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GLOSSARY. 



foliate, and so on, according to the 



number. 



(-ormis). Leaf-shaped. 

 - (-ittitfi. Having leaflets: their 

 num'ner may be indicated by Latin 

 numerals, as bifoKolate, tri/'ulii'lu/i , 

 &c.j 102. 



FoliJiiia. A leaflet; 102. 



Foliuse. Bearing numerous leaves. 



Folium. Latin I or leaf; 85. 



Ftillici'tum. A whorl or aggregation of 

 i< Hides; 300. 



/'i////V/r (-icnliix). Fruit of a single carpel 

 dehiscent by one (the ventral) suture; 

 292. Name of the earlier botanists 

 for any kind of capsular fruit. 



Follicular (-(iris). Pertaining to or like 

 a follicle. 



Fool-stalk. Petiole, 85; or Peduncle, 143. 



Ford/lien. An aperture of any kind; 

 spt'riullv that of the coat of- the ovule; 

 277. 



/'uriniiinulose (-ostts). Pierced with many 

 small holes. 



Forcipate (-atus). Like forceps or pin- 

 cers. 



Fork< i/. Divided equally into branches. 



/'i'1-iticnte (-atiis). Arched over, as by 

 scales ( Fornicts) covering the throat 

 of the corolla of Ilound's-tongue, &c. 



Foveate (-ttttis), and diminutive Foveo- 

 luti . Pitted; impressed with shallow 

 depressions or pits, Fovece. 



Fovilla. Minute granules in a liquid, 

 in the protoplasm of the pollen-grain, 

 &c.; 258. 



Fri'i'. Nut adnate to other organs. 

 Some'imes used in the sense of dis- 

 tinct, i. e. unconnected with others of 

 tlir -amc sort. 



-tl. See Fimbriate. 

 ( /-'cows). An old name for leaf: 

 employed mainly for the leaf of Ferns 

 and other Cryptogamia, and certain 

 Phsenogamous plants which serve for 

 Iructilication as well as foliage; also 

 for the peculiar foliage of Palms; 07. 



Frtmdescence (-entia). The act of leaf- 

 ing. Has also been employe! to 

 express the metamorphosis ' floral 

 organs into foliage-leaves; 174. 



Frim'l-iKt (-(isui). Sometime* used in 

 the sense of leafy; also frond-like, or 

 bearing fronds. 



Fructification, The act or the organs 

 of fruiting or repnidnclioii through 

 flower and seed, or their analogues. 



Frill-tils. Latin for Fruit. 



Fruit. The immediate product of fruc- 



tification ; in phaenogamous plants, 

 the seed-vessel and contents, along 

 with all intimately connected acces- 

 sory parts; 285. 



I-'niit-dats in Ferns. See Sorus. 



l-'rinin ntiiceous. Relating to grain (Fru- 



iin /i/tim). 



Fi-itf/ulnst (-osus). Consisting of similar 

 pieces or Frustules (frustula). 



Fruttx. A shrub. 



Fruit Ki-t-nt (-ois). Shrubby, or becom- 

 ing so. 



Fruticose (-osus). Shrubby", or relating 

 to shrubs. 



Fruticulose (-osus). Relating to a di- 

 minutive shrubby plant. 



Fruticulus. A minute or low shrubby 

 plant. 



/'iii/ncious. Falling or fading very early ; 

 lasting a very short time. 



Fulcous (-us). Tawny; orange-yellow 

 and gray mixed. 



Fulcra. Accessory organs, such as ten- 

 drils, stipules, spines, and the like. 



Fulcrate (-atus). Propped, supported 

 by, or provided with accessory organs. 



Fii/ii/iimus (-osus). Sooty-brown. 



F/t it i/if, inn (-onnis and Funy'dUformis). 

 Mushroom-shaped. 



l-'inifjose (-osus). Spongy in texture; 

 fungus-like. 



Funtcule, Fitniculiis. The stalk of an 

 ovule or seed ; 276. 



Funntlj\-iit, Funnel-shaped; 249. See 

 Infiindibuliform. 



l-'iircnt, (-(I/us). Forked; or divergently 

 branched. 



Furc<-f/ntiiit. Diminutively forked. 



Furfuraceous (-eus). Scurfy; covered 

 with bran-like scales or powder. 



Fnri-Kinil. See Silicate. 



Fiifciiii.1 (-us). Grayish-brown in hue. 



Fusiform (-armis). Spindle-shaped; 

 terete and tapering gradually- to each 

 end; 31. 



s. The peculiar strobile of Cy- 

 press and Juniper, composed of up- 

 wardlv thickened or flesh v scales; 

 303. 



Ga/in. A helmet: name given, from 

 its shape, to the upper sepal of Aconi- 

 tum, and the upper lip of certain 

 forms of bilabiate corolla; 247. 



Galeate (-fi/ii.*). Having a galea; hel- 

 met-shaped: 247. 



Gumo-. In Greek compounds, denotes 

 union by the edges or coalescence. 



