GLOSSARY. 



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Eclunale, Beset with prickles. 



Ecoslnlc. Witliout costa or midiiervt-. 



Edodate. "Witliont teeth. 



Effuse. Very dilluse ; very loosely spreading. 



Ei/lnndulosd. Witliout glands. 



Elutcr. In Hepaticce, a slender elongated cell 

 occurring among the spoics, usually contain- 

 ing one or more s[)iral threads. 



Ellipsoidal. Nearly elliptical ; or of solids, 

 elliptical in outline. 



Elliptical. In the form of an ellipse, oblong 

 with both ends uniformly and somewhat 

 gradually rounded. 



EnianjincUc. Notched at the extremity. 



Enibracinxj. Clasping at base. 



Embriio. The rudimentary plantlet formed 

 within the seed. 



Ejnen/cnt, Einerscd. Raised above the water ; 

 of the capsule in mosses when barely e.xserted 

 from its involucral leaves. 



Endocrirp. The inner layer of the pericarp, 

 lying next to the seed. 



Endoijoioxis. Growing from within, instead 

 of by superficial incnnnents, the growth ordi- 

 narily being general throughout the substance 

 of the stem. 



Endmjem. Plants with an endogenous struc- 

 ture. 



Eimform. Sword-.shaped, as the leaf of an 

 Iris. 



Entire. With the margin uninterrupted, with- 

 out teetii or division of any sort. 



Ephemeral. Lasting but a day or for a very 

 short time. 



Epi-. A Greek prefix signifying upon. 



Epidermis. The thin membrane forming the 

 outer surface of leaves and young stems. 



Epi(]ijiious. At or upon the top of the ovary. 



Equal. Alike in size, or number, etc. ; more 

 frequently used in respect to lenjjth. 



Equitant. Astride, of coiidnidicate leaver which 

 fold over each other in two ranks, as in Iris. 



Erect. Upright ; perpendicular to the surfa<-e 

 of attachment. 



Etiolated. Blanched by darkness. 



Eu-. In Greek compounds, good, true, proper; 

 applied in sectional nanu's to the moie typical 

 division of a genus. 



Evergreen. Bearing its foliage through all the 

 seasons. 



Exalbuminous. Destitute of albumen. 



Exceed. To surpass in length. 



Exccnlric. Out of the centre ; one-sided. 



Excurrcnt. llunning out, as a nerve projecting 

 beyond the apex or margin of the leaf. 



Exocarp. The outer portion of a ])ericaip. 



Exogenous. Growing by successive external 

 layers, as in dicotyledonous plants. 



Exogois. Plants having an exogenous structure. 



Explanafe. Opened out flat. 



Exsert, Exserted. Projecting beyond an envc- 

 lo]>e, as stamens standing out of the corolla. 



Exstipulate. Without stipules. 



Exterior. Outer. 



Extra-axillary. Growing from outside of the 

 axil. 



Extrorse. Directed ontwaril. 



Falcate, or Falciform. Sickle-shaped ; strongly 

 curved and more or less flattened or folded. 



Farinaceous. Mealy ; containing or yielding 

 Hour or starch. 



F(trinose. Covered with a white mealy powder. 



Fascicle. A close bundle oi- cluster. 



Fascicled. Ananged in close clusters. 



Fastigiate. With blanches erect, i)arallel and 

 near together, as in the Lombardy poplar. 



Favcolate, Favosa. Pitted or hoiu-y-combed. 



Feather -veined. Pinnately veined. 



Ferruginous. Of the color of iron-rust. 



Fertile. Ca[)able of producing fruit, as a pistil- 

 late flower ; applied also to a pollen-bearing 

 stamen. 



Fertilization of plants. The application and 

 action of pollen upon the pistil and ovule, 

 effecting fructification. 



Fibrous. Composed of threads or fibres. 



Fiddle-shaped. Obovate with a contraction or 

 sinus on each side. 



Filament. That part of the stamen which sup- 

 ports the anther ; any thread-like body. 



Filamentous. Composed of threads or filaments. 



Filiform. Thread-shaped ; long, slender and 

 terete. 



Fimbriate. Fringed with narrow processes ; 

 having the margin finely dissected. 



Fistular. Hollow aiul cylindrical. 



Flabellate, Flabelliform. Fan-shaped ; dilated 

 and rounded above, from a cuncate base. 



Flagellate. VyoAyxdwg flagcllu; filiform runners 

 or runner-like branches. 



Flagclliform. Long and slender, like a whip- 

 lash. 



Flavesccnt. Pale yellow. 



Fleshy. Succulent, juicy. 



Fi'exuous, or Flexuosc. Bent or curving alter- 

 nately in opposite directions. 



Floccose. Bearing or clothed with locks of fine 

 hair or wool. 



Floral. Belonging to the flower. 



Floret. A small flower ; one of a head. 

 i FoUaceous. Leaf-like in structure and appear- 

 I ance ; leafy. 



Foliate. Having leaves, as in bifoliate, etc. 



Fuliolate. Having leaflets. 



Follicle. A jiod, formed from a simple pistil, 

 dehisiung along the ventral suture only. 



Follicular. Pertaining to a follicle or like it in 

 structure. 



Footstalk. A petiole, pedicel, or other slender 

 support. 



Foramen. The narrow orifice at the apex of an 

 ovule. 



Forked. Blanching enually, or divergently. 



Fovcntc. Pitted ; marked by deep depressions. 



Fovcolate. Diminutive of the last ; marked by 

 minute pits. 



Free. Not adnate or coherent to other organs. 



Fringed. See Fimbriate. 



Frond. The leaf of ferns ; the leaf-like expanded 

 vegetation of some Hepatica; ; applied also to 

 the peculiar growth of the Lemnacefe. 



Fnmdosr. Frond-like, or bearing fronds. 



FrHclifci'tion. The bearing of fruit, or the or- 

 I gans concerned in the production of fruit. 



