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regions char, by the possession of a considerable number of local 

 (endemic) forms ; the greater their number, and the higher their 

 systematic rank, the more natural is the region. Engler divides the 

 world as follows : I. Northern txtra-tropical Floral Kingdom, with 

 9 regions) (i) Arctic, (2) Sub-Arctic or Conifer, (3) Mid- European, 



(4) Macronesian (Azores, Madeira, Canaries, Cape Verdes), (5) Medi- 

 terranean, including land all round that sea, (6) Central Asiatic, 

 (7) Temp. E. Asiatic, (8) Pacific N. Am., (9) Atlantic N. Am.: 

 II. Palaeotropic Floral Kingdom, with 9 regions, (i) N. Afr. Indian 

 desert, (2) Afr. forest and steppe, (3) S. W, S. Afr., (4) S. Atl. islands, 



(5) Madagascar and islands, (6) Nearer India, (7) Jlfousoonia (warmer 

 Himal., Malaya, N. Austr., Polynesia) (this and 6 are usu. united in 

 this book as Indomalaya, and sometimes called E. or W.), (8) E. China 

 and S. Jap., (9) Hawaiian : III. Centr. and S. American Floral 

 Kingdom, with 5 regions, (i) Mid- American Xero. (S.W. U.S., Mex.), 

 (2) Trap. Am., (3) Andinf, (4) Galapagos, (5) Juan Fetnandez: 

 IV. Austral Floral Kingdom, with 6 regions, (i) Antarctic S. Am., 

 (2) Antarctic Continental, (3) Kerguelen, (4) New Zealand, (^Australia, 



(6) Tristan da Cunha, St Paul, Amsterdam : V. Oceanic Floral 

 Kingdom, with 3 regions, Boreal, Tropical, and Austral; -symmetry 

 shows two chief cases, if radial the fl. is regular or actinomorphic 

 (even if the cpls. be fewer in number), Ran^^nc^^laceae, Kosaceae, &c., 

 if not, some members being omitted in the outer whorls, or all 

 members of a whorl not alike, it is irregular and may be zygomorphic 

 (divisible into two halves, each the reflection of the other), Labiatae, 

 Scropkulariaceae, &c., or asymmetrical (not so divisible), Valeria naceae. 

 Cf. Floral Diagram, &c. 



Flores verbasci, Verbascum. 



Florestina Cass. Compositae (6). 3 Mexico. 



Floret, small fl. of a cluster. 



Floribundus (Lat. ), producing many fls. 



Florida Velvet Bean, Mucuna. 



Floridus (Lat.), showy. 



-florus (Lat. suffix), -flowered. 



Flos (Lat.), a flower. 



Floscopa Lour. Commelinaceae. 15 trop. and subtrop. 



Flotovia Spreng. r=Chuquiraga Juss. (Compos.). 



Flourensia DC. Composiiae (5). 10 Arizona to Argentina. 



Flower, a repr. short shoot, consisting of an axis (receptacle, q.v., 

 thalanms, torus), bearing essential organs Qi.sporophylls, the androe- 

 ceiiin or stamens (i/.v.), and gynoeceum or carpels (q.v.}, or only one 

 of them in diclinous fl. ; also usu. some accessory organs or perianth 

 (<].v.), most often divided into an outer green whorl or calyx, and 

 inner coloured one or corolla', and insects, the relations between 

 fls. and the insects which pollinate them, cf. Flower-classes, Floral 

 Mechanisms, &c.; -axis, the receptacle; -bud, the young fl.. in 

 which the 1. are packed in a definite way (aestivation, q.v.) ; -classes, 

 the classes into which fls. may be divided according to their relations 

 to insects, &c. ; W (wind-pollinated), Po. (offering pollen only), A (with 

 freely exposed honey), AB (partly concealed honey), B (fully concealed 

 honey), B' (do. in aggregated infls.), F (Lepidoptera fls. with long 



