GLOSSARY. 



Evergreen: holding the leaves over winter and until new ones appear, or 

 longer. 



Exalbuminous (seed) : destitute of albumen. 



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. 



Explanate : spread or flattened out. 



Exserted: protruding out of. 



Exstipulate: destitute of stipules. 



Extra-axillary : said of a branch or bud a little out of the axil. 



Extrdrse: turned outwards ; the anther is extrorse when fastened to the fila- 

 ment on the side next the pistil, and opening on the outer side. 



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



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



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



Fascicle: a close cluster. 



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

 and Larch. 



Fastiy/'ate: close, parallel, and upright, as the branches of Lombardy Poplar. 



Faveolate, Fdvose : honeycombed ; same as alveolate. 



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

 midrib. 



Female (flowers) : with pistils and no stamens. 



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



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



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

 when they produce good pollen. 



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



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



Filament: the stalk of a stamen; also any slender thread-shaped appen- 

 dage. 



Filame'ntose, or Filamentous : bearing or formed of slender threads. 



Filiform : thread-shaped ; long, slender, and cylindrical. 



Finibfiate : fringed; furnished with fringes (fimbrUe). 



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



Flabelliform or Flabellate: fan-shaped; broad, rounded at the summit, and 

 narrowed at the base. 



Flagellate, or Flage'lliform: long, narrow, and flexible, like the thong of a 

 whip ; or like the runners (flagellat] of the Strawberry. 



Flavescent : yellowish, or turning yellow. 



Fleshy : composed of firm pulp or flesh. 



Flexuose, or Flexuous: bending gently in opposite directions, in a zigzag 

 way. 



Floating: swimming on the surface of water. 



F/dccose : composed, or bearing tufts, of woolly or long and soft hairs. 



Flora (the goddess of flowers) : the plants of a country or district, taken to- 

 gether, or a work systematically describing them. 



Floral: relating to the blossom. 



Floral Envelopes : the leaves of the flower. 



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