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are equal, when the leafet.*, petals, or subdivisions, are similar i.i 

 form, size and direction. Opposed to unequal, 



ERECT. Upright. 



'EuosE. Gnawed. Unequally sinuuted as if the sinuses had been eaten 

 by insects. 



EVERGREENS. Such plants as retain their leaves throughout the year, 

 a* while pine, laurtl,. Sec. 



EXOTIC. Plants not g owing spontaneously in a wild state in that par- 

 ticular country, or section of a country. 



EXSERT. Standing cut. Stamens are exsert when protruded oat ef 

 the corol*. 



FACTITIOUS character. Added to more essential distinctions. 



FAMINES. See genUs. 



FASCICLE 13. A bundle. 



FASCICLED. 17. 



FASTIGIATE. Level-topped. 



FAUX. Jaws. The thrort or opei ing into a corol. That precise spof, 

 where the tubular part of a lingent corol begins to separate or ex- 

 pand into lips or mouth, is \he faux. 



FIBRE. Arfy thread-form part. FIBROUS, 14. FILAMENT, 11. 



FILIFORM. Thread-like. 



FISSURE. A cleft bf slitted aperture. 



FLEXUOSE. Bending and frequently changing direction. 



FLORET. Little flower. Whether the flower is large or small, it is 

 a floret, if it is one of a number all of which constitute an aggregate 

 or compound. 



FOLLICLE. A pericarp with one valve, which opens lengthwise on one 

 side only ; as milk-weed (asclepias.) 



FOOTSTALK. Si e peduncle and' petiole, it is put for both. 



FORKED. See dichotomous. FROND, 15. 



FRUCTIFICATION. " The temporary part of vegetables, which is des- 

 tined for the reproduction or' the species, te. minating the old indi- 

 vidual and beginning the new." 



FRUIT-DOTS. Assemblages of capsules on the bucks of ferns. 



FUGACIOUS. Soon disappearing. Flying oft'. 



FUSSEL-FOR:M, 10. FURROWED. Seesalca'e. 



FUSIFORM-. Spindle-form. 



GALLS. EXCHESEXCES produced by the stings of insects. The balls 

 found on oaks which are used in dyeing, the common large green, 

 oak -balls, the singular green lumps found on the wild honey-suckle, 

 &c. are example-. 



GASHED. Sieincis'ed. G^XERAL. See partial. 



GENERIC NAME. The name of ;i genus. 



GEXICULATE. Kneer!. Forming a very ob use angle, like a moderate 

 bending of the knee. 



C-EXTF.3. Nations. Linneus divided pl.nts into nine great natural 

 tribes or c: sts. 1. PALXS (palnriSe ;) as the date and cocoa-nut. ?. 

 GRASSES (grr.mina ;) as wheat, Indiin-covn, sugar 'cune, rice, timothy- 

 gr;iS>, 5cc. 3. LILI.IES (lilia ;) as lily, tulip, I'uflbdil, Sec. 4. HERBS 

 (herbse ;) us thiotles, nettles, pease, m-nt, potatoes, hemp, pU ; nt;.ir>, 

 Tweets, and all other lierbkceous plants except the above. 5. Tncs 



