ioo BOTANICAL NAMES 



Frondosa (frond-osa). L. adj., " full of leafy 



branches." Second hot. name. 

 Fructifera (fruk-tif-era). L. " Fructi " (fruit); "fera" 



(bearer); i.e., fertile. Second bot. name. 

 Frniticosus (fru-ti-ko-sus). L. adj., "very bushy"; 



from L. " frutex " (a bush). Second bot. name. 

 Fruticulosa (fru-te-ku-lo-sa). L. adj., ''bushy little 



shrub." Second bot. name. 

 Fuchsia (few-she-a). After Fuchs, a German botanist, 



who died 1565. 



Fuller's Herb. Another name for Soapwort. 

 Fullonum (fool-o-num). L. " Fullo " (a fuller). 



Second bot. name for the cultivated variety of the 



Wild Teasel. Fullers use the heads of Teasels to 



raise the nap of cloth. 

 Fumaria (few-ma-ri-a). L. " Fumus " (smoke); from 



the smell of the plant. Bot. name for a group. 

 Fumariaceag (few-ma-ri-a-se-e). L. " Fumaria " and 



" aceous " (like). Bot. name Fumitory family. 

 Fumitory (few-mi-tur-e). Eng. name for a group and 



of a family. 

 Fungus (fung-gus). L. word for Mushroom. They 



are plants of Cryptogams class, and have no 



Chlorophyll. Mushrooms, Toadstools, &c., belong 



to this family. 

 Fuscus (fus-kus). L. adj., " dark or swarthy." A 



second bot. name. 

 Fusco-Ater. L. "Fusco" (dark); " ater " (black). 



A second bot. name. 

 Furze (furz). A.S. " Fyrs " (name of plant). Eng. 



name for Ulex group. 



