F U 



FULCRATUS CauUs, Ramus [fukio, to 

 prop] the branch defcending to the'ground, and 

 fupporting the ftem, as in the Ficus. 



FULCRUM, a prop, a fuppo'rt. Fulcra, 

 fays Linn3eus, o.dminuula funt pro commodiore fuf- 

 tentatione : rather, Fulc-a are certain minute 

 parts of plants v/hich ferve to ftrengthen, fup- 

 port, and defend them : they are of feven dif- 

 ferent kinds, viz. Petiglus, Stipula, Cirrhus, Pu- 

 les, Arma, Braolea^ Pedunculus. 



FUNGI [a crf^oyye;, fungus'] One of the 

 feven fiimihes or tribes of the vegetable 

 kingdom, according to Linnaeus, comprehend- 

 ing all thofe which are of the mufhroom kind, 

 and which in Tournefort conftitute the 2d, 

 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th genera of the 

 firft feftion in the clafs xvii. 



Fungi, an order of plants in the Fragmenta 

 methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



'F'lJRCATk frons [zfurca, a fork] forked, 

 as in the yungermannta furcato. 



Furcata Seta, as in the Leantodon h'tfpidum. 



FURC^, forks ; a fpecies of Arma growing 

 on the furface of certain plants for their defence 

 againft external injuries : they are bifidts, trifi- 



d^ey 



