INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 



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Distichous, arranged in two rows. 

 Distinct, separate, not united. 

 Divaricate, wide-spread, straggling. 

 Divergent, spreading with a less angle. 

 Dorsal, on or relating to the back. 

 Double terms, 301. 



Downy, clothed with short, weak hairs. 

 Drupe, 563. Drupaceous. See Try ma. 

 Ducts. See Trachenchyma, 668. 

 Duplicate, in pairs, double. 

 Duramen, heart- wood, 693. 

 Dwarfing, 140. s 



E, ex (in composition), without; as, 



Ebracteate, without bracts. 



Earthy elements, 83 2. v 



Echinate, priqki&with rigid hairs. 



Eficete, sterile, exhausted.^ 



Elaters, spiral, elastic threads, accompany- 

 ing certain spores. Fig. 506. 



Elliptic, elliptical (leaf), 265, a. 



Elongated, lengthened, extended. 



Emarginate, 284. " 



Embryo, 591, 103. 



Embryonic vesicle, 754. 



Endocarp, 5G3. 



Endochrome, the coloring matter of plants. 

 See Chlorophylle. 



Endogenous structure, 713. 



Endogeus, 70, 897. 



Endopleura. same as Tegmen, 583. 



Endospores, 631. 



Ensifbnn, s \vord-shaped, 275. 



Entire, even-edged, 278. 



Ephemeral, enduring for one day. 



Epi (in Greek composition), upon ; as, 



Epicarp, 563. 



Epidermis, 676. 



Epigynous, upon the ovary, 465, 504. 



Epipetalous, on the petals, 504. 



Epiphytes, plants on other plants, 143. 



Episperm, the skin of the seed. 



Equitaat (astraddle), 214. 



Erose, eroded, as if gnawed, 281. 



Eteerio, 565. 



Etiolated, colorless for want of light. 



Exalbuminous, without albumen. 



Excurrent, 173. 



Exogense, Exogens, 69, 897. 



Exogenous structure, 691. 



Exosmose, flowing out, 781. 



Exospores, 631. * 



Exserted, projecting out of, or beyond. 



Extra (in composition), beyond ; as, 



Extra-axiilary, same as supra-axillary. 



Exstipulate, without stipules, 240. 



Extra Flour (of wheat), 750. 



Extrorse, turned outward, 497. 



Falcate, scythe-shaped, curved. 

 Farinaceous, flour-like in texture. 



Farinous, mealy on the surface. 



Fascicle (a bundle), 361. 



Fasciculate (leaves), 222. 



Feather- veined, 259. 



Ferruginous, of the color of iron rust. 



Fertile (flower), seed-producing, 421. 



Fertilization, 751, etc. 



Fibrilla?, fibrils, 119, 724. 



Filament, the stalk of a stamen, 493. 



Filiform, slender like a thread. 



Fimbriate, fringed, having the edge bor- 

 dered with slender processes. 



Fistular, hollow, as the leaf of onion. 



Flabelliform, fan-shaped, 276. 



Flagelliform, whip-shaped; long, taper 

 and supple. 



Flavescent, yellowish, turning yellow. 



Flexuous, zig-zag, or wavy. 



Flofccous, with hairs in soft fleecy tufts. 



Flora, (a) the spontaneous vegetation of 

 a country ; (&) a written description of 

 the same. 



Floral, relating to flowers. 



Floral calendar, 366. 



Floral clock, 368. 



Floral envelopes, 399 



Florets, the flowers of a compound flower, 

 355. 



Flower, 372, etc.; origin of, 110. 



Flower, the standard of beauty, 372. 



Flowering, 364. 



Flower-bud. 195, 374, etc. 



Foliaceous, leaf-like in texture or form. 



Foliation, the act of leafing. 



Follicle, 571. 



Food of plants, 835. 



Foramen, same as Micropyle, 535. 



Forms, accommodated, 17. 



Forms, arrested, 21. 



Forms, graduated, 14. 



Forms, typical, 11. 



Free, not adherent nor adnate, 462. 



Fringed. See Fimbriate. 



Frond, an organ which is both stem and 

 leaf, as in duck-meat, fern, 626. 



Frondescent, bursting into leaf. 



Fructification, flower and fruit as a whole. 



Fruit, 112, 541 ; growth of, 765. 



Fruit, ripening of, 766. 



Frutescent, shrubby, becoming shrubby. 



Fulcra (roots), 136. 



Fuliginous, smoky brown, blackish. 



Fulvous, dull yellowish brown. 



Funiculus (a little rope), 535. 



Funnel-form. See Infundibuliform. 



Furcate, forked. 



Furfuraceous, scurfy. 



Furrowed, marked with channels length- 

 wise. 



Fuscous, grayish or blackish brown. 



Fusiform, spindle-shaped, 535. 



