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Fasciculate: in small tufts. 

 Fustijiate: close, parallel, and upric^ht. 

 Fatix {\A. fauces) : the gorge or tliroat. 

 Fdceohtte, favose : with deep pits, like 



honeycomb. 

 Feather-ve'iud : having veins all pro- 

 ceeding from a midrib, 155. 

 Feather// : sec phimosc. 

 Fe'cula: starch, 54. 

 Female flower : see Fertile flower. 

 Fenestrate: ]iierccd with one or more 



holes, like windows. 

 Ferrw/ineous ov ferruginous : of the color 



of iron-rust. 

 Fertile: capable of producing fruit. 



Stamens are also said to 1>c fertile 



when their anthers contain good 



pollen. 

 Fertile flower: one having pistils, 



261. 

 Fertilization, 300. 

 Fibre, 41. 

 Fibril: a delicate fibre-like body; the 



root-hairs, 81. 

 Fibrilliforni tissue, 48. 

 FibriUos^ : bearing fibrils : diminutive 



of fibrous. 

 Fibrine, 198. 

 Fibrous ovflhrose: composed of slender 



threads or fibres. 

 Fibro-rasniJar tissue or system, 50. 

 Fidclle-sha/)fd: obovate and contracted 



on each side. 

 Fig, 215, 475, and fig. 590-592. 

 Filament: the stalk of an anther, 22.3, 



281. Or any slender thread. 

 Filamenloiis, or fllamenlose : composed 



of threads oi" filaments. 

 Filices (Ferns), 500. 

 Filicolof/i/ : tlic part of Botan}^ which 



treats of Ferns. 

 Filifljrin: shaped like a thread ; slender 



and terete, 1G6. 

 Filipe'iicliiloiis : hanging from a thread, 



as the tuberous roots of Sinriea fili- 



pendula. 

 Fimbriate : fringed ; bordered by slen- 

 der processes or appendages. 

 Fimbrillate or flinbrilliflerous : diminu- 

 tive of the last. 

 Fingered: sec Digitate. 

 FissCjHiroits : propagating by division 



into two portions. 

 Fistular or Fistulose : hollow through 



its length, as the leaves of Onion. 

 Fldbtllate, or flubeVlform : fan-shaped ; 



broadly wedge-shaped with the 



summit rounded. 

 Flacourtiacea;, 392. 

 Flagellate: bearing y?rt/7f7/ff, i. e. runners, 



like those of the Strawberr}'. 

 Flagellifurm : long, taper, and supple, 



45* 



like. 



Flavesccnt : yellowish or pale ycUoW. 



FUivous : Tcllow. 



Flax, 402' 



Fleshi/ : succulent, or of the consistence 

 of fiesh, 84. 



Fle'xttose, or flexuotis : zigzag ; bent alter- 

 nately inwarils and outwards. 



Floating : growing on the surface of 

 water. 



Floccose : bearing or clothed with locks 

 of soft hairs or wool. 



Flora (tlie goddess of flowers) : the ag- 

 gregate of the species of ])lants of a 

 country ; or a work systematically 

 describing them. 



Floral: belonging to the flower. 



Floral envelopes : flowei--leavcs, 222, 268 



Florescence : same as antiiesis. 



Floret : a small flower, or a separate 

 blossom of a so-called compound 

 flower. 



Floridea;, 509. 



Flori/irons : flower-bearing. 



Flusculous : composed of or bearing_/?os- 

 culi, i. e. florets ; or composed of 

 tubular flowers only. 



F/o(w, 70, 221. 



Flower-bud, 209, 224. 



Flowering, 204. 



Flowering Plants, G9, 369, 375. 



Flowerless Plants, 69, 330, 499. 



Flnilant: floating on water. 



Fltifiutile : belonging to flowing water. 



Fly-traps, 168. 



Foliaccous: leaf-like, i. e. thin, membra- 

 naceous and green ; or bearing 

 leaves. 



Foliar: belonging to leaves (folia). 



Foliation : leafing out. 



Foliate : clothed with leaves ; or, with a 

 numeral prefix, denoting the num- 

 ber of leaves ; as, bifoliate, two- 

 leaved : trifoliate, three-leaved, &c. 



Foliolate : consisting of leaflets (fo- 

 liola) ; as, b foliate, a leaf having 

 two leaflets, or trifoliolate, having 

 three leaflets, &c. 



Fdllose : bearing numerous leaves. 



Follicle: a simple pod oiicning down 

 one side ; 315, fig. 579. 



Follicnlar, of the nature of a follicle. 



Foramen : an aperture or orifice, 298. 



Fornminnlose : pierced with small holes. 



Fdrcipate: forked like a pair of pincers. 



Forked: branching into two or more 

 divisions. 



Fornicate: arched over, bearing a 



Fornix, p\. fdrnices : little arched scales 

 in the throat of a corolla, as in 

 that of llound's-tonguc. 



