132 A GLOSSARY OF 



ELLIPTICAL. A flat body, which is oval, and acute at each 



end. 

 ENTIRE. Having no kind of marginal division. PL II. 14. o. 



14. L. 14 r. 



EPIDERMIS. The true skin of a plant, below the cuticle. 

 EPIPETALOUS. Growing on Petals : as some Stamens do. 

 Ex. Outward; external. 

 EXOGENOUS. Growing by addition to the outer parts of ^i 



Stem. 



EXERTED. Projecting beyond the orifice of an organ. 

 FARINACEOUS. Having the texture of flour; as the albumen 



of Wheat. 

 FEATHERY. Consisting of long hairs, which are themselves 



hairy. 

 FASCICULATED. When several similar things proceed from a 



common point ; as the leaves of the Larch, or tubers of 



the Lesser Celandine. PI. II. 15. fa. 

 FILIFORM. Thread-like; slender. 

 FLORETS. When many small Flowers are collected in clusters 



or heads ; each flower is called a floret : the centre of a 



Daisy, &c. 



FREE. Not adhering to any other part not adnate. 

 FIMBRIATED. Fringed, having the border edged by long, 



slender processes. 

 FRUCTIFICATION. The parts of a Flower that produce the 



Fruit. 

 FURROWED. Marked by longitudinal Channels ; as the Stem 



of Parsnip, &c. 



FUCIFORM. Thick, tapering to each end; as PI. II. 14 fu. 

 GERMEN. The Ovary. 

 GIBBOUS. More convex or tumid in one place than another. 



Crescent-shaped.- 

 GLABROUS. Smooth, having no hairs. 



