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Excurrent : running out, as when a midrib projects beyond the apex of a leaf, 



or a trunk is continued to the very top of a tree. 

 Exhalation, p. 156, 169. 

 Exogenous Stems, p. 150. 



Exostome : the orifice in the outer coat of the ovule ; p. 122. 

 Explanate : spread or flattened out. 



Exserted: protruding out of, as the stamens out of the corolla of fig, 201. 

 Exstipulate : destitute of stipules. 

 Extra-axillary : said of a branch or bud a little out of the axil ; as the uppef 



accessory buds of the Butternut, p 27, fig. 52. 

 Extrdrse: turned outwards ; the anther is exttorse when fastened to the filament 



on the side next the pistil, and opening on the outer side, as in Iris ; p. 113 



Falcate : scythe-shaped ; a flat body curved, its edges parallel. 



Family : p. 176 



Farinaceous : mealy in texture. Farinose : covered with a mealy powder. 



Fdsciate : banded ; also applied to monstrous stems which grow flat. 



Fascicle: a close cluster ; p. 83. 



Fascicled, Fasciculated: growing in a bundle or tuft, as the leaves of Pine 

 and Larch (fig 139, 140), the roots of Pacony and Dahlia, fig. 60. 



Fastigiate : close, parallel, and upright, as the branches of Lombardy Poplar. 



Faux (plural, fauces) : the throat of a calyx, corolla, &c. 



Fave'olate, Fdvose : honeycombed ; same as alveolate 



Feather-veined : where the veins of a leaf spring from along the sides of a mid 

 rib ; p. 57, fig. 86 - 94. 



Female (flowers) : with pistils and no stamens. 



Fcne'strate: pierced with one or more large holes, like windows. 



Fcrrugineoits, or Ferruginous : resembling iron-rust ; red-grayish. 



Fertile: fruit-bearing, or capable of producing fruit; also said of anthers wheh 

 they produce good pollen. 



Fertilization : the process by which pollen causes the embryo to be formed. 



Fibre, p. 145. Fibrous: containing much fibre, or composed of fibres. 



Fibrillose: formed of small fibres. 



Fibrine, p. 165. 



Fiddle-shaped : obovate with a deep recess on each side. 



Filament: the stalk of a stamen; p. 86, fig. 170, a; also any slender thread' 

 shaped appendage. 



ftilamentose, or Filamentous : bearing or formed of slender threads. 



Fili form : thread-shaped ; long, slender, and cylindrical. 



Fimbriate: fringed; furnished with fringes (jimbrice). 



Fistulcir or Fistulose: hollow and cylindrical, as the leaves of the Onion. 



Flabelliform or Flabe'llate : fan-shaped ; broad, rounded at the summit, and nar- 

 rowed at the base. 



Flagellate, or Flagc f /liform : long, narrow, and flexible, like the thong of a whip 

 or like the runners (flagelhp) of the Strawberry. 



Flavescent : yellowish, or turning yellow. 



fleshy : composed of firm pulp or flesh. 



Fleshy Plants, p. 47. 



