ROUTES J4.MATCE\ T SJS. 



S7# 



*1tr sixth groat tribe op nati n, in Lin 

 jk us's General Distribution of Vegeta-. 

 ties. The first order of the class t'rt/i- 

 logamia in his Artificial System. The 

 *i-\tv-ruurth order in his Fragments of a 

 Natural Method ; and the fifty-fifth of 

 his Natural Orders, at the end of Gen. 

 Plantarum 



Jjliform. Thread-shaped. Ofequal thick- 

 ness from top to bottom, .ike a thread. 



Fimbriates, Fringed. 



F-istulosus. A fistulous stem. Hohow like 

 a pipe or reed 



Fi.accjdus. A flaccid stem or peduncle 

 So feeble as not to support its own 

 weight. 



FxAGti.LUM. A runner. 



Flexuose. Changing its direction in a 

 curve from joint to joint or from bud 

 to bud in the stem. 



Floret. The partial or separate little flow- 

 er of an aggregate flower. 



Foliacf.a. Leafy. 



Foliaris cirrus. A tendril placed on the 

 leaf. Foliaris gemma. A leaf bud 



Folliculls. A follicle. A univalvular pe- 

 ricarp, opening on one side longitudi- 

 nally, and haying the seeds louse in it. 



Fornicatus. Arched or vaulted. 



FoviLLA. A fine substance, imperceptible 

 to the naked eye, exploded by the pol- 

 len in the anthers of flowers. 



Fringed corolla. The e dge surrounded by 

 hairs or bristles not parallel or so regu- 

 larly disposed as in the ciliale corolla. 



Frond, frons. Linueus applies this term 

 to the peculiar leafing of palms and ferns. 



Frustranea (frustr.a, in vain) polt/gamia. 

 The name of the third order in the class 

 Syngenesia of Linneus's Artifical Sys- 

 tem ; comprehending such of the com- 

 pound -flowers as have perfect florets ill 

 the disk producing. seed ; but imperfect 

 florets in the ray, which for want of a 

 stigma are barren 



Frutescens caulis. A frutescent stem, 

 From herbaceous becoming shn.bby. 



Frutex. A shrub. 



Fugax. Fugacious, fleeting, of short con- 



tinuance, soon falling off, aa the corolla 

 of some flovvi rs. 



Fuicrum. Fulcre, prop, or support. 



Fungi. Funguses or Mushrooms, The fiist 

 of the great families, and the ninth of 

 the nations, tribes, or casts, into which 

 Linneus has distributed the whole vege- 

 table world. Also the sixty sev.enthorde* 

 in his Fragments of a Natural Method; 

 the fifty-eighth of his 'Natural Oiders, 

 and the fourth order of the class C'X/plo- 

 gamia., in his Artificial System. 



Furrowed, fluted, or grooved. 



Fusiformis, Fusiform or spindle-shaped 

 root. 



Galea. The upper lip of a ringent corolla. 



Gape. The opening between the two lips 

 in an irregular corolla. 



Gashed leaf. Having the sections or divi- 

 sions usually determinate in their num- 

 ber, or at least more so than in the lacU 

 niate leaf. 



Gen culatus. Kneed. 



GeMCCLUM. Knee, knot, or joint. 



Germ en. The rudiment of the fruit yet in 

 embryo. 



Gibbous leaf. Having both surfaces con~ 

 vex, by means of aver}' abundant pulp. 

 This term, when applied to a perianth, 

 nreans only swelling out at bottom. 



Gi.aber. Smooth. 



Gi aDiata. Gladiate or sword-shaped. 



Gi andula. A gland or glandule. An ex- 

 cretory or secretory duct or vessel. 



Globulus. Globose, globular, spherical. 



G:.omer >ta. The' flowersgrow pretty close 

 together, in a globular or sub-globular 

 form. 



Glomerulus. A Glomerule, or small 

 glome. 



G: omu-, a Glome, or roundish head of 

 flowers. 



Gi.uma. -Glume. The calyx or corolla of 

 corn and grasses, formed of valves em- 

 bracing the seed. 



Glumosus flos. A glumose flower is a kind 

 of aggregate flower, having a filiform 

 receptacle, with a common glume at the 

 base. 



Glutinositas, 



