fasciolaris 



Fermentation 



~ Syst'em = fibro- vascular system ; 

 ^ Xy'lem = hadrome, the wood- 

 elements of a bundle ; fasciola'ris, 

 fasciola'tus, fasciated. 



fastig'iate, fastigia'tus (fastigium, a 

 slope, a gable ), ( 1 ) parallel, 

 clustered and erect, as the branches 

 of Populus fastigiata (Linn.); (2) 

 frequently used as if it meant the 

 same as fasciate ; Fastigia'tion, 

 when branches become more or 

 less parallel with the main 

 stem. 



Fat-en'zyme, an unorganized ferment 

 which breaks up oils and fats. 



Father-plant, in hybrids, the pollen- 

 parent or male element. 



Fatigue -substances, Recnitzer's name 

 for bodies thrown off the plant, 

 which act in a restraining or poison- 

 ous way on its own life; Germ., 

 Ermiidungstoffe. 



Fau'ces (Lat., the throat), pi., the 

 throat of a gamopetalous corolla ; 

 Faux, singular, is an assumed word. 



Favel'la (? a diminutive of favus, 

 honeycomb), the conceptacle of 

 Ceramium, a dense terminal agglo- 

 meration of spores within a thin 

 colourless membrane ; fave'olate, 

 faveola'tus (perhaps from favus, 

 honey-comb), honey-combed, alveo- 

 late ; Favellid'ium (ddiov, diminu- 

 tive), = CYSTOCARP. 



Favilla, Favillidiuni, Lindley's erron- 

 eous spelling of FAVELLA, and 

 FAVELLIDIUM. 



fa' VQ8e,favo f sus (Lat.), honey-combed, 

 as the receptacles of many Com- 

 positae ; favo'so-areola'tus,mapped- 

 out into spaces, suggestive of the 

 cavities of honey-comb ; ~ dehis'- 

 cens, seeming honey-combed after- 

 dehiscence, as the anther of Vis- 

 cum ; favo'sulus, somewhat honey- 

 combed ; Fa'vus, a skin disease 

 caused by Achorion Schoenleinii, 

 Remak. 



feath'er- veined, with secondary veins 

 proceeding from the midrib, penni- 

 nerved. 



feath'ery, plumose, with long hairs 

 which are hairy themselves. 



Fe'cula (faecula, wine-lees), starch or 

 similar substances ; fe'culent, thick 

 with sediment (Crozier). 



Fecunda'tion (fecundo, to make fruit- 

 ful), = FERTILIZATION. 



Feed'er, (1) a host-plant ; (2) in Wei- 

 witschia and other Gnetaceae, an 

 outgrowth of the hypocotyl, serv- 

 ing as a temporary organ of absorp- 

 tion ; (3) used by Vines for the 

 " foot " of Selaginella. 



fell'eus (Lat., full of gall), bitter as 

 gall. 



felt'ed, matted with intertwined hairs; 

 ~ Tis'sue, hyphal tissue not regu- 

 larly united, but more or less grown 

 together ; syn. TKLA CONTEXTA. 



fe'male.the fruiting element in plants, 

 the pistil and its analogues, arche- 

 gonia, oospheres, etc., shown by 9. 



femin'eus (Lat., womanly), female, 

 as Flos ~- , a flower which contains 

 pistils but no stamens. 



Fence, Withering's word for INVOL- 

 UCRE. 



Fenes'tra (Lat., a window), an open- 

 ing through a membrane ; fenes'- 

 trate, fenestra'tus, fenestra'lis, 

 pierced with holes, as the septum 

 in some Cruciferae. 



fer, Latin suffix from fero, I bear ; 

 occurs in such words as florifer, 

 bearing flowers ; sometimes found 

 as -ferns, which is very rarely cor- 

 rect. 



fe'ral (/era, a wild animal), wild, or 

 indigenous ; not cultivated. 



Fer'ment (fermentum, leaven), a sub- 

 stance which produces or excites 

 chemical changes, but not itself 

 appreciably contributing to the new 

 products. Ferments may be divided 

 into (a) organised <~ , such as yeast 

 and other Schizomycetes, and (6) 

 unorganised <~ , or enzymes ; the 

 latter are related to and apparently 

 derived from the proteids ; their 

 composition is not absolutely 

 known, and their names are us- 

 ually derived from the sources 

 whence they are derived ; diastase, 

 invertase, papain, etc. ; Fermenta'- 

 tion, the catalytic operation of 



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