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Funkia—continued. 
inspring. The latter season is, perhaps, the most suitable, 
as the mutilated parts then quickly heal. None but 
strong, healthy clumps should be divided, and each 
portion should comprise several crowns. The genus is in a 
state of much confusion, from the number of garden 
varieties and synonyms. 
F. Fortunei (Fortune’s). fl., perianth pale lilac, funnel-shaped, 
liin. long, the lanceolate ascending divisions half as long 
as the tube. July. J. six or eight to a stem; blade cordate- 
ovate, cuspidate, pale green on both sides, conspicuously and 
persistently glaucous, furnished with ten or twelve arching veins 
on each side, between the midrib and the margin. h. 14ft. 
Japan, 1876. 
F. grandiflora (large-flowered).* i. fragrant; perianth pure 
white, nearly 4in. long, dilated gradually from a tube jin. 
thick; scape about 2ft. high, bearing a twelve to fifteen- 
flowered raceme. July to September. 4 ovate, with a slightly 
cordate base, 8in. to Yin. long, 44in. to 5in. broad ; petiole 1ft. 
long; edges incurved until they meet. Japan. SYN. F. japonica. 
(F. d. 8, 158; G. C. n. s., x. 629.) 
F. japonica (Japanese). A synonym of F. grandiflora, 
F. lancifolia (lance-leaved). fl., perianth white or with a lilac 
tinge, lin. to 1Jin. long, dilated suddenly from a tube not more 
than a line in thickness ; scape 8in. or Yin. high, slender, with the 
raceme hardly, if at all, overtopping the leaves; raceme din. to 
Sin. long, six to ten-flowered. August. “J. green, lanceolate, 
4in. to bin. long, Hin. to 2in. broad, narrowed gradually towards 
both ends; petiole 6in. to 9in. long; edges not incurved. Japan, 
1829, (B. M. 3663.) F. albo-marginata only differs by its rather 
larger flowers and leaves, slightly variegated towards the edge 
with white. F. undulata is another garden form with irregu- 
larly frilled or crisped leaves, which are copiously variegated 
with streaks or large patches of white. 
F. ovata (ovate).* Jl., perianth bluish-lilac or white, 14in. to 2in. 
long, dilated suddenly from a tube in. in thickness; scape 
lft. to 14ft. long, overtopping the leaves; raceme ten to fifteen- ` 
flowered. May. J. ovate, Sin. to Yin. long, Sin. to Sin. broad ; 
petiole 4in. to 12in. long ; pr not incurved. Japan, Northern 
China and Eastern Siberia, 1790. The commonest and best-known 
species. SYN. Hemerocallis cærulea. (B. M. 894.) 
F. o. marginata (margined).* A variety in which the leaves are 
broadly margined with white. ; 
F. Sieboldiana (Siebold’s).* jl., perianth white, with a pale lilac 
tinge, 2in. to 24in. long; scape with the raceme not overto ping 
the leaves; racemes 4in. to 6in. long, ten to fifteen-flowered. June. 
l. glaucous, broadly cordate-ovate, 10in. to 12in. long, Tin. to 8in. 
broad ; petiole 8in. to 12in. long, edges notincurved. Japan, 1856. 
See Fig. 61. 
(B. R. 1839, 50.) 
FIG. 62, FUNKIA SUBCORDATA. 
F. subcordata (sub-cordate).* fl., perianth pure white, 4in. to 
43in. long, gradually dilated from a tube jin. in thickness; 
scape 14ft. to 2ft. long ; raceme nine to fifteen-flowered. August. 
l. cordate-ovate, pale green, 6in. to Yin. long, Sin. to Sin. broad ; 
petiole bin. to 8in. long. Japan, 1830. SYNS. Hemerocallis alba 
(A. B. R. 194), H. cordata, H. japonica (B. M. 1433), H. planta- 
ginea. See Fig. 62. . 
FURCATE. Forked. 
FURCRÆA (named in honour of A. F, Fourcroy, 
1755-1809, a celebrated French chemist). Syn. Four- 
croya. ORD. Amaryllideæ. A genus of about fifteen 
species of very noble greenhouse or stove plants, closely 
allied to Agave, but with horizontally spreading perianth 
segments. For culture, &c., see Agave. 
Furcrea—c<ontinued. 
F. Bedinghausii (Bedinghausen’s).* jl. greenish; scape 12ft. to 
15ft. high ; branches drooping. l. thirty to fifty in a rosette, 
lanceolate, about 3ft. long ; margin minutely denticulate. Trunk 
3ft. high. Mexico, 1860. SYNS. Roezlia regia, Yucca argyrophylla, 
Y. Parmentieri, Y. Toneliana. 
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_ 63. FURCRZA CUBENSIS, showing Inflorescence, with * 
mn Bulbils ea DRA of Flowers. 
. cubensis (Cuban).* greenish. Autumn. 7. twenty-five to 
—— in a —— bright green, rigid in texture, channelled 
and smooth down the face, generally scabrous on the back, 
the end a minute brown, scarcely pungent point; edge armed 
with regular hooked brown pric les. Tropical America, 1879. 
One of the commonest and best known of all the species. See 
Fig. 63. 
N unarmed). This plant differs from the ordin; 
x: —— its less rigid leaves, and by the total or —— 
entire suppression of the marginal teeth, which in the type are 
very close and large, and armed with pungent horny brown 
spines. Tropical America. (B. M. 6543.) 
A elegant).* jl. greenish-white; scape 20ft. to 25ft. high, 
1 ore Fay eg rosette, lanceolate, 5ft. to 6ft. long; prick 
Mexico, 1868. Plant stemless. SYNS. 
F. fla (yellow-green). A. perianth pale yellowish- 
green ; tube incorporated with the obtusely triangular ovary ; 
scape 12ft. to 14ft. high, naked below, but bracteated above, 
forming a long, loose, racemose panicle. Jl. radical, more or less 
spreading, an somewhat tortuose, lanceolate, ay acumi- 
nate, spinulose at the margin. h. 14ft. Mexico, (B. M. 
5163.) es 
F. footida (fetid). A synonym of F. gigantea, = 
F. Ghiesbreghtii (Ghiesbreght’s). A synonym of F. elegans. — 
F. gigantea (gigantic).* fl. milk-white inside, greenish on the 
back outside ; scape 20ft. to 30ft. high. l forty to fifty in a dense 
