GLOSSARY. 435 



Filices. Ferns. 



Filiform. Thread like, or very slender. 



Fimbriate. Finely divided at the edge like fringe. 



Fistulous. Hollow or tubular. 



Flahdlifonn. Spreading like a fan. 



Flagelliform. Like a whip lash. 



Flexuous. Serpentine or zigzag. 



Floral leaf. See Bracte. 



Floret. A little flower. One in an aggregate or compound 

 flower. 



Floscular. A floret in a compound flower which is tubular, not 

 ligulate. 



Follicle. A seed vessel which opens lengthwise or on one side 

 only; as in Apocynum androsannifolium. Med. Eot. PI. 36. 



Frond. The leaf of cryptogamous plants. 



Fructification. The flower and fruit with their parts. 



Frutescent. Becoming shrubby. 



Fruticose. Shrubby. 



Fungi. The order of cryptogamous plants to which the mush- 

 rooms belong. 



Fungous. Growing rapidly and preternaturally, with a soft 

 texture like the fungi. 



Funiculus, A little cord which attaches the seed to its recep- 

 tacle. 



Funnel shaped. Tubular at bottom and gradually expanding at 

 top; as the flowers oi Datura Stramonium. Med. Bot. PL 1. 



Furfuraceous. Kesembling bran. 



I\isiform. Spindle shaped. When a root is large at top and 

 tapers downward, as in the carrot and radish. 



G. 



Galls. Excrescences caused by the bite of an insect. 

 Gemmaceous. Belonging to a bud. Blade of the scales of a bud. 

 Generic. Belonging to a genus. 

 Geniculate. Bent like a knee. 



Genus. A family of plants agreeing in their flower and fruit. 

 Germ. The lower part of the pistil, which afterwards becomes 

 the fruit. 



