VOCABULARY. 



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Favo'sur. Resembling a honeycomb. 



Faux. Jaws. The throat of the corolla. 



Fcb'rifuge. (From febris, a fever, and 

 /m^o, to drive away ) That which jios- 

 sesses the property of ab"ting fever. 



Ferns. Cryptogamous plants, with the 

 fruit on the back of the leaves, or in 

 spikes made up of minute capsules 

 opening transversely. 



Fer'tile. Pistillate, yielding fruit. 



Ferruginous. Iron, rust-like. 



Fi'bre. Any thread-like part. 



Fil'amcnt. The slender thread-like 

 part of the stamen. 



Fil'iccs. (FromT^^iiOT, a thread.) Ferns. 



Fil'iform. Very slender. 



Fira'briate. Divided at the edge like 

 fringe. 



Fls'iulous. Hollow or tubular, as the 

 leaf of the onion. 



FUibd'liform. Fan-shaped. 



Flac'cid. Too limber to support its 

 own weight. 



Flagel'iiform. Like a whip-lash. 



Flani'meus. Flame-coloured. 



Fla'vus. Yellow. 



Flesh'y. Thick and pulpy. 



Flex'uous. Serpentine, or bending in 

 a ziz-zag form. 



Flo'ra. Considered by the heathens as 

 the goddess of flowers ; descriptions 

 of flowers are often called Floras. 



Flo'ral leaf See Bract. 



Fto'ret. Little flower ; part of a com- 

 pound flower. 



Flo'rist. One who cultivates flowers. 



Flos'cular. A tubular floret. 



FLow'er, (Flos.) A term which was 

 formerly applied almost exclusively 

 to the petals. At present a stamen 

 and pistil only are considered as 

 forming a perfect flower. 



Flow'er-stalk. See Peduncle. 



Folia'ceous. Leafy. 



Fol'ioles. Leafets ; a diminutive of 

 fol'mm, a leaf The smaller leaves 

 which constitute a compound leaf 



Fol'iun. Leaf. Leaves are fibrous and 

 cellular processes of the plant.s, of 

 diflerent figures, but generally ex- 

 tended into a membranous or skinny 

 substance. 



FoVlicle. A seed-vessel which opens 

 lengthwise, or on one side only. 



Foot'-slalk. Sometimes used instead of 

 peduncle and petiole. 



Fork'ed. See Dichotomous. 



Frag'ilis. Breaking easily. 



Frond. The leaf of cryptogamous 

 plants ; formerly applied to palms. 



Frondes' cence. (From frons, a leaf) 

 The time in which each species of 

 plants unfolds its first, leaves. See 

 Frondose. 



Frondo'se, (Frondosus.) Leafy, or leaf- 

 like. 



Fructifica'lion. The flower and fruit, i 

 with their parts. 



Fructiferous. Rearing or becoming 

 fruit. 



Fruc'tus. The fruit is an annual part 

 of the plant, which adheres to the 

 flower and succeeds it; and after at- 

 taining maturity, detaches itself from 

 the parent plant, and on being placed 

 in the bosom of the earth, gives birth 

 to a new vegetable. In common lan- 

 guage, the fruit includes both the 

 pericarp and the seed, but strictly 

 speaking, the latter only is the fruit, 

 while the former is but the case or 

 vessel which contains i'. 



Fru'tescent. Becoming shrubby. 



Fru'tex. A shrub. 



Fu'gax. Fugaceous, flying off". 



Ful'cra. Props, supports: as the peti- 

 ole, peduncle, &c. 



FiWvous. Yellowish. 



Fun'gi. The plural of fungus, a 

 mushroom. 



Fun'gous. Growing rapidly with a 

 soft texture like the fungi. 



Fu'nicle. The stalk which connects 

 the ovale to the ovary. 



Funnel-form. Tubular at the bottom, 

 and gradually expanding at the top. 



Fii'siform. Spindle-shaped ; a root 

 thick at the lop and tapering down- 

 wards. 



GaVea. A helmet. | 



Gem'ma A bud seated upon the stem | 

 and branches, and covered with scales, 

 in order to defend it from injury. 

 The bud resembles the seed in con- 

 taining the future plant in embryo; 

 but this embryo is destitute of a rad- j 

 icle, though if the bud is planted in 

 the earth, a radicle is developed. ' 



Gemma'ccous. Belonging to a bud; 

 made of the scales of a bud. 



Gener'ic name. The name of a genus. 



Geniculate. Bent like a knee. 



Ge'?ius. (The plural of genus is gene- 

 ra.) A family of plants agreeing 

 in their flower and fruit. Plants of 

 the same genus are thought to pos- 

 sess similar medicinal powers. 



Germ. The lower part of the pistil 

 which afterward becomes the fruit. 



Germination. The swelling of a seed 

 and the unfolding of its embryo. 



Gib'bous. Swelled out commonly on 

 one side. 



Glabel'lous. Bald, without covering. 



Gla'brous. Sleek, without hairiness. 



Gland. A small appendage, which 



