GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



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DoUdjH/orm^ axe-shaped. 

 Domal, growing on the back. 

 Dnisticy applied to medicines wliich act violently. 

 Drwpe., a kind of fruit consisting of a fleshy succulent 

 riudj and coutaining a hard stone in the middle. 



Echinakd, covered with prickles like an echinus or 

 hedgehog. 



Edible, eatable. 



Eff'use, litt-rally poured forth; applied to inflorescence, 

 it means a kind of panicle with a very loose one- 

 sided arrangement. 



Electuaries, a medicine of conserves and powders in the 

 consistence of honey. 



Ellipsoid, like an ellipsis. 



Elliptic iajiceolatei a form between elliptical and lanceo- 

 late. 



Elongated, lengthened. 



Emargiiiate, having a small notch in the end. 



Embossed, projecting in the centre like the boss or 

 umbo of a round slueld or target. 



E))}bracing, a leaf is said to embrace a stem when it 

 clasps it round witli its base. 



Enwllient, softening. 



J'yimUsions, medicines made of bruised oily seeds and 

 water. 



Eiisate or K7isiform, shaped like a sword with a straight 

 blade. 



Epidermis, the outer skin of tlie bark. 



Epiphyllous, growing upon a leaf, 



Epiphytes,xi[ax\ia which grow upon other plants with- 

 out deriving any nutriment from tliem. 



Equidistant, equally distant. 



Equilateral, having equal sides. 



Eouitant, a mode of vernation, or of arrangement of 

 leaves with respect to each other, in which the sides 

 or edges alternately overlap each other. 



E recto-patent, between erect and spreading. 



Eroded, gnawed, bitten; a term used to express a par- 

 ticular kind of irregular denticulation. 



Eroso- dentate, the toothing being eroded. 



Errhine, promoting a discharge of mucus from the 

 nostrils. 



Esdtarotic, having the power to scar or bum the skin. 



Esculent, good for food. 



Etiolated, whitened by being kept from air and light. 



Evanescent, quickly vanisliing. 



Evolved, unfolded. 



Eoccavated, hollowed out. 



E<rcentrical, flying oft' from the centre. 



Ed'coiiate, stripped of the bark or skin. 



ExcurrerU, projecting or running beyond the edge or 

 point of any thing. 



Exotic, foreign. 



Expectorant, any thing that promotes the discharge of 

 mucus from the eliest. 



Exserted, projecting beyond something else. 



Exsiccated, dried up. 



Exira-ojillary, above or on the outside of the axils. 



EAira-foliacdma, aw;iy from the leaves, or inserted in 

 a different place from them. 



ExuvziS, whatever is cast off by plants or animals. 



Ecenda, the nutritious powder of wheat or of other 

 things. 



Falcata or Faldform, bent like a sickle. 



Farinaceo7ts, full of flour. 



Fascicles, parcels or bundles. 



Fasciculate, arranged in bundles or parcels. 



Fastigiate, tapering to a narrow point like a pyramid. 



FmiceSy the jaws; the gaping part or orilicc of a mono- 

 petalous flower. 



Favose, pitted or excavated like the cells of a honey- 

 comb. 



Fcatltcry, resembling a feather. 



Fehri/uye, efticacious in moderating fever. 



Feculent, nmddy, thick with sediment. 



Fecundation, the act of making fruitful. 



Feroees, thickly set witli spines. 



Fcn'Uifinous, iron -coloured, rusty. 



FihriUose, covered with little strings or fibres. 



Fibrous, being composed of fibres. 



Fiddle-lipped, having a lip resembling the figure of a 

 fiddlu. 



Filiform, shaped like a thread. 



Fimbriate, fringed. 



Finger parted, divided into lobes having a fanciful resem- 

 blance to the five fingers of a human hand. 



Fistular or Fistulous, hollow like a pipe. 



Flaccid, feeble, weak. 



Fleailey capable of being bent in different directions, 

 pliable. 



Flea-uose, having a bent or undulating direction. 



Flesimose-Tecurved,hQ\it backward in a ffexuose or undu- 

 lated manner. 



Flocci, little tufts like wool. 



FlortB horologicce, ilowers which expand at particular 

 hours, whence they are a sort of timekeepers. 



Floral envelopes, the calyx, bracteai, and corolla, which 

 envelope the inner parts of tlie flower are all so called. 



Florets, little flowers; chiefly applied to those which 

 constitute what were formerly called compoimd 

 flowers. 



Floriferous, that which bears flowers. 



Floscidoiis, compound flowers, consisting of many tubu- 

 lose monopctalous florets. 



Foliaceous, having the form of leaves. 



Follicle, a particular kind of seed-vessel. 



Footstmks, the stalks of either flowers or leaves. 



Fornicate, arched. 



Frag7nentary, composed of fragments. 



Fringed, having a border like a fringe. 



Frond, the leaves of palms. 



Frontal, that which is in front. 



Frosted, covered with glittering particles, as if fine dew 

 had been congealed upon it. 



Fructification, nil those parts composing the flower .•snd 

 fruit of plants. 



Frutesccnt or Fruticosc, shrubby. 



Fugacious, that which lasts but for a short time. 



Fulvous, tawny yellow or fox -coloured. 



Fungous, having the substance of fungi or mushrooms. 



Funicle, the little stalk by wliicli a seed is attached to 

 the placenta. 



Furcate, forked. 



Furfuraccous, scaly, mealy, scurfy. 



Fuscous, blackish-brown. 



Fusiform, spindle-shaped. 



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GaJeate, helmcted; the upper lip of a ringent corolla is 



the galea of that corolla. 

 Gelatine, ^G\\y\ a term of chemistry. 

 Gelatinous, consisting of jelly. 

 Geminate, doubled. 

 Gemma, leafy buds as distinguished from alabastra or 



flower buds. 

 Geoponic, relating to agriculture. 

 Genn or Germen, the old name of the ovarium. 

 Gcrmen infenor, fruit below tlie flower. 

 Germifiation, the first act of vegetation in a seed. 

 Gibbous, protuberant. 

 Glabrous, smooth. 



Gladiate, shaped like a short straight sword. 

 Glamlular, haWng ghinds. 

 Glaucescent or Glaitcine, having something of a bluish 



hoary appearance. 

 Glaucous, having a decided hoary gray surface. 

 Globose or Glolmar, round or spherical. 

 Glomerate, gathered into a round heap or head. 

 Glumaceous, plants are said to be glumaceous when 



their flowers are like those of grasses. 

 Glume, a ]>art of the floral envelopes of a grass. 

 Gluten, a chemical principle. 

 Glutinous, adhesive. 

 Grained, the segments of the flowers of Rumex have 



tubercles which are called grains. 

 Graniform, formed like grains of com. 

 Granular, covered as if with grains. 

 Gregarious, herding together. 



Grooved, furrowed, channelled, marked with grooves. 

 6'nwiott5, clubbed, knotted, contracted at intervals into 



knots. 

 Gynandrous, having the stamens and style combined ia 



one body. 

 Gyrose, tunied round like a crook. 



