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FLETTKANTKE. A synonym of Frotea (which ?ee). 



FLEUBIDIUM. Included under Polypodinm 

 (which .see). 



FLETTIlOGBAIIlIIIflE. Included under Mono- 

 gramme (which ^ee). 



FLEUBOGYNE (from pleuron, a side, and tjijne. 

 the female organ ; referring to the stigmas issuing from 

 the side of the seed-vessel). Stn. Lomntogonium. Okd. 

 Gentianem. A small genus (three species) of slender, 

 annual herbs, natives of the mountains of Eastern and 

 Arctic Europe. Asia, and North America. Corolla wheel- 

 shaped, fringed at the throat. Leaves opposite. The 

 species are probably lost to cultivation. 



FLETJBOFETAItUM (from pleuron, a side, and 

 petalon, a petal; in allusion to the shape of the corolla). 

 Syn. Allochlamys. Obd. Amarantarea. A genus com- 

 prising only a couple of species of slightly-branched, 

 stove, glabrous shrubs, natives of Mexico, Ecuador, and 

 the Galapagos Islands. Flowers greenish, at length red, 

 small, disposed in terminal, branched panicles, sessile or 

 pedicellate ; perianth of equal, oblong, obtuse, concave 

 segments ; stamens five to eight. Leaves alternate, rather 

 large, membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 

 entire or with slightly undulated margins, narrowed into 

 a rather long petiole. Only one of the species has been 

 introduced to our gardens. It requires culture similar to 

 Codiseum. (which see). 



P. costaricense (Costa Rica). ./?. green, at length scailet, small, 

 very numenius, in terminal and axillary, sub-corymbose, much- 

 branched panicles, shortly pedicelliite ; perianth seiiment.s five. 

 Autumn. I. petioled, alternate, 4in. to 5in. long, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, with the tip often drawn out ; margin even, or 

 obscurely uirdulate. Central .\merica and Mexico, 1883. A 

 small shruli, with green branches. (B. M. 6674.) .SvN. Mekinv- 

 carputii Sjirnrei. 



FLEUBOSFEBMUItl (from pleuron, a side, and 

 sperma, seed ; in allusion to the size of the fruit 

 ridges). Syns. Aulacospermum, Hymenolwna, Physo- 

 spermum. Obd. Umbtlliferw. A genus comprising about 

 fifteen species of hardy, tall or dwarf, glabrous, biennial 

 or perennial herbs ; three are natives of mostly Eastern 

 Europe and Russian Asia, and the rest are all Hima- 

 layan. Flowers white or dark purple ; petals obovate or 

 cuneate, rather large for the order ; bracts of the in- 

 volucres and involucels indefinite, sometimes coloured ; 

 umbels compound, many-rayed. Leaves pinnate or pin- 

 nately decompound : segments ovate, toothed, incised, or 

 cut into narrow lacinia^. Only one species calls for 

 description here. It thrives in any common soil, and 

 may be readily increased by seeds, or by divisions. 



P, austriacum (Austrian). Jf. white ; involucre many-leaved. 

 Summer, t. bijtinnatisect ; the segments pinnatifidly cut iirto 

 acute lolic-s. Stenr flstular. h. 2tt. to 3ft. Scuith liurope, 1697. 

 Perennial. (A. F. P. 43 ; J. F. A. 151.) 



FLEUBOTHALLIS (from pleuron, a siiie, and 

 thallo, to blossom : in allusion to the mode of inflo- 

 rescence). Syn. HumhohUia. Including CeiLtranfherit 

 and Specklrtiia. Ord. Orchidece. A vast genus (nearly 

 350 species have been described) of stove orchids, of 

 variable habit, natives of the West Indies and tropical 

 America. Flowers small, sometimes very small, in a 

 few species mediocre or rather large, often secund, in 

 bundle - flowered racemes ; sepals erect, connivent or 

 somewhat spreading ; petals shorter or narrower; pollinia 

 two ; labellum irsually articulated at the base of the 

 column. Stems filiform, one-leaved, often sheathed. The 

 species have scarcely any ornamental value, but are 

 curious and interesting from a botanical point of view. 

 A selection from those best known to cultivation is given 

 below. They may be grown either in baskets or pans, 

 suspended from the roof of a cool house, most of them 

 thriving along with the Masdevallias. The small ones, 

 such as P. Grobyi, are best fastened to little tufts of 

 peat or to Fern stems. 



Fleurothallis — continued. 



P. alropuii-Uiea ((l;irk purple). /. dark purple, sohtary ; bud 

 ^in. U'U'^ ; petals ol)lique, three-cusped ; Irp obtuse, sagittate, 

 ciested in the middle. I. oblont;. narrowed at base, almost 

 equalling the steru ; sheaths ventrioose. h. 6in. Jamaica, 1838. 

 (B. iM. 4164, under name of MasdemlUa Jeneatrala.) 



P. avlceps (bird's-head). /(. green, with yellow petals and lip, 

 resemblinfi the beak of a bird. ;. numerous, oblong-lanceolate. 

 Brazil, 1871. A pretty little plant, of tufted habit. 



P. Barberiana (Barbers), /f. few, on .a slender peduncle, four or 

 five times as long as the leaves ; sepals light ochre, blotched with 

 dark puiple, aristate, free, ciliated ; petals whitish, snraller, ser- 

 rate ; lip cuneate, oblong-clavate. (. very small, elliptical, acute, 

 thick, keeled beneath. Tropical America, 1881. A small but 

 pretty orchid. 



P. blcarinata (two-keeleil). /. dull greenish-yellow, in a few' 

 flowered raceme ; sepals aristate. the upper one bifid and bicari' 

 nate ; petals oblong, nrinutely serrulate ; lip obovate, fleshy- 

 cordate. /. obloirg, Sin. Uing, Ijin. broad; .sheath on stem Ijin. 

 long. h. bin. Brazil. (B. M. 4142.) 



P, bilamellata(two-ridgetl). Ji. cinuabar-red, two or three at the 

 I)ase of a leaf, minute. Rhizome creeping, bearing numerous 

 stems, each teruiiuatinii in one cuneate-hgulate, very thick, fleshy 

 leaf. Mexico, 1370. (Ref. B. 95.) 



P. fulgens (brilliant). /. brilliant cinnabar-red, one to three on 

 a peduncle iin. long ; petals washed with greenish-purple ; lip 

 of a paler cinnabar. I. spathulate. obovate, minutely tridentate 

 at the apex. Stems very short. Costa Rica, 1876. This species 

 is of densely tufted habit. 



P. Grobyi (Groby's). fi. yellow, streaked with crimson, small, 

 about a dozen in a loose, zigzag raceme ; sepals costate, acute, 

 the upper one bidentute ; petals membranous, acute ; lip fleshy, 

 oblong, obtuse. I. obovate, emarglnate, petiolate, forming small, 

 dark green tufts, /i. 3in. Brazil, 1834. (B. M. 3682.) 



P. Lanceana (Lance's). Ji. yellow, crimson at the base inside, 

 iir a jiendulous spike ; sepals linear-lanceolate, the upper one 

 biilentate ; petals setaceo-acuminate, fimbriate ; lip unguiculate. 

 (. fleshy, broadly oblong, h. 6in. Surinam, 1831. (L. B. C. 1767.) 



P. picta (painted). Jl. yellow, striped with crimson, in a nearly 

 straight raceme ; sepals smaller than in P. Grubyi (which this 

 species closely resendjles). I. narrow-spathulate, longer than 

 the peduncle, and overtopping the lowest flowers. Demerara, 

 Surinam, &c. (B. R. 1825.) 



P. prolifera (proliferous). JJ. deep purple; sepals slightly scabrous; 

 petals pale, linear-lanceolate, serrated upwards ; lip oval, fimbriate 

 at base. h. 6in. Brazil, 1825. "The forniatiorr of leaves, in 

 place of flowers, which gave rise to the specific name, occurs 

 occasionally in mairy other species " (Lindley). (B. M. 3261 ; 

 B. R. 1298; L. B. C. 1908.) 



P. Reymondii (Reymond's). jl., sepals orange, brown, and green, 

 pubescent, oblong, the dorsal ones larger ; petals two-lobed, one 

 rounded, the other elongated ; lip minute. I. coriaceous, linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, acuminated, shorter than the stem. h. 6in. 

 Venezuela, Ac, 1863. (B. M. 5385.) 



P, saurocephaia (lizard-headed). Jl. yellowish-green, changing 

 to light broMii, closely dotted with purple inside, disposed in an 

 erect, imbricated spike : dorsal sepal twice as broad as tire upper 

 ones. I. 4in. long, 2in. broad, coriaceous, liroadly oblong, 

 equaUing the angular stem. Brazil, 1829. (B. M. 3030 ; B. R. 1958; 

 L. B. C. 1571.) 



P, scapba (skiff), rf. yellowish-white, marked with purple lines, 

 except the lower sepals, wliich are wholly dark brownish-purple ; 

 racerues lax, many-flowered. /. ovate, coriaceous. 1874. .\ fine 

 .species. (U. C. n. s., xv. 784.) 



P. spectrilinguis (tongue like). /. hyaline, disposed in sub- 

 corymbose racemes ; sepals spotted with mauve-purple, arisUite ; 

 lip (lark olive-brown, with basilar, retrorse horns, and air elliptic, 

 fringed blade. I. narrow-spathulate, aliout Iin. long. 1883. 

 A small species. 



P. strupifolia (str'ap-leaved). jl. in racemes, 3in. to 4in. long, 

 with loose, funnel-shaped, spreading bracts ; dorsal sepal, petals, 

 and lip, white, spotted and striped with purple ; front sepal all 

 purple-speckled. I. resembling long straps, l^ft. long, sometimes 

 broader .and shorter. A. IJft. Mexico, 1838. (B. .M. 3897, uirder 

 name of P. picta.) 



FIiICATE. The same as Flatted (which see). 

 FIiOCAMA (from plokamos, bent hairs : alluding to 



the pendulous branches). Syns. Bartlim/ia, Placodiam, 



Placoma. Ord. Kubiacece. A monotypic genus. The 



species is a greenhouse, erect shrub, with very slender, 



pendulous branches. A compost of loam and peat is 



most suitable for its culture. It may be increased readily 



by cuttings, which will root in sand, under a glass. 



P. pendula (pendulous-branched). Jl. white, minute, axillary and 

 tenrnnal ; calyx with a globose tube, and a five-toothed, persistent 

 limit ; citrolla infundibular-ramjtanulatf, w ith a short tube and 

 a limb of five to seven oblimg-laincdlatr. valvatc lobes. (. oppo- 

 site, or in whorls of four, lincar-oblimg, tilibirni, acute, flaccid; 

 stipules connate with the petioles. Ii. iift. Canary Islands, 

 1772. 



