Follicle, a simp! 
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Extra - axillary, said of anything a little out of the axil (as the prickles on fiz. 1, plate 33). 
Extrorse, turned outward; said of an anther when it opens away from the pistil. (Plate 72, 
fig. 2.) 
Falcate, scythe- shaped. (Plate 147, fig. 4.) 
Family, a collection of closely related genera. 
Farinaceous, mealy in texture. (Plate 172, fig. 2.) 
Fascicle, a close cluster. 
Fascicled, growing in a bundle; Fasciculate (the leaves of plate 15). 
Fastigiate, upright, close and parallel. (Plate 69, fig. 5.) 
Faveolate, honey-combed. 
Feather-veined, see finnate, 
Female flowers, those having pistils but no stamens. (Plate 33, fig. 4.) 
Fenestrate, pierced with one or more large holes. 
Ferrugineous, resembling iron rust. 
Fertile, capable of producing. 
fertilization, the process by which the pollen causes the embryo to become fertile. 
Fibrous, composed of fibres. 
Filament, the slender portion of a stamen supporting the anther (fig. 3, plate 34), or any 
thread-shaped appendage. 
Filamentous, formed of threads. 
filiform, thread-shaped, long, slender and cylindrical. (Plate 113, fig. 3.) 
Fimbriate, fringed (as seen between the stamens of fig. 3, plate 119). 
Fistulose, hollow and cylindrical. (Plate 68, fig. 2.) 
Flavescent, yellowish. 
fleshy, see Sarcous. 
Fleshy Plants, those containing a great deal of substance (as that of plate 61). 
Flexuous, gently bending in opposite directions. (Plate 124, fig. 1.) 
Floccose, bearing tufts of long, soft hair. 
Flora, an aggregation of the plants of any certain district. 
) Floral, pertaining to the blossom. 
_ Floral Envelope, the leaves of the flower; includes either calyx or corolla, or both. 
Floret, a diminutive flower (only used when several flowers are in the same head). 
Flower, This word comprises the organs of reproduction and their envelope. (Plate 128, 
fie 2. 
POs See 
_ Foliole, \eaflet. — 3 
le pod, opening down the inner suture. (Plate 50, fig. 4.) 
pi Follicular, like a follicle. 
_ Foramen, a hole or orifice (as in the anther-cells of fig. 3, plate 104). 
ae. ornicate, arching over (as in the upper lobe of the corolla, fig. 3, plate T2T). 
___ Foveate, or Foveolate, deeply pitted. (Plate 105, fig. 6.) 
Free, not 
‘Fringed, having a m 
ée, not united with any other parts of a different kind. 
argin beset with slender appendages. (Plate 109, fig. 6.) 
__— Fructification, the state of fruiting. 
Fruit, the matured ovary and everythin 
oe se ee S g connected with it. (Plate 104, fig. 4-) 
igacious, quickly falling or perishing, = 
