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GLOSSARY. 



foliate, and so on, according to the 

 number. 



Foliiform (-ormis). Leaf-shaped. 



Foliolate (-atus). Having leaflets : their 

 number may be indicated by Latin 

 numerals, as bifoliolate, trifoliolate, 

 &c.; 102. 



Foliolum. A leaflet; 102. 



Foliose. Bearing numerous leaves. 



Folium. Latin for leaf ; 85. 



Follicetum. A whorl or aggregation of 

 follicles; 300. 



Follicle (-iculus). Fruit of a single carpel 

 dehiscent by one (the ventral) suture; 

 292. Name of the earlier botanists 

 ibr any kind of capsular fruit. 



Follicular (-art's). Pertaining to or like 

 a follicle. 



Foot-stalk. Petiole, 85 ; or Peduncle, 143. 



Foramen. An aperture of any kind; 

 specially that of the coat of the ovule ; 

 277. 



Foraminulose (-osus). Pierced with many 

 small holes. 



Forcipate (-atus). Like forceps or pin- 

 cers. 



Forked. Divided equally into branches. 



Fornicate (-atus). Arched over, as by 

 scales (Fornices) covering the throat 

 of the corolla of Hound' s-tongue, &c. 



Foveate (-atus), and diminutive Foveo- 

 late. Pitted; impressed with shallow 

 depressions or pits, Fovece. 



Fovilke. Minute granules in a liquid, 

 in the protoplasm of the pollen-grain, 

 &c.; 258. 



Free. Not adnate to other organs. 

 Sometimes used in the sense of dis- 

 tinct, i. e. unconnected with others of 

 the same sort. 



Fringed. See Fimbriate. 



Frond (Frons). An old name for leaf: 

 employed mainly for the leaf of Ferns 

 and other Cryptogamia, and certain 

 Phaenogamous plants which serve for 

 fructification as well as foliage; also 

 for the peculiar foliage of Palms; 67. 



Frondescence (-entia). The act of leaf- 

 ing. Has also been emplor^d to 

 express the metamorphosis c* floral 

 organs into foliage-leaves ; 174. 



Frondose (-osus). Sometimes used in 

 the sense of leafy ; also frond-like, or 

 bearing fronds. 



Fructification. The act or the organs 

 of fruiting or reproduction through 

 flower and seed, or their analogues. 



Fructus. Latin for Fruit. 



Fruit. The immediate product of fruc- 



tification ; in phsenogamous plants, 

 the seed-vessel and contents, along 

 with all intimately connected acces- 

 sory parts; 286. 



Fruit-dots in Ferns. See Sorus. 



Frumentaceous. Relating to grain (Fru- 

 mentum). 



Frustulose (-osus). Consisting of similar 

 pieces or Frustules (frustula). 



Frutex. A shrub. 



Frutescent (-ens). Shrubby, or becom- 

 ing so. 



Fruticose (-osus). Shrubby, or relating 

 to shrubs. 



Fruticulose (-osus). Relating to a di- 

 minutive shrubby plant. 



Fruticulus. A minute or low shrubby 

 plant. 



Fugacious. Falling or fading very early ; 

 lasting a very short time. 



Fulvous (-us). Tawny; orange-yellow 

 and gray mixed. 



Fulcra. Accessory organs, such as ten- 

 drils, stipules, spines, and the like. 



Fulcrate (-atus). Propped, supported 

 by, or provided with accessory organs. 



Fuliginous (-osus). Sooty-brown. 



Fungiform (-ormis and Fungittiformis). 

 Mushroom-shaped. 



Funaose (-osus). Spongy in texture; 

 fungus-like. 



Funicule, Funiculus. The stalk of an 

 ovule or seed; 276. 



Funnelform, Funnel-shaped; 249. See 

 Infundibuliform. 



Furcate (-atus). Forked; or divergently 

 branched. 



Furcellatus. Diminutively forked. 



Furfuraceous (-eus). Scurfy; covered 

 with bran-like scales or powder. 



Furrowed. See Sulcate. 



Fuscous (-us). Grayish-brown in hue. 



Fusiform (-ormis). Spindle-shaped ; 

 terete and tapering gradually to each 

 end; 31. 



Gdlbulus. The peculiar strobile of Cy- 

 press and Juniper, composed of up- 

 wardly thickened or fleshy scales; 

 303. 



Galea. A helmet; name given, from 

 its shape, to the upper sepal of Aconi- 

 tum, and the upper lip of certain 

 forms of bilabiate corolla; 247. 



Galeate (-atus). Having a galea; hel- 

 met-shaped; 247. 



Gamo-. In Greek compounds, denotes 

 union by the edges or coalescence. 



