1158 
Emarginate, having a small notch in the centre 
of the end or tip. 
Embryo, the young plant in the seed. . 
Endocarp, the inner membrane of fruit which 
forms the cells, 
Ensiform, sword-shaped. 4 
Entire, without marginal incisions. 7 
Epicarp, the*external integument of the fruit. 
Epider'mis, the outer skin. 
Epigynous, situated upon the style or ovary. 
Epipetalous, growing upon the petals. 
Eroded, gnawed, irregularly toothed. ° 
Evergreen, retaining foliage through the winter. 
Exserted, projecting considerably beyond some 
other part. 
Exstipulate, without stipules, See Stipulc. 
Extra-axillary, growing either from above or 
below the axils. 
F. 
Falcate, bent like a sickle. 
Farinaceous, floury. 
Fascicle, bundle. 
Fasciculate, disposed in bundles. ; 
Fastigiate, tapering toa point; of compact upright 
growth, as the Lombardy poplar. 
Ferruginous, rusty ;_iren-coloured. 
Fibrous, composed of fibres. 
Fibry, thready. 
Filament, the thread-like part of the stamen, 
which supports the anther. 
Filiform, thread-shaped. 
Filmy, having a thin skin. 
Flaccid, flabby ; not firm. 
Flagon-shaped, bearing resemblance to the form 
of a flagon, or globular bottle with a slender 
neck. 
Flexuous, zigzag ; having an undulating direction. 
Floccose, woolly. 
Floriferous, bearing flowers. 
Foliolate, having leafiets. 
Follicle, a dry seed-vessel, having only 1-valve 
and one cell. 
Follicular, having the form of a follicle. 
Foramen, a small hole. 
Foraminose, perforated full of holes. 
Friable, crumbly. 
Frondose, a term applied either to a stem which 
is beset with leaves, or to a proliferous flower. 
Fungous, having the consistence of mushrooms. 
Funiculi, smal) stalks by which the seeds are at- 
tached to the placenta. 
Furrowed, having longitudinal channels. 
Fusiform, spindle-shaped : a carrot is a fusiform 
root. 
G. 
Galbulus, the cone of the genus Cupréssus. 
Gamoscepalous, where the sepals appear to be 
united in one. 
Gemmaceous, having buds. 
Gibbous, swelled out with excess of pulp; pro- 
tuberant. 
Glabrous, smooth; without hairs. 
Gland, a secretory vessel. 
Gland-like, having the appearance of glands. 
Glaucescent, somewhat hoary ; or having a bluish 
green, or sea-green, appearance. 
Glaucous, sea grecn, or bluish green. 
Glumaceous, having husks. 
Granulated, covered as if with grains. 
Gynobasic, having a fleshy receptacle, bearing 
separate fruits. 
H. 
Hastate, formed like the head of a halbert. 
Hemispherical, half-round. 
Hermuphrodite, a flower is so called when it con- 
sists of both male and female organs. 
Heteregamous, flowers of different sexes in the 
same head. 
Hilum, the external mark or scar of a seed, 
whereby it is fixed to the placenta. 
Hirsute, hairy. 
Hispid, covered with bristle-Jike hairs. 
GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 
Hoary, clothed with a grey or white down. 
Homogamovus, all the flowers hermaphrodite. 
Homogynous, all the flowers female. 
Hooded, hollowed into the form of a hood. 
Husk, the outer covering of some seeds; also a 
species of calyx peculiar to grasses and sedges 
Hypogynous, situated below the ovarium. 
I. 
Imbricate, laid over each other like tiles. . : 
Impuari-pinnate, pinnate leaves, terminating with 
an odd leaflet. 
Incumbent, lying upon. 
Indehiscent, not opening naturally. 
Induplicute, doubled or folded inwards. 
Indurate, hard. 
Incquilateral, unequal-sided. _ 
Inflated, puffed up ; blown out like a bladder. 
Inflorescence, disposition of the flowers. 
Infra-azxillary, below the axils of the leaves. 
Infra-stipular, below the stipules. oo 7 
Internodes, the space between the joints ip 
stems. 7 
Interpetiolar, between the petioles or leaf. 
stalks. 
Introrse, turned inwards. 
Inverted, upside down. 
Involucel, a small involucre. 
Involucre, two or more bracteas united below the 
flower. : 
Involucriform, resembling an involucre. 
J. 
Jagged, coarsely cut. 7 : 
Jointed, having joints or articulations. 
K. 
Keel, the lower petals of a papilionaceous flower + 
a resemblance to the keel of a boat, either in 
leaves or flowers. 
Keel-skaped, having a keel-like appearance. 
Kneed, bent like the knee joint. 
L. 
Labiate, having a lip or lips. 
Lamellate, divided into thin plates. 
Lamelliform, shaped like the gills on the under 
side of a mushroom and similar fungi. 
Leming; the upper spreading part of a petal. 
fed. See at 
Lanceolate, lance or spear shaped. 
Lanceolate-elliptic, a form between lance-shaped 
and elliptic or oval. 
L late-oblong, haped and oblong. 
Peneeolakesouale, between lance-shaped and egg- 
shaped. 
Lanceolate-subulate, between lance-shaped and 
awl-shaped. 
Lanugrnous, slightly woolly. 
Lateral, on the side or sides. 
Laz, loose. 
Leaslet, a small leaf, forming part of a compound 
eaf, 
Legume, a pod; the fruit of leguminous plants. 
Leprdoted, having prominent dots. 
Ligneous, woody ; a term opposed to herbaceous. 
Ligulate, strap-like, having the form of a strap. 
Limb, the spreading part of a petal, or of a tubular 
flower. 
Linear, narrow, when the two sides are nearly 
parallel, 
Linear-cuneated, between linear and wedge- 
shaped. 
Linear-elliptic, narrow’ and elliptic. 
Linear-lanceolate, narrow lance-shaped. 
Linear-oblong, between linear and oblong. 
Linear-setaceous, narrow, approaching to the 
form of a bristle. 
Linear-subulate, narrow, and tapering to a 
point. 
Lineate, streaked in parallel lines. 
