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EXOSTO'SIS — A wart-like exoresence, many 

 bf which are developed on the roots of 

 legunjinoua platits, ^ 



Exoihb'oium — The outer coat of the 

 atithfer. 



ExsquLP'TUS— Wliere there exists ai small 

 depression, &b though a piece had been 

 cut out. As in the seed of Anehusa. 



Exsert'ed, Exsertus— When one part 

 protrudes beyond another by which it 

 ifa surrounded. 



ExTRA-AXiLlA'tils— When a bud, instead of 

 being placed in the axil of th« leaf, is 

 developed above or on one side of it. 



Extbokse', Extrob'su? — When the slit 

 through which the pollen escapes from 

 the anther is towards the outside of 

 the flowet', and not, as is more usual, 

 towards the pistil. 



Eada^A bean, EABActe/iE— Syponym for 

 " Leguminosse. " 



Fa'cies — The general habit or appearance 

 aSsumted by each particula,r species. 



Eaoti'tious, Paoti'tius— Artificial, 



FACUE'TATiva — Occasional, incidental. 



FaoCl'tativb Parasite — ^An organism 

 Which can and normally does go 

 through the whole course of its develop- 

 ment as a saprophyte, but which may 

 a)lso go through its development wholly 

 ot in part as a parasite. 



Faoul'tative Saprophyte — An organism 

 which normally goes through the Whole 

 Course of its develepttietttas a parasite, 

 bht which can at certain stages vege- 

 tate as a sapro^ihyte. 



Fai'cuLA — The farinaceous matter Which 

 forms starch, &e. 



Fal'oate, Faloarius; FalcAtoriub, Fal- 

 CIFORMIS, Falcatdb— These are terms 

 which are applied to any part of a 

 plant which is of a form somewhat like 

 a bootnerang, or sickle. (See phyllo- 

 dia of Acacia falcata. ) 



FAL'tAX — Deceitfulj deceptive. Example, 

 Clerodmdron faXlax. 



FaM-'ilt; Familia — A synonym for 

 "Order." The term "Family" is 

 more frequently met with in the classi- 

 fication of Cryptogamie plants. For 

 iiistance, in the Order Fungi, we find — 

 . Family I., Hymeuomycetes ; Order I., 

 Agaricini : Family taking the first, ahd 

 Order the second rank. 



Fabo'Ius —Stuffed ; used in contrkdiatinc- 

 tion to " hollow "-oc " tubular." 



Farina-'oeus, - Farinosus, FAEiNote— 

 Mealy. When the indumentum is 

 doniposed of excessively shorty intricate 

 White Hairs, which res,dily come off, 

 &nd are in appearance like meal or dust. 



Fas'Ciated, FASOiAibs — When contiguous 

 parts are unusually grafted and grown 

 together, as some stems and branches, 

 v^hioh assume a flattened instead of a 

 founded appearance. The Cockscomb is 

 a good example; but the growth is very 

 frequently met with in Queensland. 



FASOfcLED, Fasoi'cueate, Fascicula'eis, 

 Fascicula'tus— Where several similar 

 parts originate at the same spot, and 

 are collected, as it were, into a bundle. 



Fasti'giate, Fastigiatus — Applied to 

 branches when they are erect and 

 close ; or the outline of a tree, as the 

 Lombardy Poplar, Popuhis fctstigiitta. 



Faux— The throat. 



Favbola'tds, Favo'sus, Favulo'sus — Ee- 

 sembling a honeycomb. Synonym for 

 "Alveolate." 



Fbb'rifuge— Efficacious in moderating 

 fever, as our Fever-bark. 



Fec'ula— See "Fsecula." 



Femi'seDs [Femina, a woman)— Coktaiiiing 

 a pistil, but no stamens. Flowers are 

 termed female or pistillate when thfefca 

 ii a pistil, but either no stamens at all, 

 or only imperfect ones. Plinys wheil 

 he said that "all ti-ees and herbs are. 

 furnished with both sexes," had pro- 

 bably no idea as to aay.parti(;ular organs 

 as the one male and the other female ; 

 indeed, it would seem that the first to 

 point this out was SirThos. Mellingtoh 

 and Dr. Nehemiah Grew. The pollen 

 from thb anther miist come in fabii- 

 tact with surface of thfe stigttia; or 

 no fScundatibn can take pldc^. li is 

 possible, indeed, withoiit this happen- 

 ing, that the fruit may increase in size, 

 and that the Semih£i.l iiitegUment^ in&y 

 even be greatly develbped, the elements 

 of all these parts existing before the 

 action of the pollen can take effect ; 

 but, undersuch circumstimces, whatever 

 may be the development of either the 

 pericarp or the seeds, no embryo can be 

 formed. (See "Pollen", and "Stigma.") 



FeNESTRA'lIS, FENfeSTKA'TtIS — SuppoSSd to 



resemble windows, being pierbed *ith 

 holes or openings of somewhat con- 

 siderable dimensions, (See the leaves 

 of Monstera.) 



Fern Trees — Many persons complain df 

 the difficulty they find in successftilly 

 removing these plants from their native 

 habitat to their homeS for cultivating 

 in bush-house or sheltered garden spots, 

 Of cdurs?, if the wholfe stem of the fern 

 is desired there always will be a diffi- 

 culty, but for good pot plants let them 

 try the following mode : — Cut off all 

 fronds, and then only bring homfe, sAy, 

 from 6 in. to 2 ft. Or So of the Upper part 

 of the trunk ; plant this in a pot or 

 tub in a compost Suitable for fei-ns ; 

 place in a sh^dy, dainp, cool spot of the 

 bush-Jiouse, and the result will b^.the 

 possession of ' a haiidsorhe platit in a 

 very short time. 



Fbeo'oEs — Thickly set with spines, as 

 Opuntia ferox. 



FerrO'ginocs, FEREUGlNoatos— SpWe*hat 

 the colotir of rusty iron J red ihixed v^ith 

 much grey. (See the tinder Ade df the 

 leaves of MagnoUa grandiflord. ) 



Fbr'tilis, Fertile— Producing friiit. Also 

 Cfipable of effecting the pi-ocess bf fer- 

 tilisation', as the aflthers when filled 

 with pollen. In some Works the terms 

 hd^ren, fertile, and perfect are also used 

 respectively as synonyms of nuile, 

 female, and hermaphrodite. 



FeeTiliZa'tioN— The reprodilctivfe fiinction 

 by which the action Of the pollen 

 renders the ovule fertile. 



