GLOSSARY. 



Evergreen: holding the leaves over winter and until new ones appear, or 



longer. 



Exalhuminous (seed) : destitute of albumen. 



Excurrent: running out, as wlun a midrib projects beyond the apex ot ■ 

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



Explanate: spread or tiattened out. 



Exserted: protruding out of. 



ExstfpuJate: destitute of stipules. 



Extra-axilla ri/ : said of a branch or bud a little out of the axil. 



ExtrCrse: turned outwards; the anther is extrorse when fastened to the fila- 

 ment on tlie side next the pistil, and opening on the outer side. 



Falcate: scytlie-sliaped; a flat body curved, its edges parallel. 

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

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

 Fdscicle: a close cluster. 

 Fdscicled, Fasciculated : growing in a bundle or tuft, as the leaves of Pine 



and Larch. 

 Fasttyiate: close, parallel, and upright, as the branches of Lonibardy Poplar. 

 Faveolate, Fdcose : honeycombed ; same as alveolate. 

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



midrib. 

 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. 

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

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

 dage. 

 Filame'ntose, or Filamentous : bearing or formed of slender threads. 

 Filiform: thread-shaped; long, slender, and C3'lin(lrical. 

 Fimbriate: fringed; furnished with fringes (fimhriiv). 

 Fistnlar or Fisfulose: hollow and cylindrical, as the leaves of the Onion. 

 Flahelliform or Flahciiate: fan-shaped; broad, rounded at the sunnnit, and 



narrowed at the base. 

 Fldijellate, or Flag^liform: long, narrow, and flexible, like tlie thong of a 



whip; or like the runners {jlagella) of the Strawberry. 

 Flavescent: yoUowisn, or turning yellow. 

 Fleshy : composed of firm pulp or flesh. 

 Flexuose, or Flexuous: bending gently in opposite directions, in a zigzag 



way. 

 Floating: swimming on the surface of water. 



Fldccose: composed, or bearing tufts, of woolly or long and soft hairs. 

 Flora (the goddess of flowers) : the plants of a country or district, taken to 



gether, or a work systematically describing them. 

 Floral: relating to the blossom. 

 floral Envelopes : the leaves of the flower. 



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