fornicate 
Pructification 
noids ; ~ Re’gion, the growing 
poist proper. 
for’nicate, jfornica‘tus (Lat., arched 
over), provided with scale-like 
appendages in the corolla-tube, as 
in Myosotis ; For'nices, pl. of For’- 
nix (Lat.), a little scale. 
Fos’sil ( fossus, dug), the remains of 
a plant changed to a stony con- 
sistence, from various strata; ~ 
Bot’any, the department which 
takes note of fossil plants, palaeo- 
botany. 
Fos’sula (Lat., a little ditch), a small 
groove in some Diatom-valves. 
Fost’er-plant = Host. 
four-fold, quadruple; ~ Pol/len- 
Grains, as in Oenothera, which 
form coherent tetrads. 
Fov’ea (Lat., a small pit), a depres- 
sion or pit, as in the upper surface 
of the leaf-base in Isoétes, which 
contains the sporangium. 
Foveola, (1) a small pit; (2) ‘‘the 
perithecium of certain Fungals” 
(Lindley); (3) in Jsoées, a small 
depression above the fovea, from 
which the ligule springs ; fov’eate, 
fovea'tus, pitted ; fov’eolate, foveo- 
la/tus, diminutive of the last. 
Fovil'la (foveo, I nourish), the con- 
tents of the pollen-grain. 
Fox'glove-shaped, like the corolla of 
Digitalis, diyitaliform. 
frac'idus (Lat., mellow), of a pasty 
texture, between fleshy and pulpy. 
Fragmenta tion (frag mentum, apiece), 
Van Beneden’s term for direct divi- 
sion of the nucleus. 
Fran’gulin, a yellow crystalline body 
from the parenchyma of Rhamnus 
Frangula, Linn. 
Fratern’ity (fraternitas, a brother- 
hood), see ADELPHIA. 
Frax’inin, a principle existing in the 
bark of the ash, Fraxinus excelsior, 
Linn. 
free, not adhering, the reverse of 
adnate ; Free-cell, a cell formed by 
~ Cell-forma’tion, the production 
of new cells from several nuclei 
within the mother-cell, as in 
pollen, endogenous cell-formation. 
Fren’ching, a disease caused by 
Fusarium vasinfectum, Atkins., in 
the leaf of the cotton - plant 
(Tubeuf). 
fre’quent, used of a species often 
occurring. 
Frigida’rium (Lat., the cool room), 
in botanic gardens applied to the 
Orangery, or Temperate House, 
with simple exclusion of frost. 
Frill = ARMILLA. 
Fringe, used by Sir W. J. Hooker 
for the peristome of mosses ; 
fringed, margined with hair-like 
appendages, fimbriate. 
Frond, Frons (Lat., a leaf), (1) the 
foliage of Ferns and other Crypto- 
gams ; (2) the leaves of Palms, ac- 
cording to Linnaeus; frondesce’, 
to untold leaves; Frondes’cence, 
Frondescen'tia, (1) vernation ; (2) 
phyllody; (3) by Morren re- 
stricted to the formation of leaf- 
like organs in the place of petals ; 
see also VIRHSCENCE ; frondif’erous 
(fero, I bear), producing fronds ; 
fron’diform (forma, shape), like 
the fronds of Ferns ; frondip’arous 
(pario, I bring forth), (1) bearing 
fronds ; (2) the monstrous produc- 
tion of leaves instead of fruit; 
Fron'dlet, a small frond ; fron’dose, 
fron’dous, frondo’sus (Lat., full of 
leaves), (1) leafy ; (2) frond-like or 
bearing fronds ; ~ Thal'‘lus, folia- 
ceous thallus; Fron’dula, Fron’- 
dules, used by J. Smith for the 
main stems of Selaginedla. 
Front, of « Diatom, is that view 
which has the cingulum facing 
and the valves fore-shortened in 
side view. 
frost’ed, with a surface having the 
appearance of hoar frost. 
Fructes’cence, Fructescen'tia (fructus, 
fruit), the time of maturity of 
fruit. 
fructif erous (/fructifer, fruit-bearing), 
producing or bearing fruit ; Ca'lyx 
fruc’tifer, the fruiting calyx. 
Fructifica’tion, Pructifica’tio (Lat)., 
(1) fruiting; (2) in Cryptogams, 
the result of the sexual act ; (3) 
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