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GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS. 



Distal. Pertaining to the outer or 

 apical part or part away from point 

 of attachment. 

 Distichous. Arranged in two rows. 

 Distinct. Separate from each other; 



evident. 

 Divaricate. Diverging at a wide 



angle. 

 Divided. Cleft to the base or to the 



mid-nerve. 

 Dorsal. On the back, pertaining to 



the back. 

 Drupaceous. Drupe-like. 

 Drupe. A simple fruit, usually inde- 

 hiscent, with fleshy exocarp and 

 bony endocarp. 

 Drupelet. Diminutive of drupe. 

 Echinate. Prickly. 

 Ellipsoid. A solid body, elliptic in 



section. 

 Elliptic. "With the outline of an el- 

 lipse ; oval. 

 Emarginate. Notched at the apex. 

 Embryo. A rudimentary plant in the 



seed. 



Emhryo-sac. The macrospore of the 



flowering plants, contained in the 



ovule. 



Endemic. Growing naturally only 



within a definite geograpTiic area. 



Endocarp. The inner layer of the 



pericarp. 

 Endogenous. Forming neW tissue 



within. 

 Endosperm. The substance surround- 

 ing the embryo of a seed ; albumen. 

 Ensiform. Shaped like a broadsword. 

 Entire. Without divisions, lobes, or 



teeth. 

 Ephemeral. Continuing for only a 



day or less. 

 Epigynous. Adnate to or borne on 



the upper part of the ovary. 

 Epiphytic. Growing on other plants, 



but not parasitic. 

 Equitant. Folded around each other; 



straddling. 

 Erose. Irregularly margined, as if 



gnawed. 

 Evanescent. Early disappearing. 

 Evergreen. Bearing green leaves 



throughout the year. 

 Excurrent. With a tip projecting be- 

 yond the main part of the organ. 

 Exfoliating. Peeling off in layers. 

 Exocarp. The outer layer of the peri- 

 carp. 



Exogenous. Forming new tissue out- 

 side the older. 

 Exserted. Prolonged past surround- 

 ing organs. 



Exstipidate. Without stipules. 



Extrorse. Facing upward. 



Falcate. Scythe-shaped. 



Farinaceous. Starchy, or containing 

 starch. 



Fascicle. A dense cluster. 



Fascicled. Borne in dense clusters, 



Fastigiate. Stems or branches which 

 are nearly erect and close together. 



Fenestrate. With window-like mark- 

 ings. 



Fertile. Bearing spores, or bearing 

 seed. 



Fertilisation. The mingling of the 

 contents of a male and female cell. 



Ferruginous. Color of iron-rust. 



Fetid. Ill-smelling. 



FibriUose. With fibres or fibre-like 

 organs. 



Filament. The stalk of an anther, the 

 two forming the stamen; any 

 thread-like structure. 



Filamentous. Composed of thread- 

 like structures; thread-like. 



Filiform. Thread-like. 



Fimbriate. With fringed edges. 



Fimbrillate. Minutely fringed. 



Fistular. Hollow and cylindric. 



Flabellate. Fan-shaped, or arranged 

 like the sticks of a fan. 



Flaccid. Lax; weak. 



Flexuous. Alternately bent in differ- 

 ent directions. 



Floccose. With loose tufts of wool- 

 like hairs. 



Foliaceous. Similar to leaves. 



Foliolate. With separate leaflets. 



Foliose. Leaf-like. 



Follicle. A simple fruit dehiscent 

 along one suture. 



Follicular. Similar to a follicle. 



Forcipate. Forking and connivent, 

 like a pair of forceps. 



Foveate. Foveolate. More or less 

 pitted. 



Free. Separate from other organs; 

 not adnate. 



Frond. The leaves of ferns. 



Frutescent. Fruticose. More or less 

 shrub-like. 



Fugacious. Falling soon after devel- 

 opment. 



