GLOSSARY. 



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Drupe. A. stone-fruit; a fleshy or pulpy 

 fruit with the seed or kernel inclosed 

 in a hard or strong casing (putamen). 



Drupelet. A diminutive drupe, as each 

 of the sereral parts of a blackberry. 



Echinate. Beset with prickles. 



Elliptical. In the form of an ellipse, 

 oblong with both ends uniformly and 

 somewhat gradually rounded. 



Emarginate. Notched at the extremity. 



Embracing. Clasping at base. 



Endocarp. The inner layer of the peri- 

 carp lying next to the seed. 



Endogenous. Growing from within, in- 

 stead of by superficial increments, 

 the growth ordinarily being general 

 throughout the substance of the stem. 



Endogens. Plants with an endogenous 

 structure. 



Ensiform. Sword-shaped, as the leaf of 

 an Iris. 



Entire. With the margin uninterrupted, 

 without teeth or division of any sort. 



Ephemeral. Lasting but a day, or for a 

 very short time. 



Epigynous.-A.toT upon the top of the 

 ovary. 



Equitant. Astride; of conduplicate 

 leaves which fold over each other in 

 two ranks, as in Iris. 



Erect. Upright ; perpendicular to the 

 surface of attachment. 



Evergreen. Bearing its foliage through 

 all the seasons. 



Exalbuminous. Destitute of albumen. 



Explanate. Opened out flat. 

 ^Exserted. Projecting beyond an en- 

 velope, as stamens standing out of 

 the corolla. 



Exstipulate. Without stipules. 



Extrorse. Directed outward. 



Falcate or Falciform. Sickle-shaped ; 

 manifestly curved and more or less 

 flattened or folded. 



Farinaceous. Mealy; containing or 

 yielding flour or starch. 



Farinose. Covered with a white mealy 

 powder. 



Fascicle. A. close bundle or cluster. 



Fastigiate. With branches erect, paral- 

 lel and near together, as in the Lom- 

 bardy poplar. 



Faveolate, Favose. Pitted or honey- 

 combed. 



Ferruginous. Of the color of iron-rust. 



Fertile. Capable of producing fruit, as 

 a pistillate flower ; applied also to a 

 pollen-bearing stamen. 



Filament. That part of the stamen 

 which supports the anther; any 

 thread-like body. 



Filiform. Thread-shaped ; long, slender 

 and terete. 



Fimbriate. Fringed with narrow pro- 

 cesses ; having the margin finely dis- 

 sected. 



Fistular, Fistulous. Hollow and cylin- 

 drical. 



Flabelliform. Fan-shaped; dilated and 



rounded above, from a cuneate base. 

 Flexuous. Bent or curving alternately in 



opposite directions. 

 Fcliaceous. Leaf -like in structure and 



appearance ; leafy. 

 Follicle. A. pod formed from a single 



pistil, dehiscing along the ventral 



suture only. 



Follicular. Pertaining to a follicle or 

 like it in structure. 



Foveate. Pitted ; marked by deep de- 

 pressions. 



Foveolate. Diminutive of the last. 



Free. Not adnate to other organs. 



Fructification. The bearing of fruit, or 

 the organs concerned in the produc- 

 tion of fruit. 



Fruit. The matured seed- or spore- 

 vessel, of whatever kind, with its 

 appendages and contents. 



Frutescent. Shrubby or somewhat so. 



Fugacious. 'Very soon falling ; of ex- 

 tremely short continuance. 



Ful vous. Dull brownish or grayish yel- 

 low. 



Funiculus. The stalklet of an ovule or 

 eeed. 



Funnelform. Tubular, but expanding 

 gradually from the narrow base to 

 the spreading border or limb. 



