XV111 GLOSSARY. 



Entire ; not toothed nor lobed at the edge. 



Epidermis; the skin. 



Epigynous ; apparently seated upon the ovary. 



Epipetalous ; borne on the petals. 



Epiphytes ; plants growing upon others, but not deriving 



nourishment from their juices. 

 Equalling ; when the ends of organs rise to the same height 



even though their relative lengths are different. 

 Equitant ; when a conduplicate organ covers the edges of 



another similarly folded, and that covers a third, and 



so on. 

 Erect ; standing nearly perpendicular to that from which it 



grows, as a seed rising from the base of an ovary ; at right 



angles to its support. 

 Exceeding ; when an organ extends beyond an adjoining organ, 



but is not necessarily itself longer than it. 

 Excnrrent; extending beyond the edge or point. 

 Exserted\ projecting beyond that which surrounds its base. 

 Extrorse anthers have the slit by which the pollen escapes 



directed from the cvary. 



Falcate ; like a sickle. 



Falling short of; the reverse of exceeding. 



Fasciculate; when several similar parts are collected into a 



bundle and spring from the same spot ; often the developed 



leaves of an undeveloped axillary branch form a fascicle. 

 Fastigiate ; when all the branches are parallel and point 



upwards. 



Feathery ; like a feather in structure. 

 Felted ; tomentose. 



Fibre ; a hair-like kind of elementary structure. 

 Fibrous ; having many threadlike parts. 

 Filament ; the stalk usually found supporting an anther. 

 Filiform ; like a thread. 

 Flaccid; weak. 

 Flexuose ; zigzag, usually changing its direction at each 



joining. 



Floccose ; with little tufts like wool. 

 Follicle; an inflated 1-celled carpel, opening by only one suture 



to which several seeds are attached. 

 Forked ; like a fork of two prongs. 

 Frond ; the leaflike part of Ferns. 

 Fruit; the seed-vessel with its ripe contents and any external 



appendages. 

 Fruit-bearing ; the state of the inflorescence when the fruit is 



ripe or nearly so, contradistinguished from flower-bearing. 

 Fruticose ; shrubby. 



