XIV GLOSSAEr. 



EquUant; when a conduplicate organ covers the edges of 



another similarly folded, and that covers a third, and 



so on. 

 Erect; standing nearly perpendicular to that &om which it 



grows, as a seed rising from the base of an ovary ; at right 



angles to its support. 

 Exceeding; when an organ extends beyond an adjoining organ, 



but is not necessarily longer than it. 

 Excurrent ; extending beyond the edge or point. 

 Exserted; projecting beyond that which surrounds its base. 

 Extrorse anthers have the slit by which the pollen escapes 



directed from the ovary. 



Falcate ; like a sickle. 



Falling short of; the reverse of exceeding. 



Fasciculate ; when several similar parts are collected into a 



bundle and spring from the same spot ; often the developed 



leaves of an undeveloped axillary branch form a fascicle. 

 Fastigiate; when all the branches are parallel and point 



upwards. 

 Feathery ; like a feather in structure. 

 Felted; tomentose. 



Fibre ; a hair-like kind of elementary structure. 

 Fibrous ; having many threadlike parts. 

 Filament ; the stalk usually found supporting an anther. 

 Filiform ; like a thread. 

 Flaccid; weak. 



Flexuose ; zigzag, usually changing its direction at each joining. 

 Floccose ; with little tufts like wool. 

 Follicle ; an inflated 1-celled carpel, opening by only one suture 



to which several seeds are attached. 

 Forked ; like a fork of two prongs. 

 Frond ; the leaflike part of Ferns. 

 Fruit ; the seed-vessel with its ripe contents and any external 



Fruit-bearing ; the state of the inflorescence when the fruit is ripe 



or nearly so, contradistinguished ixomjlower-bearing. 

 Fruticose; shrubby. 

 Fugacious ; soon falling off. 



Funnel-shaped; tubular below, but gradually enlarging upwards. 

 Furcate; forked. 

 Fusiform ; spindle-shaped ; thick, tapering to each end. 



Gamosepalous ; gamopetalous ; when the sepals or petals are 



joined by their edges so as apparently to form one. 

 Germen ; the ovary. 



