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as in Angelica and Celery ; but when the outer petals are 
larger than the others, the florets are said to be Rapiatex; 
as in Shepherd’s Needle and Carrot, 
Fxros, flower. 
- Frioscu.us, florets. 
Froscuosvus, a tubular floret. 
FLower (flos) a temporary part of a plant appropriated to the - 
production of seeds: it is composed of seven parts ;_ the. 
Catyx; the Birossom; the Sramews; the Pistits; 
the Seep-vesseL; the Sxeps; and the Recerracue. 
To these perhaps we may add an eighth, wiz. the Nrc- 
tary. It is not necefsary that all these parts should be 
present to constitute a flower. INCoMPLETE flowers are’ 
deficient in one or more of the parts. The Hyacinth and 
Tulip have no Calyx. The Misletoe, Gale, Hop, Yew, 
Dog’s Mercury, Nettle; and the flowers of the plants. 
bearing Catkins, have no blofsoms. The Ground Ivy, the 
White and Red Deadnettle, and all the plants in the first . 
Order of the Clafs Didynamia, have no seed-vefsels. 
Fouracevs, leafy. 
Fo.rotvum, leafit. 
Four, leaf. ' 
FoLuicuLvs, ait-bag. ie 
Foor (pes).see measure. 
ForkeEp (furcatus) (dichotomus) dividing and often subdividing 
into forks, as the branches of most of the Spurges; the 
fruit-stalks of the Common Calamint, and the Pink ; the 
Style of the Currant. Pl. 10. £ 4. 
Fornicatus, vaulted. It also signifies closed, when applied 
to the blofsom of the rough-leaved plants in Pentandria 
i act meaning that the top of the tube is shut, or 
closed, 
Four-cornerep (tetragonus) as the stem of the Deadnettle. 
FrinGep ({ciliatus) as the blofsom of the Buckbean, and the 
Garden Nasturtium ; or the leaves of the Crofs-leaved Heath. 
Pl. 7. f, 43. The term fimbriatus has also been used to 
exprefs the fringe of a blofsom, but it seems an uselefs 
distinction, © my, 
Frons, frond, a term designed to signify that the stem, root, 
and leaf, are all in one, as in the Ferns, the Fuci, &c. 
but there is no great use in such a term, neither does it 
strictly apply in all cases, according to its original in* 
tention. noe ve iad 
Frverops, fruit, 
- Fruvex,.a shrub. is ete, ick pea 
Frutr (fructus) a part of a, flower consisting of the Szxp- 
VESSEL, the Srxp, andthe Recerracte, ’ 
FRuit-staLx (pedunculus) a part of a stem or branch, bear- _ 
ing flowers but not leaves, Pl. 9. £..5. (m.) £8. (c.) pl. 0. 
£7. (a.a.a.a.a.@.) : ; 
