GLOSSARY. 



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Fecula or Fascula. Starch-like matter. 

 Applied to a pistillate flower, or to a 

 plant producing only such flowers. 



Fenestrate (-atus), Fenestralis. Pierced 

 with large holes, like windows. 



Ferrugineous or Ferruginous (Ferrv- 

 gineus). Colored to imitate iron-rust. 



Fertile (-His). Fruitful, fruiting, or ca- 

 pable of producing fruit ; as a fertile 

 flower is one provided with a well- 

 formed pistil ; 191. In English descrip- 

 tions, Flower fertile usually means a 

 pistillate or female flower. Stamens 

 or anthers are also said to be fertile 

 when polliniferous and capable of fer- 

 tilizing. 



Fertilization. Synonym of fecundation, 

 as of the ovule by pollen; 215. 



Fibre (Fibra). Any fine filament; the 

 elementary components of wood, &c. ; 

 delicate roots, &c. 



Fibril (-ilia). A diminutive fibre. 



Fibrillate (-atus), Fibrittose (-osus). 

 Furnished or abounding with fibres 

 or fibrils. 



Fibrous, Fibrose (-osus). Composed or 

 of the nature of fibres. 



Fibro-vascular. Consisting of woody 

 fibres and ducts. 



Fiddle-shaped. Obovate and with a 

 sinus or contraction on each side. 



Fidus. A Latin termination for cleft or 

 lobed. 



Filament (-entum). The stalk or sup- 

 port of an anther; ,165, 251. Also any 

 fibre-shaped or thread-like body. 



Filamentous, Filamentose (-osus). Com- 

 posed of threads or filaments. 



Filicology. The botany of Ferns : re- 

 placed by Pteridology. 



Filiform (-ormis) . Thread-shaped; long, 

 slender, and terete. 



Filipendulous (-us). Hanging from a 

 thread. 



Fimbria. A fringe, or dissected border. 



Fimbriate (-atus). Fringed ; bordered 

 by slender processes or marginal ap- 

 pendages. 



Fimbrillate (-atus), Fimbrilliferous (-as). 

 Bearing Fimbrillce or diminutive fringe. 



Fingered. See Digitate. 



Fissiparous. Multiplying by the divi- 

 sion of one body into two, and so on. 



Fissus. Split or cleft. See Fidus. 



Fistular, Fistulose (-osus). Hollow 

 through the whole length, as the leaf 

 and stem of an Onion. 



Fldbellate (-atus), Flabelliform (-ormis). 

 Fan-shaped; much dilated from a 



wedge-shaped base, and the broader 

 end rounded. 



Flabellinerved. With radiating straight 

 nerves; 92. 



Flagellate (-atus), Flagellaris. Produc- 

 ing filiform runners (Flagella), or 

 runner-like branches. 



Flagelliform (-ormis). Runner-like ; 

 long, slender, and supple like a whip- 

 lash or Flagellum ; 53. 



Flammeus. Flame-colored. 



Flavescent (-ens). Yellowish or pale 

 yellow. 



Flavus. Pale yellow or ochre-yellow. 



Fleshy. Succulent; of the consistence 

 of flesh. 



Flexuous, Flexuose (-osus). Zigzag; 

 bent alternately in opposite direc- 

 tions. 



Floating. Borne on the surface of water. 



Floccose (-osus). Bearing or clothed with 

 locks of soft hairs or wool (Jlocci). 



Flocculent. Diminutive of floccose. 



Flora (Goddess of flowers). The aggre- 

 gate of the plants of a country or dis- 

 trict; or the name of a work which 

 systematically describes them ; 369. 



Floral. Belonging to the flower. 



Floral Envelopes. Flower-leaves ; 164. 



Floret. A small flower, one of a cluster. 



Floribundus. Abundantly floriferous. 



Floriferous(Florifer,Floriferus). Bear- 

 ing flowers. 



Florula. A small Flora; the Flora of 

 a restricted district. 



Flos. Latin for flower. Flosplenus. A 

 " double " flower ; that is, one in which 

 petals are increased abnormally, com- 

 monly at the expense of the androe- 

 cium or the gyncecium also ; 171. 



Flosculus. Latin for floret. 



Flower. The whole reproductive appa- 

 ratus in a phaenogamous plant ; 163. 



Flower-bud. An unexpanded blossom 

 or undeveloped cluster; 40. 



Flowering Plants, 3, 344. 



Flowerless Plants, 3, 344. 



Fluitans. Floating. 



Fluviatile, Fluvidtilis. Belonging to a 

 river or running water. 



Fly-traps, 113. 



Fcemineus. Feminine or female flower, 

 plant, &c. ; 191. 



Foliaceous (-eus). Leaf-like in texture 

 or appearance ; or bearing leaves. 



Foliar (Foliaris). Relating to leavea. 



Foliation (Foliatio). Leafing out. 



Foliate (-atus). Having leaves. With 

 Latin numerical prefix, bifoliate, tr- 



