XIV &I.OSSAIIT. 



JEquitant ; when a conduplicate organ covers the edges of 



another similarly folded, and that covers a third, and 



so on. 

 Erect; standing nearly perpendicular to that from which it 



grows, as a seed rising from the base of an ovary ; at right 



angles to its support. 

 Exceeding ; when an organ extends beyond an adjoining organ, 



but is not necessarily itself longer than it. 

 Excurrent ; extending beyond the edge or point. 

 Exserted; projecting beyond that which surrounds its base. 

 Extrorse anthers have the sUt by which the pollen escapes 



directed from the ovary. 



Falcate ; like a sicMe. 



Fatting short of; the reverse of exceeding. 



Fasciculate; when several similar parts are collected into a 



bundle and spring from the same spot ; often the developed 



leaves of an undeveloped a:xillary branch form a fascicle. 

 Fastigiate ; when all the branches are parallel and point 



upwards. 

 Feathery ; like a feather in structure. 

 Felted; tomentose. 



Fibre ; a hair-like kind of elementary structure. 

 Fibrous ; having many threadlike parts. 

 Filament ; the stalk usually found supporting an anther. 

 Filiform ; like a thread. 

 Flaccid; weak. 



Flexuose ; zigzag, usually changing its direction at each joining. 

 Floccose ; wim little tufts like wool. 

 Follicle; an inflated 1-celled carpel, opening by only one sutui'e 



to which several seeds are attached. 

 Forked ; like a fork of two prongs. 



i^TOmd; the leaflike part of Ferns. • 



Fruit ; the seed-vessel with its ripe contents and any external 



appendages. 

 Fruit-bearing ; the state of the inflorescence when the fruit is ripe 



or nearly so, contradistinguished iiovajlower-bearing. 

 Fruticose; shrubby. 

 Fugacious ; soon falling off. 



Funnel-shaped ; tubular below, but gradually enlarging upwards. 

 Furcate ; forked. 

 Fusiform ; spindle-shaped ; thick, tapering to each end. 



Gamosepalous ; gamopetalous ; when the sepals or petals are 



joined by their edges so as apparently to form one. 

 Germen; the ovary. 



