Foliiparous 



A DICTIONARY 



Foveate 



FOLliP'AROtJS, producing leaves 

 or leaves only. 



FO'LIOLATE, pertaining to leaf- 

 lets, as trifoliolate— having 

 three leaflets. 



FO'LIOLE, a little leaf or leaflet. 

 (Rare.) 



FOLI'dLtJM (pi. Foll'ola), see Fo 



LIOLE. 



FO'LfOSE, (1) abounding in 

 leaves; foliaceous; leafy; 

 (2) having the nature or ap- 

 pearance of a leaf. 



FO'LtOUS, see Foliose. 



FO'LIUM (pi. Fo'lia), a leaf. 



FdL'LlCLE, a simple pod opening 

 by the ventral suture only, as 

 in the milkweed (Asclepias). 



FdLLIC'tJLATE, having follicles. 



F6LLIC"0Lu"S, see Follicle. 



FOOT, a basal protrusion of the 

 fern-plant which maintains its 

 connection with the prothallus. 

 Also a similar base to the seta 

 in mosses. 



FOOT-STALK, the stem of a leaf, 

 flower, or other organ. See 

 Petiole, Peduncle, Pedi- 

 cel, Stipe. 



FORA'MEN (pi. Foram'Ina), any 

 small aperture, especially that 

 in the integuments of the ovule, 

 at which fertilization is effect- 

 ed. Compare Michopyle. 



FORAM'InATED, having small 

 holes or perforations. Com- 

 pare Lacunose. 



FORAMIN'tJLOSE, pierced with 

 very small holes; diminutive 

 of Foraminated. 



F6R'CLPATE, like a pair of pin- 

 cers. 



FORKED, having two or more 

 main branches arising from 

 nearly the same point; furcate. 

 Compare Bifurcated. 



FORM, (1) nearly the same as 

 Variation, which see; (2) one 



of the conditions or states when 

 several regularly appear among 

 plants of the same parentage, 

 as the short-styled form in 

 heterostyled species. 



FdRM'ATlVE, concerned with or 

 serviug for growth, as forma- 

 tive material (starch, albumi- 

 noids, etc.), formative tissue 

 (meristemh 



FdRM-GE'NUS, a so-called genus 

 constituted by similar form- 

 species, as Botrytis in fungi; 

 pseudo-genus. 



fCRM-SPE'CIES, a particular 

 phase in the development of a 

 protean organism, as the rusts; 

 so called because the different 

 stages have often beeu mistaken 

 for distinct species. Used also 

 by E. L. Sturtevant synony- 

 mously with Race. 



F6RM-SP0RE, a body which is 

 morphologically or physio- 

 logically a spore, but which 

 either does not become de- 

 tached as an ordinary spore 

 for dispersion, or which has 

 not the power of germination. 



FdR'NlcATE, see Vaulted. 



FORNIX (pi. For'niceg), arched 

 scales in the throat of a corolla, 

 as in comfrey. 



FdS'SlL BOT'ANY, the science of 

 fossil plants, including their 

 order of succession on the 

 earth; paleobotany; paleo- 

 phytology; geological botany; 

 phytolithology. 



F6S'TER-PLANT, see Host. 



FOUR-FOLD PdL'LEN - GRAIN, 

 see Pollen-tetrad. 



FO'VEA (pi. Fo'veae), a pit or de- 

 pression, as that in the leaf of 

 Isoetes, containing the sporan- 

 gium. 



FO'VEATE, marked with deep or 

 rather large pits or depressions. 

 Compare Alveolate. 



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