GLOSSARY 
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Estuaries, arms of the sea, mouths of a river. Poly. 
gonum amphibium, s. 5568. 
Etiolated, whitened by being kept from air and light. 
Tr'iticum spelta, p. 70. (note.) 
Evanescent, quickly vanishing. Heracleum, g. 672. 
p. 117. 
Evolved, unfolded. Aneilema, g. 89. (note.) 
Excavated, hollowed out. Borago, g. 340. p. 109. 
Excentrical, (115) flying off from the centre. Agaricus 
ulmarius, s. 15924. 
Excoriate, stripped of the bark or skin. Bromeiia 
Karatas, g. 726. (note.) 
Excurrent, projecting or running beyond the edge or 
point of any thing. Tortula subulata, s. 14751. 
Exotic, foreign, p. 1. 
Expectorant, any thing that promotes the discharge 
of mucus from the chest. Sambficus nigra, p. 225. 
(note.) 
Exserted, (116) jirojecting beyond something else. 
Jasminum revolutum, s. 179. 
Exsiccated, dried up. Papaver, g. 1170. (note.) 
Extra-axillary, above or on the outside of the axils. 
Mesembryanthemum, g. 1146. (note.) 
Extra-foliaceous, away from the leaves, or inserted in 
a different place from them. Echites bispinosa, 
s. 2360. 
Exuvice, whatever is cast off by plants or animals. 
Cactus, g. nil. (note.) 
Fcecula, the nutritious powder of wheat or of other 
things. Codarium, g. 30. p. 8. 
Falcate, or Falciform, (117) bent like a sickle. Dacty- 
loctenium, g. 201. p. 33. 
Falcato-secund, bent on one side like a sickle. Dicra- 
num longifolium, s. 14717. 
Falsely two-valved, having two valves which are not 
of the same nature as other valves. Hakea, g. 240. 
p. 77. 
Farinaceous, full of flour. Trlticum, g. 206. (note.) 
Fascicles, parcels or bundles. Maranta obliqua, s. 19. 
Fasciculate, (118) arranged in bundles or p.ircels. 
Aspalathus, g. 1528. (note.) 
Fastigiate, (119) tapering to a narrow point like a py- 
ramid. Salicurnia procumbens, s. 118. 
Fauces, (120) the jaws ; the gaping part or orifice of 
a monopetalous flower. Acacia, g. 2127. (note.) 
Favose, (11) pitted or excavated like the cells of a ho- 
neycomb. Thrincia, g 1633. p. 661. 
Feathery, resembling a feather. Arundinaria, g. 219. 
p. 35. 
Febrifuge, efficacious in moderating fever. Swietenia 
febrifCiga, s. 5867. 
Feculent, muddy, thick with sediment. A'loe, g. 770. 
(note.) 
Fecundation, the act of making fruitful. Jas'ione, 
g. 547. (note.) 
Feroces, (121) thickly set with spines, p. 443. 
Ferruginous, iron-colored, rusty. Sideritis, g. 1252. 
(note.) 
Fibrillose, (122) covered with little strings or fibres, 
p. 989. 
Fibrous, (123) being composed of fibres. Scirpus mul- 
ticaulis, s. 8,58. 
Fiddle-lipped, (124) having a lip resembling the figure 
of a fiddle. Zingiber panduratum, s. 53. 
Filiform, shaped like a thread. Mantisia, g. 16. p. 1. 
Fimbriate, (125) fringed. Eleusine, g. 200. p. 33. 
Finger-parted, (97) divided into lobes having a fanciful 
resemblance to the five fingers of a human hand. 
Veronica verna, s. 254. 
Fistular, or Fistulous, hollow like a pipe. Monarda 
media, s. 356. 
Flaccid, feeble, weak. Canna fiaccida, s. 15. 
Flexile, capable of being bent in different directions, 
pliable. PauUinia, g. 923. (note.) 
Flexuose, having a bent or undulating direction. Al- 
pinia cardamomum, s. 48. 
Flexuose-recurved, bent backward in a flexuose or 
undulated manner. Dicranum crispum, s. 14723. 
Flocci, little tufts like wool. p. 983. 
Florae horologicce, flowers which expand at particular 
hours, whence they are a sort of timekeepers. Ana- 
g&Uis, g. 357. (note.) 
Floral envelopes, the calyx, bracteee, and corolla,which 
envelope the inner parts of the flower are all so 
called, p. 1. 
Florets, (126) little flowers ; chiefly applied to those 
which constitute what were formerly called com- 
pound flowers. Festuca vivipara, s. 1093. 
Floriferous, that which bears flowers. Colchicum, 
g. 851. (note.) 
Flosculous, compound flowers, consisting of many 
tubulose monopetalous florets. Carduus, g. 1663. 
p. 680. 
Foliaceous, (127) having the form of leaves. Pinck- 
n^ya, g. 492. p. 1 13. 
Follicle, (128) a particular kind of seed-vessel. Hakea, 
g. 240. p. 177. 
Footstalks, (129) the stalks of either flowers or leaves. 
Avena, g. J71. (note.) 
Fornicate, (130) arched. Roscoea, g. 7. p. 1. 
Fragmentary, composed of fragments. Lecidda mi- 
cropliylla, s. 15440. 
Fringed, (125) having a border like a fringe. Canna 
gla6ca, s. 16. 
Frond, the leaves of palms. Sabal, g. 855. p. 
292. 
Frontal, that which is in front. Kaempferia rotunda, 
s. 67. 
Frosted, (131) covered with glittering particles, as if 
fine dew had been congealed upon it. Anoma- 
theca, g. 106. p. 31. 
Fructification, all those parts composing the flower 
and fruit of plants. P6a alpina. p. 67. (note.) 
Frutescent, or Fruticose, shrubby. Piper, g. 77. 
(note.) 
Fugacious, that which lasts but for a short time. 
Utricularia, g. 53. (note.) 
Fulvous, tawny yellow or fox-colored. Sanseviera 
fulvo cincta, s. 4545. 
Fungous, havmg the substance of fungi or mushrooms. 
Cachrys, g. 6/7. p. 177. 
Funicle, (132) the little stalk by which a seed is at- 
tached to the placenta. Cardamine, g. 1392. p. 536. 
Furcate, forked. A'juga furcata, s. 8099. 
Furfuraceous, scaly, mealy, scurfy. Agaricus granu- 
losus, s. 1.5745. 
Fuscous, blackish-brown. Bn'inia ericoldes, s. 3005. 
Fusiform, (133) spindle-shaped. Seliiium palustre, 
s. 3669. 
G. 
Galeate, (134) helmsted; the upper lip of a ringent 
corolla is the galea of that corolla. Tourettia, 
g. 1299. p. 492. 
Gelatine, jelly ; a term of chemistry, p. 924. 
Gelatinous, consisting of jelly. Chrysophyllum, g. 424. 
(note.) 
Geminate, doubled. Didymodon, g. £230. (note.) 
Gemmte, (135) leafy buds as distinguished from ala- 
bastra or flower buds. Bry urn, g. 2240. (note.) 
Geoponic, relating to agriculture. Colum^llia, g. 1785. 
(note.) 
Germ, or Germen, the old name of the ovarium. 
Muscari, g. 821. (note.) 
Germen inferior, (136) fruit below the flower, p. 1. 
Germination, the first act of vegetation in a seed. 
Triticum spelta, p. 70. (note.) 
Gibbous, protuberant. Maranta gibba, s. 23. 
Glabrous, smooth. Asp^rula Iffivigata, s. 1641. 
Gladiate, (111) shaped like a short straight sword. 
Eryngium aquaticum, s. 3495. 
Glandular, having glands. Schwenckia, g. 42. p. 9. 
Glaucescent, or Glaucine, having something of a 
bluish hoary appearance. Mesembryanthemum 
glaucescens, s 72/3. 
Glaucous, having a decided hoary grey surface. 
Canna glauca, s. 16. 
Globose, or Globular, (136) round or spherical. Pin- 
guicula lusitanica, s. 322. 
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