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[Flame.] Phoeni- 



Flagellata, ( fla-jel-la'ta ). [L. flagdlum, a 

 whip.] Infusoria which move by means of 

 flagellfe or long filaments. 



Flagelhun, ( fla-jel'lum ). [ L. jlagellum, a 

 whip.] Any whip-like body or appendage, 

 as the trailing stem of a plant, &c. 



Flakes, (flaks). [Flace.ihe A.-S.word.] Scales 

 or small plates. Flint F.=Flat pieces of 

 flint, broken off artificially. Obsidian F.= 

 Knocked off by pressure. 



Flamboyant, ( flam-bo/ant ). [The French 

 word.] A style of architecture, named from 

 the lines of tracery in the windows, which 

 suggest the idea of flames. Dates from the 

 15th century. 



Flame, (flam). [Flamma, the Latin word.] 

 A luminous phenomenon which frequently 

 occurs when chemical combination occurs at 

 a high temperature, v. Combustion, v. 

 Light. The brightness of a gas flame varies 

 with the pressure of the gas. F. moth= 

 Anticlea rubidata. 



Flamingo, (fla-ming'go). 

 copterus : a duck-like 

 bird, with long and 

 slender legs ; named 

 from its red colour. 



Flannel,(flan'nel). [Flan- 

 nelle, the French word. ] 

 A woollen fabric, of 

 comparatively thin and 

 loose texture. 



Flat-head. [Local name 

 in Queensland.]=:Cera- 

 todus, q.v. 



Flat-fishes = Pleuronec- 

 tidaa: sole, plaice, tur-.iii.S3 

 bot, &c. ; fishes with Flamingo, 



the bodies compressed sideways, and havin 

 usually both eyes on one side of the head. 



Flax, (flaks). [Fleax, the A.-S name.]= 

 Linum: a plant, belonging to 

 Linaceze, the fibres of which are 

 woven to form linen. Common 

 F. = L. usitatissimum. New 

 Zealand .F.=Phormium. Purg- 

 ing F. L. catharticum. 



Flax-worts, (flaks'wurts). [Flax 

 and Wort, g.v.]=Linace8e F q.v. 



Flea, (fl5). [Flea, the A.-S. name.] 

 =Pulex: a wingless insect, be- 

 longing to Diptera. Garden F. = 

 Altica. 



Flemingites, (flem'ing-ites). [Mr. 

 Fleming.] Probably spores or sporangia of 

 Lepidode udron. 



Flemish bond. v. Bond. 



Flesh, ( flesh). [Fla-sc, the A.-S. word.] The 

 complex substance of muscles, nerves, lym- 

 phatic, and blood-vessels, with intermediate 

 connective tissue and water. F. animals= 

 Head animals ; Oken's term for Vertebrata. 

 F. ^?/=Musca camaria. 



Fleshy polypes=Actinia, <fec., q.v. 



Flies, (fliz). [Plural of Fly, q.v.} Insects be- 

 longing to Diptera. 



Flint, (flint). [The A.-S. word.] A variety 

 of native silica, found chiefly in chalk rocks. 

 liquor of f.; a solution of flint in potassio 



hydrate. F. rope = Stem of Hyalonema 



Sieboldii: a sponge. F. glass: a. silicate of 



potash and lead. 

 Flixweed, (fliks'\ved)=Sisymbrium Sophia : a 



plant belonging to Brassicacese. 

 Floating. F. ribs= Vertebral ribs. F. battery 



=A small Voltaic cell fixed on a cork, so as 



to float on water. 

 Float-stone. A cellular variety of native 



silica or quartz. 

 Floccular, (flok'u-lar). [L. floccus, a lock of 



wool.]=Flaky. F. process: in cerebellum 



of brain, fitting into a petrous bone. 

 Flocculus of cerebellum=Floccular process, 



Flook, (fl66k). 1. = Flounder, q.v. 2. = 

 Flucan, q.v. 



Flora, (flo'ra). [L. flos, flower.] 1. A collec- 

 tive term including all the plants of a district. 

 cf. Fauna. 2. Also used for a description of 

 such plants. 3. No. 8 of minor planets, q.v. 



Floral leaves=Perianth, q.v. 



Flounder=Platessa flesus; also called Fluke 

 and Flook. 



Flour beetle=Tenebrio molitor. 



Flower, (flow'er). [Flos, the Latin word.] 1. 

 That part of a flowering plant which pro- 

 duces the seed ; consists of modified leaves ; 

 used also for the compound structure which 

 contains the sexual organs of mosses ; is pro- 

 duced by plants when the growth is l>i>iri li- 

 ning to cease. 2. Used sometimes for sub- 

 limates in a powdered form, as flour of 

 brimstone, &c. F. animfls=Anthozoa, q.v. 



Flowers of tan. Receptacles of ^Ethalium, 

 belonging to Gasteromycetcs ; named from 

 growing on tan. 



Flowering, (flow'er-ing). [Flower,?.*.] Having 

 flowers, especially having them in a distinct 

 form. F. /rni=Osmuuda, q.v. F. rwsA= 

 Butomus, q.v. 



Flowering plants=Phanerogamia= 

 Gymnosperms, having no ovary. 



Flowerless plants, (flow'er-les). [Flower, q.v.] 

 Plants without distinguishable flowers = 

 Thallogens: stems and leaves not distin- 

 guishable; 

 Acrogens: stems and leaves separate. 



Flucans, (flu'kans). [Probably from FlooJc, a 

 Cornish word.] Fissures filled with clay: a 

 Cornish term for cross-courses in sedimentary 

 rocks. 



Fluellin, (flu-el'lin). Male F. =Lineria spuria: 

 a plant belonging to Scrophulariacese. 



Fluellite, (flu'el-lit). A mineral, chiefly a 

 compound of fluorine and aluminum.- 



Fluid, (flu'id). [Fluid*!, the Latin word.] 1.= 

 Liquid: a condition intermediate between 

 the solid and aeriform conditions; in which 

 the particles lie closely together, yet are free 

 to move individually. 2. := Liquid or gas: any 

 body which is not solid, so that the particles 

 can move individually. Electric F., v. Elec- 

 tric. Elastic F.: a fluid, the volume of which 

 is dependent upon the amount of pressure; 

 applied especially to gases. Magnetic F., v. 

 Magnetic. 



