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GLOSSARY 



Embryo. The rudimentary plantlet within the 



seed. 



Endocarp. The inner layer of a pericarp. 

 Endogenous. Growing throughout the sub- 

 stance of the stem, instead of by superficial 



layers. 



Entire. Without toothing or division. 

 Ephemeral. Lasting for only one day. 

 Epicarp. The outer layer of the pericarp or 



matured ovary. 



Epidermis. The superficial layer of cells. 

 Epigynous. Growing on the summit of the 



ovary, or apparently so. 

 Epiphyte. A plant growing attached to another 



plant, but not parasitic ; an air-plant. 

 Equitant. Astride ; used of conduplicate leaves 



which enfold each other in two ranks, as in Iris. 

 Erase. As if gnawed. 

 Exalbuminous. Without albumen. 

 Excurrent. Kunning out, as a nerve of a leaf 



projecting beyond the margin. 

 Exfoliating. Cleaving off in thin layers. 

 Exogenous. Growing by annular layers near 



the surface ; belonging to the Exogens. 

 Exserted. Projecting beyond an envelope, as 



stamens from a corolla. 

 Exsiccated. Dried. 

 Extrorse. Facing outward. 



falcate. Scythe-shaped ; curved and flat, taper- 

 ing gradually. 



farinaceous. Containing starch ; starch-like. 



farinose. Covered with a meal-like powder. 



fascicle. A close bundle or cluster. 



fasciculate. In close bundles or clusters. 



fastigiate (branches). Erect and near together. 



ferruginous. Bust-color. 



fertile. Capable of producing fruit ; or produc- 

 tive, as a flower having a pistil, or an anther 

 with pollen. 



fibrillose. Furnished or abounding with fine 



fibrous. Composed of or resembling fibers. 

 Fibrous tissue, a tissue formed of elongated 

 thick-walled cells. 



Fibro-vascular. Composed of woody fibers 

 and ducts. 



Filament. The part of a stamen which sup- 

 ports the anther ; any thread-like body. 



Filamentous. Composed of threads. 



Filiform. Thread-shaped ; long, slender, and 

 terete. 



fintbriate. Fringed. 



Fimbrillate. Having a minute fringe. 



Fistular. Hollow and cylindrical. 



Flaccid. Without rigidity ; lax and weak. 



flexuous. Zigzag ; bending alternately in op- 

 posite directions. 



Floccose. Clothed with locks or flocks of soft 

 hair or wool. 



Floret. A small flower, usually one of a dense 

 cluster. 



Floriferous. Flower-bearing. 



FoHaceous. Leaf-like in texture or appearance. 



-foliate, -leaved ; having leaves. 



foliolate. Having leaflets. 



foliose. Bearing numerous leaves. 



follicle. A fruit consisting of a single carpel, 

 dehiscing by the ventral suture. 



follicular. Like a follicle. 



forked. Divided into nearly equal branches. 



free. Not adnate to other organs. 



frond. The leaf of Ferns and some other Cryp- 

 togams ; in Lemnaceae, the thallus-like stem 

 which functions as foliage. 



Fructification. The act or organs of fruiting. 



fruit. The seed-bearing product of a plant, 

 simple, compound, or aggregated, of whatever 

 form. 



fugacious. Falling or fading very early. 



funicle. The free stalk of an ovule or seed. 



fuscous. Grayish-brown. 



fusiform. Spindle-shaped; swollen in the 

 middle and narrowing toward each end. 



Galea. A hooded or helmet-shaped portion of 



a perianth, as the upper sepal of Aconitum, 



and the upper lip of some bilabiate corollas. 

 Galeate. Helmet-shaped ; having a galea. 

 Gamopetalous. Having the petals of the corolla 



more or less united. 

 Gamophyllous. Composed of coalescent leaves 



or leaf-like organs. 



Cfamosepalous, Having the sepals united. 

 Geminate. Equal, in pairs. 

 Gemma. A bud or body analogous to a bud by 



which a plant propagates itself. 

 Gemmiparous. Producing gemmae. 

 Geniculate. Bent abruptly, like a knee. 

 Gibbosity. A swelling of moderate extent and 



asymmetrical character, chiefly at or near the 



base of an organ. 



Gibbous. Protuberant or swollen on one side. 

 Glabrate. Somewhat glabrous, or becoming 



glabrous. 

 Glabrous. Smooth; not rough, pubescent, or 



hairy. 



Gladiate. Sword-shaped. 

 Gland. A secreting surface or structure; any 



protuberance or appendage having the appear- 

 ance of such an organ. 

 Glandular. Bearing glands or of the nature of 



a gland. 



Glaucous. Covered or whitened with a bloom. 

 Glochidiate. Barbed at the tip. 

 Glomerate. Compactly clustered. 

 Glomerulate. In small compact clusters. 

 Glumaceous. Furnished with or resembling 



glumes. 

 Glume. A chaff-like bract; specifically one of 



the two empty chaffy bracts at the base of the 



spikelet in the Grasses. 

 Granulose. Composed of or appearing as ii 



covered by minute grains. 

 Gymnospermous. Bearing naked seeds, with- 

 out an ovary. 

 Gynandrous. Having the stamens^ borne upon 



the pistil, as in Orchidaceae. 

 Gynobase. An enlargement or prolongation of 



the receptacle bearing the ovary. 

 Gynosporangium. The receptacle in which 



gynospores are developed. 



