94 BOTANICAL NAMES 



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Fabaria (fa-be-ri-a). L. adj., " bean-like,'* from 

 " faba " (the horse-bean). A second bot. name. 



Fagopyrom (fa-go-pi-rum). G. " Phegos " (beech); 

 " pyros " (wheat) ; from the shape of the seed being- 

 like the beech-nut. Used by some as either a first 

 or second bot. name for one of the Polygonums 

 (see Buckwheat). 



Fagiis (fa-gus). L. name for " Beech-tree." Bot. name 

 for Beech group. 



Falcatus (fal-ka-tus). L. adj., " scythe-shaped." A 

 second bot. name. 



False Brome. Eng. name for Brachypodium group, 

 Grass family. 



False Oats. Eng. name for the Arrhenatherum group, 

 Grass family. 



Farfara (far-far-a). L. name of plant. Second bot. 

 name for Colt's Foot. 



Farinosa (far-i-no-sa). L. adj., " very meal-like." 

 Second bot. name applied to several plants having 

 a mealy-like look. 



Fascicularis (fas-sik-u-lar-5s). L. adj., " anything 

 carried in bundles, as hay, &c. " A second bot. 

 name. 



Fastigatus (fas-tij-a-tus). L. adj., " sloping to a 

 point." Second bot. name Lombardy Poplar, 

 from the way the tree grows up to a point. 



Fatua (fat-u-a). L. adj., " foolish or silly." A second 

 bot. name. 



Featherfoil. i.e., Feather-leaved; "foil" (a contrac- 

 tion of L. word for a leaf). Eng. name for 

 the Water Violet. 



