58 DICTIONARY OF 
Favosum, honey-combed. | aS 
FEATHERED, (plumosus) the down of seeds, sometimes consists’ 
of fine simple or undivided hairs, in others it sends out 
'>- Jateral hairs, and then it is said to be feathered. Ph4. 
- Baa (L PoP L 62k Qh. pets! is 
Fersest (debilis) not strong enough to stand upright. 
FemaLe Frowers, or FLorers; such as contain one or 
more Pistils, but no Stamens, 
Femineus, see Female, : 
Fence, see Involucrum, and Involucellum, 
Frerwns, see Firices. . : 
Ferrite Frowers (fertiles vel feminei flores) those that pro- 
duce seed capable of vegetation ; as is very generally the 
‘case in flowers which have both Stamens and Pistils. 
Flowers that have only Stamens never can produce seeds ;_ 
and flowers that have only Pistils must be barren, if they 
are so situated as to be out of reach of the Pollen, from 
the Anthers of the stameniferous flowers; in some in- 
_ stances they will indeed produce seeds to all appearance 
_ perfect, but these seeds will never vegetate. 
Frares (nervi) woody strings or nerves, running. undivided 
from the base to the extremity of a leaf; as in the broad 
and. narrow-leaved Plantain, Pl 7. f.46.. These kind 
- of fibres,-whether branched or not, have been indifferently 
called nerves, and veins, but without much proof that ~— 
they are destined to the office of either. Perhaps they 
ought only to be considered as ribs, formed to strengthen 
__« the leaf. a » a 
Fiprovs(fibrosus) Roots; composed of small threads or fibres, 
PLA0sf- 7: “2 
Fippi-su rep (panduriformis) oblong, but narrowed in the 
_ middle and broader below, as is the leaf of one species of 
_~, Dock, supposed to resemble a violin, therefore called a 
“Fiddle Dock. . ee = ae 
FILAMENT, or thread (filamentum) the thread-shaped-part of 
a Stamen supporting the Anther. See Stamen ; see also 
Pl. 3. f. 3. (2.) £. 6. (g.) and Pl. 1. £.19. (a. @.) 7 EER 
Frrices, Ferns, the name of the natural afsemblage of plants 
~ constituting the first Order of the Clafs Cryptogamia. 
FintrorMis, thread-shaped. nape Asa: Pee 
Fimertatus, see fringed, 
Fissum, cloven. 
Fisturosvs, hollow. va : 
FIVE-cORNERED (quinquangulare) leaf. .See pl. 7. fig. 20. 
Fiaccipvs, limber, teeble ; sce debilis. — Be es ee 
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rd. 
LAGELLUM, a Runner. = 
FLATTED, see comprefsed. Rt Sak ae Bd 
FInGER-LIKE (digitatus) a species of compound Leaves, fe- 
sembling the expanded fingers of a man’s hand; so. that 
