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Filices, Ferns, one of the Seven Divifions of the Vegetable 
Kingdom, and an Order of Plants in the Fragmenta methodi 
naturalis of Linnaeus. 
Filiform flamentum, Thread-fhaped Stamina. 
Fimbricata peta/a, a fringed Petal, as in Menyanthus. 
Fiffum felium, a Leaf fplit or cloven half way down. 
Fiftulofus caulis, a piped or hollow Stem. 
Flabellatum folivm, a Fan-fhaped Leaf. 
Flaccidus pedunculus, the Foot-ftalk of a Flower that is feeble and 
flender. 
Flagellum, a Twig, or Shoot, like a Whip or Thong. 
Flexuofus caulis, a Stalk, having many Turnings or Bendings, 
taking a different Direétion at every Joint. 
Floralia fo/ia, floral Leaves that immediately attend the Flower. 
Floralis gemma, Flower-buds. 
Flos, a Flower. 
Flofculus, a little Flower: 
Foliacez glandule, Glands growing on the Leaves. 
Foliaris cirrus, a Tendril growing from a Leaf. 
Foliaris gemmatio, Leaf-buds. . 
Foliatio plante, the Complication of the Leaves, whilft folded 
within the Gemma, or Bud. 
Foliatus caulis, a leafy Stalk. 
Foliifera gemma, a Bud producing Leaves. 
Foliolum, a little Leaf, one of the fingle Leaves, which together 
conftitute a compound Leaf. 
Foliofum capitu/um, covered with Leaves amongft the Flowers or 
Tops of the Plant. 
Folium, a Leaf. 
Fornicatum peta/um, vaulted or arched, as in the upper Lip of 
the Flowers in the Clafs Didynamia. 
Frequens p/anta, Plants growing frequently, or commonly, every 
where. 
Frondefcentia, the Seafon of the Year when the Leaves of 
Plants are unfolded. 
Frondofus cordex, a Species of Trunk compofed of a Branch 
and a Leaf blended together, as is frequently united with 
the Fruétification. 
Fruétefcentia, the Time of the Year when a Plant {catters its 
ripe Seeds. 
Fruétificatio, the temporary Part of a Vegetable appropriated 
to Generation, terminating the old Vegetable, and beginning 
the new. 
Fruftranea po/ygamia, tono Purpofe, the third Order of the Clafs 
Syngeneiia. 
Frutex, a Shrub. 
Fruticofus cau/is, a fhrubby Stalk, 
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