a Latin term signifying meal, or the flour of corn. See Corn.

FARINA Fecundans, among Botanists, the supposed impregnating meal or dust on the apices or antheræ of flowers. See Pollen.

The manner of gathering the farina of plants for microscopical observations is this: Gather the flowers in the midst of a dry sunny day when the dew is perfectly off, then gently shake off the farina, or lightly brush it off with a soft hair pencil, upon a piece of white paper; then take a single talc or flingflas between the nippers, and, breathing on it, apply it instantly to the farina, and the moisture of the breath will make the light powder stick to it. If too great a quantity be found adhering to the talc, blow a little of it off; and, if there is too little, breathe upon it again, and take up more. When this is done, put the talc into the hole of a flider, and, applying it to the microscope, see whether the little grains are laid as you desire; and if they are, cover them up with another talc, and fix the ring; but be careful that the talcs do not press upon the farina in such a manner as to alter its form.