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VOCABULARY. 



Effuse. Having an opening by which 



seeds or liquids may be poured out. 

 Keg-form. See Ovate. 

 Egret or Aigrette. The feathery or hairy 



crown of seeds, as the down of thistles 



and dandelions. It includes whatever 



remains on the top of the seed after the Fas' dele 



corolla is removed. The egret is 



Btiped, when It is supported on a foot 



tern; it is 



simple, when it consists of a bundle of] Faux 



simple hairs; it is 



plumose, when each hair hns other little 



hairs arranged along its sides. 

 FMip'tic. Oval. 



Elongated. Exceeding a common length. 

 Emar'ginate. Having a notch at the end, 



retuse. 

 Em'bryo. (From embrao, to bud forth.) 



The germ of a plant ; called by Linnjtus Fi'bre 



the run uliim. 



En'docarp. The inside skin of a peri- 

 carp. 

 Endofr'rnous. Applied to stems which 



grow from the centre outwardly, as in 



monocotyledons. 



Eno'dis. Without joints or knots. 

 En'siform. Sword form, two edged, as in 



the flag and iris. 



Entire. Even and whole at the edge. 

 Entomology. The science which treats of Flag 



insects. 

 Epi. A Greek word, signifying upon ; 



often used in composition. 

 Ep'icarp. (From epi, upon, and karpos 



fruit.; The outer skin of the pericarp. 

 Epider'mis. (From epi, upon, and derma, 



kin.) See cuticle. 

 Epip'ynous. (From epi, upon, and gynia, 



pistil.) 

 Ep'ispcrm, (From epi, upon, and sperma, 



Eaninoc'tial flowers. Opening at stated Flo'rist 



hours each day. 

 E'quitant. Opposite leaves alternately 



enclosing the edges of each other. 

 Erect'. Straight ; leas unbending than 



strictus. 

 Eroded. Appearing as if gnawed at the 



edge. 



Es'eulent. Eatable. 

 Ev'ergreen. Remaining green through the Fol'licle. 



year, not deciduous. 

 Excava'tus. Hollowed out. 

 Exot'ic. Plants that are brought from fo- 

 reign countries. 

 Expan'ded. Spread. 

 Expectorant. (From expectoro, to dis 



charge from the breast.) Medicines 



which promote a discharge from the 



lungs. 

 Ezser'ted. Projecting out of the flower 01 



sheath. 

 Eye. SeeHilum. 



Fari'na. (From far, corn.) Meal or flour. 

 A term given to the glutinous parts of 

 wheat and other seeds, which is obtain- 

 ed by grinding and sifting. It consists of 

 gluten, starch and mucilage. The pollen 

 is also called farina. 

 A bundle. 



Fascic'ulate. Collected in bundles. 



fastif'iate. Flat topped. 



Favo sus. Resembling a honey comb. 



faux. Jaws. The throat of the corolla. 



Feb'rifuge. (From febria, a fever, and 

 fttffo, to drive away.) That which pos- 

 sessea the property of aliaiiiiL- lever. 



Ferns. Cryptogamous plants, with the 

 fruit on the backs of the leaves, or in 

 spikes made up of minute capsules open- 

 ing transversely. 



Fer'tile. Pistillate, yielding fruit. 



Wbre. Any thread-like part. 



Fil'ament. The slender thread-like part of 

 the stamen. 



Fil'ices. (Frnmfilum, a thread.) Ferns. 



Fil'iform. Very slender. 



Firnfbriatt. Divided at the edge like 

 frin;. f e. 



ia'tulous. Hollow or tubular, as the leaf 

 of the onion. 



Flac'cid. Too limber to support its own 

 weight. 

 gel'liform. Like a whip lash. 



Flam'meus. Flame coloured. 



Fla'vus. Yellow. 



Flesh'y. 'Thick and pulpy. 



Flex'uous. Serpentine, or bending in a 

 zig-zag form. 



Flo'ra. Considered by the heathens as the 

 goddess of flowers ; descriptions of flow- 

 ers are often called Floras. 



Flo'ral leaf. See Bract. 



Flo' ret. Little flower ; part of a compound 

 flower. 



One who cultivates flowers. 



Flos'cular. A tubular floret. 



Flaw'er (Flos). A term which was for- 

 merly applied almost exclusively to the 

 petals. At present a stamen and pistil 

 only are considered as forming a perfect 

 flower. 



Flow'er stalk. See peduncle. 



Folia' ceous. Leafy. 



Leafets ; a diminutive of fo 

 aid 



F. 



Facti'tious. (From f ado, to make.) Not 



natural, produced by art. 

 Fam'ilies. A term in Botany implying a 



natural union of several genera into 



groups ; sometimes used us synonymous 



with Natural Orders. 

 Fal'cate. Sickle shaped ; linear and crook 



ed. 



Hum, a leaf. The smaller leaves which 

 constitute a compound leaf. 



Foli'um. Leaf. Leaves are fibrous and 

 cellular processes of the plants, of differ- 

 ent figures, but generally extended into 

 a membranaceous or skinny substance. 



Fol'licle. A seed vessel which opens length- 

 wise, or on one fide only. 



Foot' -stalk. Sometimes used instead of 

 peduncle and petiole. 



Fork'ed. See Dichotomous. 



Frag'ilis. Breaking easily, and not bend- 

 ing. 



Frond. The leaf of Cryptogamous plants ; 

 formerly applied to palms. 



Fronde*' cence. (From front, a loaf.) The 

 time in which each species of plants un- 

 folds its first leaves. See Frondose. 



Frondo'se (Frondosus). Leafy, or leaf- 

 like. 



Fructifica'tion. The flower and fruit with 

 their parts. 



Fructiferous. Bearing or becoming fruit. 



