Dulcis 



(463) 



riammeus 



Dulcis. sweet. 



Dumosiii, bushy, as the Bramhlo. 



I}M /ili x, double. 



Jtiinnncn, the heartwood of a 



tree; the hardened portion 



of the wood. 

 Duriis, hard, durable. 



E 



E, without. 



Ebenaceous, ebony-like. 



Klinirli'iiti , without bracts. 



Ebnrneiis, ivory-like. 



Efliinttte, covered with prickles 



like a hedgehog. 

 l-'.fiiriintu*, without horns. 

 Edentatvt, without teeth. 

 l-'.ilili'ilis, eatable. 

 l-'ih/lig, eatable. 



/jl'i/sr, applied to pinicles of 

 flowers of loose arrangement. 

 Elatinr, higher. 

 t'.liitiis, elevated, exalted. 

 I'.lcijiiiis, elegant. 

 Ellipund, an attenuated sphere. 

 Elliptic, oval, but terminating 



sharply at each end. 

 1-jtni i-iji mitt 1 , with a notched apex. 

 /:'ii//itisscil. projecting in the centre 



like the boss of a shield. 

 Kiiilirdriiii/, applied to a leaf which 

 encircles a stem with its base. 

 Kmhryo, a rudimentary plant. 

 l-'.iulirijo sue, an embryo cell in 



which the embryo is found. 

 l-'.mi //CHS, <iisri n Blushed. 

 l-./nli-rn, the lireek for eleven. 

 En ilrm ml rn us. with eleven stamens. 

 Eiii/iicarp, inner layer next the 



seed. 

 Endiiclirome, the colouring matter 



of cells. 

 Endiiderntis, the inner corticul 



layer. 



l-:/i//i>i/rns, inward growers. 

 Kndnii, inwards. 

 l-'.iidii/ililieum,, the inner bark of a 



plant. 

 Endiipleura, the inner covering of 



a seed. 



l-'.itiliimiiiisix. the process by which 

 (luids pass inwards through a 

 membrane from one vessel to I 

 another of a greater or less 

 density. 

 Endosperm, albumen, or nutritive 



matter in the seed. 

 Endostome. the inner opening of 



an ovule's covering. 

 .r.ii/li/llieciinu, the inner coat of an 



anther. 

 I-', in-ill 1 ma. the inner covering of a 



seed. 



Enerrit, without nerves. 

 l-'.iini-n. the (Ireek for nine. 

 Ensati'/n- Ivns'/fin-m. sword shaped, 



with a straight blade. 

 Entire, with an undivided margin. 

 jElitfiiiin/i/iiliiits, insect loving, fer- 

 tilised by insects. 

 Enri'lnprs, the name given to the 

 calyx and corolla of a blossom, 

 called floral envelopes. 



Epi, upon, outside, or aoove. 

 Epicali/j; the outer calyx formed 



of bracts or scales ; e.g Mallow. 

 Epiearp, outer covering of fruit. 

 Ejrio/tilivm, terminal portion of 



the jointed lip or labellum of 



an Orchid. 



I''l>iilennii, outer skin. 

 /'/".'/.'/"""S appearing to grow from 



the top of the ovary. 

 I'.fiijiJiltcutn, the outer bark. 

 EpiphyUaut, growing upon the 



leaf. 



Eplphytet, plants which grow sus- 

 pended in the air, frequently 



upon other living plants, from 



which, however, they extract 



no food; e.g. Orchids. 

 Epiiperm, the outer cover of a 



seed. 



Equestriit, pertaining to a horse. 

 1-ii/niliiteriil, with equal sides. 

 Equitant, leaves which alternately 



overlap each other at their 



edges ; e.g. the Iris. 

 F.m-hiis. upright, applied to an 



ovule which rises from the 



base of an ovary. 

 i'.rnili i/, gnawed away, bitten ; 



used to describe a particular 



kind of irregular denticu- 



lation. 



Eriiht-si'i-tut, becoming red. 

 Km in pent, apparently bursting 



through the skin. 



'rpi/s, bearing red fruits. 

 s, fitted for food. 

 Etinlntiim. the act of blanching, 



or whitening, bv withholding 



light, 



Etuberotut, without tubers. 

 Evanescent, quickly fading. 

 Evolved, unfolded. 

 Exalbtiminoiis, not possessing al- 

 bumen. 



Exaltatiis, elevated, lofty. 

 Excavated, hollowed out. 

 7-,'jv, /,*, lofty. 

 Excoriate, to strip off the bark or 



skin. 



Exo, on the outside. 

 Exuiimoiii, the passage of fluids 



outwards through a membrane, 



the opposite of endosmose. 

 Exotic, foreign. 



Exserted, protruding, stamens pro- 

 jecting beyond the corolla ; e.g. 



Lilium auratum. 

 Ext-ine, the outer covering of a 



pollen grain. 



Ejclrnrfi; applied to anthers which 

 discharge their pollen on the 

 .side away from the pistil. 



F 



Falcate, bent like a sickle ; e.g. the 



loaf of Kochea falcata. 

 Falltif, deceitful. 

 I-'iiriiiiii-i-niis, floury or mealy, full 



of flour. 



- /'. applied to stems and 



organs which arc united in a 



flattened manner the Aspa- 

 ragus frequently presents this 

 appearance in its young stems. 

 Fascicle, a flattened inflorescence 

 marie up of many flowers so 

 arranged that their corollas arc 

 on a level, as in the Sweet 

 William and other Dianthuses. 

 Faacicidatiis, arranged in bundles. 

 Fa slit/late, tapering to a narrow 

 point, of a pyramidal shape 

 owing to the branches growing 

 erect and parallel ; e.g. the 

 Lombard}' Poplar. 

 Finn-is, the jaws, or gaping part 

 of a monopetalous corolla ; e.g. 

 Salvia patens. 



Famse, pitted like a honeycomb. 

 l-'i/ill/i'i-i/, resembling a feather; 

 leaves whose veins pass from 

 the midrib at, an acute angle 

 to the margin. 

 I-'/ i-iiiidfition, fertilisation. 

 /'< lij 1 , happy. 

 Femiile ,ffti>rm, containing pistils 



but no stamens. 



tiitrstra-lif, furnished with open- 

 ings, windowed. 

 l-'ei-rees. set with spines. 

 I'rnij-, fierce. 

 Ferreus, resembling iron, MTV 



hard. 

 l-'erriiijineiis. of the colour of iron 



rust, rusty. 



Fertile, flowers which bear seeds 

 capable of vegetating : also 

 applied to the spore bCfaring 

 fronds of Ferns. 



Fibres, woody strings or nerves of 

 leaves and stems ; e.g. Broad- 

 leaved Plantain. 

 Fibrilimr. covered with fibres. 

 1'ihrniis, composed of fibres or 



threads. 



Fibro-ratcular timie, composed of 

 vessels which contain spiral 

 and other fibres and vessels. 

 Ficoideiii, like a Fig. 

 Fid, cleft. 



Filament, the thread-like part of 



a stamen which supports the 



anther; also any thread-like 



body. 



Filirrntlif, having a thread-like 



stem. 



Fillers, Ferns, the name given 

 to the first order of crypto- 

 gamous plants. 

 Fili/iiriH, thread shaped; e.g. the 



stamens of Maize. 

 Fimbriate, fringed. 

 /'issuer, a slit in an organ. 

 /'is.-. /is, cloven. 



l-'isliilnr, hollow, but closed at tho 

 extremities ; e.g. the fruiting 

 stems of Onions. 

 Flabcllate, fan shaped ; e.g. leaves 



of Latania borbonica. 

 Flaccid, weak, flabby, feeble. 

 Flagcllifiirmis, shaped like a whip; 

 e.g. steins of C'ereus flagelli- 

 formis. 

 F/aaimeut, flame coloured. 



