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ELONGATED or ELONGATE Drawn out in length, as an elongated leaf. 



EMARGINATE (Bot.) When speaking of a leaf, means that, in entire 



leaves, the limb becomes narrow suddenly below the two teeth 



forming the two lateral lobes. j 



ENTIRE (Bot.) When speaking of a leaf, means one consisting of a 



single piece, having a continuous edge without any lobes. . i 



EOCENE (Geol.) The earliest of the three divisions of the Tertiary 



epoch of geologists. Rocks of this age contain shells. 

 EXCISION The act of cutting out or cutting off. 



EXCORIATED When speaking of bark means that detaching in strips. 

 EXFOLIATING When speaking of bark, that separating from the 



trunk and coming off in long pieces. 

 FECUND Fruitful; prolific. 



FERTILITY The state of being fruitful or producing offspring. 

 FIBRO-VASCULAR BUNDLES Vegetable tissue composed partly of sap 



tubes. 

 FILAMENT (Bot.) The thread-like part of the stamen supporting the 



anther. 



FILIFORM Having the shape of a thread or filament. 

 FLORESCENCE (Bot.) The "bursting into flower or blossoming. 

 FLUTED TRUNK. Trunk with natural grooves situated lengthwise. 

 FOSSILIFEROUS (Geol ) Containing fossils. 

 FRUCTIFEROUS (Bot.) Bearing or producing fruit. 

 FRUCTIVITY (Bot.) The quality of bearing fruit. 

 FUNGI, sing. Fungus (Bot.) A class of cellular and flowerless plants 



belonging to the cryptogams. 

 FUSION OF CHARACTERS When speaking of a hybrid, means that the 



characters of both parents are united in the offspring. 

 GALL, of phylloxera An excrescence produced on the leaves of Ameri- 

 can vines by one of the wingless forms of phylloxera. 

 GARIGUES SOILS Red, siliceous, dry loam, covering the rock formation 



of certain hills in the south of France. 

 GLABROUS Smooth, having a surface without hairs. 

 GLAND An organ which secretes some peculiar product from the sap of 



plants. 

 GLAUCOUS Of a sea-green colour; of a dull green passing into greyish 



blue. 



GLOBULAR Having the form of a ball or sphere. 

 GOFFERED or GAUFFERED Crimped like the leaves of some vines. 

 GRANITE A rock consisting essentially of crystals of felspar and mica 



in mass of quartz. 

 GROIES (French) Applies to certain calcareous soils of the Charente 



district. 

 HERBACEOUS Having the nature, texture, or characteristics of a herb; 



a shoot in a green state. 



HERMAPHRODITE Possessing the organs of both sexes. 

 HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE When speaking of vine leaves, a symetri- 



cally uneven, wrinkly, or goffered surface. See Goffered. 

 HUMID Containing sensible moisture ; damp; moist. 

 HUMIDITY Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness 



perceptible to the eye or touch. 

 HUMIFEROUS Containing humus. 



HUMUS That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of 

 animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soil. 

 HYBRID The offspring of the union of two different species 



