covered 



with an adhesive fluid. 

 Gramineous, resembling the grasses. 

 Graniferaus, bearing a grain or 



grains. 



Granular, formed of grains or cov- 

 ered with grains. 

 Gymnospermous, having the seeds 



naked. 

 Gynandrous, having the stamens 



growing on, or adhering to, the 



pistil. 



