434 GLOSSARY. 



Endogenous. Stems or trunks in which the wood consists cff 

 bundles of vessels and fibres, promiscuously imbedded in 

 cellular substance ; and the growth takes place about the 

 centre, as in the Rattan. 



Enneandrous. With nine stamens. 



Ensiform. Sword shaped, two edged ; as the leaves of Iris ver- 

 sicolor. Med. Bot. PL 16. 



Entire. Even and whole at the edge ; as the leaves of Rhus 

 vernix. Med. Bot. PI. 10. 



Ephemeral. Lasting but a day. 



Epicarp. The outer coating of a fruit. 



Epidermis. See Cuticle. 



Epigynous. Situated on the upper part of the ovary or germ. 



Epiphyllous. Growing upon the leaf. 



Epiphytic. Growing on other plants, but not deriving nourish- 

 ment from them. 



Epispei-m. The skin, or the integuments of a seed. 



Eroded. Appearing as if gnawed at the edge. 



Esculent, Eatable^ 



Evergreen. Remaining fresh through the winter. Not decidu- 

 ous. 



Exogenous plants. Those whose wood increases annually by 

 the addition of an external ring or cylinder to those which 

 previously existed ; as in the oak and most of our trees. 



Exserted. Projecting or extending out of the flower or sheath, 



F. 

 Falcate. Sickle shaped. Linear and crooked. 

 Farina. The pollen. Also meal or flour. 

 Farinaceous. Mealy. 

 Fascicle. A bundle. 



Fascicled, or fasciculate. Collected in bundles. 

 Fasligiate. Flat topped. 

 Favose. Resembling a honey comb. 

 Ferns. An order of cryptogaraous plants bearing the fructification 



commonly on the back of the leaf, or in spikes, made up of 



minute capsules opening transversely. 

 Fertile. Containing perfect pistils and yielding fruit. 



