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FLO'RAL. Relating to flowers. Flo- 

 ral leaf is that one from the axil 

 of which the peduncle or pedicil 

 of a flower rises. 



FLO'RAL ENVELOPES. The calyx, 

 bractese, and corolla are so term- 

 ed, because they envelope the in- 

 ner parts of the flower. 



FLO'RET. A little flower. One in 

 an aggregate or compound flower. 



FLORI'FEROUS. Bearing flowers. 



FLOS'CULAR. Applied to tubular flo- 

 rets of compound flowers. 



FLOS'CULOUS. Applied to compound 

 flowers, consisting of many tubu- 

 lose monopetalous florets. 



FLOWER. That part in which the 

 germ of a new plant is produced. 



FLU'ATE. Any mineral containing 

 fluoric acid. 



FLUVIA'TIC. Of, or belonging to a 

 river. 



FLUVIATI'LE. Belonging to a river: 

 especially of frejh water. 



FLUVIATI'LIS. Lat. Fluviatile. 



FOINA. fr. lat. fuscina, formed from 

 fuscus, brown. The name of a 

 species of marten. 



FOLIA'CEA. Lat. Foliated. 



FOLIA'CEOUS. fr. lat. folium, a leaf. 

 Consisting of laminae or leaves. 

 Having the form of leaves. 



FOLIA'TED. fr. lat. folium, a leaf. 

 In form of leaves; leafy. In 

 conchology, bent into laminoe or 

 leaves. 



FOLIA'TION. Vernation. The man- 

 ner in which the young leaves of 

 plants are arranged in the leaf- 

 bud. 



FO'LIOLE. A leaflet. 



FOL'LICLE. fr. lat. folliculus, a little 

 bag. A diminutive glandular sac 

 or bag. A particular kind of 

 seed-vessel. 



FOLLI'CULA. fr. lat./o#is, a bag. A 

 little bag. 



FO'LIUM. Lat. A leaf. 



FOOTSTALKS. In botany, tlTfe stalks 

 of flowers, or of leaves ; used in- 

 stead of peduncle and petiole. 



F'HA.'jiKir. Lat. A hole j frornybro, 



I pierce. A cavity pierced through 

 and through. Also, the orifice ot 

 a canal. 



FORAMINA. Lat. plur. of foramen. 



FORAMINI'FERA. fr. lat. foramen, 

 hole ; fe.ro, I bear. Name of a 

 tribe of minute shells. 



FOR'CEPS. Lat. Pincers. 



FORE-ARM. That part of the upper 

 or anterior extremity, which ex- 

 tends from the elbow to the wrist. 



FORFI'CULA. fr. lat. forfex, a pair of 

 scissors. A genus of insects. 



FORMA'TIOJJ. Any group of rocks, 

 or mineral substances, of similar 

 character and age, in geology is 

 termed a formation. 



FOR'MICA Lat. An ant. 



FORMI'CIDJE. fr. lat. formica, an ant, 

 and the Gr. eidos, resemblance. 

 A family of insects. 



FOR'XIX. Lat. An arch. A term 

 applied to an assemblage of 'small 

 plates, or lamellae, which over- 

 arch the orifice of the flower in 

 certain plants. In conchology, the 

 excavated part under the umbo. 

 It likewise signifies the upper, 01 

 convex shell in the ostrea. 



FOR' in c ATE Arched. 



FOS'SA. Lat. From/ocifio, I dig. A 

 cavity of greater or less depth, 

 the entrance to which is always 

 larger than the base or bottom. 



Fos's^. Lat. plur. of fossa. The 

 nasal fossce, are two large, irregu- 

 lar cavities, situate between the 

 orbits below the cranium, and be- 

 hind the nose. The nostrils. The 

 temporal fossa, are the depressions 

 of the temples on the sides of the 

 cranium, towards its anterior up- 

 per part. 



FOSSET'TE. Fr. A little fossa, a 

 pit, a dimple. 



FOS'SIL. fr. lat. fodio, I dig. Any 

 organic body, or the traces of any 

 organic body, whether animal or 

 vegetable, which has been buried 

 in the earth by natural causes, 

 (p. 21, Book viii). 



FOSSILI'FEROTJS. Containing fossil* 



