FAGUS 



FATSIA 



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163; 1908:499. G.C. III. 24:305. F.E. 13:472; 14: 

 874. A.G. 18:837. G.W. 2, p. 539. A form with very 

 dark purple Ivs. and of compact habit is var. Riversii, 

 Hort. There are other forms, differing in the shade of 

 purple, as var. cuprea, Hort., and also some with rosy 

 pink variegated Ivs. Var. purpftrea pendula, Hort., has 



1476. Fagus sylvatica var. pendula. 



purple Ivs. and pendulous branches, but is of slow 

 growth. Var. Zlatia, Spaeth, has yellow foliage. Var. 

 heterophylla, Loud. (var. asplenifolia, Lodd.). Lvs. 

 deeply cut, often almost to the midrib, into narrow 

 lobes. A very graceful variety, forming a dense and 

 low, shrubby tree. Mn. 1, p. 61. F.E. 18:314. P.G. 

 3: 163. Less important varieties, but sometimes grown, 

 are the following: Var. cristata, Lodd., with deeply 

 toothed, curled, small and clustered Ivs.: of slow 

 growth. Var. incisa, Hort. Similar to var. hetero- 

 phylla, but Ivs. less deeply cut. Var. macrophylla, Hort. 

 Lvs. large, to 5 in. long. Var. quercifdlia, Schelle 

 (var. quercoides, Hort.). With deeply toothed and 

 sinuate, rather narrow Ivs. Var. quercoides, Pers., 

 often confused with var. quercifolia, is a form with 

 dark and rough, oak-like bark. M.D.G. 1909:509. 



F. asidtica, Winkl.=F. orientalis. F. Engleriana, Seemen. 

 Tree, about 50 ft. tall: Ivs. obovate or oval-obovate, glabrous 

 below: stalk of fr. 2-3 in. long, glabrous. Cent. China. F. jap6n- 

 ica, Maxim. Lvs. small, elliptic, crenate: involucre small, slen- 

 der-peduncled, half as long as the nuts. Japan. S.I. F. 1:35. 

 F. orientalis, Lipsky (F. asiatica, Winkl.). Pyramidal tree: Ivs. 

 elliptic to oblong-obovate, nearly entire: lower prickles of the 

 involucre changed into linear-oblong lobes. Asia Minor to N. 

 Persia. F. Sieboldii, Endl. Lvs. ovate, shortly acuminate, cre- 

 nate, with 9-14 pairs of veins: lower prickles of the involucre chang- 

 ing into slender linear or obovate-oblong lobes. Japan. S.I.F. 

 1 : 35. F. sinensis, Oliver (F. sylvatica var. longipes, Oliver). 

 Tree, about 50 ft. tall: Ivs. ovate or rhombic-oval, finely pubescent 

 below: stalks of fr. lJ^-2 in. long, pubescent above. Cent. China. 



ALFRED REHDER. 



FALLUGIA (after Virgilio Fallugi or Falugi, an 

 Italian botanical writer, end of the seventeenth cen- 

 tury). Rosdcese. Ornamental woody plant sometimes 

 cultivated for its handsome white flowers and the 

 attractive heads of feathery tailed fruits. 



Deciduous shrub: Ivs. alternate, small, 3-7-lobed 

 at the apex, stipulate: fls. 1-3, terminal on elongated 

 branchlets, perfect or polygamous, with 5 narrow bracts 

 inserted between the calyx-lobes; calyx-tube cupular; 

 sepals 5, imbricate; petals 5, suborbicular, yellowish 

 white; stamens numerous in 3 rows; pistils many, on a 

 conical torus, pubescent; style slender: achenes with 

 long persistent plumose styles. One species in S. W. 

 N. Amer. 



This plant is a low divaricate shrub with slender 

 spreading branches, and conspicuous white flowers at 



the tips of slender branchlets, followed by dense heads 

 of feathery tailed fruits. Hardy as far north as Massa- 

 chusetts; demands well-drained soil and a sunny warm 

 position; likes limestone soil; stagnant moisture, par- 

 ticularly during the winter, is fatal to it. Its best place 

 is in a rockery of southern aspect. Propagation is by 

 seeds, which are freely produced. 



paradoxa, Endl. Shrub, to 3 ft.: Ivs. cuneate with 

 3-7 narrow-oblong lobes decurrent into the linear 

 petiole, revolute at the margin and whitish tomentose 

 below, M-Kin. long: fls. 1-3, 1-1 K in. across, white: 

 achenes with feathery tails 1-1 3^ in. long. June- Aug.; 

 fr. Aug.-Oct. Calif., Nev. and Utah south to Mex. 

 B.M.6660. M.D.G. 1900:207. ALFRED REHDER. 



FARADAYA (Michael Faraday, famous chemist, 

 1794-1867). Verbenacex. Climbing shrubs, allied to 

 Clerodendron, with opposite simple Ivs., and fls. in 

 terminal or nodular panicles; corolla tubular, widened 

 upward, with a 4-lobed limb of which one lobe is 

 larger; stamens 4, paired, exserted; ovary 4-lobed 

 and 4-celled: fr. a drupe. There are about a half-dozen 

 species in Austral, and S. Pacific islands. They appear 

 not to be in the trade. F. splendida, Muell., of Austral., 

 may occur in choice collections: it is a tall glabrous 

 climber with ovate, acuminate coriaceous Ivs. 6-12 in. 

 long, and large white fls. in terminal panicles. 



FARFUGIUM: Ligularia. 



FATSIA (from a Japanese name). Araliacese. Half- 

 hardy shrubs or small trees, used for subtropical 

 foliage effects in the North, and planted permanently 

 far South. 



Fatsia has 2 species, belonging to the Panax series, 

 in which the petals are valvate, while in the Aralia 

 series they are more or less overlapping, but the sides 

 affixed at the base. Within the Panax series, Polyscias 

 has the pedicel articulated under the fl., while in Fatsia 

 and Acanthopanax the pedicel is continuous with the 

 fl. Fatsia is distinguished from the hardier and less 



1477. Good specimen of purple beech. Fagus sylvatica 



var. purpurea. 



familiar but worthy Acanthopanax by the greater 

 length and distinctness of the styles. This genus is 

 doubly interesting as producing the famous rice paper 

 of the Chinese, and two rivals of the castor-oil plant 

 in bold subtropical effects, made by large Ivs., the 

 lobes of which spread out like fingers. 



While fatsias require more care in the North than the 

 hardy aralias, their massive subtropical appearance is 



