38 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Furcreza—continued. 
rosette, lanceolate, 4ft. to 6ft. long; margin w entire. 
Trunk 2ft, to 4ft. high. South America, 1690. Syn, F. fetida. 
See Figs. 64 and 65. 
i = 
Fig. 64. FURCRÆA GIGANTEA. 
o] (long-lived).* fl. whitish; scape 30ft. to 40ft. long; 
_ branches spreading, compound. Z. numerous, in a dense rosette, 
_ ~ Mild state, said to reach 40ft. to 50ft., in height. Mexico, 1833, 
This is probably the handsomest species of the genus; itis per- | 
fectly hard 
tly flowered. (B. M. 5519.) 
F. pugioniformis (dagger-shaped). A synonym of F. elegans. 
— Oait white, tinged with green; scape 15ft. to 
broad. J. thirty to forty in a dense rosette 
—— i to 4ft. long ; margin with upcurved brown spines 
i fin. long. Trunk none or scarcely any. (B. M. 6148.) 
—— maven J all drooping, usually in pairs ; perianth 
oven ake eaten a harfow-oblong, obtuse, obtusely keeled 
dintester ae — ovember. 1. forming a flat crown 3in. in 
ions acuradi Ge numerous, strict, spreading, thick, ensiform, 
rt Dt kosia ie a cent chestnut-brown spine, 
i — at the which js scabrid; margin sub- 
undulate, with incurved chestnut-coloured stout spines 
none, or very short. A. 10ft. Mexico, 1968, (B. M. 151609 
FURFURACEOUS. Scaly, mealy, scurfy. 
FURNACES. See Fuel and Furnaces. 
Stem 
FURZE. See Ulex europeans, 
b —— Spindle-shaped, like the root of a 
te, 4ft. to dft. long. Trunk about 3ft. to 4ft., but, ina | 
y in the open at. the Scilly Isles, where it has fre- | 
GERTNERA (named after Dr. Joseph Gertner, a 
celebrated German botanist, 1732-1791). Syns. Frutesca, 
Sykesia. ORD. Loganiacee. A genus containing about 
twenty-five species of handsome stove glabrous shrubs 
or trees, natives of West Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, 
and the Malayan Islands and Peninsula. Flowers white, 
green, or rose-coloured; in some species, not unlike 
those of the common Privet, and arranged in a similar 
manner; in others, disposed in compact terminal heads; 
and in others in corymbs; calyx usually very minute. 
Leaves opposite, entire, coriaceous, penniveined. They 
thrive in a mixture of loam and peat. Cuttings of 
firm shoots, made in April, will root, if inserted in sand, 
under a hand glass, in heat. The species here described 
are those best known in cultivation. 
G. obtusifolia (obtuse-leaved). fl. composed of five petals, the 
lower two more expanded,.the upper three completely reflexed, 
the — one has a rosy tinge round a yellowish base, 
the other four are white; fragrant. March. Z. oblong, obtuse. 
h. 20ft. China, 1810. A large shrub. 
G. racemosa (racemose).* fl. somewhat resembling G. obtusifolia, 
but larger, more beautiful, and exceedingly fragrant; exterior 
pi oblong. April. J. ovate-oblong, acute. Various parts of 
ndia, 1793. A very handsome species. (A. B. R. 600.) 
GAGEA (named after Sir Thomas Gage, a British 
botanist, who died at Rome in 1820). ORD. Liliacee. A 
genus of about a score species of hardy bulbs, natives of 
Europe, temperate Asia, and Northern Africa; formerly 
IN 
F1G. 65. BRANCH OF INFLORESCENCE, AND SINGLE FLOWER, OF 
FURCRÆA GIGANTEA. : 
