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Erpicarp; Ihe outer coating of the peri- 

 carp, or frnit. 



Spidermis: the outer skin or cuticle. 



Epig.tan; situated, or rising, above ground. 



Epirjynous; adnate to tlie ovary so that 

 the upper portion is apparently "inserted 

 on its summit, — as sepals, petals, and 

 more especially stamens ; exempMed in 

 Uinbdlifera and Arcdiace^. 



Eijipetalous; inserted on the petals. 



Eiml; similar parts equal among them- 

 selves,— as calyx-segments, sepals, petals, 

 stamens, &c. 



Epiphytea; air plants having no immediate 

 connexion with the earth, but growing on 

 the stem of other plants. 



Eqaitant leaves. When alternate distichous 

 leaves are infolded lengthwise and towards 

 each other, the outer ones inclosing or 

 embracing the inner. 



Erect ovules, or seeds. When they arise 

 from the bottom of the ovary, or base of 

 the cell, and point upwards. 



Eroded, or erose; irregularly notched, as if 

 gnawed by insects. 



E-iculent; eatable; fit or safe to be eaten. 



Etiolation; the blanching of plants, — or 

 rendering them white by the exclusion of 

 light; as practised \\it\\Celery, Endive, &c. 



Eoanescent; disappearing; speedily vanish- 

 ing. 



Ecen pinnate leaf. "With the leaflets all 



in pairs or without a terminal odd one; 



ofted termed (Lhruptly-pinnate. 

 Evergreen; continuing green, and persisting 



all the year. 

 Exalburainous ; destitute of albumen. 

 Eccentric; deviating from the axis, or 



centre. 



Exfoliate; to throw off layers or plates, — as 

 bark, &c. 



ExogenouH plants. Those which have 2 (or 

 sometimes more) cotyledons, — and grow 

 by annual layers of wood (or new matter) 

 on the outside, between the old wood and 

 bark. 



Exogens; outside growers ; plants which 

 increase by anrual additions to the out- 

 side. Sec Exogenous plants. 



Exsert ov exs-e rted ; projecting, or protrud- 

 ing out, — as stamens from tlie tube of the 

 corolla. 



Exst'i.pulate; destitute of stipules. 



Extrorse anthers. Having the cells turned 

 outwards, or from the pistils, — and the 

 filament, or connective, extended up the 

 inner side. 



Falcate; sickle shaped; curved like a 

 sickle, or scythe. 



Family of plants. A definite group of 

 kindred plants, called also an Order, — 

 sometimes of numerous genera and species 

 -sometimes comprising but a single genus. 



Tan shaped; cuneate below, and spreading 

 above, — ^like a lady's far,. 



Farinaceous; mealy ; reducible o a meal- 

 like powder. I 



; Fascicle; a little bundle, or bunch, ca 

 flowers, leaves, &c., originating from 

 nearly the same point. 

 Fascicled or Fasciculate; growing in 

 bundles, or bunches from the same point. 

 Fast'igiate; level-topped ; the summits o/ 

 the branches all rising to the same 

 height. 



Fdvose; deeply pitted; somewhat like a 



honey-comb. 

 Feather veined leaf. "Where the lateral 

 veins (or nerves) diverge regularly from 

 each iide of the midiib, — like the plu- 

 mage of a quill. 

 Ferrugijious; of the color of rust of iron ; 



reddish-brown. 

 Fertile; having perfect pistils, and produc- 

 ing fruit. 



Fibrous; composed of fibres, or thread like 



processes. 

 Fide; on the faith, or authority, of. 

 Filament ; that part of the stamen 

 (usually thread like) which supports the 

 anther. 



Filiform; very slender and terete, like a 

 thread. 



Fimhrix ; fringes, or fringe-like pro- 

 cesses. 



Fimhriate; finely divided at the edge, 



like a fringe. 

 Fimbrillate; clothed with fimljrillae (i. c., 

 membranaceous, linear or subulate fila- 

 ments) — as the receptacle of thistles, &c. 

 Fissure; a slit, crack, or narrow opening. 

 Fistular, or Fistulous; hollow and terete. 



like a pipe, tubular. 

 Flahelliform; fan shaped, — which see. 

 Flaccid; so limber as to bend by its own 

 weight. 



Flagelliform; long, slender, and pliable, — 



like a whip lash. 

 Flexuose; serpentine, or with a sitccession 



of short alternating curves. 

 Fi'^^ccose; ovflocculen t; covered with flocks, 

 flakes, or little matted bunches of partly 

 detached tomentum. 

 Floral; belonging to, or situated near a 

 flower. 



Floral envlopes ; the verticils, or cover- 

 ings of flowers, — usually known as calyx 

 and corolla; sometimes as chaff. 

 Floret; a little flower; usually one of the 

 number in compound or aggregated flow- 

 ers. 



Floriferous; bearing flowers. 

 Folidceous, of a leaf-like form and texture ; 



resembling a leaf. 

 Foliole; a leaflet in a compound leaf. 

 Folicle; a capsular fruit, opening longitu- 

 dinally by a suture on one side. 

 FoUicular; resembling, constructed like, or 



being, a folicle. 

 Foramen (plural, foramina); a roundish 



hole, or opening. 

 Foreolate; pitted. 



Free; not adhering to each other, nor to any 

 I adjacent organ. 



