GLOSSARY OF BOTANIC TEEMS. 



the flowers are regular and homo- 

 gamoTis; the expanded base of 

 the style in UmheilifercB. 



Dissepiment :— a partition in an 

 ovary or pericarp resulting from 

 the cohesion of the sides of the 

 carpels ; sometimes spurious as 

 in Cruciferce and Cassia Fistula. 



Distachyiis :— with two spikes. 



JDistichous :— applied to leaves 

 arranged in two ranks, and to the 

 florets of many grasses. 



Divaricate :— very divergent. 



Dodecandrous:— having 12 (or 

 from 12-19) stamens. 



Dorsal:— relating 1 3 or attached to 

 the hack. 



Drupaceous:— resembling or relat- 

 ing to a drupe. 



Drupe :— a fleshy fruit with a hard 

 endocarp which incloses the seed, 

 as in a plum. 



Dumetorum :— bushy or relating 

 to bushes. 



Eburneus :— ivory-white. 



Ecliinate :— beset with prickles. 



Effuse :— expanded or loosely spread- 

 ing. _ 



Elliptic:— shaped like an ellipse, 



Emarginate :— of ten applied to 

 leaves or petals which are notched 

 at the apex. 



Embryo :— the rudimentary plant- 

 let formed in the seed, 



Endocarp :— the inner layer of a 

 pericarp 



Endosperm :— the albuminous part 

 of.a seed, often limited to what 

 has been formed within the em- 

 bryo-sac. 



Enneandrous :— with nine sta- 

 mens. 



- Ensiform: -sword-shaped. 

 .Entire :— with an even untoothed 

 margin. 



Epicalyx;- an involucre of bracts 

 ^®^®™ing an outer calyx, as in 

 some Malvacece and in Potenlilla. 



Epicarp .--the outer layer of a 

 pericarp. 



Epichile :-the terminal portion of 



the lip of an orchid when distinct 



from the basal part. 

 Epigynous :-on or apparently 



above the ovary, as when the 



calyx is adnate to iti 

 Epipetalous :— on the petals or 



corolla. 

 Epiphyte: -growing on another 



plant, sometimes called air-plant, 



such as many of the orchids and 



the Scitaminece. 

 Equitant :— when leaves are placed 



as if astride one another, as in 



Iris. 

 Erianthus:— with woolly flowers. 

 Eriocarpus : -with a woolly fruit. 

 Erose :— irregularly toothed, as if 



bitten. 

 Everted :— turned inside out. 

 Exilis :— lank and straight. 

 Explanatus :— flattened out. 

 Extrorse :— directed outwards. 



Falcate : -sickle-shaped. 



Fascicle : -a cluster or bundle. 



Fastigiate :- applied to branches 

 which are arranged in somewhat 

 parallel clusters. 



Ferruginous :— rust-coloured. 



Filament :— :. thread-like body, as 

 the stalk of an anther. 



Fimbriate :— having a margin 

 bordered with slender processes. 



Fistular :— hollow throughout its 

 length, like the leaf and stem of 

 an onion. 



Flabellate : -fan-shaped. 



Flagellate : —provided with whip- 

 like runners. 



Flagelliform :-like the lash of a 

 whip. 



Flavidus : - yellowish . 



Fluitans :— fl( ating. 



Foliaccous :— having the texture of 

 or resemblance to a leaf. 



Foliolose:- closely covered with 

 leaflets. 



Follicle :— a fruit of rne carpel, de- 

 hiscing by the ventral suture. 



