222 EUCAL YPTUS. 



Excurrent: running out, as when a midrib projects beyond the apex of 



a leaf, or a trunk is continued to the very top of a tree. 

 Exostone : the orifice in the outer coat of the ovule. 

 Explanate : spread or flattened out. 

 Exserted : protruding out of. 

 Exstipulate : destitute of stipules. 



Extra-axillary : said of a branch or bud a little out of the axil. 

 Extrorse : turned outwards ; the anther is extrorse when fastened to the 



filament on the side next the pistil, and opening on the outer side. 

 Falcate : scythe shaped ; a flat body curved, its edges parallel. 

 Farinaceous : mealy in texture. Farinose : covered with a mealy powder. 

 Fasciate : banded ; also applied to monstrous stems which grow flat. 

 Fascicle : a close cluster. 



fascicled, Fasciculated : growing in a bundle or tuft. 

 Fastigiate : close, parallel, and upright, as the branches of L,ombardy 



Poplar. 



Faux, (plural ,fauces] : the throat of a calyx, corolla, etc. 

 Faveolate, Favose : honeycombed ; same as alveolate. 

 Feather-veined : where the veins of a leaf spring from along the sides of 



a mid rib. 



Female (flowers) : with pistils and no stamens. 

 Fenestrate : pierced with one or more large holes, like windows. 

 Ferrugineous, or Ferruginous: resembling iron rust ; red-grayish. 

 Fertile : fruit-bearing, or capable of producing fruit ; also said of anthers 



when they produce good pollen. 

 Fertilization : the process by which pollen causes the embryo to be 



formed. 



Fibre, Fibrous : containing much fibre, or composed of fibres. 

 Fibrillose : composed of small fibres. 

 Fiddle-shaped: obovate with a deep recess on each side. 

 Filament : the stalk of a stamen ; also any slender thread-shaped 



appendage. 



Filamentose, or Filamentous : bearing or formed of slender threads. 

 Filiform : thread-shaped ; long slender and cylindrical. 

 Fimbiiate : fringed ; furnished with fringes (fimbri&}. 

 Fistular orfistulose: hollow and cylindrical, as the leaves of the Onion. 

 Flabelliform or Flabellate : fan-shaped ; broad, rounded at the summit, 



and narrow at the base. 

 Flagellate, or Flagelliform : long, narrow and flexible, like the thong of 



a whip or like the runners {flagell<z} of the Strawberry. 

 Flavescent : yellowish, or turning yellow. 

 Fleshy : composed of firm pulp or flesh. 



Flexuose, or Flexuous : bending gently in opposite directions, in a zig- 

 zag way. 



