NOTES 391 
Of this, the common fig, several forms are cultivated along the 
Riviera. A good account of them is given by EH. Sauvaigo.* 
We grow the following at La Mortola :— 
Fruits white or greenish: 
‘*Couol (Cuor) de Dama” (F. Carica var. carnosa Geny). 
‘* Pissalutta ”’ (F. Carica var. ligurica Geny, Ficus Liviana Plinius). 
‘‘ Bernisotta bianca”’ (F’. Carica var. grandis Sauvaigo). 
Fruits grey to reddish : 
‘“‘Imperiala ” (7. Carica var. imperialis Risso). 
Fruits brown to black : 
“ Salvatico ’’ ‘* Caprifico”’ (F. Carica var. silvestris Tournef.). 
‘** Bellona” (F. Carica var. bellona Risso). 
“ Peroquin ” (F. Carica var. niceensis Risso). 
‘* Padretta.”’ 
‘“‘Barnissota nera”’ (F. Carica var. Barnissota Tournef.—Ficus africana 
Plinius). 
FRAXINUS. 
F. Ornus, the ‘manna ash,” a native of the Riviera, was planted 
at La Mortola by Mr. Daniel Hanbury, November 19th, 1867. 
This tree is cultivated in Sicily for the production of ‘‘ Manna.” + 
FucusIA. 
A large collection of species was received from Count Solms- 
Laubach of the Botanic Garden, Strassburg, in May, 1899. With 
a few exceptions Fuchsias do not thrive well in the dry climate of 
the Riviera. 
FuRCREA.} 
The species of this genus may be divided into two well 
differentiated subgenera. The Hufurcree are mostly stemless, 
have green leaves, and much resemble Agaves in their appearance. 
They are generally somewhat tender on the Riviera, and therefore 
do best if planted in protected spots, under trees, &c. After 
having flowered they produce quantities of bulbils. J. Delede- 
vantt was given me by the late Dr. A. Weber, of Paris, in 1902. 
F’. elegans was received from Palermo and flowered in 1911-12. 
It is quite hardy, and forms an imposing rosette with leaves over 
2 m. long. 
The two species of the second subgenus, Rwzlia, resemble 
Beschorneria in having similar rough, glaucous, and finely serru- 
late leaves, but develop a distinct stem. When sufficiently mature 
they produce a tall pyramidal richly branched inflorescence, which 
afterwards bears many hundreds of bulbils, from which they are 
readily propagated. F'. Bedinghausiz makes a stem about 1 m. 
high, whilst £’. longeva attains with us a height of 4m.§ In its 
* Flora Mediterranea Exotica, pp. 172-181.—On the history and use of the 
fig tree see also Fliickiger & Hanbury, Pharmacographia, pp. 487-489, second 
edition, pp. 542-544, 
+ See Fliickiger & Hanbury, Pharmacographia, pp. 366-374, second edition, 
pp. 409-417. 
+ According to the rules of priority this name is now used in place of 
Fourcroya. 
§ See my note in Monatsschrift fiir Kakteenkunde, 1911, pp. 41-43. 
