252 EXPLANATION OF 



FEATHERED ; applied to hair, bristles, or down : hav- 

 ing smaller hairs growing on the sides of others. 

 The down of seeds sometimes consists of simple 

 hairs : sometimes it is feathered, as in Dandelion. 

 [Wood-cut, page 210.] 



FERNS, Fil'ices ; the name of a natural tribe of plants, 

 which form one of the orders of the class Crypto- 

 gamia. [Plates 2. and 22.] 



FII/AMENT ; that part of a stamen which supports the 

 anther. [Plate 1.] 



FII/ICES ; Ferns. 



FLESHY ; of a consistence more solid than pulp ; as 

 the fruit of the Apple, the root of the Turnip, and 

 the leaves of some plants. See PULPY. 



FLO'RET ; a little flower, one of those which form a 

 compound flower : as in the Daisy. [Plate 20.] 



FLOWER; that part of a plant which produces the 

 seed. 



FRUIT; the seed or seeds, with their seed-vessel; 

 but the seed is the essential part. 



FRUIT-STALK ; a stem or branch bearing fruit or 

 flowers, but not leaves. [Plates 3. 11. &c.] 



FULL ; this term is applied to flowers, commonly called 

 double, when by richness of soil, or other causes, all 

 the stamens have been changed into petals. Full 

 flowers cannot produce seeds. 



FUN'GI ; the name of one of the orders in the class 

 Cryptogamia ; including the Funguses, and Mush- 

 rooms. [Plate 22.] 



FUNNEL SHAPED ; applied to a blossom of one petal, in 

 which the lower part is like a tube, and the upper 

 like a cup : as in Mezereon. [Plate 10.] 



