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A FLORA OF MANILA 



Dissepiments; the partitions of a compound 



ovary. 

 Distichous; two-ranked. 

 Distinct; free, not combined. 

 Divaricate; widely spreading or divergent. 

 Divided; cut into divisions down to the base or 



midrib. 

 Dorsal ; pertaining to the back of an organ. 

 Downy; covered with soft and short hairs. 

 Drupaceous; like or pertaining to a drupe. 

 Drupe; a stone-fruit, that is the puter part soft, 



fleshy or fibrous, the inner part hard and 



bony. 



Ebraoteate; without bracts. 



Eforaoteolate; without bractlets. 



Eohinate; armed with prickles. 



Edge; the margin or outline, as of a leaf. 



Ellipsoid; a solid body ffiiowing an ellipse in 



longitudinal section and a circle in cross 



section. 

 Eliptio; oval or oblong, with the ends regularly 



rounded. 

 Emarginate; notched at the apex. 

 Endemic; confined to a country. 

 Endooarp; the inner layer of the pericarp. 

 Endosperm; the albumen of a seed. 

 Entire; the margins continuous, not at all 



toothed, notched, or divided. 

 Ephemeral; lasting for a day or less. 

 Epigynous; upon the ovary. 

 Epiphyte; a plant growing on another plant, 



but not nourislied by it. 

 Epiphytic; rohitinff to epiphytes. 

 Equal; alike in number or length. 

 Equilateral; cqual-slded. 

 Erect; upriglit, perpendicular. 

 Evident; clearly visible. 

 Exalbuminous; d.pstitute of albumen. 

 Excurrent; running- out as when a midrib pro- 

 jects beyond the apex of a leaf. 

 Exindusiate; without an indusium. 

 Exserted; protruding, as the stamens extending 



beyond the corolla. 

 Exstiputate; destitute of stipules. 

 External; outward. 

 Extra-axillary; out of the axil, applied to 



flowers etc. 

 Extrorse; tm'ned or opening outward. 



Falcate; a leaf or other flat body curved, its 



edges parallel. 

 Fascicle; a close cluster. 

 Fascicled; growing in a bmidlc or cluster. 

 Female; a flower or plant bearing pistils only. 

 F-erruginous; resembling iron-rust in color.. 

 Fertile; fruit-bearing, oi- capable of it. 

 Fertilization; the process by which pollen 



causes the embrj'o to be formed. 

 Filament; the stalk of a stamen, also any 



slender thread-shaped body. 

 Filiform; thread-shaped. 

 Fimbriate; fringed. 



Flabelliform or Flabellate; fan-shaped. 

 Flaccid; limpj flabby. 

 Flagellate or Flagelllform; long, narrow, and 



flexible. 



Fleshy; composed of firm pulp or flesh. 

 Floating; swimming on the surface of water, 

 Foliaceous; belonging to, or of the texture or 



nature of a leaf. 

 Foliate; provided with leaves: Latin prefix.eB 



denote the number of Jeaves, as bifoliate, ■ 



trifoliate. 

 Foiiolate; relating to or bearing leaflets; trifo- 



liolate, witli three leaflets, etc. 

 Follicle; a simple pod, opening down the iraier 



suture. 

 Follicular; resembling or belonging to* a fol- 

 licle. 

 Forked; branched in two or three divisions. 

 Free; not united with any other parts of a 



different sort. 

 Frond; tho leaves of ferns. 

 Fruit; the matured ovary and all it contains or 



is connected with. 

 Frutesoent; somewhat shrubby; becomifeig a 



shrub. 

 Fugacious, lasting but a short time. 

 Fulvous, tawny. 

 Funnel-shaped; expanding gradually upward 



into an opeit mouth, like a funnel. 

 Furfuraoeous; covered with bran-like fine scui-f. 

 Furrowed; marked by longitudinal channels or 



gi;ooves. 

 Fusiform; spindle-shaped. 



Gamopetalous; of united petals. 

 Gamosepalous; of united sepals. 

 Geniculate; bent abruptly, like a knee. 

 Glabrate ; becoming glabrous with age, or 



almost glabrous. 

 Glabrous; smooth, in the sense of having no 



hairs, bristles, or other pubescence. 

 Glands; small organs in the leaves, etc., whi&h 



secrete oily or aromatic or other products. 

 Glandular; furnished with glands, or gland-like. 

 Glaucescent; slightly glaucous, or bluieh-gray. 

 Glaucous; covered with a bloom, that is, with a 



fine, white, waxy powder that rubs ofl!. 

 GlobQse; nearly spherical. 

 Glomerate; closely aggregated into a dense 



cluster. 

 Glume; the floral coverings of grasses. 

 Gregarious; man$r specimens of the same 



species growing together. 

 Gynaeoeum; the pistils taken together. 

 Qynandrous; the stamens united with the pistil. 

 Gynophore; a stalk raising a pistil above the 



stamens. 



Habit; the general appearance of a plant. 



Habitat; the place in which a. plant grows. 



Hastate; halberd-sbaped. 



Head; a dense, usually globose inflorescence. 



Heart-shaped; the form of a heart. 



Herb; a plant that is not woody, and with no 



persistent parts above ground. 

 Herbaceous; the texture of an herb as opposed 



to woody. 

 Hermaphrodite; a perfect flower, that is, a 



flower having both stamens and pistils. 

 Heterogamous; a head containing two diflferent 

 kinds of flowers. 



