-partite. d,',l, 



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ovary (pistillode) is not considered a female flower. A female plant 

 i> one which only bears female flowers. 

 Fertile. Afertile flowerissynonymous withaperfectfemale flower. 



I\ fertile stamen is one that develops functional pollen, in contra- 

 distinction to a staminode. A fertile frond in a fern is one that bears 



' If the leaves are cut into lobes, they are said 

 bifid, pedatifid, etc.," Bentham's British „„,/ 

 Colonial Floras. 



Filament, the stalk of an anther, /. <. the lmwr part of a stamen, 

 which may, however, be absent, in which case the anther is sessile. 

 Filifokm, very slender, hair-like. 



Fimbriate, clothed with narrow or filiform appendages. 

 Flabellate, fan-shaped. 



Fi v n . 11, i not | mplnlN t |.<-n '. mulca\es (stamens 

 I or pistil) together with the usually more or less rnodn 



with the specialized leaves (perianth, calyx, corolla), if any, which 

 surround or envelope these organs. 



A typical L'-scxnai (lower in Angiosperms consists of (>n two . in 1< - 



- ■ 



urolla) white or coloured and of diuerent texture 

 ■ ■ 



'-— *he ovules. All or 



ale sporophylls or carpels wl 



ibove parts may be arranged -pirally 



- 



and the torus. 











>rs to the leaflets in i 



i compou 





oiiolatrme P a°i) S s with^ leaflets. 







united with other met 









TRAL placentation, W 



here the ovules are siti 







ilocular ovary, which i 

















term usuallv applied t 









nation, a fruit or aggregation ot iruiy, mc 















a ova'ry (in the case of an apocarpous ovary all 



the carp. 





ents after the fertili/.a 











?ent hypanthium or in 





i the flor £ 



il axis, e. g. apple. 



In Cryptogams, the c 



■ ■ 



7S.-Some botanists term e 



ach carpel of an apoc 



arpous fr 



, FrCTESCI 



3NT, becoming shrubby 







