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formed within the embryo sac, as in the majority of seeds: when formed 
outside the sac it is termed perisherm. 
Ensifornt. Sword-shaped. 
Epigynous. Inserted on the ovary. 
Epiphyllous. Inserted or growing upon leaves. 
Epiphytic. Growing on other plants by way of support, but not parasitic. 
Exserted. Protruding beyond, as stamens beyond the perianth. 
Exstipulate. Destitute of stipules. 
Extrorse. Directed outwards. 
Fascicle. A bundle or cluster. 
Filament, The stalk or support of any anther; any fibre-shaped or threadlike 
body. 
Filiform. Thread-shaped. 
Flabellate. YFean-shaped. 
Flovet. A small flower; one of a cluster. 
Foliaceous. eaflike in texture or leaf-bearing, 
Follicle. A fruit of a single carpel opening along one suture. 
Fulvous. Tawny; a mixture of orange yellow and grey. 
Funiculus. The stalk by which the ovule or seed is attached to the placenta. 
Genus. A special group of closely-related species: the name of the genus with 
that of the particular species constitute the systematic name of the plant. 
Geminate. Two side by side in pairs; a twin. 
Gibbous. Unequally swollen, tumid, or protuberant. 
Glabrous. Smooth; without hairs of any kind. 
Glandular. Bearing glands, or of the nature of glands. 
 Glaucous. Of a pale-bluish green. 
Hilum. Thescar left on the seed where it separates from the funicle. 
Hispid. Thickly covered with rather stiff hairs. 
Hypogynous. Inserted on the floral receptacle or beneath the pistil. 
Imbricating. Overlapping like the scales of a fish. 
Indehiscent. Applied to fruits which do not open along regular lines to liberate 
the seeds. 
Inferior. Said of one organ when below another. An inferior calyx is one below 
the ovary or free; applied to the radicle of the embryo when pointing 
towards the base of the fruit. 
Inflorescence. The arrangement of the flowering branches and of the flowers 
upon them. 
Internode. The space between two nodes. 
Introrse. “Turned inwards. 
Involucre. A series of bracts closely placed round a flower-cluster, and arranged 
in one or several series. 
Lacimate. Cut into long narrow lobes. 
Lamella. A thin plate. 
Lamina. The blade or spreading part of a leaf, &c. 
Lanceolate. Shaped like a spear-head, narrower than oblong, and tapering to the 
apex or towards both ends. 
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