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Forstera L. f. (Phyllachne p.p. EP.}. Stylidiaceae. 4 Tasm., N.Z. 



Forsteronia G. F. W. Mey. Apocynaceae (n. 2). 30 trop. Am., W.I. 



ForsytMa Vahl. Oleaceae. 2 China. Cult. orn. fl. shrubs. 



Forsythiopsis Baker. Acanthaceae (iv. A). 2 Maclag. 



Fortunearia Rehder et Wilson. Hamamelidaceae. i China. 



Fortunella Swingle (Citnis p.p.). Rutaceae ^v). 4 E. As. (cumquats). 



Fortuynia Shuttl. ex Boiss. Cruciferae (2). 2 Persia, Afghanistan. 



Fothergilla Murr. Hamamelidaceae. 2 All. N. Am. (Am. witch elder), 

 Cashmir. Fl. apet, A oo . 



Fouquieria H. B. et K. Fouquieriaceae. 5 warm N. Am., incl. F. 

 splendens Engelm. (ocotilla, coach-whip), used for hedges. Shrubs 

 with deciduous 1., the midribs persistent and thorny, and showy fl. in 

 racemes, &c., ?, reg., 5-merous. C (5), A 10 15, G (3) with 4 6 ov. 

 on plac. in middle of ventral side. Fr. spherical, 3-loc.; seeds with 

 long hairs or wings. 



Fouquieriaceae (EP.\ Tamaricaceae p.p. BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. 

 Parietales). Only gen. Fouquieria (q.v.}. 



Fourcroya Sprang = Furcraea Vent (Amaryllid.). 



Four-o'clock, Mirabilis Jalapa L. 



Fourniera Scribner. Gramineae (3). i Mexico. 



Fournieria Van Tiegh. (Cespedesia EP.). Ochnaceae. i C. Am. 



Foveolaria Ruiz et Pav. Styraceae. i Peru. 



Fowl-meadow grass (Am.), Poa, Glyceria. 



Fox-glove, Digitalis purpurea L.; -grape, Vitis Labrnsca L. ; -tail 

 grass, Alopecurus pratensis L., (Am.) Spartina patens Muhl. 



Fragaria (Tourn.) L. Rosaceae (in. 2). 10 *, Chili. F. vescaL,. 

 (wild strawberry), Brit. Veg. repr. by runners is well shown. Fl. 

 protog. (class AB), with epicalyx. Fr. of a number of achenes (the 

 so-called seeds) upon a fleshy recept. The fl. bends down after fert, 

 while the fr. ripens. In Am. the cult, forms tend to become dioec. 

 or polyg. Several sp. cult, for the ed. fr. 



Franchetia Baill. Hamamelidaceae. i Madag. 



Franciscea Pohl = Brunfelsia L. p.p. (Solan.). 



Francoa Cav. Saxifragaceae (n). 2 Chili. Cult. orn. fl. (wedding 

 flower) . 



Frangipani, Plumeria. 



Frangula Tourn. ex Hall. =Rhamnus L. p.p. (Rhamn.). 



Frangulinae (Warming), the i6th order of Choripetalae. 



Frankenia L. Frankeniaceae. 32 sea-coasts, temp, and subtrop. 

 F. laevis L., sea-heath, in Brit. Halophytes with inrolled hairy 1. 

 (cf. Empetrum). 



Frankeniaceae (EP., BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. Parietales; Caryo- 

 phyllinae BH. }. 4 gen., 60 sp. of salt-loving plants, trop. and temp, 

 herbs with jointed stems; 1. opp., inrolled, exstip. (?). Fls. in dichasia, 

 5 , reg. K (4 7), C 4 2, A usu. 6 in two whorls, sta. slightly 

 united at base; G usu. (3), i-loc. with parietal plac., only the lower 

 parts of which bear ovules; ov. oo , anatr., ascending; style forked. 

 Caps, loculic. Mealy endosp. ; embryo straight. Chief genera : 

 Frankenia, Niederleinia. Closely related to Tamaricaceae and Gutti- 

 ferae ; the agreement with Caryophyllaceae, near to which it is 

 sometimes placed, e.g. by BH., is more in habit than in structure. 



