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HENDERSON'S HANDBOOK OP PLANTS. 



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Fracid.Ot a pasty texture; between fleshy 

 and pulpy. 



Frankeniacece, (Frankeniads.) A natural or- 

 der of thalamifloral Dicotyledons, be- 

 longing to Lindley's Violal Alliance of 

 hypogynous Exogens. Herbs or under- 

 shrubs, with branching stems and 

 opposite exstipulate leaves with a 

 sheathing base. They are chiefly na- 

 tives of North Africa and the south of 

 Europe; a few are found in South Africa, 

 South America, Australia, and the tem- 

 perate parts of Asia. They have few 

 properties of importance. There are six 

 known genera and upward of thirty spe- 

 cies. Frankenia, Beatsonia, and Hyperi- 

 copsis are examples. 



Free. Not adhering to anything else; not 

 adnate to any other body. 



Fringed. The same as fimbriate, which see. 



Frond, Frons. A combination of leaf and 

 stem, as in many Algce and Liverworts; 

 also improperly applied to a leaf which 

 bears reproductive bodies, as that of 

 dorsiferous Ferns; generally applied to 

 Ferns. Linnseus applied it to Palm 

 leaves, and thus destroyed its meaning. 



Frondose. Covered with leaves; bearing a 

 great number of leaves. 



Frondiparous. A monstrosity, consisting 

 in the production of leaves instead of 

 fruit. 



Frosted. Covered with guttering particles, 

 as if fine dew had been congealed upon 

 it. 



Fructification. The parts of the flower, or, 

 more properly, the fruit and its parts; 

 the phenomena which attend the devel- 

 opment of the 'fruit from its first appear- 

 ance to maturity. The distribution or 

 arrangement of the fruit itself on any 

 plant 



Fructiparous. A monstrosity, consisting in 



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the production of several fruits, instead 

 of the one which is metamorphosed. 

 I Fruit. That part of a plant which consists 

 of the ripened carpels, and the parts ad- 

 hering to them; the seed vessel with its 

 ripe contents. Spurious fruit is any kind 

 of inflorescence which grows up with the 

 fruit, and forms one body with it, as a 

 Pine cone. 



Frustules. The joints into which the Brit- 

 tleworts separate. 



Frustidose. Consisting of small fragments. 



Frutex, (adj. Fruticose, Frutescent.) A 

 shrub; a woody plant which does not 

 form a trunk, but divides into branches 

 nearly down to the ground. 



Fruticulus. A small shrub. 



Fucaceae. A natural order of dark-spored 

 Algce, consisting of olive-colored, inar- 

 ticulate Seaweeds, whose spores are con- 

 tained in spherical cavities in the frond. 

 See Algce. 



Fugacious, Fugax. Soon falling off, or per- 

 ishing very rapidly. 



Fulciens. Supporting or propping up any- 

 thing; said of one organ which is placed 

 beneath another. 



Fulcra, (adj. Fulcrate.) Additional organs, 

 such as pitchers, stipules, tendrils, 

 spines, prickles, hairs, etc. 



Fulcraceous. Of or belonging to the fulcra. 



Fuliginous, Fuliginose. Dirty brown, verg- 

 ing upon black. 



Fulvous. Tawny yellow or fox-colored, as 

 in Sansevierafulvocincta. 



Fumariacece, (Fumeworts.) A natural or- 

 der of thalamifloral Dicotyledons belong- 

 ing to Lindley's Berberal Alliance of hy- 

 pogynous Exogens. They are herbs with 

 brittle stems, watery juice, alternate, cut, 

 exstipulate leaves, and irregular, unsym- 

 metrical flowers. They are chiefly na- 

 tives of the temperate regions of the 



