GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 



Entire, without teeth, notches, or sevratures on the margins, pi. 28, 



figs. 2— 11. 

 Epulcrmis, the outer or scarf skin. 



Epiphijllous, growing upon the leaf. , 



Erccto-patent, Ijotween erect and spreading, pi. 32, fig. 3. 

 Eroded, gnawed, bitten, irregularly tootliletted. 

 Evergreen, leaves remaining green during winter, page 71- 

 Evolved, unfolded. 

 Excoriate, stripped of the skin. 



E.vcurrent, running beyond the edge or summit of anything. 

 Exotic, foreign ; opposed to Indiginous, or native. 

 Exserted, projecting beyond something else ; — stamens exserted, fig. 3, 



pi. 18. 

 Extra-axillary, above, or on the outside of the axils. 



Fcecula, the nutritious powder of wheat, &c. 



Falcate, sickle-form. 



Falcato-secimd, bent on one side like a sickle. 



Farinaceoits, abounding with flour. 



Fascicles, parcels or bundles, pi. 34, fig. 2. 



Fasciculate, arranged in bundles. 



Fastigiate, pyramidical. 



Feroces, thickly set with spines. 



Ferruginous, iron-coloured, rusty. 



Fertile floiuer, having pistils only. 



Fibrillose, covered with small fibres. 



Fibrous, composed of fibres. 



Filament, the stalk which supports the anther, pi. 1 1 , fig. 1 a. 



Filiform, thread-shaped. 



Fimbriate, fringed. 



Fistulous, hollow like a pipe. 



Flcxuous, zigzag, undulated, forming angles. 



Flocci, little tufts like wool. 



Floral-leaves, bractese, small leaves attached to the flower-stalk. 



Florets, little flowers ; applied to those which constitute comjjouud and 



aggregate flowers, pi. 16, fig. 4. «, fig. 5, 6, fig. 7. 

 Flosculous, compound flowers, consisting of many tubular florets. 

 Foliaceous, having the form of leaves. 



Follicle, a one-valved, one-celled capsule, opening lengthwise. 

 Fringed, margined with a row of hairs. 

 Frond, a leaf bearing the fructification of cryptogamic plants, page 65, 



pi. 27, fig. 5. 

 Fruticosc, shrubby. 

 Fugacious, of slioi-t duration. 

 Furcate, forked. 



Furrowed, marked with parallel elevated and depressed lines. 

 Ftisiform, spindle-shaped, pi, 24, fig. 3. 



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Galea, the helmet or upper lip of a ringent corolla, pi. 9, fig. 1 . 



Gemiimte, doubled. 



Gemmee, leafy buds. 



Germen, base of the pistil, fig. 3, pi. 1 ; rudunent of the fruit, fig, 4, 



pi. 1. 

 Germination, the first act of vegetation in a seed. 

 Germen inferior, below the flower, fig. \,h pi. 7, fig. 2,* fig. 4/' pi. 17? 



fig. 8, pi. 11. 



