GLOSSARY. 



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JBpicarp; the outer coating of the peri- 

 carp, or fruit. 



Epidermis: the outer skin or cuticle. 



Epig icin: situated, or rising, above gronnd. 



Epigyncnis; adnate to the ovary so that 

 the upper portion is apparently ' inserted 

 on its summit, — as sepals, petals, and 

 more especially stamens ; exemplified in 

 Uui'jd!iju\t and Aruliace.i;. 



Epipetaloas: inserted on the petals. 



Equ, il: similar parts equal among them- 

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

 stamens, &cc. 



Epiphytrs; 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. 



Et 'ulent; eatable; fit or safe to be eaten. 



Etiolation; the blanching of plants, — or 

 rendering them white by the exclusion of 

 light; as practised withCc^ /■//, Endive, &c. 



Ecdnescent; disappearing; speedily vanish- 

 ing. 



Eoeii pinnate leaf. With the leaflets all 



in pairs or without a terminal odd one; 



ot'ted termed <ih r iiptl y-pinn<ite. 

 Edc'-o -e n: continuing green, and persisting 



all tiie year. 

 Ex iL'>uiniiioa--f : destitute of albumen. 

 Ere lit -i.:; deviating fi\>m the axis, or 



centre. 



Er/ullnt : to throw off lavers or plates, — as 

 bai-k. &c. 



Et: >g.-ii(ia^ plants. Those which have 2 (or 

 so.iiotiraes more) cotyledons, — and grow 

 by annual layers of wood (or new matter) 

 on tliu ■jiit^ide. between the old wood and 

 bark. 



Erogrii>i; outside growers ; plants which 

 increase by annual additions to the out- 

 side. See' Erogenous plants. 



Ej's^.-t or I -j;iif)'fi'd: pngecting, or protrud 

 ing o!it. — a^ stamens from the tube of the 



Ei-^t [j'l! it-: destitute of stipules. 



^rf/- y -.s- antht-rs. Having the cells turned 

 outwarls. or from the pistils, — and the 

 filament, or connective, extended up the 

 inuL-r side. 



Falcate: sickle shaped; curved like a 

 sickle, or scythe. 



Famdj of plants. A definite group of 

 kindred plants, called also an Order, — 

 sometimes of numerous genera and species 

 -sometimes comprising but a single genus. 



Fan shapedy; cuneate below, and sp];^ading 

 above, — like a lady's fan. 



Farin iceous; mealy ; reducible to a meal 

 like powder. 



I Fascicle; a little bundle, or triiijch, of 

 I flowers, leaves, &c., originating from 



nearly the same point. 

 ' Fa^scicUd or Fa.-icicidMte ; growing in 

 I bundles, or bunches from the same point, 

 j Fastlgiate; level-topped ; the summits of 



the branches all rising to the same 



height. 



Fdvose: deeply pitted; somewhat like a 

 honey comb. 



Feather ^v ined leaf. "Where the lateral 

 veins (or nerves) diverge regularly from 

 each tide of the midi-ib, — like tile plu- 

 mage of a quill. 



Ferruginous; of the color of rust of iron ; 

 reddish-brown. 



Fertile: having perfect pistils, and produc- 

 1 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. 



Fimhri.e ; fringe.s, or fringe-like pro- 

 cesses. 



Fimhriute: finely divided at the edge, 

 like a fringe. 



Fimhrillate; clothed with Jimhrilki; (i. e., 

 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. 



Flahtllijurm; fan shaped, — which see. 



Flaccid; so limber as to bend by its own 

 weight. 



Flagelliforrn; long, slender, and pliable, — 



like a whip lash." 

 Flexuose; serpentine, or with a succession 



of short alternating curves. 

 Floccose; ovflocculent; covered ^s\t\\Jlock>t, 



flakes, or little matted bunches of partly 

 detached tomentum. 

 Floral; belonging to, or situated near a 



flower. 



Floral env loj>es ; the verticils, or cover- 

 ings of flowers, — usually known as calyx 

 and corolla; sometimes" as chaff. 



Floret;^ 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. 



Follicular; resembling, constructed like, or 

 being, a folicle. 



Forariien (plural, /ora?ni?ia); a roundish 

 hole, or opening. 



Foreolate ; pitted. 



Free; not adhering to each other, nor to any 

 adjacent organ. 



