96 BOTANICAL NAMES 



Filament. Bot. term for stalk which carries seed 



vessels of male flower. 

 Filices (fil-e-ses). L. " Filix " (a fern). Bot. name for 



Fern family. 

 Filifolium (fil-e-fol-i-um). L. "Filum" (a thread); 



" folium " (a leaf). A second hot. name. 

 Filiforma (fil-e-for-ma). L. "Filum" (a thread); 



" forma " (shaped). A second hot. name. 

 Filipendula (fil-e-pen-du-la). L. " Filum " (a thread); 

 " pendula " (hanging by); refers to its tubers 



hanging down as if by threads. A second bot. 



name. 

 Filix- Foemina (fi-lix-fe-mi-na). L. "Filix" (a fern); 



" foemina " (a female). Second bot. name for 



Lady Fern, Spleenwort group. 

 Filix-Mas (fi-lik-mas). L. " Filix " (a fern) ; " mas " 



(male). Second bot. name Male Fern, Aspidium 



group. 

 Filmy-Fern. Eng. translation of bot. name Hymeno- 



phyllum (G. " hymen " (a membrane) ; " phyllum " 



(a leaf) ) ; from its filmy leaves. Name of a group, 



Fern family. 

 Fiorin-Grass (fi-o-rin). Eng. name for one of the 



Agrostis group. 

 Fir. A.S. " Furh " (name of the tree). Is the Eng. 



name for trees of Abies group, Pine family. 

 Fissus (fis-sus). L. adj., " cleft." A second bot. name. 

 Fissifolius (fis-si-fo-li-us). L. "Fissus" (cleft); 



" folius " (a leaf); i.e., cleft-leaved. A second 



bot. name. 

 Fistulosa (fis-tu-lo-sa). L. " Fistula " (a pipe) ; " osa " 



(suffix meaning "full of"); i.e., hollow through- 



