The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . rennis. — DEPARADIS. Poinciana pulcherrima. —DE QUATRE HEURES. Mirabilis dicho-toma. — DES VEUVES. Scabiosa atro-purpurea. — DU DIABLE. Iris susiana. — DUNE HEURE. Hibiscus vesicariusand others, — DU — DU SOLEIL. He-lianthus annuus. — EN CASQUE. Aconi-tum Napellus. FLEURYA. A genus of Urticacece com-posed of a number of annual or perennialweeds, found in the tropics of both hemi-spheres. They are much like commonnettles in appearance
The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . rennis. — DEPARADIS. Poinciana pulcherrima. —DE QUATRE HEURES. Mirabilis dicho-toma. — DES VEUVES. Scabiosa atro-purpurea. — DU DIABLE. Iris susiana. — DUNE HEURE. Hibiscus vesicariusand others, — DU — DU SOLEIL. He-lianthus annuus. — EN CASQUE. Aconi-tum Napellus. FLEURYA. A genus of Urticacece com-posed of a number of annual or perennialweeds, found in the tropics of both hemi-spheres. They are much like commonnettles in appearance, and some of thespecies are furnished with stings, butthey may be readily distinguished fromthem by their alternate (not opposite)leaves, as well as by the narrow bifidstipules which accompany them. Fromother allied genera they differ in theirlittle, oblong or rounded and compressedachenes having concave depressions onboth surfaces. [A. A. B.] FLEXUOSE. Zig-zag; having a wavydirection, gently bending alternately in-wards and outwards. FLINDERSIA. A genus of Cedrelacew,having a calyx of Ave short teeth; five. Flindersia australis. white, ovate, plane petals, slightly hairyon the exterior; ten stamens of which onlyfive are fertile, the alternate ones beingsterile ; and a simple erect obtusely five-angled style, with a peltate five-lobed FLIX] Elje Erea^urp of asotanj). 500 stigma. The capsule is woody, oblong,obtuse, five-valved, the exterior thickly-covered with sharp-pointed tubercles. Theyare lofty trees, having alternate pinnateleaves; found in New South Wales andthe Moluccas. The natives of these islandsuse the rough tuberculated fruit as raspsin preparing roots &c. for food. [R. H.] FLIX-WEED. Sisymbrium Sophia. FLOCCI. Woolly threads, found mixedwith sporules in fungals; also any wool-like hairs. FLOCCOSE. Covered with close woollyhairs, which fall away in little tufts. FLORAL. Of or belonging to theflower. — ENVELOPES. The calyx andcorolla, one or both.
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