GLOSSARY 201 



Ensiform (of leaves) Sword-shaped. 



Entire (of leaves) When the margin is not notched (Privet, Peri- 

 winkle}. 



Entomophilous (of flowers) Pollinated by the agency of insects. 

 Epicalyx^ whorl of small leaves outside the true calyx (Malva). 

 Epigynous (of stamens) Springing from above the ovary. 

 Epipetalous (of stamens) Attached to the corolla. 



Female (of a flower) Having a pistil but no stamens. 



Filament The stalk of a stamen. 



Follicle A dehiscent seed-vessel bursting down the front only 



(A quilegia, Saxifragd) . 

 Free central (of placentas) When the ovules are attached to an 



elevation in the centre of the ovary (Primula). 

 Fruit The seed-vessel with its seeds. 

 Funicle The stalk of an ovule. 



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Glabrous Without hairs. 

 Glaucous (of leaves) Smooth and shining. 

 Glume (in sedges and grasses) A membranous leaf at the base 



of a simple inflorescence or of each branch of a compound 



inflorescence. 



Haustorium The special organ by which a parasite obtains its 

 nutriment from its host (Dodder, Mistletoe}. 



Heterostylous Having styles of unequal lengths in different indi- 

 viduals (Oxalis, Primula). 



Hypogynous (of stamens) Springing from beneath the ovary. 



Incumbent (of the radicle) Folded against the back of one of the 



cotyledons (Crucifercz). 

 Indehiscent (of seed-vessels) Not bursting to allow of the escape 



of the seeds (cf. Achene, Drupe). 

 Inferior (of calyx) Below the ovary ; (of ovary) apparently below 



the calyx. 



Inflorescence A group of flowers. 

 Internode (of stems) The space between two nodes. 



