200 GLOSSARY. 



DIGITATE. Having the form of an open hand. 

 DISTICHOUS. Leaves or flowers placed in two 



opposite rows are so termed. 

 DORSAL. Belonging to the back. 

 DRUPE. A fruit enclosing a stone or nut. 

 EGLANDULOSE. Without glands. 

 EGRET. The hairy crowns of some seeds, as 



dandelion. 

 ELLIPTIC. Nearly oval, but of equal breadth 



at each end. 

 ELLIPTIC-LANCEOLATE. A form between an 



ellipsis and a lance-shape. 

 EMARGINATE. Being slightly notched at the 



end, as the box leaf. 

 ENS i FORM. Having the form of a sword with 



a straight blade, 

 EXSERTED. Projecting out of the flower or 



sheath. 

 FALCATE. Shaped like a sickle, long and 



crooked. 

 FASCICLES. When leaves or flowers grow more 



than two together they are said to be fasci- 

 culated, or in fascicles. 

 FASTIGATE. Tapering to a narrow point, like 



a pyramid. 

 FILIFORM. Long and simple, like a thread. 



