320 GLOSSARY. 



Equitantlayb//flf, riding, when the sides of the leaves approach 



in such a manner as that the outer embrace the inner. 

 Erectus can Us, ramus, folium, upright, perpendicular. 

 J&rosum folium, gnawed, when the leaf is sinuate, and the 



margin appears as if it were gnawed or bitten. 

 Exserta stamina, standing forth, when the stamina appear 



above the corolla. 

 Exstipulatus, without stipulas. 



ILxsuccum folium, when the substance of the leaf is dry. 

 Extrafoliace-ae stipula, stipule growing on the outside of the 



leases. 



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J?'dTCtam folium, stuffed, opposed to Tubulosum. . 

 Fasciculata folia, bundled, leaves growing in bunches. 

 Fascicularisrar&r, bundled, tuberous roots growing in bundles. 

 Fasciata plant a, when many stalks grow together, like a fag- 

 got or bundle. 



~F'dstigvdta.pedi(nculi, peduncules pointed at the apex. 

 Fauces, the jaws or chops.. 

 Femina plantaj -a plant bearing female flowers on the same 



root only. 



Fibrosa radix, a fibrous root. 

 Filamentum, a thread, applied to the thread-like part of the 



stamina. 

 Filices, ferns, one of the seven divisions of the vegetable 



kingdom, and an order of plants in the Fragmenta methodi 



naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Filiform, filament urn, thread-shaped stamina. 

 Fimbria, in the Musci, a narrow sinuated membrane set with 



small teeth, and lying within the operculum. 

 Fimbriata pctala, a fringed petal, as in Menyanthes. 

 Fissumjfc&ttro, a leaf split or cloven half-way down. 

 Fistulosus can/is, a piped or hollow stem. 

 7\Bbe\\&ium folium f a fan-shaped leaf. 

 Flaccidus peduncuhis, the footstalk of a flower that is feeble 



and slender. 



Flagellum, a twig or shoot, like a whip or thong. 

 Flexuosus can li.<, a stalk having many turnings or bendings, 



taking a different direction at every joint. 

 Floralia folia, floral leaves that immediately attend the flower. 

 Floralis gemma, flower-buds. 

 Flos, a flower. 

 Flosculus, a little flower. 

 Fiosculosus % //6>s, s. discoideus, a flower consisting entirely of 



tubular florets, as iu the Cardui. 



Foliaceae 



