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Fructescentia, the time of the year when a plant scatters its 

 ripe seeds. 



Fructificatio, the temporary part of a vegetable appropriated 

 to generation, terminating the old vegetable, and begin* 

 ning the new. 



Frustranea Polygamia, to no purpose, the third order of the das* 



Syngnesia. 

 Frutex, a shrub. 



Fruticosus Caulis, a shrubby stalk. 



Fugacissima Petala, petals that are fleeting, and of short dura* 

 tion. 



Fulcratus Caulis, branches having props. See Fulcrum. 

 Fulcrum, a prop, or support. 



Fungi, a kind of mushroom, one of the seven families of plants, an 

 order of plants in the Fragmenta Methodi Naturalis of 

 Limceus. 



Furcata, forked. 



Fusiform Radix, a spindle-shaped root. 



G 



Galea, a helmet, applied to the corolla of the class Gynandrra, 

 as in Orchis. 



Galeatum Labium, the lip of a flower shaped like a helmet. 

 Gemini Stipule, stipula growing in pairs. 

 Geminatus Pedunculus, double foot-stalks growing from the 

 same point. 



Gemma, a bud, an hybernaculum on the ascending caudex. 

 Gemnatio, a young bud. 

 Gemniparus, bearing buds. 



Genera Plantarum, genera of plants, the second subdivision in 

 the Linnccan System ; it comprehends an assemblage of 

 species, similar in their parts of fructification, under the 

 same class and order. 



Geniculatus Caulis, Culmus, Pedunculus, a jointed stalk, straw, 

 or foot stalk of a flower, 



Genicula, little joints* 



