fabaceous 



fascicular 



of an aperture with a thickened 

 margin in each alveole. 



faba'ceous, -eus (faba, a bean, + 

 aceous), like a bean, or having its 

 qualities ; fabiform'is (forma), ap- 

 plied to Lichen spores which are 

 bean-shaped. 



Face, that surface of an organ which 

 is opposed to the back, usually the 

 upper or inner side. 



Fa'cies (Lat., shape), the general 

 aspect of a plant. 



factitious, factit'ius (Lat.), artificial. 



fac'ultative (facultas, capability), oc- 

 casional, incidental, as opposed to 

 OBLIGATE; ~ An'aerobes, organisms 

 which can exist without the pre- 

 sence of free oxygen or air ; ^ 

 Par'asites, normally saprophytes, 

 but able to develop as parasites ; ~ 

 Sap'rophytes, the converse of the 

 last, parasites which can run their 

 course as saprophytes ; <~ Sym'- 

 biont, an organism which can either 

 exist and reach maturity independ- 

 ently or in symbiosis with another. 



fa'ding, withering, without imme- 

 diately falling away. 



Fae'cula, see FECULA. 



Fairy-ring, a circular patch of 

 Agarics which have grown centri- 

 f ugally, and whose influence on the 

 soil is shown by greener grass after 

 they have disappeared. 



fal'cate, falca'tus ( Lat. ), sickle- 

 shaped ; falca'rius, falcator'ius, are 

 Latin synonyms ; fal'ciform, falci- 

 form'is (falx, a sickle, forma, 

 shape), sickle-like. 



Fall of the Leaf, defoliation, casting 

 off the leaves, as done in temperate 

 climates by deciduous trees in 

 autumn. 



False, fal'sus (Lat., untrue), spurious, 

 having a specious resemblance ; 

 ~ Ax'is, a pseudaxis, see SYM- 

 PODIUM ; r Bark, a layer on the 

 outside of endogens of cellular 

 tissue, into which fibrous tissue 

 passes obliquely; ~ Dichot'omy, 

 a dichasium, in which the lateral 

 axes are two ; ~ Dissep'iment, a 



partition which does not arise from 

 the edges of carpels, but some form 

 of cellular tissue ; ~ Foot, the base 

 of the seta in some Bryophytes, 

 which becomes dilated ; ~ Fruit, a 

 pseudocarp, as a Strawberry; 

 ~ Indu'sium, the recurved margin 

 of some Fern-pinnules, which 

 serves to protect the sori ; ^ Par- 

 ench'yma = PSEUDOPARENCHYMA ; 

 ~ Raceme' = HELICOID CYME ; 

 ~ Tis'sue, hyphal or mycelial 

 felted tissue ; falsinerMs (nervus, 

 a nerve), when nerves are formed 

 of cellular tissue, without fibro- 

 vascular bundles, as in Mosses. 



Fam'ily, Famil'ia, = ORDER. 



fan-nerved, having the nerves dis- 

 posed in the fashion of a fan, 

 radiating from the base ; ~ shaped, 

 flabelliform ; ~ veined, = ~ NERVED. 



farc'tate./arc'^ts (Lat., stuffed), filled 

 up, not hollow or tubular. 



fa'riam, =in rows, as bi-fariam, in 

 two rows, etc. 



Fari'na (Lat., meal), (1) Blair's term 

 for pollen ; (2) starch, or starchy 

 matter ; farina'ceous ( + aceous), 

 of the nature of starch, or contain- 

 ing starch ; far'inose, farino'sus, 

 (1) covered with a mealiness ; (2) 

 Mohl's term for the cellulose of 

 starch. 



Fas'cia (Lat., a band), pi. Fas'ciae, a 

 cross-band, as of colour. 



fascia'lis, fasc'iate, fascia'tus (fastis, 

 a bundle), used of the condition of 

 a stem when several have coalesced ; 

 Fascia' tion, a band or bundle caused 

 by a monstrous growth of stems into 

 one. 



fascia'rius (Lat., band-like), banded, 

 or band-shaped, narrow and long, 

 with parallel margins, as in sea- 

 wrack. 



Fas'cicle, Fascic'ulus (Lat., a little 

 bundle), a close cluster or bundle 

 of flowers, leaves, stems or roots ; 

 fascic'ular, fascicula'ris, fas'cicled, 

 fascicula'tus, connected or drawn 

 into a fascicle ; fascic'ular Cambium, 

 is that portion which belongs to 

 the vascular bundles ; ~ Tis'sue, 



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