600 GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS 
Feathery cesses ser snceesenee! Consisting of long hairs which are themselves 
: hair 
Fibrous avieaaseaescesesee Containing a great proportion of woody fibre 
as the rind of a cocoanut. 
Fidéle-shaped deues sented Obovate with one or two deep recesses, or eden- 
: pe tations on each side. 
Filament ...ccccccoesereoes The stalk of the anther. Any kind of thread- 
: —“* shaped body. | ; : 
daueesedessuaeuss Slender like a thread. 
...Having the margin bordered by Jong slender 
"  * "processes. 
Fistular cccsssecceseees This is said of a cylindrical or terete body which 
Fistulous .......+ ....f _ is hollow but closed at each end. 
Flagelliform :.,....Long taper and supple like the thong ofa whip. 
Flexuose ..socescsscesereee Zig-zag, having a wavy direction gently bend- 
: : ing alternately inwards and outwards. 
Floccose ...sessseeesereeee Covered with close hairs, which fall away in 
eee little tufts. 
...Of or belonging to the flower. 
When many small flowers are collected in clus- 
z : ters or heads, each flower is called a floret. © 
Foliaceous ....-..-+++ ....Having the texture or form of a leaf. 
Foliole val Foliolate ). A leaflet. The secondary division of a com- 
pound leaf. 
.A kind of fruit of a single carpel, dehiscing by 
the ventral suture only. 
-A small excavation or pif. Foveate, pitted. 
....Not adhering to anything else ; not adnate to 
2 : ' * any other body. 
Frond ......005 scasaververs A combination YF leaf and stem, as in many 
; - ee algals and liverworts; also improperly ap- 
plied to a leaf which bears reproductive bo- 
‘dies as that of dorsiferous ferns. ‘Linneus 
applied it to palm leaves and so destroyed its 
meaning. 
Frutex (adj. Fruticose) .A shrub, 3.woody plant which does not farm a 
trunk but divides into branches nearly down 
to the ground. 
Furcate s.rsssorecseveeees Having long terminal lobes, like the prongs of 
a fork, 
Funnel-shaped......0+10++ A calyx or corolla or other organ, in which the 
tube is obconical gradually enlarging upwards 
into the‘limb, so that the whole resembles a 
funnel. 
Marked by longitudinal channels. 
sweeten, Thick, tapering to each end; as the root of the 
; long radish. Sometimes conical roots are 
called fusiform. 
G. 
Gibbous ........se+e0eee-- More convex or tumid at one place than another. 
Glabrous ....... ...Smooth. Having no hairs. 
Glandular ...:.....:..:..Covered with hairs bearing glands upon theirtops. 
Glands..10..cececeees +-.--.Wart-like swellings found on the surface of 
plants or at one end of their hairs, 
Glaucous ... eeistsavsessees Covered with a fine bloom. 
