GLOSSARY 201 



Ensiform (of leaves) — Sword-shaped. 



Entire (of leaves) — When the margin is not notched {Privet, Peri- 

 winkle). 

 Entomophilous (of flowers) — Pollinated by the agency of insects. 

 Epicalyx — A whorl of small leaves outside the true calyx {Malva). 

 Epigynous (of stamens) — Springing from above the ovary. 

 Epipetalous (of stamens) — Attached to the corolla. 



Female (of a flower) — Having a pistil but no stamens. 



Filament — The stalk of a stamen. 



Follicle — A dehiscent seed-vessel bursting down the front only 



(Aquilegia, Saxifraga). 

 Free central (of placentae) — When the ovules are attached to an 



elevation in the centre of the ovary {Primula). 

 Fruit — The seed-vessel with its seeds. 



Funicle — The stalk of an ovule. 



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Glabrous — Without hairs. 



Glaucous (of leaves) — Smooth and shining. 



Glume (in sedges and grasses) — A membranous leaf at the base 



of a simple inflorescence or of each branch of a compound 



inflorescence. 



Haustorium — The special organ by which a parasite obtains its 

 nutriment from its host {Dodder, Mistletoe). 



Heterostylous — Having styles of unequal lengths in different indi- 

 viduals {Oxalis, Primula). 



Hypogynous (of stamens) — Springing from beneath the ovary. 



Incumbent (of the radicle) — Folded against the back of one of the 



cotyledons {Cruciferce). 

 Indehiscent (of seed-vessels) — Not bursting to allow of the escape 



of the seeds {cf. Achene, Drupe). 

 Inferior (of calyx) — Below the ovary ; (of ovary) — apparently below 



the calyx. 

 Inflorescence — A group of flowers. 

 Internode (of stems) — The space between two nodes. 



