Filial-cell 



Flake 



generation, " denoted by F^ ; the 

 second by Fg; ^tc. 

 firical {filix, a fern), Fern-like, or 

 allied to Ferns ; filicin'ean, filicin'- 

 eous, relating to the Filicinoae, that 

 is, Ferns in the widest sense (Scott) ; 

 firicoid {(l^us, like), Fern-like ; Fil- 

 icol'ogy (A(^705, discourse), = PxEni- 



DOLOGY. 



fil'iform, filiform' is {filitm, a thread ; 

 forma, shape), thread-shaped ; -^ 

 Appara'tus, the upper ends of the 

 synergidae, which pierce through 

 and are prolonged beyond the 

 'summit of the embryo-sac ; filipen- 

 d'ulous, -Ills {pindulus, hanging 

 down), having tuberous swellings 

 in the middle or end of filiform 

 roots; Filobacte'ria ( -f Bacterium), 

 thread-like bacteria ; fi'lose, ending 

 in a thread like process (Crozier). 



Fim'bria (Lat. , fringe), (1) a fringe; 

 (2) an elastic-toothed membrane 

 beneath the o})erculum of mosses ; 

 fim'briate, fimbria' tus, with the 

 margin bordered by long slender 

 processes ; fim'bricate = fimbkiate 

 (Crozier) ; Fimbriria, a diminutive 

 fringe ; fimbril'late, fimhrilla'tus, 

 having fimbrillae ; fimbrillif' erous, 

 -rus, with many little fnnges, as the- 

 receptacle ot the Compositae. 



flmeta'rius {fimetum, a dung-hill), 

 growing on or amongst dung. 



fimic'olong {fimus, dung ; coZo, I in- 

 habit), growing on manure-heaps. 



Finger-and-toe, a disease in Cruci- 

 fera caused by Plasmodiophora 

 Bra^sicae, Woron. ;— Clubbing or 

 Anbury. 



fing'ered, digitate. 



Fi'niform {finis, a boundary; -f- Form), 

 a form whose nearest relations have 

 completely died out (Kuntze). 



First'ling-Cell, from the Germ. Erst- 

 lingzelle, the first of a new genera- 

 tion from an auxospore in Diatoms. 



Fise'tin, the yellow colouring-matter 

 of Rhus Cotinus, Linn. 



fis'sile, fis'silis (Lat.), tending to 

 split, or easily split ; Fis'sion, 

 si»litting ; -- Fun'gi = Schizoniy 

 cetes ; Fi88ip''ari8m {pario, I bring 



forth), the act of multiplication 

 among the lower forms by ttreaking 

 up into living portions; Fiesipar'- 

 ity = FissiPARisM ; fissip'arous, di- 

 viding into two or more divisions 

 by splitting ; fis'sus (Lat., split), 

 split or divided half-way. 



Fis'tula (Lat.), a pipe ; ~ spiralis = 

 Trachea ; fis'tular, fis'tulose, fistu- 

 lo'sus, fis'tulous, hollow throughout 

 its length as the leaf and stem of an 

 onion. 



Fixa'tion of CO.^, respiration of oxygen 

 and retention of carbon dioxide. 



flabel'late, flahclla'his (flabellinn, a 

 fan), fan-shaped, dilated in a wedge- 

 shaped, sometimes plaited ; flaberii- 

 form, flabellifo'rm'is {forma, shape), 

 shaped as a fan ; flabelliner'ved 

 {nerviis, a nerve), radiate-veined. 



&&c'ciA.,-fiac'c idles (Lat.), withered and 

 limp, flabby. 



Flacberie' (I'r.), a disease in silk 

 worm caused by Micrococcus Bmn- 

 bycii, Cohn 



Flag-appara'tus, Goebel's term for 

 anthers becoming petaloid, as a 

 signal for insect-visitors. 



Flagella'ta {Jlagellum, a whip). Algae 

 distinguished by possessing whip- 

 like flagella, by whicli they are 

 able to progress through the water ; 

 flag'ellate, flagclki'tus, provided 

 with whip-like runners ; flagel- 

 la'ris, having creeping sarmenta ; 

 flag'ellary, caused by flagella, as 

 the motion Of zoospores (Crozier) ; 

 Flagel'lum, pi. Flagel'la, (1) a run- 

 ner or sarmentum, branchlets in 

 Mosses.; (2) the whij>-like process of 

 the protopliism of a swarmspore ; 

 (3) similar organs in the cells of 

 some Schizomycetes ; fiageriiform, 

 flagelliform' is {forma, shape), (1) 

 resembling a runner, or (2) lash- 

 like, as the cilia of zoospores ; Fla- 

 gello'sis, a disease of Euphorbia 

 attributed to Leptomonas Davidi, 

 a flagellate })arasite. 



flag'on-shaped (Loudon), used lor 

 flask-shaped. 



Flake, a nectariferous gland (S. F. 

 Gray) ; flaTiy, lamelliform. 



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