GLOSSARY 



XV 



Distant, having a larger 

 space than usual. 



Distichous* two-rowed ; bearing leaves, 

 flowers, &c. in two opposite rows. 



Distinct, separate ; not connected with 

 each other, nor with any con ,; £Uous 

 organ. 



Divaricate branches, spreading so as to 

 form more than a right angle, with 

 the stem above. 



Divergent, spreading widely ; making a 

 right angle, or nearly so, with the stem 



Dorsal, Belonging to, or growing on. the 

 back. 



Dorsal! u compressed, compressed or flat- 

 ted on the back. 



Dots, minute tubercles or elevated points. 



Dotted, covered with dots, or s.nall eleva- 

 ted: points. 



Down, soft pubescence. 



Drooping, inclining downwards, more 

 than nodding. 



Drupe, a fleshy or succulent pericarp 

 without valves, containing a nut or 

 stone. 



Drupel, a little drupe; a constituent por- 

 tion of a compound berry,— such as 

 tliat of Kubu8. 



Ecaudate, destitute of a cauda or tail. 



J: lunate, hedgehog-like; covered with 

 prickles. 



Elliptic, oval ; loncrer than wide, with the 

 two cm\s tapering equally. 



Elongated, exceeding the usual or aver- 

 age length. 

 Elongating, becoming gradually and fi- 

 nally elongated. 



Emarghuite, having a notch at the end. 



Enneaadrous, having nine stamens. 



Ensifornu sword-shaped ; two-edged and 

 tapering from base to apex. 



Entire, whole and even at the edge ; with- 

 out incision, or tooth. 



Envelope, an integument or covering. 



Epigynous, situated on, or at the summit 

 of, the ovary. 



Equal, similar parts equal among them- 

 selves,— as calyx-segments, sepals, 

 petals, &c. ._, 



Eroded, Erose, Irregularly notched, as if 

 gnawed. 



Esculent, eatable. 



Etiolation, the blanching of plants,— or 

 rendering them white by the exclu- 

 sion of lfght ; as is practised with 

 Cekry. 



Evanescent, disappear inn. 



Even-pimuite leaf, having the leaflets all 

 in pairs,or without a terminal odd one 



Ever-green, continuing green, and persis- 

 ting all the year. 



Exfoliate, to throw off layers, or plates,— 

 as bark, &c. 



Exsert, or exserted, projecting, or protru- 

 ding out of. 



Falcate, sickle-shaped ; curved like a 

 Sickle, or Scythe. 



Fun-shaped, cuneate below, and spread- 

 ing above,— like a lady's fan. 



Farinaceous, mealy; reducible to a meal- 

 like powder. 



Fascicle, a bundle ; the foot-stalks pro- 

 ceeding from the same point. 



interveninsFewcicWa/e, growing in bundles, or bunch- 

 es, from the same, or nearly the same, 

 point. 



Fastigiate, level-topped ; the summits of 

 the branches all rising to the same 

 height. 



Ferrug'inotts, of the color of rust of iron. 



Fertile, having perfect pistils, and produ- 

 cing fruit. 



Fibrous, composed of fibres, or thread- 

 like processes. 



Filament, that part of the stamen (usual- 

 ly thread-like) which supi>ort3 the 

 anther. 



Filicoid, fern-like; belonging to or re- 

 sembling ferns. 



Filiform, very slender and terete, like a 

 thread. 



Fimbria, fringes, or fringe-like proces- 

 ses. 



Fimbriate, finely divided at the edge, like 

 fringe. 



Fissure, a slit, crack, or narrow opening. 



Fistula?; hollow and terete, or tubular. 



Flabelliform, fan-shaped— which see. 



Flaccid, too limber to support its own 

 weight. 



Flagelliform, long slender and pliable,— 

 like a whip-lash. 



Flcxuose, serpentine, or curved several 

 limes in succession. 



Flocrulent tomentum, condensed in little 

 flirks* flakes, or bunches. 



Florid, belonging to, or situated, near a 

 flower. 



Floret, a little flower; one of the number 

 in aggregated, or comj>ound ; flowers. 



Florifcrous, "bearing flowers. 



Folia' eous, of a leafy form and texture ; 

 resembling a leaf. 



Follicle, a capsular fruit opening longitu- 

 dinally by a suture on one side. 



Forameji (plural, Foramina), a roundish 

 hole, or opening. 



Free, not adhering to each other, nor to 

 any adjacent organ. 



Frond, the leaf, or leaf like expansion, 

 of cryptosamous plants. 



Frotulose, leafy, or with leaf-like appen- 

 dages. 



Fructification, the flower and fruit, with 

 their parts. 



Frutescent, becoming shrubby. „ 



FYuticose, shrubby. 



Fugacious, fleeting ; of short continuance. 



Fulvous, tawny, or tan-colored. 



Fungous, of a rapid growth and soft tex- 

 ture, like Funei. 



Funiculus, the little cord by which seeds 

 are attached to the placenta, or re- 

 ceptacle. 



Funnel-form, tubular below, and expand- 

 ing at summit. 



Fuscous, greyish brown. 



Fusiform, spindle-shaped ; terete and ta- 

 pering. _ 



Galea, a helmet ; the upper lip of a nn- 

 gent corolla. 



Galeate, helmeted ; resembling a casque, 

 or helmet. 



Generic, pe ruining or relating to a genus . 



Geniculate, forming an angle at the joints, 

 like a bent knee. 



