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FORSYTHIA 



lanceolate, alwMv 

 above the miilili 

 about 1 in. lonu' 

 lobes of bright , 

 half as longas tui 

 —Less hardy and 



, Deg. & Bald., from Albanii 



r, twisted 

 »lyx about 

 !.R. 33:39. 



lanceolate, quite entire Ivs. 



Alfred Rehder. 



FOTHEBGlLLA (after John Fothergill 

 lish physician, who introduced and cultivated many 

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

 mental shrubs, with alternate, deciduous, simple, dull 

 green Ivs. and showy spikes of white fls. iu 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 iu the .^j^ 

 S. AUeghanies : low shrubs, with the .«;^^^^- 

 branches densely stellate-pubescent: Ivs. ^£^ ^ W^ 

 stipulate, dentate-crenate : fls. in terminal 

 spikes, perfect, apetalous ; calyx 



FOXGLOVE 



major, Lodd. {F. moiitk-ola, Ashe. F. alnifolia, var. 

 major, 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, 2i.<-5 in. long: 

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

 J^in. lon'g, white. B.M. 1342. L.B.C. 16:1520.-Thi3 

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

 pyramidal habit, larger Ivs. and showier fls. 



Alfred Rehder. 



FOUNTAIN PLANT. Amaranfus saJicifoUus. 



FOUQUIfiKIA( Pierre Ed. Fouquier, professor of medi- 

 cine at Paris). Tanuiriscdcew. Candle wood. Four 

 species of plants from the deserts of Jle.x. 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 CactaceiB in fls. and fr., but reduced to 

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



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

 ments thickened toward the end : capsule dehiscent, 

 2-celled and 2-seeded. 



G4rdeni, Murr. {F. alnifdlia, Linn. f. F. Carolhia, 

 Britt.). Low shrub, %vith 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 

 %-ii in. long, sometimes pinkish. B.M. 1341. G.F. 

 8:445. L.B C.1G:1507. 



1 11 1 ' fnble spmy hedge. 

 ii nil iitneh few hs, borne 

 of the spines Fls with a fun- 

 nel shaped tube 1 m or moie long, and 5 spieading 



spWndens, 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, M-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. 



FOUECEOtA. See Furcrwa. 



FOUE-0'CLOCK. .'^ee Mirabilis Jalapri. 

 FOXGLOVE. Digitiills. 



