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GLOSSARY 



Emarginate, having; a shallow 

 notch at. the extremity. 



Embryo, the rudimentary plant- 

 let within the seed ; the baby 

 plant. 



Embryo-sac, enlarged cell of 

 the nucellus, within which is 

 developed the embryo. 



Endocarp, the inner layer of a 

 pericarp. 



Entire, without toothing or di- 

 vision. 



Entomophilous (flower), insect- 

 loving; pollination brought 

 about by insects. 



Epicarp, the outer layer of the 

 pericarp or matured ovary. 



Epidermis, the superficial layer 

 of cells. 



Epigynous, growing on the 

 summit of the ovary, or ap- 

 parently so. 



Epiphyte, a plant growing at- 

 tached to another plant, but 

 not parasitic ; an air-plant. 



Equitant, astride ; used of con- 

 duplicate leaves, which enfold 

 each other in two ranks, as 

 in Iris. 



Exalbuminous, without albu- 

 men. 



Exserted, projecting beyond an 

 envelope, as stamens from 

 a corolla. 



Extrorse, facing outward, as 

 extrorse anther. 



Falcate, scythe-shaped ; curved 

 and flat, tapering gradually. 



Farinaceous, containing starch; 



starch-like. 

 Fascicle, a close bundle or 



cluster. 

 Fasciculate, in close bundles or 



clusters. 



Fertile, capable of producing 

 fruit ; or productive, as a 

 flower having a pistil, or an 

 anther with pollen. 



Fertilization, fusion of the male 

 element with the female ele- 

 ment when they are differ- 

 entiated. 



Fibrous, composed of or resem- 

 bling fibres. Fibrous tissue, 

 a tissue formed of elongated, 

 thick-walled cells. 



Fibro-vascular, composed of 

 woody fibres and -ducts or 

 other vessels. 



Filament, the part of a. stamen 

 which supports the anther; 

 any thread-like body. 



Filamentous, composed of 

 threads. 



Filiform, thread-shaped ; long, 

 slender, and terete. 



Fimbriate, fringed. 



Fistular, hollow and cylindrical. 



Flaccid, without rigidity ; lax 

 and weak. 



Floret, a small flower, usually 

 one of a dense cluster. 



Foliaceous, leaf-like in texture 

 or appearance. 



Follicle, a fruit consisting of a 

 single carpel, dehiscing by 

 the ventral suture; occasion- 

 ally dorsal, as in Magnolia. 



Follicular, like a follicle. 



Forked, divided into nearly 

 equal branches. 



Free, not adnate to other or- 

 gans. 



Free central placenta, situated 

 in the centre or axis of the 

 ovary, free from or uncon- 

 nected with the wall of the 

 ovary. 



Fruit, the seed-bearing product 

 of a plant; simple, compound, 



