450 ORCHIDS. 



given country or district. When for a very small area, 



the term Florula is employed. In the secondary sense, 



a book in which the vegetation of a country or province 



is described and classified. 

 Floridus, -a, -urn. Literally flowering and thence flourishing ; 



gay, bright. 



Foliaceus, -a, -um. Leaf-like in texture, foliaceous. 

 Foliosus, -a, -um. Leafy. 

 Forbesii. Commemorative of Mr. Forbes, collector in Brazil 



for the Royal Horticultural Society. 

 Forkeli. Dedicated to Mr. Forkel. 

 Formosus, -a, -um. Very beautiful in shape, therefore, 



strikingly ornamental. 

 Fragrans. Sweet-scented. 

 Frederic! Guilielmi. In honor of Frederic William, King of 



Prussia. 



Fuliginosus, -a, -um. Sooty, dull-colored. 

 Fulvus, -a, -um. Tawny. 

 Furcatus, -a, -um. Forked or two-horned. 

 Furfuraceus, -a, -um. Scurfy. 

 Furvus, -a, -um. Dusky, dull-colored. 

 Fuscatus, -a, -um. Brownish flowered. 

 Fuscescens. Reddish brown. 

 Fusco-luteus, -a, -um. Brownish yellow. 

 Fusiformis, -e. Spindle-shaped ; fusiform. 

 Fytcheanus, -a, -um. Complimentary to Colonel Fytch, who 



discovered Dendrobium Fytcheanum. 



a. 



Galeandra. From galea, a helmet, and aner, an anther, al- 

 luding to the crested anther. 

 Galeatus, -a, -um. Resembling a helmet. 

 Galeottianus, -a, -um. \ In memory of M. Galeotti, who col- 

 Galeottia. \ lected Orchids in Mexico, in 1839, 



Galeottii. j an author of a work on Orchids. 



