GLOSSARY 251 



En-tire'-mar'gined. Having a continuous edge. 



En / to-moph / i-lous (flowers). Frequented and pollinated by insects. 



E-phem'er-al. Enduring for one day. 



Ep'i-carp. The outer layer of a seed vessel. 



Ep'i-der'mis. Outer layer of cells. 



Es-sen'tial or'gans (of a flower). Stamens and pistils. 



Ex'o-carp. Outer layer of a pericarp. 



Ex-og'e-nous struc'ture. Structure like an exogen. 



Fas'ci-cle. A bundle, or cluster. 



Feath'er-veined. With alb veins from the sides of the mid-rib or mid-vein. 



Fer'ti-li-za'tion. Union of sex cells. 



Fi'bro-vas'cu-lar. Containing woody fibres and ducts. 



Fil'a-ment. The stalk of a stamen. 



Fil'i-form. Slender, like a thread. 



Flesh'y. Composed of firm pulp or flesh. 



Flo'ral en've-lope. The perianth of a flower. 



Flow'er. The organ which produce* the seed. 



Fo'li-ate. Provided with leaves. 



Fol'li-cle. A one-celled, many-seeded carpel, opening by the ventral suture. 



Fo-ra'men. A small opening or orifice. 



Frond. An organ which is both stalk and leaf ; usually applied to ferns. 



Fruc'ti-fi-ca'tion. The act of producing fruit. 



Fruit. A ripened pistil; a seed vessel with its contents. 



Fru-tes'cent. Shrubby in character. 



Fu'ni-cle, fu-nic'u-lus. The stalk of an ovule or seed. 



Fu'si-form. Spindle-shaped. 



Gam'o-pet'a-lous. Having the petals united; sympetalous. 

 Gam'o-sep'a-lous. With the sepals united. 

 Gla'brous. Smooth, not hairy. 

 Glu-ma'ceous. Glume-like; glume bearing. 



Glumes. Bracteal coverings of flowers or of the seeds of grains and grasses. 

 Grain. The gathered seeds of cereal plants. 



Gym'no-sper'mae. A class of exogenous plants characterized by naked 

 seeds. 



Has'tate. Triangular, with the base lobes abruptly spreading as in a 



halberd. 



Heart/wood. The wood near the central part of an exogenous tree or shrub. 

 Her-ba'ceous. Green and cellular in texture. 

 Her-maph'ro-dite (flower). Having both stamens and pistils. 



