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FRUSTRANEA Pofygamici [frujira, to no 

 purpofe] The third order In the clafs Syngenefia 

 of Linnseus, containing thofe plants in the com- 

 pofition of whofe flowers fome of the fiojculi 

 are hermaphrodite, and others neuter ; in 

 which cafe the latter are of no confequence, 

 the frudlification being perfect in the herma- 

 phrodites. 



FRUTEX, a fhrub. Shrubs, according to 

 Linnoeus, make a branch of the feventh family 

 in the vegetable kingdom, and are diflinguifhed 

 from trees in that they come up \vitl\out buds ; 

 but this diftinftion Is not univerfal, though it 

 be generally jufl: with regard to thofe of Eu- 

 rope. Nature hath made no abfolute diftinc- 

 tion between fluaibs and trees. Frutex, in its 

 general acceptation, is a plant whofe trunk is 

 perennial, gemmiparous, woody, dividing and 

 fubdlviding into a great number of branches. 

 In fhort, it is the epitome of a tree, exemplified 

 in the rofe-bufli. 



FRUTICOSUS CauUs [a Frutex, a flirub] 

 See Frutex, 



I . FUGACISSIMA Petala {fiigax, fleeting] of 

 very fliort continuance ; foon falling off, as in 

 the Cardamine wipatiens, 



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