fabaceous 
fascicular 
of an aperture with a thickened 
margin in each alveole. 
faba’ceous, -eus (faba, a bean, + 
aceous), like a bean, or having its 
qualities ; fabiform’is (forma), ap- 
plied to Lichen spores which are 
bean-shaped. 
Face, that surface of an organ which 
is opposed to the back, usually the 
upper or inner side. 
Fa’cies (Lat., shape), the general 
aspect of a plant. 
factit’ious, factit’ius (Lat.), artificial. 
fac’ultative (facultas, capability), oc- 
casional, incidental, as opposed to 
OBLIGATE; ~ An’aérobes, organisms 
which can exist without the pre- 
sence of free oxygen or air; ~ 
Parasites, normally saprophytes, 
but able to develop as parasites; ~ 
Sap’rophytes, the converse of the 
last, parasites which can run their 
course a3 saprophytes; ~ Sym’- 
biont, an organism which can either 
exist and reach maturity independ- 
ently or in symbiosis with another. 
fa'ding, withering, without imme- 
diately falling away. 
Fae’cula, see Frcuna. 
Fairy-ring, a circular patch of 
Agarics which have grown centri- 
fugally, and whose influence on the 
soil is shown by greener grass after 
they have disappeared. 
fal’cate, falca/tus (Lat. ), sickle- 
shaped; falca’rius, falcator’ius, are 
Latin synonyms ; fal’ciform, falci- 
Jorm’is (falx, a sickle, forma, 
shape), sickle-like. 
Fall of the Leaf, defoliation, casting 
off the leaves, as done in temperate 
climates by deciduous trees in 
autumn. 
False, fal’sus (Lat., untrue), spurious, 
having a specious resemblance ; 
~ Axis, a pseudaxis, see Sym- 
PODIUM; ~ Bark, a layer on the 
outside of endogens of cellular 
tissue, into which fibrous tissue 
passes obliquely; ~ Dichot’omy, 
a dichasium, in which the lateral 
axes are two; ~ Dissep'iment, a 
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partition which does not arise from 
the edges of carpels, but some form 
of cellular tissue ; ~ Foot, the base 
of the seta in some Bryophytes, 
which becomes dilated; ~ Fruit, a 
pseudocarp, as a Strawberry; 
~ Indu’sium, the recurved margin 
of some Fern-pinnules, which 
serves to protect the sori; ~ Par- 
ench’yma = PSEUDOPARENCHYMA; 
~ Raceme’ = Hericoip Cyrmez; 
~ Tis’sue, hyphal or mycelial 
felted tissue; falsiner’vis (nervus, 
a nerve), when nerves are formed 
of cellular tissue, without fibro- 
vascular bundles, as in Mosses. 
Family, Familia, = ORDER. 
fan-nerved, having the nerves dis- 
posed in the fashion of a fan, 
radiating from the base; ~shaped, 
flabelliform ; ~ veined, = ~NERVED. 
farc’tate, farc'tus (Lat., stuffed), filled 
up, not hollow or tubular. 
fa’riam, =in rows, as bi-fariam, in 
two rows, etc. 
Fari’na (Lat., meal), (1) Blair’s term 
for pollen ; (2) starch, or starchy 
matter; farina’ceous (+ aceous), 
of the nature of starch, or contain- 
ing starch; far’inose, farino'sus, 
(1) covered with a mealiness ; (2) 
Mohl’s term for the cellulose of 
starch. 
Fas’cia (Lat., a band), pl. Fas’ciae, a 
cross-band, as of colour. : 
fascia‘lis, fasc’iate, fascia’tus ( fascis, 
a bundle), used of the condition of 
a stem when several have coalesced ; 
Fascia'tion, a band or bundle caused 
by a monstrous growth of stems into 
one. 
fascia‘rius (Lat., band-like), banded, 
or band-shaped, narrow and long, 
with parallel margins, as in sea- 
wrack. 
Fas’cicle, Fascic’ulus (Lat., a little 
bundle), a close cluster or bundle 
of flowers, leaves, stems or roots; 
fascic’ular, fascicula’ris, fas'cicled, 
Jascicula'tus, connected or drawn 
intoa fascicle ; fascic’ular Camb’ium, 
is that portion which belongs to 
the vascular bundles; ~ Tis’sue, 
