very targe, witii a 



suboordata, Spreng. {F. alba, Sweet. F. Uliiflbra, 

 Hort. i'\^«/j<iii;i-a.Hort., at least of some. F.mucrdu- 

 (/Ki.Hort. /\ cocf;!^!;. Hort., not Sieb.). Fig. 882. Lvs. 

 large, broadly cordate-ovate, with a short, sharp point, 

 green, raany-ribbed : (Is. large, 4-6 in. long, with an 

 open bell-shaped perianth, wasy white, the base of the 

 tube surrounded by a broad bract : spilse short, the 

 bracts very prominent. — The commonest species in old 

 yards, and an excellent plant. The fls. have an orange- 

 like odor. Clumps of foliage grow 12-20 in. high. B.M. 

 1433, as ITemeroealUs Japonlea. 



Var. gfrandifldra, Hort. (7^. grandifldra, Sieb. & 

 Zucc), has very long and large fls. G.C. III. 4:153. F. 

 macrdntha, Hort., probably belongs here. 



AA. Fls. Hue or lilac, more or less inclined or 



nodding : bract 1. 



B. Lvs. glaucous. 



Sieboldiina, Hook. (F. Silboldii, Lindl. F. glaftca. 



Boit. F. Sinensis, Sieb. F. cncnmta, Hort. F.glau- 



882. Funkia subcordata CX 15). 



clscens, 'B.ort. F. cordAta, Sieb.}. Differs from the last 

 in the metallic blue color of the less cordate lvs., in the 

 inclined blnish or pale-tinged, more slender-tubed and 

 smaller fls. (which do not rise above the foliage), and in 

 having only one small bract at the base of the fl. B.M. 

 3663. B.R. 25:50. L.B.C. 19:1809, as Bemerocallis Sie- 

 boldtiana. There is a form with the body of the leaf 

 yellowish white and the edge green. L. 69.-Lf. blade 

 and petiole each 1 ft. long, the foliage therefore over- 

 topping the fls. The plant usually cult, as F. Sie- 

 bohliiina is probably F. Fortnnei. 



Fdrtunei, Baker. Differs from F. Sieboldinna in hav- 

 ing smaller lvs. and the racemes much overtopping the 



FURCR^A 619 



foliage, as in other Funkias. Petiole 2-3 in. long; blade 

 cordate-ovate, 4-5 in. long : raceme K ft. long on a stem 

 or scape 1 ft. long : fls. pale lilac, funnel- 

 shape, 1}.2 in. long, the segments lanceolate 

 and ascending and half as long as the tube. 

 -Excellent. Generally cult, as F. Siebol- 

 diana, and many of the pictures of that 

 name probably Iielong here, as, apparently. 

 Gn.38,p.79; A.G. 11 :1."i7 ; A.F.6:322. Itis 

 probable that the garden synonyms cited ^i, 

 under /^. Sieboldiniin are usually applied I " 



plants of F. Forlunei. 



EB Liaies gteeit 

 ovata, '^preup (/ imittea Sweet 

 F huneilcltii Sieb ) Figs 883 884 

 88") L\ s broad o\ ate 5-10 in lon^ 

 and half as wide, usually tapering tii 

 the petiole but sometimes subcoi 

 dite raceme long and lax fl with 

 a short slender tube and suddenly e\ 

 panding into a bell shape, l^o-2 in 

 long, nodding deep 



B AI 8<)4 



tall 



III/ 



Mn ]-!-': 



:^^feE^ 



ki.< 



is a form with \^hitebor 

 dered hs 



lancifdha, Spreng (F Ja 

 p6nica Hort of some) Lvs 

 lanceolate to nan owlj ovate 

 1 inceoHte the bUde 6 in 



long, the tube slender and 

 gnduallj enlarging upwaid 

 pale lilac \ ir albo mar 

 gmita, Hort [F nlhy mm 



his the hs edg, .1 white 

 Vai undulataf/ viuhiUVn 

 Otto i Dietr ) is a form 

 with undulate white mar 

 gined lvs — Graceful Fls 

 smaller than those of F 



883 Fu 



15) 



II r 11 —F majffinufa Hort =F Ian 



,t I / tirdiflora Hort •=' —F unnil 



t il \ I lanegata Hort = variegated 



f , I N t F ovata or F laneifolia - 



t H r I 1 1 Inbly a form of F ovati 



L H B 

 FURCRaiA I \iit Francois de Fourcro\ 17j5-1809, 

 cheliii tl "SMI 1 iiniuiid foiinia-a t un toiia, Fui 

 (iifi iiiiiu iflh I icnv About 17 species of succulent 

 deseit pi uitb tioin tropical 

 Amenta particularh Mex 

 ico, some with spiny foliage 

 like Agave others with mi 

 nutely toothed margins like 

 Beschorneria. They occa- 

 sionally bear immer 

 panicles of greenish white 

 fls., suggesting those of 

 Yucca filamentosa, which 

 are known to every plant- 

 lover of the North. The 

 perianth of Furcraea is whit- 

 ish and wheel-shaped ; in 

 Agave greenish yellow, fun- 

 nel-shaped. The filaments 

 in Furcra?a have a cushion- 

 like swelling at the base, 

 which is absent from Agave. 

 Furcraea is cultivated much 884. Old capsule of 



in the same way as Agave, Funkia ovata. Nat. size. 



