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Equitant. Astride; used of conduplicate leaves which enfold each other 
in two ranks, as in Iris. 
Erect. Vertical ; upright as respects the plane of the base. 
Erose. As if gnawed. 
Exalbuininous. Without albumen. 
Excurrent. Running out, as a nerve of a leaf projecting beyond the mar- 
gin. 
Exfoliating. Cleaving off in thin layers. 
Exogenous. Growing by annular layers near the surface; belonging to 
Exogens. 
Exserted. Projecting beyond an envelope, as stamens from a corolla. 
Extrorse. Facing outward. 
Falcate. Scythe-shaped, curved and flat, tapering gradually. 
Farinaceous. Containing starch. 
Fascicle. A close bundle or cluster. 
Fastigiate. Erect and near together. 
Fertile. Capable of producing fruit, or productive, as a flower having a 
pistil or an anther with pollen. 
Fibrous. Composed of or resembling fibres. Fibrous tissue, a tissue 
formed of elongated thick-walled cells. 
Fibro-vascular. Composed of woody fibres. 
Filament. The part of the stamen which supports the anther ; any thread- 
like body. 
Filiferous. Thread-bearing. 
Fimbriate. Fringed. 
Fingered. Digitate. 
Fistular. Hollow and cylindrical. 
Flaccid. Lax and weak. 
Fleshy. Succulent, juicy ; of the consistence of flesh. 
Flexuous. Zigzag; bending alternately in opposite directions. 
Flaccose. Clothed with locks of soft hair or wool. 
Foliaceous. Leaf-like in texture or appearance. 
Foliate. Having leaves. 
Foliolate. Having leaflets. 
Follicle. A fruit consisting of a single carpel, dehiscing by the ventral 
suture. 
Follicular. Like or pertaining to follicles. 
Forked. Divided into nearly equal branches. 
Fornicate. Arched over, as the corona of some Boraginaceae, closing the 
throat ; Symphytum. 
Free. Not adnate to other organs. 
Friable. Easily crumbled. 
Frond. The leaf of Ferns and some other Cryptogams; also in some 
Phaenogams, as in Lemnaceae, where it serves for stem as 
well as foliage. 
