Floral Diagram OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Foliiform 



FLORAL DIAGRAM, a drawing 

 showing the relative position 

 of the parts of a flower. 



FLO'RAL EN VELOPES, in ordi- 

 nary plants the calyx and 

 corolla, sometimes including 

 bracts when developed in a 

 special manner so as to sur- 

 round a flower; in grasses the 

 flowering glume and palet. 



FLO'RAL GLUME, used by Dr. 

 W. J. Beal instead of flower- 

 ing glume or lower palet. 



FLO'RAL LEAF, see Bract. 



FLORES'gENCE, the opening of 

 flowers; blossoming; anthesis. 



FLORET, an individual flower of 

 a head or cluster, especially in 

 Compositae; floscule; flosculus; 

 floweret. 



FLORIFEROUS, flower-bearing. 



FLORIP'AROUS.floriferous; some- 

 times used when a proliferous 

 branch or flower bears addi- 

 tional flowers instead of stems 

 and leaves. 



FLOS'CULAR, see Flosculous. 



FLOs'CULE, see Floret. 



FLdS'CULOSE, see Flosculous. 



FLOS'CULOUS, composed of or 

 bearing florets; applied mainly 

 to heads of flowers in Com- 

 posite when composed of 

 tubular florets only. Com- 

 pare Semiplosculous. 



FLOWER, the part of a plant 

 immediately concerned in the 

 production of seed. A com- 

 plete flower in ordinary plants 

 consists of pistils, stamens, 

 corolla, and calyx, of which 

 the two former are essential to 

 the production of seed. The 

 parts of a flower are modified 

 leaves. 



FLOWER-BUD, an unopened 



flower or cluster of flowers. 

 FLOW ERET, see Floret. 



FLOWER-HEAD, see Head. 



FLOWERING GLUME, the organ 

 in grasses formerly called the 

 lower palet. It may subtend 

 one flower or more. Dr. W. 

 J. Beal proposes the more 

 appropriate term Floral Glume. 



FLU'lTANT, floating in or upon 



water. Compare Natant. 

 FLU'VIAL, see Fluviatic. 



FLUVlAT'IC, belonging to flow- 

 ing water; fluvial; fluviatile. 



FLU'VIATLLE, see Fluviatic. 



FOLDED, (1) said of leaves in 

 vernation when the two halves 

 are simply brought together 

 forward; (2) (Hort.) when a 

 narrow projection of the flesh 

 of an apple extends into the 

 cavity. (Warder.) Compare 

 Lipped. 



FOLlA'CEOUS, leaf -like; having 

 leaves intermixed with the 

 flowers, as a foliaceous spike; 

 consisting of thin laminae or 

 layers; foliose. 



FOLlA'CEOUS THAL'LUS, the 



thallus in lichens when flat 

 and leaf-like and attached by 

 one or few points; frondose 

 thallus. Compare Crusta- 

 ceous Thallus. 



FO'LlAGE LEAVES, ordinary 

 green leaves, in distinction 

 from those which are trans- 

 formed into petals, scales, etc. 



FO'LIAR-TRACE, see Leap- 

 trace. 



FOLfA'TION, the act of leafing 

 out; frondescence. Some- 

 times used erroneously for 

 prefoliation. 



FOLIF'EROUS, bearing or pro- 

 ducing leaves; foliiferous; foli- 

 iparous. 



FOLilF'EROUS, see Folipeuous. 



FO'Llf FORM, leaf -shaped . 



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