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grass), Secale (rye), Sesamum (gingelly), Setaria (Italian millet), Sor- 



X/inm (Guinea corn), Sptrgula, Symp/iyt-inii, Trifolium (clover, &c.), 



Tripsaciim, Triticum (wheat), Vicia (vetch), Zea (maize), Zizyphus. 

 Foeniculum Tourn. ex L. Umhelliferae (in. 5). 4 Medit, Eur., i Brit. 



(fennel). The young 1. of F. officinale All. are a good veg. when 



blanched like celery, and the fr. is a condiment. 

 Foetid horehound, Ballot a nigra L. 



Foetidia Comm. ex Lam. Lecythidaceae. 3 Madag., Masc. 

 Fokienia A. Henry et H. H. Thomas. Coniferae (Pinaceae, see C. for 



gen. char.), i E. China. 

 Folia Jaborandi, Pilocarpus. 

 Foliaceous, leaf-like, leaf-bearing. 

 Foliage plants, cult, for orn. foliage, e.g. Beponia, Caladitim, Codiaeitm, 



Coleus, many Coniferae, Cordy/ine, Cortaderia, Dracaena, Eryngium, 



many Ferns, Fitlonia, Gitnnera, Gesneria, many Palmae, Panax, 



Pelargonium, Phormiiim, Rheum, Rhus, Selaginella, Smilax, Sone- 



rila, many trees. 



Folium (Lat), a leaf; -folius (Lat. suffix), leaved. 

 Follicle, a dry dehisc. fr. of one cpl., dehisc. on ventral side only; 



Aconitum, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Banksia, Crass ulaceae. 

 Folotsia Costantin et Bois. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). i Madag. 

 Fonna Lunell (Phlox p.p.). Polemoniaceae. 2 W. U.S. 

 Fontainea Heckel. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 5). i New Caled., E. Austr. 

 Fontanesia Labill. Oleaceae. i Sicily, W. As. 

 Fontanus (Lat.), growing in or near a spring. 

 Food, see Edible Products, Fodder ; -bodies, Acacia, Cecropia ; - of the 



gods, Ferula. 



Fool's parsley, Acthusa Cynapium L. 

 Foot, organ attaching fern plant to prothallus. 

 Foramen, an aperture. 



Forbesia Eckl. (Cnrculigo p.p. BH.}. Amaryllid. (in). 6 Afr. 

 Forbidden fruit (W.I.). Citrus aurantium L. var. paradisi. 

 Forchhammeria Liebm. Capparidaceae (in). 3 Mex., W.I. 

 Forcipella Bail!. Acanthaceae (iv. B). i Madag. 

 Forcipella Small (Siphonychia EP.). Caryophyll. (i. 4). i N. Am. 

 Fordia Hemsl. Leguminosae (m. 6). i S. China. 

 Fordiophyton Stapf. Melastomaceae (i). 2 S. China. 

 Forest, a close assemblage of trees, allowing no break in the overhead 



canopy; homogeneous (of one sp.), or diversified ; -oak, Casuarina. 

 Forestiera Poir. Oleaceae. 15 Am., W.I. 

 Forficaria Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. i). i S. Afr. 

 Forgesia Comm. ex Juss. Saxifragaceae (v). i Bourbon. 

 Forget-me-not, Myosotis. 



Fork-veined, veins forking into two, as in ferns. 

 Forms of vegetation, groups of pi., of various fams , presenting a general 



resemblance in external habit, often correlated with resemblance in 



conditions of life, e.g. trees, epiphytes, &c. 

 Formula, floral, see Floral formula. 

 Forrestia A. Rich. Commelinaceae. 10 palaeotrop. 

 Forsellesia Greene (Glossopetalon A. Gray). Celastr. 4 N. Am. 

 Forskohlea L. Urticaceac (5). 5 Medit. to India. 



