INDEX AND VOOABFLABT. 
tp I. A Greek word signifying upon ; plten used 
in coniposition. 
Ep icarp. (From epi, upon, and karpos, fruit.) 87, a. 
Epider'viis, (From epj, upon, and derma, skin.) 
125. 
Epiden'druvi^ 39. 
Epig'ynoiis. (From cpi, upon, and gynia, pis- 
til.) 77. 
corolla. 83. 
Ep'iphytes, 39, 270. 
Ep'isperm. (From epi, upon, and sperma^ seed.) 
Ei/uinuc'tial flowers. Opening at stated boui-s 
each day. • 
Equiskta'ce^, 561. 
E'quitant. Opposite leaves alternately inclosing 
the edges of each other. 
Erect'. Straight ; less unbending than strictus. 
Er'got, 324, 5th. 
Erica' cs;E, 475. 
Eriocaulona'ck^, 557. 
Eroded. Appearing as if gnawed at the edge. 
Etai'ron^ 93. 
Etair'ronnair, 93. 
Eupato'rium, Fig. 194. 
Euphor'bia, 92, Fig. 204. 
EuPHORBlA'CEa;, 519. 
E'vening primrose, 206. 
Eo'ergreen. Remaining green through the year, 
58, 304. 
Excava'tHs. Hollowed out. 
Ex/iala'tion, 61. 
Exog'enous stem, 45. 
plants, 138. 
Exosmo'sis, 120. 
Ezot'ic. Plants that are brought from foreign 
countries. 
Expand'ed. Spread. 
Exsert'ed. Projecting out of the flower or 
sheath, 78, a. 
Extrorse', 79, a. 
— of the bud, 46, b. 
of the potato, 35, a. 
Eye, 99. 
Factitious. (From facio, to make.) Not natu- 
ral, produced by art. 
Fal'cate. Sickle-shaped; curved. 
Fall'ing of the leaf, 63. 
of compound leaves, 55. 
Farina. (From /ar, corn.) Meal or flour. A 
term given to the meal-like parts of wheat and 
other farinaceous seeds and pollen. 
Fas'cicle. A bundle, 84, Fig, 94, c. 
Fasciculate. Collected in bundles. 
root, 35, b. 
Fastig'iate. Flatrtopped. 
Favo sus. Deeply pitted. 
Feat/i'er-veined, 53. 
Feb'rifuge. (From febris, a fever, and fugo, to 
drive away.) That which possesses the prop- 
erty of abating fever. 
Fec'jda. The nutritious part of wheat and other 
seeds. 
Ferns, 284, 285. 
Fertile. Pistillate, yielding fruit. 
flowers, 81, c. 
Fertiliza'tion of the fig, 81, c. 
Ferru'ginous. Iron, rust-like. 
Fi'bers, 23, 116. 
Fi'brils, 30. 
Fi'brous root, 33. 
Fi'bro-vas'cular tissue. Spiral vessels, with woody 
tissue. 
Fig, 282, 113. 
Fii'ament. The slender, thread-like part of the 
stamen, 78. 
Fil'iccs. (From filum, a thread.) Ferns, 569. 
Fil'tform. Thread like. 
Fim'briate. Fringed. 
- is'tvlous. Tubular, Fig. 60, a. 
Flabel'liform, Fan-shaped, 54, r. 
Flaccid. Too slender to support its weight 
Flagel'liform, Like a whip-lash. 
Fiam'meous. Flame-colored. 
F'.a'vous. Yellow. 
Flax^ 193. 
Fiex'uous. Undulate. 
Flora. In botany, a description of flowers. 
Flo'ral leaf. See Bract. 
axis, 84, a. 
envelope, 66. 
Flo'ret. A small or imperfect flower. 
Flo'rist. One who cultivates flowers. 
Flos'cular. A tubular floret. 
Flow'er, 66. 
bud, 48, a. 
stalk. See Peduncle. 
Flow'ers lor analvsis, 27. 
of spring, 296. 
of summer, 301. 
of autumn, 303. 
Fiow'erlcss plants, 154. 
Fcubia'les. A p. 24. 
Fluid parts of vegetables, 119. 
Folia'ceous. Leafy. 
Fo'liate, 54. 
Folif'erous. Leaf-bearing. 
Fo'lioles. Leaflets ; a diminutive of folium. 
leaf. The smaller leaves which constitute i 
compound leaf. 
Folium. Leaf. 
Fol'licle, 93, 
Food of plants, 62, c. 
Foot'-stalk. Peduncle or petiole. 
Fora'men, 99. 
Fork'ed. Dichotomous. 
Fox-glove, PI. 7, Fig. 6. 
tail grass, 175. 
Frag'ilis. Breaking easily. 
Frond, 41, c. 
Frondes' cence, 62. 
Frondo'se (Frondosus). Leafy, or leaf-like. 
Friictifica'tion. Organs of, 112. 
Fructiferous. Bearing or becoming fruit. 
Fruit, 87. 
P)-utcs'cent. Becoming shrubby. 
Fru'tex. A shrub. 
Fu'cus, 288, Fig. 162. 
na'tans, 39. 
Fuga'cious. Of short duration, 58. 
Fal'cra. Supports ; as the petiole, peduncle &c 
Ful'vous. Yellowish. 
Fuma'ria, 252. 
Fumaria'ce/e, 410. 
Fun'gi, 286, 220, 568. 
Fun'gous. Growing rapidly with a soft textur« 
like the fungi. 
Fu'nicle. The stalk which connects the ovoie fie 
the ovary. 
Fun nel-furm^ 72. 
Furze, 255. 
Fus'cous. Grayish-brown. 
Fu'siform root, 34. 
Oa'lea. A helmet. 
Gcert'ner, 348. 
Oa'len, 334. 
Galium, 180. 
GaiV-nuts, 324, 4th. 
Gamopet' alous, 15, 7L 
plants, 393. 
Gas'es, 312. 
Gem'inate. Doubled. 
Gemma' ceous. Belonging to a bud 
Gemma'tion, 51. 
Genera and species. Natiu'al distinctioos, 14!k 
Gener'ic names, 150, a. 
characters, 162. 
