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INDEX 
F (flower-class), 91 
Fachel, 64, 65 
Facies, external appearance 
Facultative, incidental 
Falcate, sickle-shaped 
False acacia, Robinia ; -asphodel 
(Am.), Tofieldia; -bromegrass, 
Br achy podium ; -fruit, 106 ; 
-hellebore (Am.), Veratrum ; 
-indigo (Am.), Amorpha , Bap- 
tisia; -jalap, Mirabilis ; -lettuce 
(Am.), Mulgedium ; -mallow 
(Am.), Malvastrum ; -nettle 
(Am.), Boehmeria ; -oat-grass, 
Arrhenatherum ; -septa, 82, 
Cruciferae, Linaceae ; -whorl, 
Labiatae 
Family, natural order 
Fan-palm (W. I.), Sabal , Thrinax 
Farinaceous seed, 106 
Farinosus (Lat.), covered with 
mealy powder 
Farkleberry (Am.), Vaccinium 
arborem Marshall 
Farmer, J. B., Hehninthostachys 
Fasciation, 23 
Fascicles (adj. fasciculate), 44 
Fastigiate, 44 
Fats, 34, 200 
Feather-foil (Am.), Hottonia ; 
-grass, Stipa , (Am.) Lepto- 
chloa 
Female flower, 68 
Fennel, Foeniculum ; -flower- 
seeds, Nigel la sativa L.; giant-, 
Ferula 
Fenugreek, Tngonella 
-fer (Lat. sufif.), bearing 
Feral, wild 
Ferment, fermentation, 178, 206 
Fern, Filicineae ; beech-, Polypo- 
dium ; bird’s nest-, Asplenium ; 
bladder- Cystopteris ; bristle-, 
Trichomanes ; elk-horn-, Pla- 
tycerium ; filmy-, Hymenophyl - 
lum ; hard-, Lomaria ; harts 
tongue-, Scolopendrium ; holly-, 
Aspidium ; lady-, Asple - 
nium ; maiden-hair-, Adi- 
antum ; northern-, Lomaria ; 
oak-, Poly podium ; parsley-, 
Cryptogramme ; prickly shield-, 
Aspidium ; royal-, Osmunda ; 
shield-, Nephrodium \ staghorn-, 
Platycerium ; tree-, Cyathea 
&c. ; walking-, Asplenium 
Ferrugineus (Lat.), rust-coloured 
Fert., fertilisation, 81 ; cross- and 
self-, 56 
Fertile, capable of giving fruit 
Fescue-grass, Festuca 
Fever-bush (Am.),Z/«^ra; -few, 
Chrysanthemum , Matricaria ; 
bastard -few (W. I.), Parthe- 
nium ; -wort (Am.), Triosteum 
Fibres, 48, 'io\ i Abroma, Abutilon, 
Boehmeria , Maoutia , Cocos, 
Mauritia , Yucca , &c.; Cara- 
guata-, Eryngium ; Piassaba-, 
Attalea 
Fibrillose, with fibres 
Fibrous root, 40 
-fid, -fidus (Lat.), cleft, 53 
Fiddle-wood, Citharexylum 
Field botanists, notes for, 1 1 
Field madder, Sherardia 
Field work, 9 
Fig, Ficus ; Hottentot-, Mesem - 
bryanthemum ; Indian-, Opun- 
tia ; mulberry-, Ficus ; -wort, 
Scrophularia 
Filament, 77 
Filbert, Corylus 
Filicinean, related to ferns 
Filiform, thread-like, 82 
Filmy ferns, Hymenophyllaceae 
Fimbriate, 52, 77 
Finger-grass (Am.), Panicum 
Fingrigo (W. I.), Pisonia aculeata 
L. 
Fiorin-grass, Agrostis 
Fir, Abies; Douglas-, Tsuga; 
silver-, Picea ; spruce-, Picea ; 
umbrella-, Sciadopitys 
Firepink (Am.), Silene 
Fissi parous, splitting 
Fistular stem, 45 
Five-finger (Am.), Potentilla ; 
(W. I.) Syngoniwn 
Fixed light position, 49 
Fixed oils, 200 
Flabellate, flabelliform, fan-shaped 
