572 



FELICIA 



sily fru 



r. Blue Mabguehite. Fig. 80fi. An 

 ant, 1-2 ft., with roundisli ovate op- 

 rge, solitary heads of an exquisite 

 B.M.249 (as Vinmtria amelloides). 

 1 :G74. Gng. G: 149.— There is a rarie- 

 .H. 8:296). Grown 

 igs. HaniUcd like a' 

 Cineraria ; or, 'if grown from sjiring 

 cuttings for winter bloom, like a Chry- 

 santhemum, but with more heat in tlie 

 fall. An elegant pot-plant, and useful 

 for bedding in a pro- 

 tected place. L_ p[_ g^ 



FENDL£BA (after 

 Augustus P e n d 1 e r, a 

 German naturalist, bo- 

 tanical explorer of Ni'W 

 Mexico). Sriritrnif'i-rir. 



Low, spn-adiii;_' -I , 



with sniiill, <■]•] , 



greyish I'olia^r. .■..■. ~ . .< 

 in June alony Hi'' - 1' i 

 der, arching hrain In < 



der glass, (^ne species 

 from Texas to Mexico ; 

 allied to Philadelphus. 

 Fls. usually solitary at 

 the end of short lateral 

 branchlets ; calyx lobes 

 and petals 4 ; stamens 8 : 

 ovary almost superior: 

 fr. a 4-celled, dehiscent 

 capsule, with flat, oblong 

 seeds. 



jnellod 



ruploola, Engelm. and Gr. To 4 ft.: Ivs. lincar-laiu'i-o. 

 late or linear-oblong, 3-nerved, revolute ut the margin, 

 greyish tomentose beneath, )^-l in. long : fls. milky 

 white, 1 in. across; petals rhombic ovate, with distinct 

 claw, spreading ; stamens erect. June. G.F. 2:113. 

 B.H. 1891,p.42. M.D.G. 1899:231. 



Alfred Rehder. 



FENNEL. Species of. Famleulum (UmbellifercB), an- 

 nuals or treated as such, used as salad or condimental 

 herbs. Nativ ..f S, K.lr..l,.^ The romnion F.-iiiiel ( f. 

 officindh. Liiin.i i. ..rMni, iiiLslly for its y.iuii;; Ivs., 

 which arc i, . • m i , r,.|^.-. ■nni also foi- i'l s amnialir 



seeds, l.'-r . ilm raw. Sows i^iiilat.- 



fall to niMiiv o;i,l, _orn, illation in spi-iii-, or sow in 

 early spring. In any good soil, the plant comes to ma- 

 turity quickly. 



The Florence or Sweet Fennel is F. dtilce, DC. The 

 bases of the crowded Ifaf-stalks an- nuicli tlii.'ki-ncal, 



making a bulb-liko.iiI:irL'iii,-:ii .-ii tli.' lt..ui,.1. Tins 



thickened base has :r. ':;. . r '■.'.< 



ing-up blanches tlir . ' in •! . •:• ., |, , ■ i, , i , ;i i.i ■.! :••■<■ 

 boiling thev are ill • ■-,i':i" \ ■ ! |.i,',,! i,.,;!,,,,, 



L. II. B. 

 FENUGREEK (Trif/oneUa Fcenum-anecun), literally 



rrepk hay). An annual legume indigenmis to western 



FER\ 



yellow coloring matter, and G per cent of fixed and 

 volatile oils. As human food they are used in Egypt, 

 mixed with wheat flour, to make bread ; in India, with 

 other condiments, to make curry powder; in Greece, 

 either boiled or raw, as an addition to honey; in many 

 oriental .•oiintriis. to give plumpness to the female 

 human t"iiii. 'I'll. |.lant is used as an esculent in Hin- 



dosi:Mi ; ;i oiy fodder in Egypt, Algiers, France, 



anloi I r 11 I lordering the Mediterranean. For- 



mii t s I clued in medicine; now it is employed 



on 1;, 111 1 1 I lion of emollient cataplasms, eneni- 



ata. I ! ! [ilasters, never internally. In vet- 



crina ;. still esteemed for poultices, con- 



11 I s M liic-Ir for ilrugs, and to diminish 



■:-i • . ■ •! iiiliiiiiL.' ■■tr.'.'t-, of ynirgatives. It is 



' i-ilossy coats upon 



lire and vigor; by 



I in fattening ani- 



; b\ ia.;nai.u 1 11! ■ ' . ■ [. . i : slock foods as a 

 flavoring ingredient. ! not succeed upon 

 clays, sands, wet or son I [; . I s most seed upon 

 well drained loams of in hni i i' and of moderate 

 fertility; most fodil. i n h ' mN. For seed pro- 

 duction, potash iiii'l ll 1 aihl shoiiM l.c appliial; 



for forage, nni' ii..i mimirrs. I).r|i plowinu' ami 

 thorough lianii ■!. ' ■ I tial. Ton to 'jn poiinils of 



to the clovers, vetch.- 

 s of this country. It 

 nitrogen from the air I 



FENZLIA. Sec Cilia 

 FERDINANDA eminens. 



sorus, recog- 

 iiauy of them heteroge- 

 I le resemblance in struc- 

 s. John Smith, relying 

 ■ariation in venation and 

 have recognized a much 



