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Fil'ament (L. filum, thread) : the usually slender stalk which supports the 



anther; any thread-like object or appendage. 

 Filament'ous : composed of filaments or threads. 

 Fil'iform : slender and thread-like. 



Fim'briate (L.fimbria, fringe) : having the margin beset with slender processes. 

 Fimbril'late : minutely fringed. 



Fis'tular (L, fistula, a pipe or reed) : hollow and cylindrical. 

 Flac'cid, pr. flak'sid (L.flaccus, flabby) : weak and without rigidity. 

 Flex'uous (L.flexus, bent) : zigzag; bent alternately from side to side. 

 Floccose' (L.floccus, a flock of wool) : having tufts of soft hair. 

 Floral-en 'velopes : calyx and corolla. 



Folia'ceous (L. folium, leaf) : having the shape or texture of a leaf. 

 Fo'liar: leaf-like; pertaining to a leaf. 



Fo'liate : provided with leaves; bi-foliate, two-leaved; tri-foliate, three-leaved. 

 Fo'liolate : provided with leaflets. 

 Fol'licle (L.folliculum, a small bag) : a fruit of one carpel dehiscing along 



the ventral suture, to which the seeds are attached. Fig. 312. 

 Follic'ular: like a follicle. 

 For'nicate (L. fornix, a vault) : having scale-like appendages which converge 



and close the tube of the corolla. 

 Free : not adnate to other organs. 

 Frond (L.frons, a leaf) : the leaf of ferns and other cryptogams, or the shoot 



of Lemancese and other Spermatophytes which is not differentiated into 



stem and leaf. 

 Fruit: the ripened ovary and its contents; or, in a broader sense, the ripened 



ovary and contents, together with any structures which by adhesion are 



an integral part of it. 



Fuga'ceous (L.fugax, fleeing) : soon fading or falling off. 

 Ful'vous (L. fulvus} : dull yellow or tawny. 

 Fu'nicle (L. funiculus, diminutive of funis, a cord) : the little stalk which 



connects the ovule or seed with the placenta. 

 Fun'nelform : applied to corollas with a tube gradually enlarging from the 



base. Fig. 270. 

 Fu'siform (L. fusus, a spindle; forma, shape) : tapering toward each end, 



spindle-shaped. Fig. 217. 



Ga'lea (L. galea, a helmet) : the helmet-shaped upper lip of labiate flowers. 



Fig. 276. Ga'leate: helmet-shaped; having a galea. 

 Gam'etophyte (Gr. gametes, a spouse; phyton, plant) : the generation which 



bears the eggs and sperms, and gives lise to the sporophyte. Figs. 157, 



158, and 159. 



