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Entire.— Having an unbroken or un- 
divided margin. 
Epi, in compounds, signifies upon. 
Epidermis.—The skin of a plant im- 
mediately underlying the cuticle. 
Equitant. — Applied to leaves whose 
edges adhere above the base, where 
they overlap the one next above on 
the opposite side of the stem, as in 
Iris Germanica, ete. 
Iverarcen.—Bearing green leaves all 
through the year. 
Ex, in composition, signifies without, 
as exalbuminons; or outside, external, 
ay exogenous. 
Farogenous.—Growing by additions to 
the circumference. 
FExserted.—Projecting beyond, as sta- 
mens excceding the corolla. 
Extrorse.—Applicd to anthers which 
open outwards or from the pistil. 
Faicate. — Curved in the form of a 
sickle. 
Fastigiate.—Applicd to the branches of 
a tree when they are erect and close, 
as in the Upright Cypress and Lom- 
bardy Poplar. 
Fasciled. — Several organs growing 
from one point, as leaves, flowers, or 
roots. 
Feuthery.— Applicd to the soft hairy 
pappus of many Composites, plumose. 
Filament.—The lower portion or stalk 
of a stamen, bearing the anther. 
Filiform.—Thread-like, slender. 
Fimbriate.—Fringed at the margin. 
Fistulur.—Applied to the hollow stems 
and leaves of plants. 
Flavus.—Pale yellow. 
Floris, — Applied to the separate 
flowers of Composite and similar 
plants. 
Fluitans.—Floating. 
Fluviatilis—Aquatic. 
Folinm,—A leaf. Plural, Folia, 
F'rce,—Soparate, not joined together or 
with any other organs. 
Frond, —Applied to the leaves of Ferns 
and Palms. 
Fruit—The sved-yessel with its ap- 
pendages. 
Glossary of Lerivs. 
Frutex (Frutescent). — A shrub; a 
woody plant destitute of a trunk, and 
branching from the base, or nearly so. 
Fugacious.—Falling very early, as the 
sepals of the Poppies and the potals 
of Cistus. 
Fulvus—Dull yellow, buff. 
Fuscus.—Brownish. 
Glabrous.—Having no hairs, smooth. 
Glaucous.—Sca-green. 
Graveolens. — Possessing an 
odour. 
Gymnos, in compounds, signifies naked, 
Gynecium.—The femate organs collec- 
tively. 
Gynandrous.—Stamens and styles con- 
solidated. 
Herbaccows.—Applied to all green parts 
and annual stems. 
Hermaphrodite. — Applied to flowers 
containing both male and female 
organs. 
Hirsutus.—With long soft hairs, 
Hispid.—Having long stiff hairs. 
Humilis—Dwarf, used in comparison. 
Hypo, in compounds, signifies wander, 
as hypogynous stamens, below the 
pistil. 
Igneus.—Bright scarlet. 
Inberbis.—Destitute of hairs. 
Imbricate.—Applied to leaves or to the 
parts of a flower when they overlap 
cach ofher. 
Imparipinnate. — Unequally pinnate, 
having an odd terminal leaflet. 
Incomplete. — Some part wanting, as 
calyx, corolla, ete. 
Indusivum.—Tho membranous covering 
of the spore-cases of many Ferns. 
Juferior.—Applied to an ovary when 
tho calyx-tube is adnate to it, and to 
the calyx when it is quite free from 
the ovary and below it. 
Zntrorse. — Anthers opening inwards, 
towards the axis, are introrse. 
Involucre.—The name given to one or 
more series of bracts surrounding a 
head of flowers, ote. 
Irregular.—Petals or sepals unequal in 
size or different in form in the same 
flower. 
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