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Fas'ciateDj Fasciatus — W hen contiguous 
parts are unusually grafted and grown 
togetlier, as some steiiis and branches, 
which assume a flattened instead of a 
rounded appearance. Tho Cockscomb U 
a good example ; but the growth is very 
fre(iuently met with in Queensland. 
FaSCI'oLKD, FASCl'CUr.ATK, FASCTCUr,A'RIS, 
Fascictjla'tL'S — W here several similar 
parts originate at the same spot, and 
are collected, as it wore, into a bundle. 
Fasti'giatb, Fastiotatcs — i\x’ldi«i to 
branches wlien they are erect and 
close : or the outline of a tree, as the 
Lombardy Poplar, Popuhis’/rtsliffiaia. 
Faux — T he throat. 
Faveola'tus, Fayo'sus, FAvrto'sus— Re- 
sembling a honeycomb. Synonym for 
“Alveolate.” 
Feb'rikcgk — Eificacion.^ in moderating 
fever, as onr Fever-bark, 
Fec'ula— See “Fsecula.” 
Fecundatiox — ^'X he act of making fruitful. 
Dr. Liiiclley telU us that the large 
fleshy roots of BastUa tuOr.rom are con- 
sidered by the peoi-le of Quito to pos- 
sess the power of increasing fecundity. 
Felleus— B itter as gall. 
FEiii'NKrs {Ftiniiui, a w'ouian) — Containing 
a pistil, but no stamens. Flowei-s arc 
termed fenuale or pistillate wh.en there 
is a pistil, but cither no .stamens at all 
or only imperfect ones. Pliny, when 
he said that “fdl trees tuid herbs are 
furnistifid with both sexes,” bad pro- 
bably no idea as to any particular organs 
as the one male and tlie other female : 
indeed, it would seem that the first to 
point this out was Sir Thos. Millington 
and i>r. KolicTniah Oi*ew. The pollen 
from the anther must come in con- 
tact with the surface of the stigma, or 
no fecundation can take jjlaco. It is 
possible, indeed, without this happen- 
ing, that the fruit may increase in size, 
and that the seminal iutegnmonts may 
even bo greatly develot>ed, the element s 
of all these parts exit'tiiig before the 
action of the pollen can take effect; 
but, undersuch circiunstauces, whatever 
may be the develo]'ment of either the 
pericarp vv the seeds, no embi’yo can be 
formed. (See “Pollen” and “ fcJr'^ma.”) 
Fexestra'ij^, Fexe.s'itia'tu;^— S u])}H\-ed to 
resemble window's-, being pierced with 
holes or openini^s of somewhat con- 
siderable dimensions. (See the leaves 
of Mon^afera.) 
Fero'ces— TI uckly set with spines, as 
Opnjitin f(ro:*\ 
Ferru'oixous, Fi'RRUGikosc.s — S omewhat 
the colour of rusty iron ; red mixed with 
much grey. (See the under side of the 
leaves ni JlatfHoJia f/randijlora.) 
Fer'tilis, Fkbtii.k— Pvodncmg fruit. Also 
cax)ablo of effecting the xjrocess of fer- 
tilisation, as the anthers when filled 
with ])ollon. In some works the terms 
barren, fertile, and perfect are also used 
respectively as synonyms of 'incite, 
female, and hermaphrodite. 
Fertiliza'tiox — The reproductive function 
by which the action of the pollen 
renders the ovule fertile. 
Fi'bre {Fibril, a filament) — Extremely fine 
and transparent hair -like condition of 
tliG elementary vegetable texture, 
which, tog^hor with membrane, enter 
into the composition of several forms of 
tissue. Fi'bril, Fibkil'la— A fine 
ultimate hair-like aubdivisitm of the 
root, or hair-like apjiendages to its 
branches. Fi' BRor s, Fi bro'r us— C on- 
sitting of many thread-like i>oi‘tions, or 
possessing a structure separable into 
woody-fibres, as the outer coat of the 
Coco-nut. 
Fil'ament, Fila:uex’tuu— T he stalk wliich 
in many stamens suiiports the anther. 
Filamen'tosus — Composed of thread-like 
bodies, or bearing thread-like bodies on 
the margins of the foliage, like the 
Yacca, known as Adam’s Needle-and- 
Thread. 
FiTJCor/ociY — That x^art of botany which 
treats of ferns. 
Filifou'mts, Fii/iform— Cylindric, slender, 
like a thread. 
FiMBRiA'TUrt— Fringed. (See flowers of 
Artancrna imbnaium . ) 
Fi^tetarius — Pertaining to dung, as the 
A(!«ricnB fimetariu^, which growls upon 
dung. 
Fis'hus— C left, sxdit. 
Fis'tular, F'ra'TULosE, Fih'tubous, Fis- 
TULo'sU!^ — Ifollow, eylindric and hol- 
low ; and either with transvei’se dia- 
l)hra,gins, as in the stems of some J and, 
or without them, as in the stems and 
leaves of the onion. The cubn or stalk 
of wheat is usually fistular between 
nodes. 
FlABEPlIFORM, FLABKLLlFOR'JtlS, FbABEL- 
la'xus — Shaped and soiuotimes x>laitod 
like a fan; rounded at the summit, and 
cuneate at tin* base. (See fronds of 
irtvicheiikijlffhellata, the Fan fern.) 
I'lac'cij), Ft, ao'cidus— B onding without 
elasticity, as somo i>eduricles under the 
weight of flowers. (See lea^-es of the 
common Summer grass, Fanlcam s«/i- 
guinatc.) 
FlAGEL'x.UST, FLAGEL'liIFOlUr, Flagelli- 
FOidMia, Flaoki/laius— F lexible, nar- 
row, and tapering, like the thong of a 
whi]i, as the stems of Fkajellaria 
indn'A. 
Flam'meus — Flame cdonr, brilliant red. 
(See Hlandfordia flanmm . ) 
Flaves'cexs, Fla'vus, Fla'vious— Yellow, 
pale or pure yellow diluted. (See 
Acacia ftaveacem, a comiiton Wattle of 
the North Queensland coast.) 
Flex'ilis, Flexibilts— C apable of being 
bent, but returning with elasticity to 
its original state. 
Flexuo'sus, Flexuo'be— Bending gently 
to fuid fro in opposite directions. 
Froccose', Flocco^sus, Floccus— a lock 
of wool; when dense hairy pubescence 
falls off in little tufts. (See Astrotrichc 
Jloccosa.) 
