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erect : the habit without a tendency to 

 lie down. 



ericoides, ericinum : like Erica, the typi- 

 cal Heath. 



eriocarpa : woolly-fruited. 



eriocephalum : woolly-headed. 



erubesceus : disposed to be red. 



Everlasting : Helichrysum and Helip- 

 terum species. 



exaltatum : very tall for the genus. 



exiguum : very small. 



exserta; to extend beyond, as stamens 

 beyond the tube of a corolla. 



expansa : spread out. 



exsertus : stretching out. 



Eyebright, native : Euphrasia sp. 



falcate : shaped somewhat like a sickle. 



fasciculate : arranged in clusters (leaves). 



fastigiate : a high point or point of 

 honour, indicating a species with an 

 unusually high development for the 

 genus. 



Fat hen : Chenopodium murale, &c. 



Fennel : Foeniculum vulgare. 



ferrugineous : coloured like iron rust. 



Fescue, meadow : Pestuca pratensis. 

 ,, tall : Festuca elatior. 

 ,, hard : Festuca duriusoula. 

 sheep's : Festuca ovina. 

 rat's tail : Festuca myurus. 

 reed . Festuca sylvaijica. 



Fibrous grass : Stipa pubescens and 

 allied species. 



ficifolia : leaves shaped like many species 

 of Ficus, chiefly alluding to the More- 

 ton Bay Fig. 



filamentosa : filamentous. 



filicifolia.: fern-leaved. 



filiform : thread-like. 



Filmy fern . Hymenophyllum sp., but 

 principally H. flabellifolium ; also given 

 to Triohomanes venosum. 



filum : cord-like. 



Fireweed : Senecio australis, also some- 

 times S. velleyoides. 



fistulosa : hollow or tube-like. 



flabellifolium : leaves shaped like a fan. 



flaecidum : flaccid, weak, drooping. 



flava, flavescens : yellow. 



Flax, native : Linum marginale. 



flexuosa : bent alternately. 



floral-tube : the whorls of a flower, the 

 calyx, corolla, androscium and pistil, 

 are normally inserted close above one 

 another on the apex of the flower-stalk, 

 which is termed the torus or thalamus; 

 the torus may be minute or variously 

 enlarged ; it may be expanded into a 

 cup bearing the calyx, corolla, and 

 stamens on its margin, and, still 

 further, this cup may be intimately 

 blended with the wall of the pistil when 

 the calyx, corolla, and stamens are 

 epigynous, and the pistil inferior; in 

 older botanical works this floral-tube is 

 temied the calyx-tube. 



Flowering rush : Xyris sp. 



fluitans : floating. . , , . , 



fluvialilis,.&c. : a nver habitat. 



Fly orchid : Prasophyllum fuscum and 



patens. 

 Fog : Holcus lanatus. 

 follicle : a dry fruit, bursting at maturity 



down one suture, normally containing 



more than one seed, and formed of but 



one carpel ; a legume is a variety of 



follicle, 

 fontana : habitat in a spring or fountain. 

 Forget-me-not : Myosotis sp. 

 formosa : first discovered habitat the 



Island of Formosa. 

 Foxtail, meadow : Alopecurus pratensis. 

 ,, marsh : A. geniculatus. 

 slender : A. agrestis. 

 fragilis : frail. 

 Fuchsia, native : Correa speciosa and 



lawrenciana. 

 Fumitory : Fumaria officinalis, 

 furoata : forked. 

 Furze : -TJlex europseus. 



native : Daviesia ulioina. 

 fuscum : brownish. 



gamopetalous : petals more or less united, 

 geniculata : bent or kneed (at the nodes). 

 Germander : Teucrium species. 

 gibbous : swollen or sack-shaped, 

 glabra : surface smooth, hairless. 

 glabella : nearly glabrous. 

 p;!adiatum : shaped like a sword (leaves), 

 glandulosa . bearing glands on the sur- 

 face. ^ 

 glauca : of an ashy blue tint, 

 globulus : globe-like (appearance of 



flower), 

 glomerata : massed together (flowers). 

 glutinosa : surface sticky. 

 Golden Rosemary : Oxylobium ellipticum. 

 Grordon Lily : Blandfordia marginata. 

 (Jorse : Ulex europseus. 

 Gourd_, native : Sicyos angulata. 

 gracilis : slender, 

 graminea, &c. : grass-like, 

 grammitides : like Grammitis, a genus of 



polypodiceoufe ferns. 

 Grass-tree : Bichea dracophylla ; also 

 Xanthorrhsea australis. 

 ,, giant : Richea pandani- 



folia. 

 prickly : Richea sooparia. 

 Greentops : Pterostylis pedunculata. 

 Guitar plant : Lomatia species. 

 Gum, blue : Eucalyptus globulus. 

 ,, cider : Eucalyptus gunnii. 

 ,, drooping : Eucalyptus risdoni. 

 ,, Ironbark : Eucalyptus sieberiana. 

 ,, Mountain Ash : Eucalyptus reg- 

 nans. 

 Manna : Eucalyptus viminalis. 

 peppermint : Eucalyptus amygda- 

 lina. Local names inconstant, 

 but perhaps the commonest 

 are : — White for the very nar- 

 row leaved forms, black for the 

 broader leaved, and blue for the 

 glaucous drooping forms that 

 are usually referred to E. ris- 

 "doni, var. elata. 



