174. 



The Dictionary of Gardening, 



F odolepis — continued, 



ray florets. Summer. /. linear or lanceolate, stem-clasping:, and 

 often (lec-urffnt. h. 1ft. This hardy annual species clo.sely 

 resembles /'. (inmn'tin/a, l»ut has its invulucral hracts u.-sually 

 terniiiKLtL-d liy a line liri>tle. See Fij;. 210. Sv.n. /'. chriisantha. 

 P. Cbrysantha (^ulden-tluwered). A synonym of P. aristata. 



^^'rsnn 



Fig. 211. Ponoi.Ki'is G'Hacius, showing; Habit, detached Flower- 

 head, and Portion of Stem with shortly decurrent Leaf. 



P. gracilis (slendei).* Jl. -heads jmrple, lilac, or white ; peduncles 

 usually ratlier loiij;,'. Aujjust. L linear or lanceolate, stem-clasp- 

 ing, and L'ften decurrent. A. 5ft. 1826. This pretty perennial 

 species is a much more delicate i)lant than either of the pre- 

 ceding. See Fiji. 211. (B. M. 2904 ; S. 15. F. (_;. 285.) 



P. rugata (wrinkled). 

 FODOLOBIUIVI. 



(which set). 

 FODOFELTIS. 



A synonym uf P. acuinuiata. 



Included under Oxylobium 



lucludud under Nephrodium. 



Fig. 212. Podophvllum I'eltatum. 



FODOFHTLLUM (from pous, podos, a foot, and 

 p}inll(>n,a leaf; alluding" to a fancied reHemhIance, in the 

 five to seven-parted leaf, to the foot of some web-footed 

 animal). Duck'e-foot. Okd. Berher\de(r.. A small genus 

 (three .species) of hardy perennial herbs, with creeping 

 rootstocks and thick, fibrous roots ; one is a native of 

 North America, the second of the Himalayas, and the 

 third (not yet introduced) of Formosa, &c. Flowers white, 

 solitary, terminal, shortly pedunculate, nodding- ; sepals 

 •six ; petals sis or nine. Berry indehiscent. Leaves 

 peltate, palmately nerved and lobed ; cauline ones one 

 or two. The species thrive in moist, marshy, peat borders, 

 in a shady situation. Propagated by division, and by 

 seed. 



P. Emodi (Emodi).* Jl. lin. to lUn. across ; sepals very deciduous ; 

 petals si\, sometimes four, obovate-oblong ; peiluncle t^jrminal 

 in bud, then ajiparently supra-axillary, ,/r. red, lin. tu 2in. long, 

 eUiiisoid, ediiile. I. two, vernal, alternate, lung-petiolate, 

 plaited ami deflexed in venation, orbicular, 6in, to lOin. across, 

 three to Kve-luljed to the middle or base ; lobes cuneate, acutely 

 serrated. Stem or scape, 6in. to 12in. high, erect. India. 

 ((i.e. n. s., xviii. 241.) 



P. peltatum (peltate). American Mandrake ; May Apple. 

 //. nearly 2iu. broad; bud with three green bractlets, which early 

 fall away ; stamens twelve tu eighteen, fr. ovuid, lin. to 2in. 

 lunL;, sweet, and slightly acid, edible, ripe in July. /. fi^e to 

 nine-jKirted ; btbes oblunj;, rather wedge-shaped, suniewiiat k'bed 

 and tOLithed at the apex. Fluwerless stems terminateil by a 

 large, nmnd, seven to nine-Iobed leaf, peltate in the middle, 

 liki- an umbrella. Flowering stems bearing two one-sided leaves, 

 w itli the stalk fixed near the inner edge. h. 6in. to 12in. North 

 Ajuerica, 1664. The leaves and roots of this plant are puisouous. 

 See Fig. 212. (B. M. 1819 ; B. M. PI. 17.) 



FODOFTZSRUS (from pous, podos, a foot, and pterU, 

 a wing ; in allusion to the outer perianth segments being 

 winged). Obd. Pol<jijone<£. A monotypic genus. The 

 species is a handsome, greenhou.se shrub, with rigid, 

 floxuous branches and branchleta, usually spinescent at 

 the tips. It requires a compost of equal parts loam 

 and peat. Increased by young cuttings, which root 

 readily, if inserted in any light soil, under a glass. 



P, mexicaniis (Mexican). Jl. pink, small, twin or few in the 

 axils i)f the bracts ; perianth of six segments ; fascicles rareiunse ; 

 racemes wavy at the tips of the branches, Inosely sub-jiunicu- 

 late. July. I. obovate-oblong, membranous, slightly acute, at- 

 tenuated at base, sub-sessile, lin. long, iin. or mure broad, 

 minutely puberulous, fasciculate in the nodes, k. 2ft. Mexico, 

 1825. 



FODORIA. A synonym of Boscia (which see). 



FODOSFHRIMCA. A synonym of Fodotheca (which 



see). 



FOBOSFERMUM. Included under Scorzonera 



(which see). 



FODOSTEMACZIJC. A small natural order of 

 aquatic, annual or perennial herbs, mostly very small, 

 natives of rocky river-beds in the tropics. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite, or, in one genus, dioecious, variously dis- 

 posed, but usually inclosed in a spathaceous, marcescent 

 involucre, which is at first clo.sed, then bursts ; perianth 

 membranous, trifid or tive-parted, or wanting ; stamens 

 definite or indefinite, free or monadelpho^ls, erect. The 

 plants have a distinct or branched stem and loaves, or 

 those are confiuent into broad or narrow Alga-like 

 fronds. The 120 species comprised in the order have 

 little or no economic or garden value ; they are classi- 

 fied in twenty-one genera. Examples are : Apinagea^ 

 Hijdrostarlt ijs. and Podoste7non. 



FODOSTIGMA (from pons, podus, a foot, and 

 stigma; alluding to the stalked stigma). Ohd. Ascle- 

 piadeiV. A monotypic genus, the species being a half- 

 hardy, glabrous or scarcely pubescent, erect herb. For 

 culture, see Asclepias. 



P. pubescens (pubescent). Jl. urangecoloured, in four to six- 

 fluwered und)els, un lateral peduncles; corolla as h»ng as the 

 pedicel, lunger than the peduncle, the oblong lobes wavy on 

 the margins. July. I. erect, lin. to 2in. long. Stem 6in. tol2in. 

 high. Root tuberous. Southern United States, 1824. SvN. 

 Stylandia pumila. 



