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Exstipulate. Without stipules. 

 Extrorse. Said of anthers which open out 

 ward. 



Falcate. Scythe-shaped. 



Fascicle. A bundle or cluster. 



Fasciculate. Arranged in fascicles. 



Farinose. Covered with meal-like powder. 



Feather- veined. With veins projecting from 

 midrib suggestive of a feather. 



Fastigiate. Said of branches which are 

 erect and near together. 



Ferruginous. Rust-colored. 



Fertile. Said of flowers (or the branches 

 which bear them) producing seeds or 

 fruit. 



Fibro-vascular. Containing woody fibres 

 and ducts. 



Filament. The portion of a stamen sup- 

 porting the anther; a thread-like sub- 

 stance. 



Filamentous or Filamentose or Filiform. 

 Thread-like or composed of threads. 



Fimbriate. With fringed margin. 



Fistular or Fistulose. Hollow like a tube. 



Flalx'llate. Fan-shaped. 



Flaccid. Lax, not rigid. 



Fleshy. Succulent, juicy. 



Flex nose, Xigzag or sinuous. 



Floccose. Covered with soft woolly hair. 



Foliaceous. Of a leaf-like nature. 



Foliate. Having leaves. 



Foliolate. Having leaflets (the number 



usually indicated by a number prefixed). 

 Follicle. A pod dehiscent along the ventral 



suture only. 



Follicular. Similar to a follicle. 

 Free. Not adnate to another organ. 

 Friable. Breaking easily. 

 Frutescent or Fruticose. Of a shrubby na- 

 ture. 



Fugacious. Falling away very early. 

 Funicle or Funiculus. The stalk of -in 



ovule or seed. 

 Fuscous. Grayish brown. 

 Fusiform. Spindle-shaped. 

 Gamopetalous. Having petals more or less 



united. 



Gibbous. Swollen or extended on one side. 

 Glabrate. Nearly or becoming glabrous. 

 Glabrous. Smooth without hairs or 



roughness of any kind. 

 Gland. Secreting cell or group of cells or a 



protuberance resembling same. 

 Glandular. Supplied with glands. 

 Giaucescent. Becoming or nearly glaucous. 

 Glaucous. Furnished with a bluish or 



whitish bloom, as seen on the cabbage leaf. 

 Globose. Spherical or nearly so. 



