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DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL WORDS. 



Endocarp 

 Epicarp ... 

 Epiphytes 



exstipulate 

 extrorse 



Falcate 



Fascicled 

 Filament 

 Fimbriate ••• 

 Flabelliform ... 

 Follicle 



FUNICLE 



Gamopetalous ••• 



Glabrous 



Glaucous 



Gynophore 



Hermaphrodite 



Hispid 



Htpocrateriform 

 Hypogtnous ... 



Imbricate 

 Impaeipinnate ... 

 Indehiscent 

 Inflorescence ••• 

 Tntrorse 



Involucre ••• 



Lepidote 

 Medullary Rays . 



Membranous ... 

 Midrib 



The inner part of the pericarp. 

 The exterior skin or rind of the fruit. 

 Plants which grow upon other plants without pene- 

 trating their tissues. 

 Without stipules. 



When the dehiscence of an anther is towards the 

 circumference of the flower. 



When curved like a scythe-blade. 



When two or more organs grow from the same point. 



The part of the stamen which supports the anther. 



Fringed. 



Fan-shaped. 



A dry unilocular fruit with numerous seeds dehi- 

 scent by the ventral suture. 



Support of the seed or stalk by which it is attached 

 to the placenta. 



Corolla formed of petals joined together. 



Without hairs. 



When of a pale bluish green, often covered with a 



fine bloom. 

 The elongated receptacle below the ovary. 



A flower in which both sexes are present. 

 Covered with stiff erect hairs. 

 Salver-shaped. 



Insertion of the stamens on the receptacle below the 

 ovary. 



Over-lapping like the tiles of a roof. 



Applied to a pinnate leaf ending in a single foliole. 



Which does not open. 



Arrangement of flowers on the plant. 



When the dehiscence of the anther is towards the 



centre of the flower. 

 A number of bracts free or united disposed in one or 



more verticels. 

 Covered with flat disks or scales. 

 Flat radiating plates of cellular tissue found in all 



woods, varying in thickness and height. 

 When thin and not stiff. 



When one principal vein runs from the stalk to the 

 summit of the leaf it is called the midrib. 



