xii GLOSSARY. 
FoLiticuLus, a one celled, one or many seeded, one valved superior fruit, 
dehiscent by a suture along its face, and bearing its seed at 
the base or on each margin of the suture. 
ForameEn (a hole), the opening in the teste of ovules, 
ForkeEp (/urcatus), having long terminal lobes like the prongs of a fork. 
FRINGED. See fimbriatus. 
Fronp (frons or leaf), a leafy expansion, bearing fruit at the back, as the 
frond of ferns, &e. 
FrostEeD (pruinosus), an appearance like congealed dew drops upon the 
surface of leaves, &c. 
Fructus suPERvs, fruit haying the pericarp adhering to the calyx is called 
superior. ° 
Fructus INFERUS, fruit not having the pericarp adhering to the calyx is 
called inferior. 
Fruit is the ovary or pistil arrived at maturity. 
AGGREGATE, Ovaria simple, more than a single series produced by 
each flower, as Ranunculus, Rosa, &c. 
——— cOLLEcTIVE, the floral envelopes thickened, enclosing the pericarps 
as Salsola, Taxus, Pinus, &ce. 
——— COMPOUND, ovaria compound, as Wheat, Euphorbia, Malva, Digi- 
talis, &e. 
SIMPLE, ovaria simple, a single series, only produced by a single 
flower, as Borago, Plumb, Pzonia, &e. 
FRUTEX, a shrub. 
Fueacious (fugax), falling off, or perishing very rapidly. 
FunGIrorMis, mushroom-shaped, cylindrical, having a rounded convex 
overhanging head. 
Fuyicutws (a little rope), the cord by which the ovules are attached to the 
placenta. 
FUNNEL SHAPED (infundibuliformis), an obconical tube, gradually enlarging 
upwards into a limb, so that the whole resembles a funnel. 
Furcatus, forked. 
FurrowepD (sulcatus), marked by longitudinal channels, as the stem of 
many umbellate plants. 
FusiForRMIs, spindle-shaped, thick, tapering to each end. 
Fuscus, brown, with a greyish or blackish tinge. 
G. 
GaLEA, an helmet, the upper lip of the corolla of labiate plants. 
GaMmosEPALous, (y%40S, marriage; sepalum, a sepal); a calyx having the 
sepals united by their edges into a kind of tube or cup; it is 
often called a monophyllous calyx. 
GAMOPETALOUs (y@40S, marriage; 7eT~Aov, a leaf); a corolla, having the 
petals united by their edges into a tube or cup; it is often 
called monopetalous. 
GELATINOUS, having the texture and appearance of jelly. 
Gemma, leafed buds, the rudiments of young branches. 
GEMMULE. See plumule. : 
GENICULATUS, knee jointed, bent abruptly, like the knee joint, as the stem 
of some grasses, 
