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PORSYTHIA 



lanceolate, always simple and generally serrate only 

 above the middle, very dark green, 3-ti in. long : fls. 

 about 1 in. long ; corolla with rather naiTOW, twisted 

 lobes of bright, somewhat greenish yellow ; calyx about 

 balfas long as tube. B.M. 4.587. F.S. 3:261. B.R.33:39. 

 — Less hardy and graceful than the othe species. 



F. Europ^a. DeR. & Bald., from Albania, li.is small, ovc-ite- 

 lanceolate, Quite entire Ivs. Alfred Rehder. 



FOTHERGtLLA (after John Fothergill, eminent Eng- 

 lish physician, who introduced and cultivated many 

 new plants, 1712-1780). Nnmnmeliddcece. Hardy orna- 

 mental shrubs, with alternate, deciduous, simple, dull 

 green Ivs. and showy spikes of white fls. in spring with 

 the Ivs. : the distinct foliage resembles somewhat that 

 of the alder, or more that of Hamamelis, and turns yel- 

 low late in fall. They grow best in moist, peaty or 

 sandy soil. Prop, by seeds, not germinating until the 

 second year, or by layers, which take two years to root ; 

 the first species also by suckers and root- 

 cuttings. Two closely allied species in the 

 S. Alleghanies : low shrubs, with the 

 branches densely stellate-pubescent: Ivs. 

 stipiilate, dentate-crenate : fls. in terminal 

 spikes, perfect, apetalous ; calyx cam- 



FOXGLOVE 



m&jor, Lodd. {F. monticola, Ashe. F. alnif.ilia, var. 

 nu'ijor, Sims). Bushy shrub, with upright branches, to 

 6 ft. : Ivs. broadly obovate or roundish, oval, cordate or 

 truncate, coarsely crenate or undulate even to the base, 

 sometimes nearly glabrous beneath, 2^.2-5 in. long : 

 spikes l\-^-3 in. long, with 1-3 Ivs. at the base : stamens 

 i^'in. long, white. B.M. 1342. L.B.C. 16:1520. -This 

 species is superior to the former on account of its dense, 

 pyramidal habit, larger Ivs. and showier fls. 



Alfred Rehder. 



FOUNTAIN PLANT. Aiiuirantii.i salicifolius. 



FOUQUIfiEIAl Pierre Ed. Fouquier, professor of medi- 

 cine at Paris). Tamariscticece. Caxdlewood. Four 

 species of plants from the deserts of Mex. and New Mex., 

 of which one is cult, in the larger rockeries of Calif., and 

 is interesting as being an example of an order far re- 

 moved from the Cactaceas in fls. and fr., but reduced to 

 something of their habit by the desert. It is often cult. 



859. Fraearia Chili 



panulate, 5-7-lobed ; stamens numerous, with the fila- 

 ments thickened toward the end : capsule dehiscent, 

 2-celled and 2-seeded. 



Girdeni, Murr. (F. alnifdlia, Linn. f. F. CaroUna, 

 Britt. ). Low shrub, with generally spreading branches, 

 to 3 ft. : Ivs. oblong or obovate. rounded or cuneate at 

 the base, coarsely dentate above the middle, pubescent 

 and pale or glaucous beneath, 1-2 in. long : spikes ovate 

 or oblong, 1-2 in. long, leafless at the base ; stamens 

 Vif-Vi in. long, sometimes pinkish. B.M. 1341. L.B.C. 

 16:1507. 



by the Mexicans to make an impenetrable spinj hedge 

 The plant his small and compaiativelj few Ivs , borne 

 in clusteis in the axils of the spines Fls with a fun 

 nel-shaped tube 1 in. or more long, and 5 spreading 

 lobes. 



splfindens, Engelm. Coach-whip. Vine-Cactus. Ja- 

 cob's Staff. Ocotillo. Shrub, 6-10, or even 20 ft. 

 high, branching near the base : branches long, gray, 

 furrowed, erect: Ivs. obovate, rounded at apex, wedge- 

 shaped at base, 5^-1 in. long: inflor. racemose, thyrsoid: 

 fls. scarlet or brick-red; stamens 8-12, exserted: seeds 

 white, with a long fringe of spirally thickened hairs. 

 W. Tex. and Ariz, to S. Calif. A.G. 13:759. 



F. Franceschi and W. M. 



FOURCROt'A. See Furcraea. 



FOUR-O'CLOCK. See Mirabilis Jalapa. 

 FOXGLOVE. Digitalis. 



