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GLOSSARY. 



sometimes when perpendicular to the 

 surface of attachment. 



Erion. Greek for wool; used in com- 

 pound words, as 



Erianthus. With woolly flowers. 



Eriophorus. Wool-bearing. 



EriophyUus. Woolly-leaved. 



Erostrate (Erostris) Ik-akless. 



Erase, (Erosus). As if gnawed; applied 

 to an irregularly toothed or eroded 

 margin. 



Erythros. Greek for red, used in com- 

 pound terms from the Greek. 



Erythrostomum. Name given by Des- 

 vaux for such an aggregate fruit as 

 a raspberry; 300. 



Estivation. See ^Estivation. 



Etcerio. Name of aggregate fruits, 

 especially of fleshy ones, such as a 

 blackberry. 



Etiolated. Blanched by darkness. 



Eu. Prefixed to words of Greek deri- 

 vation denotes very, true, or much so. 

 Frequently used in names of sections 

 or other groups ; 357. 



Euphylla. Foliage-leaves, or true leaves. 



Eutropic (-icus). Name suggested for 

 twining "with the sun;" 51. 



Evalvular (Evalvis). Not opening by 

 valves. 



Evergreen. Bearing green foliage all 

 the year round. 



Evittatus. Not vittate. 



Ex. A prefix in place of E privative 

 when the following part of the com- 

 pound begins with a vowel ; as 



Exalbuminous (-osus). Destitute of albu- 

 men ; 14, 309. 



Exdlate (-atus). Destitute of wing. 



Exanthemata. Eruptive excrescenses on 

 the surface of leaves, &c. ; blotches. 



Exaristate (-atus). Destitute of an 

 arista or awn. 



Exasperate (-atus). Rough with hard 

 projecting points. 



Excentric (-icus). Out of the centre; 

 one-sided. 



Excurrent (-ens). Running through to 

 the very summit or beyond ; 48. 



Exiyuus. Small or mean. 



Exilis. Lank or meagre. 



Eximi'is. Distinguished, as for size or 

 beauty. 



Exo-. In Greek compounds, external or 

 , outward ; as 



Exocarp(Exocarpium). The outer layer 

 of a pericarp ; 288. 



Exoi/enous. Outside growing, as the 

 wood of Dicotyledons; 69, 73. 



Exogens, Exogence. Exogenous Plants; 

 69, 340. 



Exorhizce. Name equivalent to Exogen, 

 from 



Exorhizal (-us). The radicle not sheathed, 

 so the primary root in germination 

 f has no covering to break through. 



Exoslome (Exostoma). The foramen of 

 the outer coat of the ovule ; 277. 



Exothecium. The outer wall of an 

 anther. 



Explana'e ( atus). Spread out flat. 



Exsert, Exserted (Exsertus). Protruding 

 beyond or out of, as stamens beyond 

 the corolla. 



Exstipuhitt (-atus"). Destitute of stipules. 



Exterior. External in the sense of outer. 

 But also in the flower sometimes used 

 in the sense of anterior. 



Extine. Outer coat of a pollen-grain. 



Extra-axillary. Beyond or out of the axil. 



Extrorse (Extrorsus, Extrorsum). Di- 

 rected outward; 253. 



Eye. A gardener's name for an unde- 

 veloped bud. 



Fades. Face ; the general aspect. 



Falcate (-atus), and Falciform (-ormis). 

 Scythe-shaped or sickle-shaped ; plain 

 and curved, with the edges parallel. 



Family. In botany, synonymous with 

 Order; 325. 



Fan-shaped. See Flabelliform. 



Farina. Starch. 



Farinaceous (-eus). Of the nature of 

 starch, or containing it. 



Farinose (-osus). Covered with a meal- 

 like powder. 



Fasciate (-atus). Said of monstrous ex- 

 pansions of stems, giving the appear- 

 ance as of several stems coalescent in 

 one plane. 



Fascicle (-icula). A close cluster or 

 bundle, whether of flowers, stalks, 

 roots, or leaves; 147, 153. 



Fascicled (Fasciculatus, Fascicularis). 

 In a fascicle; 131. 



Fastiyiate (-atus). Said of branches 

 when parallel, clustered, and erect 



Faux, pi. fauces. The gorge or throat 

 of a gamophyllous calyx or corolla; 

 either at the orifice, or a portion 

 between the limb and the proper 

 tube; 246. 



Fdveolate (-atus), Favose (-osus). Honey- 

 combed ; same as Alveolate. 



Feather-veined. Having veins all pro- 

 ceeding from the sides of a midrib. 



Feathery. See Plumose. 



