Fascicled 



A DICTIONARY 



Fibre 



FAS ClCLED, growing in tufts or 

 clusters; fascicular; fascicu- 

 lated. 



FASCICULAR, see Fascicled. 

 FASCICULAR SYS'TEM, see 



FlBROVASCULAK SYSTEM. 



FASCICULAR TlS'SUE, see Fi- 



BROVASCULAR TISSUE. 



FASCICULATE, see Fascicled. 



FASCICULATED, see Fascicled. 



FASCICULUS (pi. Fascic'ull), a 

 dense cymose inflorescence, as 

 in sweet-william; fascicle. 



FASTI6'IATE, having the 

 branches close, parallel, and 

 upright, as in Lombardy pop- 

 lar. Sometimes erroneously 

 used for flat-topped. 



FAUX (pi. Fau'$eg), the throat or 

 orifice of a gamopetalous or 

 gamosepalous flower. 



FAVEL'LA (pi. Favel'lse), a form 

 of sporocarp in Florideoe, con- 

 sisting of an irregular mass of 

 spores embedded in more or 

 less gelatinous material and 

 without a distinct conceptacle. 

 It may be seated upon the 

 frond or more or less embedded 

 in it, and is derived from one 

 or from several contiguous 

 cells. In the latter case, and 

 also when embedded in the 

 frond, it was formerly called 

 a favellidium. 



FAVE'OLATE, see Alveolate. 



FAVOSE', see Alveolate. 



FEATH'ER-VEINED, see Pin- 



NATELY-VEINED. 



FEATH'ERY, see Plumose. 



FFjCULA, any powdery farina- 

 ceous matter. 



FECULENT, muddy; thick with 

 sediment. 



FECUNDA'TION, see Fertiliza- 

 tion. 



FECUN'DlTY, fertility; fruitful- 

 uess. 



FEED'jJR, an outgrowth of the 

 hypocotyl in the embryo of 

 some genera of Gnetaceae 

 which serves for the absorp- 

 tion of the endosperm. 



FELT'ED-TIS'SUE, hyphal tissue 

 in which the filamentous cells 

 are not regularly united, as in 

 phenogams, but cross one 

 another irregularly, and are 

 often more or less grown to- 

 gether; telacontexta; spurious 

 tissue. In its more consoli- 

 dated forms it is known as 

 pseudo-parenchyma. 



FE'MALE FLOWER, one having 

 pistils only; pistillate flower. 



FENESTRATE, having rather 

 large openings like windows. 



FE'RAL, see Wild. 



FERRUGINOUS, resembling iron- 

 rust ; brownish - red. For 

 synonyms see Rubiginose. 



FERTILE, producing fruit, or 

 reproductive bodies of any 

 kind; having pistillate or per- 

 fect flowers. 



FERTILIZATION, the process by 

 which the pollen causes the 

 ovule to develop as a seed. It 

 is the essential feature of sex- 

 ual reproduction of every kind, 

 being the union of the male 

 and female reproductive bod- 

 ies. In some cases, and per- 

 haps always, it consists in the 

 coalescence of the nuclei of 

 two cells of different nature 

 and origin; fecundation; im- 

 pregnation. See Conjuga- 

 tion. 



FEU'ILLEMdRT, of the color of 

 a faded leaf; filemot. (Rare.) 



FI'BER, see Fibre. 



FORE, any slender thread-like 

 body of considerable strength; 

 especially: (1) the slender fusi- 

 form cells of the inner bark, 

 known as bast; (2) small slen- 



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