BOTANICAL TERMS. 59 
=» wo or more leaves are joined to the end of an undivided 
leaf-stalk, e. g. those of the Wild Black Hellebore, Lupine, 
and Horse Chesnut. Pl.7. £248. 
FINGER-LIKE, they may be In PAtRs (binatus) with two ters 
minating leafits. Pl. 7. f. 50. ; 
~ ~- IN THREES (ternatus) with three 
terminating leafits. Pl.7. f. 51, : 
. - IN Fives (quinatus) with five 
terminating leafits. 2m . 
Firm (compactus) applied to the texture of a leaf. 
FLAt-ToPPED (fastigiatus) rising to the same height, so as to 
_ form a flat, or nearly flat surface at the top, = >. 
Fresuy Srrep-vessex, see-Pomum. 
———— Lear, or Root (carnosum) as the leaves of Se 
Dasyphylilum, 
————, more solid than pulpy; as the fruit of the Apple; the 
root of the Turnip; and the leaf of the Round-leaved 
Stonecrop, cee ee ; 
FLex1s1s (flexilis) readily bending without breaking. 
FLExvosus, zig-zag ; without angles; gently winding. § 
FLoatine (natans) applied to aquatic plants, whose leaves or 
— float upon the surface of the water: e, g. Water- 
Frora.-teaves (bractew) differ in shape or colour from the 
other leaves of the plant; they are generally placed on 
the fruit-stalk, and often so near the flower as in some 
instances to be easily mistaken for the Calyx; but the . 
Calyx dries or withers when the fruit is ripe, whereas the 
floral leaves endure as long as the other leaves of the 
plant. Examples of floral leaves may be seen in the 
Pansie, the Limetree, the Hellebore, the Passion-flower, 
~ Sage, the Wild Marjoram; and many others. Pl. 9. 
. 8. (a. a.)- : 
( ponte fol.) means also, sometimes the leaves more 
immediately approaching the flower, though not properly 
floral-leaves.  - v4 me a 
FLorer (flosculus) a little flower, one of the small flowers 
composing a compound or incorporated flower. See the 
introduction to the Clafs Syngenesia. They are Tusu- 
LAR; that is, formed of a tube cloven into five parts at 
the border, as in the Tansie: or NaRRow, when the 
blofsom is long and strap-shaped, as in Dandelion. In 
the Daisie and Sunflower, the florets in the centre are : 
TusuLar, and those in the circumference Narrow, 
or Ravrare. Pl. 4, f. 21. f, 24. £..26.. In the second — 
- Order of the Clafs Pentandria, which contains the Um=— 
belliferous plants, the florets composing the Umbels are 
each formed of five Petals. When the petals are all of — 
the same size and shape, the florets are said to be EQUAL; 
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