FLA- 107 FOL- 
flame cells,—the pevan — of flora (fld’‘ra) #. [L. fos, flower.]} 
the br. eyes of xcretory ic plants peculiar to a country, 
system ees with cavity 
Stains ea the lumen of the 
ct, and containing a “cil um or 
bunch of cilia, the motions of which 
give a flickering appearance similar 
to that a flame ; a pronephri- 
diostome (zoo/. 
Seance (Aavés’ ént) a. [L. flav- 
escere, to turn yellow.] Growing 
ellow 
im “(fiéks) v. [L. flectere, to bend.] 
end ; aff/. movement of limbs 
eo 
flexor (Hiék’sbx) nm. [L. flexus, bent.] 
A muscle which bends a limb (or 
part) } oe its contraction (amaz.). 
flexuous (flék’siitis) @. [L. /erus, 
bent.] Curving in zig-zag 
manner 
flexure (flék’siir) aoc lexus, eet 
rve ppl. the c 
in the e onic — the curve 
of the intestine — 
float (flot) 7. [A.S . flota, ship.] 
pneumatophore o 
(zool.) ; a lar. rge spongy mass serving 
ve a float in some Pteridophytes 
Z. 
float ting ribs,—ribs not uniting at 
their ventral ¢ Bay with the sternum 
(anat. 
floccose (Ak 6s) a. [L. floccus,a lock 
of wool.] Covered with wool-like 
oceular (fldk’alar) @. [L. floccus, 
lock of wool.] /er¢. the flocculus 
léns) 2. [L. floccus, 
Adhesion in small 
tu 
(anat). 
aera a — a 
lock o ol.] 
flakes ae a precipitant (phys.). 
‘Scotia “(8S kalént) a. [L. floccus, 
lock of wool.] Cove red _ a soft 
waxy substance ores € appear- 
ance of wool (zoo/.); covered with 
small sie reg (d074.). 
gar ee sc aw mn. [L. floccus, 
lock of wool.] A small accessory 
lobe on | ae lateral, lobe of the 
cerebellum (amaz. 
floceus (fldk’tis) 7. [L. floccus, lock of 
wool.] The tuft of hair terminatin 
a ice ; the Saige’ plumage of young 
zool.); a mass of hyphal 
Sleuneats in Algae and Fungi 
(02.). 
rea, or period (dot.). 
dors es ral) a. [L. fos, maint 
Per e flora of a country or area 
aati 
fovescence “(firés/éns [L. flos, 
er.| Bursting into bloom ‘(bot ak 
heres. a Se ower. | 
One of the small individual flowers 
ofa composite flower — 2% 
floricome (flér'ikém) ~z. ‘ 
flower ; coma, hair.] A form of 
branched hexaster spicule (zool.). 
floscelle (flésél’) x tt. Culus, a 
little flower. ] The flower-like struc- 
ture in some Echinoids round the 
mouth composed of five bour- 
7 and the five — Siggy * 
oss (flés) ”. [F. floche, soft.] 
se re or silky substance (bot); oe 
ste pieces of silk in a cocoon 
L. flos, flower.] 
fluviatile Sg gence [h. fucviatils, 
pert. riv rowing 1 
streams “Got) : eles a ks de: 
veloping in streams, aff/. certain 
insect larvae (zoo/.). 
= ha pooner a. [L. 
fiuvius, coi ; cert he sea. ] 
Found in rivers an the sea 
(zool.) ; abe rivers — the sea 
Fitton 
vioterrestria (floo’ —— a. 
i x Jiuvius, stream; ferra, land.) 
Found in streams and in the land 
beside them bach 
> sage Ss) “ie , to flow.] 
ven fee species that are not yet 
[L. foetus, offspring. y 
onic ; — a foetus (em 
foetid glands,— mall sac-like prow 
in Orthoptera which secrete an 
ill- smelling fluid 
foetus put ‘tiis) 7. LL. Jee offspring.] 
An embryo in 
uterus 
foliaceous 5 (fa — a. [L. folium, 
leaf. ving the form or texture 
of a Hise leaf (d07.); thin ; 
likei(zoo/.). 
leaf- 
