FAGUS 



FATSIA 



1203 



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. cupria, Hort., and also some with rosy 

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



1476 Pagus sylvabca var. pendula. 



purple Ivs. and pendulous branches, but is of slow 

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

 heterophylla, Loud. (var. asplenifdlia, 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.O. 

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

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

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

 growth. Var. incjsa^ Hort. Similar to var. heiero- 

 phj/lla, but lvs. lessdeeply cut. Var. macrophylla, Hort. 

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

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

 sinuate, rather narrow lvs. 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 oO ft. tall: Ivs. obovate or oval-obovate, glabrous 

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

 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. Wink].). Pyramidal tree: lvs. 

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

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

 Persia.— F. Steboldii, Endl. Lvs. ovate, afaortlj^ acuminate, cre- 

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

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

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

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

 below: stalks of fr. 11-^-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). Rosacese. Ornamental woody plant sometimes 

 cultivated for its handsome white flowers and the 

 attractive heads of feathery tailed fruits. 



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

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

 branehlets, perfect or polygamous, with 5 narrow bracts 

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

 sepals 5, imbricate; petals 5, suborbioular, 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 whitc^fiwers at 



the tips of slender branehlets, 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.: lvs. cuneate with 

 3-7 narrow-oblong lobes decurrent into the linear 



Eetiole, revolute at the margin and whiti.sh tomentose 

 elow, J^-J^in. long: fls. 1-3, 1-1 J'2 '"• across, white: 

 achenes with feathery tails 1-1 H 'i. 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). Verbcnacesr. Climbing shrubs, aUied to 

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

 terminal or nodular panicles; coroUa tubular, widened 

 upward, with a 4-lobed Umb 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 lvs. 6-12 in. 

 long, and large white fls. in terminal panicles. 



FARFUGIUM: Ligularia. 



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

 hardy shrubs or small trees, used for subtropical 

 fohage 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, Polysciaa 

 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 le.«s 





1477. Good specimen of purple beech. — ^Fagus sjlvatica 

 var. purpurea. 



familiar but worthy Acanthopanax by the greater 

 length and distinctness of the styles. This genus is 

 doubly interesting as jiroducing the famous rice paper 

 of the Chine-se, and two rivals of the castor-oil plant 

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

 lobes of which spread out like fingers. 



While fatsias retjuire more care in the North than the 

 hardy aralias, their massive subtropical appearance is 



