foliiform 



Formation 



ing on leaves, as some Fungi and 



; Lichens ; foliiform, foliiform'is 



' (forma, shape) = foliaceous ; folii- 

 p'arous, -run (pario, I bring forth), 

 bearing leaves. 



Fo'liole (dim. of folium), a leaflet, the 

 secondary division of a compound 

 leaf ; fo'liolate, foliola'tm, clothed 

 with leaflets ; bi-, tri-fo'liolate, two- 

 three-leafletted ; folio'lean, foleo- 

 la'nus, growing from the end of a 

 leaf ; fo'liolose, closely covered 

 with leaflets ; Fo'liolum, a small 

 leaf or leaflet ; fo'liose, folio'sus, 

 closely clothed with leaves; fo'lious, 

 having leaves intermixed with 

 flowers; Fo'lium (Lat.), a leaf, pi. 

 Fo'lia. 



Follice'tum (fotticulum, a small bag), 

 a whorl of follicles ; Fol'licle, 

 Follic'ulus, (1) a fruit of one carpel, 

 opening by a ventral suture to 

 which the seeds are attached, 

 formerly applied to any capsular 

 fruit ; (2) by Linnaeus used for the 

 bladder of Utricularia ; follic'ular, 

 follicula'ris, folliculiform'is (forma, 

 shape), shaped like a follicle. 



fonta'nus, fontina'lis (Lat., relating 

 to a spring), growing in or near a 

 spring of water. 



Food-bodies, small pear-shaped bodies 

 formed on or near the leaves of 

 certain plants, as Acacia spadici- 

 fera, Cham. & Schlecht, and Leta 

 ae/juata, Linn., which are utilised 

 by ants as food ; Germ. " Ameisen- 

 brodchen." 



Foot, (1) as a measure, 12 inches, or 

 30.5 cm., sign ' ; (2) = PODIUM ; 

 (3) a development from the hypo- 

 basal part of the embryo, as an 

 organ of attachment and temporary 

 nutrition ; (4) in Myxogastres, 

 the first development from the 

 plasmodium which leads to the 

 formation of spores, a cell-wall of 

 cellulose, forming an axis (Van 

 Tieghem) ; <~ Cell, the spore of 

 Guttulina rosea, Cienk., arising 

 from a naked cell of protoplasm, 

 from the aggregated plasmodium ; 

 ~ Em'bryo, an arrested terminal 



growth of the embryo of Cutltria, 

 thus differing from the proto- 

 nematoid embryo of the same 

 species ; ~ Rot, a disease on 

 species of Citrus caused by Fus- 

 arium Limonis, Briosi ; ~ Stalk, 

 a stem specialised as peduncle, 

 petiole, etc. 



Fora'men (Lat., a hole), an aperture, 

 especially that in the outer inte- 

 gumentsof the ovule, cy'.MiCROPYLE; 

 foram'inose, foramina' sits, per- 

 forated by holes ; Foramin'ula, 

 " the ostiolum of certain Fungals " 

 (Lindley) ; foramin'ulose, marked 

 with little holes. 



Force, any cause which changes the 

 state of a body as to rest or motion ; 

 vital force is kinetic energy. 



For'cing, the operation by which 

 cultivators produce fruit and 

 vegetables out of season, early or 

 late. 



for'cipate, foricipa'tus (forceps, nip- 

 pers), forked like pincers. 



forfica'tus (forfex, scissors), scissor- 

 like, resembling shears. 



forked, separating into two divisions, 

 more or less apart. 



Form (for'ma, shape), a slight 

 variety, or variation, as long and 

 short-styled Forms ; ~ Gen'us, a 

 genus made up of an assemblage 

 of Spe'cies, an apparent species 

 which is really a single stage of 

 the life-cycle of a pleomorphous 

 species ; ~ Spore, a body simulat- 

 ing a spore, but without germina- 

 ting power, or remaining attached 

 to its sporophore ; For'mae oxy- 

 da'tae, crustaceous Lichens which 

 have become rust-coloured from 

 an infiltration of some salt of 

 iron. 



Forma'tion (formatio, a shaping), in 

 botany, applied to an assemblage 

 of plants of similar habits and en- 

 vironment, as a forest is a ~ of 

 trees, turf a ~ of grasses ; an asso- 

 ciation, in Germ. ' ' Pflanzenverein"; 

 form'ative, giving form, plastic ; 

 ~ Mate'rials, applied to such as 

 starch, sugar, fats, and albumi- 



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