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Glossary of Terms. 



Entire. Having an unbroken or un- 

 divided margin. 



Epi, in compounds, signifies upon. 



Epidermis. The skin of a plant im- 

 mediately underlying the cuticle. 



Equitant. Applied to leaves whose 

 edges adhere above the base, where 

 they overlap the one next above on 

 the opposite side of the stem, as in 

 Iris Germanica, etc. 



Evergreen. Bearing green leaves all 

 through the yeaf . 



Ex, in composition, signifies Without, 

 as exalbuminous; or outside, external, 

 as exogenous.- 



Exogenous. Growing by additions to 

 the circumference. 



Exserted. Projecting beyond, as sta- 

 mens exceeding the corolla. 



Extrorse. Applied to anthers which 

 open outwards or from the pistil. 



Falcate. Curved in the form of a 

 sickle. 



Fastigiate. Applied to the branches of 

 a tree when they are erect and close, 

 as in the Upright Cypress and Lom- 

 bardy Poplar. 



Fascicled. Several organs growing 

 from one point, as leaves, flowers, or 

 roots. 



Feathery. Applied to the soft hairy 

 pappus of many Composites, plumose. 



Filament. The lower portion or stalk 

 of a stamen, bearing the anther. 



Filiform. Thread-like, slender. 



Fimbriate. Fringed at the margin. 



Fistular. Applied to the hollow stems 

 and leaves of plants. 



Flavus. Pale yellow. 



Florets. Applied to the separate 

 flowers of Compositse and similar 

 plants. 



Fluitans. Floating. 



Fluviatilis. Aquatic. 



Folium. A. leaf. Plural, Folia. 



Free. Separate, not joined together or 

 with any other organs. 



Frond. Applied to the leaves of Ferns 

 and Palms. 



Fruit. The seed-vessel with its ap- 

 pendages. 



Frutex (Frutescent). A shrub ; a 



woody plant destitute of a trunk, and 



branching from the base, or nearly so. 

 Fugacious. Falling very early, as the 



sepals of the Poppies and the petals 



of Cistus. 



Fulvus. Dull yellow, buff. 

 Fuscus. Browni sh. 

 Glabrous. Having no hairs, smooth. 

 Glaucous. Sea-green. 

 Graveolens. Possessing an intense 



odour. 



Gymnos y in compounds, signifies naked. 

 Gyncecium. The female organs collec- 

 tively. 



Gynandrous. Stamens and styles con- 

 solidated. 

 Herbaceous. Applied to all green parts 



and annual stems. 

 Hermaphrodite. Applied to flowers 



containing both male and female 



organs. 



Hirsutus. With long soft hairs. 

 Hispid. Having long stiff hairs. 

 Humilis. Dwarf, used in comparison. 

 Hypo, in compounds, signifies under, 



as hypogynous stamens, below the 



pistil. 



Igneus. Bright scarlet. 

 Imberbis. Destitute of hairs. 

 Imbricate. Applied to leaves or to the 



parts of a flower when they overlap 



each other. 

 Imparipinnate. Unequally pinnate, 



having an odd terminal leaflet. 

 Incomplete. Some part wanting, as 



calyx, corolla, etc. 

 Indusium. The membranous covering 



of the spore-cases of many Ferns. 

 Inferior. Applied to an ovary when 



the calyx-tube is aclnate to it, and to 



the calyx when it is quite free from 



the ovary and below it. 

 Introrse. Anthers opening inwards, 



towards the axis, are introrse. 

 Involucre. The name given to one or 



more series of bracts surrounding a 



head of flowers, etc. 

 Irregular. Petals or sepals unequal in 



size or different in forms in the same 



flower. 



