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FEATHERY. Plumose; having long hairs which are themselves hairy, as the 
pappus of Taraxacum. 
Frnestrate. Pierced with holes, like windows in a wall. 
Frrrvucinovus. Rust-coloured. 
Fertite. Capable of producing fruit; also applied to stamens which produce 
pollen capable of fertilising ovules. 
Frsrovus. Containing a great proportion of woody fibre. 
FiuaMEnt. (1.) The stalk or support of an anther. (2.) Any thread-like body. 
Frmamentous. Composed of threads or filaments. 
Firirorm. Thread-shaped. 
Foreriate. Having the margin fringed with narrow processes. 
Fistuntar, Fistuntosr. Hollow and cylindrical; reed-like. 
FLABELLATE, FLABELLIFORM. Fan-shaped. 
Fraccrp. Flabby; limp. 
FLAGELLIFORM. Long and slender, like a whip-lash. 
Fiexvose. Bent or curved alternately in opposite directions. 
Fuoccosz. Bearing tufts or locks of woolly hairs. 
Frorer. A small flower, one of a cluster or head. 
Fuorirerovs. Flower-bearing. 
Fartrp. Having a strong and disagreeable smell. 
Foutacrtous. Having the texture or form of a leaf. 
Fouratse. Leafy; clothed with leaves. 
Fourotats. Having leaflets. 
Fouitcte. A fruit consisting of a single carpel, dehiscing by the ventral suture. 
Fouiicutar. Resembling a follicle. 
Foop-stauk. A petiole, pedicel, or other slender support. 
Forxep. Branching into two divergent divisions. 
Foveats. Pitted; marked with depressions. 
Fronp. The foliage of ferns and other Cryptogams. 
Froctirication. Fruiting; the organs concerned in the production of fruit. 
Froticosz. Shrubby. 
Fueactous. Soon falling off or perishing; of short duration. 
Founyovus. Tawny; dull-yellow with a mixture of gray or brown. 
Founicie. The stalk connecting the ovule or seed with the placenta. 
Fourcatr. Forked; having divergent branches like the prongs of a fork. 
Fourruracsous. Scurfy; provided with soft scales. 
Fusirorm. Thick, but tapering towards each end; spindle-shaped. 
GatEA. A petal shaped like a helmet. 
GAMOPETALOUS. Applied to a corolla in which the petals are more or less united. 
GAMOSEPALOUS. Having the sepals more or less united. 
Geminats. Arranged in pairs; binate. 
GeneERIC. Relating to the genus. 
GENICULATE. Bent like the knee. 
Genus. A clearly defined group of naturally allied species. 
Grsepous. Protuberant; swelling out into a pouch or sac. 
GuABRous. Having no hairs or pubescence ; smooth. 
GLABRATE. Becoming glabrous. 
GLABRESCENT. Almost glabrous. 
GLADIATE. Sword-shaped ; ensiform. 
GLAND. Any secreting structure, whether depressed or prominent, on any part 
of a plant. 
GLANDULAR. Possessing glands; gland-like. 
GLAUCESCENT. Becoming glaucous or sea-green. 
Guavucous. Of a sea-green colour. 
GiososE, GLoBuLAR. Spherical or nearly so. 
GuLocuipi1aTE. Applied to hairs that are barbed at the end. 
