qlossakt; 215 



Excirrent : running out, as when a midrib projects beyond the apex of a lea^ 



or a trunk is continued to the very top of a tree. 

 Exhalation, p. 156, 169. 



Exdgeruma Stems, p. 150. Exogenota Phnls, p. 182, 

 Exostome : the orifice in the outer coat of the ovule j p. 122. 

 Explanale : spread or flattened out. 



Exserted : protruding out of, as the stamens out of the corolla of fig. 201. 

 ExsUpulate : destitute of stipules. 

 Extra-axillary : said of a branch or bud- a little out of the axil ; as the upper 



accessory buds of the Butternut, p. 27, fig. 52. 

 Extrdrse: turned outwards; the anther is cxtrorse when fastened to the filament 



on the side next the pistil, and opening on the outer side, as in Iris ; p. 113. 



Falcate : scythe-shaped ; a flat body curved, its edges parallel. 



Family: p. 176. 



Farinaceous.' mealy in texture. Fdrinose: covered with a mealy powder. 



Fdsciate: banded ; also applied to monstrous stems which grow flat. 



Fdscide : a close cluster ; p. 83. 



Fascicled, Fasciculated : growing in a bundle or tuft, as the leaves of Pine 

 and Larch (fig. 139, 140), the roots of Pseony and Dahlia; fig. 60. 



Fastigiate : close, parallel, and upright, as the branches of Lombai-dy Poplar, 



Faux (plural,,/auces) : the throat of a calyx, .corolla, &c. 



Fav^date, Fdvose i honeycombed ; same as alveolate. 



Feather-veined : where the veins of a leaf spring from alcttig the sides of a mid- 

 rib ; p. 57, fig. 86^94^ 



Female (flowers) : with pistils and no stamens. 



Fenestrate : pierced with one or more large holes, like windows. 



Ferrugineous, or Ferruginous: resembling iron-rust ; redigrayish. 



Fertile: fruit-bearing, or capable of producing fruit j also said of anthers when 

 they: produce good pollen. , 



Fertilization : the process by which poUen causes the embryo to be formed. 



Fibre, p. 145. Fibrous: containing much fibre, or composed of fibres. 



Fibrillose : formed of small fibres. ; , 



Fibrine, p. 165. 



Fiddle-shaped: obovate with a .deep recess on each side. 



Filament: the stalk of a stamen; p;. 86, fig. 170, a; also any slender thread- 

 shaped appendage. 



Filame'niose, or Filamentous : bearing or formed of slender threads. 



Filiform : thread-shaped ; long, slender, and cylindrical. ' 



Fimbriate: fringed; famished with fringes (^mftrice). 



Fistuhr or Fistuhse: hollow and cylindrical, as the leaves of the Onioti. 



FlabMiform or FlabeUate: fan-shaped; broad, jwindedat the summit, and nar- 

 rowed at the base. 



fUgdUtte, or FUtg^Uformi long, narrow, and flexible, like- the thong of a whip') 

 or like the runners {flagelke) of the Strawberry. 



^fawesceTit .• yellowish, or turning yellow. : 



Fleshy ; composed of firm pulp or flesh. 



Fleshy Plants, p. 47. 



