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ri'BRB (Fibra, a filament) — Extremely fine 

 and transparent hair-like condition o£ 

 the elementary vegetable texture, 

 which, together with membrane, enter 

 into the composition of several forms of 

 tissue. Fi'BBiL, FiBRiL'LA— A fine 

 ultimate hair-like subdivision of the 

 root, or hair-like appendaptes to its 

 branches. Fi'bbous, Fibbo'sus— Con- 

 sistinpr of many thread-like portions, or 

 posses.-!ing a structure separable into 

 woody fibres, as the outer coat of the 

 Coco-nut. 



Fil'ambnt, Filambn'tum — The stalk which 

 in many stamens supports the anther 



Filambn'tosds— Composed of thread-like 

 bodies, or bearing thread-like bodies on 

 the margins of the foliage, like the 

 Yucca, known as Adam's Needle-and- 

 thread. 



Filiool'oqt — That part of botany which 

 treats of ferns. 



Filifor'mis, Fil'iporm — Cylindric ; slender, 

 like a thread. 



Fimbria'tus — Fringed. (See flowers of 

 Artanema fimbriatum.) 



FiS'SDS— Cleft, split. 



Fis'tulab, Fis'tulosb, Fis'tulous, Fis- 

 TULo'sus — Hollow, cylindric and hol- 

 low ; and either with transverse dia- 

 phragms, as in the stems of some fund, 

 or without them, as in the stems and 

 leaves of the onion. The culmi or stalk 

 of wheat is usually fistular between 

 nodes. 



Flabbl'lifoem, Flabellifor'mis, Flabbl- 

 La'tus — Shaped and sometimes plaited 

 like a fan ; rounded at the summit, and 

 cuneate at the base. (See fronds of 

 Gleichenia flabeUata, the Fan fern.) 



Flao'cid, Flao'oidus — Bending without 

 elasticity, as some peduncles under the 

 weight of flowers. (See leaves of the 

 common Summer grass, Panicum san- 

 guinale.) 



Flagbl'lum, Flagbl'lifobm, Flagelli- 

 roR'MiB, Flagbl'laris — Flexible, nar- 

 row, and tapering, like the thong of a 

 whip. 



FIiAH'meus— Flame colour, brilliant red. 

 (See Blandfordia fiammea.) 



Flat China Peach — This tree was intro- 

 duced into England from Java, and 

 was propagated by Mr. Kirke under 

 the name of "Java Peach." It was 

 fruited by Mr. Braddick at Thames 

 Eitton, and some of these were figured 

 in the transactions of the Horticultural 

 Society of London, vol. iv., 1822, under 

 the name of "Flat Peach of China." 



Flaves'cens, Fla'vds, Fla'vidus— Yellow, 

 ' pale or pure yellow diluted. (See 



Acacia fiavescens, a common Wattle of 

 the North Queensland coast. ) 



Flbx'ilis, Flbxibilis— Capable of being 

 bent, but returning with elasticity to 

 its original state. 



FiJiEXCo'sns, Flexuo'se — Bending gently 

 to and fro in opposite directions. 



Floooose', Flocoo'sus, Fiocous — A lock 

 of wool ; when dense hairy pubescence 

 falls off in little tufts. (See Astrotriche 

 fioccosa.) 



Flo'ba— The aggregate of all the species of 

 plants inhabiting a particular country. 



Floribun'dus— Abounding with flowers. 

 (See PasaHlorafloribunda.) 



Flo'eal Leaves or Leafy Bracts— Gen- 

 erally the lower bracts or the upper 

 leaves at the base of the flowering 

 branches, intermediate in size, shape, 

 or arrangement between the stem, 

 leaves, and the upper bracts. 



Flo'ret, Flo'rbla— One of the little 

 flowers in a head, as in Compositse. 



Flos — Flower. A complete flower is one 

 in which the calyx, corolla, stamens, 

 and pistils are all present ; a perfect 

 flower, one in which all these organs, 

 or such of them as are present, are 

 capable of performing their several 

 functions. Therefore, properly speak- 

 ing, an incomplete flower is one in 

 which any one or more of these organs 

 is wanting ; and an imperfect flower, 

 one in which any one or more of these . 

 organs is so altered as to be incapable 

 of properly performing its functions. 

 These imperfect organs are said to be 

 abortive if much reduced in size or 

 efficiency, rudimentary if so much so 

 as to be scarcely perceptible. But in 

 _ many works the term " incomplete" is 

 specially applied to those flowers in 

 which the perianth is simple or wanting, 

 and " imperfect" to those in which the 

 stamens or pistil are imperfect or 

 wanting. 



Flo'sculus (A little flower)— Floret. The 

 tubular florets in a discoid head are 

 termed "Flosculous." 



Flu'itans — Floating. (See Biecia fiuitans.) 



Flumina'lis, Fluminens,. Fluvia'lib — 

 Applied to plants which grow in 

 running streams. 



Fos'tidus — Having a disagreeable smell. 

 (See Passiflora fcetida, the foliage of 

 which, when rubbed, has an unpleasant 

 odour.) 



FoLlo'SDS — When the leaves are particularly 

 numerous upon a plant. 



Fo'lium — A leaf. The ordinary leaf con- 

 sists of the blade or lamina and the 

 foot-stalk or petiole. When the form 

 or dimensions of a leaf are spoken of, 

 the blade is generally meant without 

 the petiole. 



Fol'licle, Folli'culus— a carpel opening 

 at the inner suture only. The true 

 follicle is described as one-celled, one 

 or m.T.ny seeded, one-valved, superior, 

 dehiscent by a suture along its face, 

 and bearing its seeds at the base, or on 

 each margin of the suture. The fruit 

 of the common Queensland tree, 

 StercitZia quadr^fida, or the Bottle tree 

 or Flame tree, S. rupeatris and 5. 

 acerifolia, are good examples. 



Fora'men — A hole or minute aperture in 

 the coats over the apex of the nucleus. 



FoBMO'sus— Strikingly beautiful. (See 

 Adiantum, formoswrn). 



Foenica'tus— Arched over. (See flowers 

 of the Common terrestrial orchid, 

 A ciantkus fornicatus. ) 



Foveola'tus— Impressed with little holes 



