FU 



nUer 



inside. 



vertj largi-', with a 



subcordita, Spreng. {F. alba, Sweet. F. liliifldra, 

 Hort. F. Japdiiica. Hort., at least of some. F. macrdn- 

 ihu, Hort. F. cord&ta. Hon., notSieb.). Fig. 882. Lvs. 

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

 green, many-ribbed : fls. large, 4-G in. long, with an 

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

 tube surrounded by a broad bract : spike 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. 

 14:).'), as Hemerocallis Japonica. 



Var. grandifldra, Hort. (F. gmndindm, Sieb. & 

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

 mucrdntha, Hort., probably belongs here. 



■ ;css' 



ncUi 



1 the last 



bed and 



subcordata(Xl-5). 



(■i«so<'HS, Hort. F.cordi'ita.i^Wh \. Diffpr- 



in the metallic blue color of fli. 1- -- ■! ' 



inclined bluish or pale-tiuc.-H I I 



smaller fls. (which do not ri^i- :i' -.i.andin 



having only one small bract ;ii 'li- In-. ..i In tl. B.M. 

 3663. B.R. 25:50. L.B.C. \9:\fiK\. a-< Hiini mcillis 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 usuallv cult, as F. Sie- 

 boldi,nia is probably F. Forlunei. ' 



Fdrtunei, Baker. Differs from _F. .SieftoMiaiia in hav- 

 ing smaller lvs. and the racemes much overtopping the 



FURCRJiA 619 



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

 cordate-ovate, 4-5 in. lung : raceme J^ 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- 

 dinna, and many of the pictures of that 

 name probably belong here, as, apparently, 

 Gn.38,p.79; A. G. 11:157; A.F.6:322. It is 

 probable that the garden synonyms cited 

 under/". Sieboldiana are usually applied to 

 plants of i^'./'oWiuifi- 



BB. Leaves green 

 ovata, s,..-pn!r. if ((>■» i(/ea. Sweet 

 F. I.tn...:.r , >,, L Figs 883, 884 



88."i. I , ' - .1 5-10 m long 



and ]m i i-ii illy tapermg to 



the iMii-ii, I, lit >M)ii, times subcoi 

 ilate : ra.-.ine long and 

 a short, slender tube and suddenly 

 panding into a bell-shape, 11^-2 

 long, nodding, deep blue 

 B.M. 894, as Bemeronilhs^^~^__^^\ 



ccerulea. Mn. 1:73. — The '^^S^s^ej^ 



commonest blue-fld. species 



usually known as t cop 



ritlea. F. margindta, ^leb , 



is a form with white bor 



dered lvs. 

 lancildlia, Spreng.(.F Ju 



piJHica, Hort., of some) Lvs 



lanceolate to narrowly ovate 



lanceolate, the blade 6 in 



or less long and 2 in or 



less wide : raceme lax, 6- 



10-fld., on a tall, slender 



stem : fls. IK in. or less 



long, the tube slender and 



gradually enlarging upward 



pale lilac. Var. albo mar- 



ginita, Hort. (F.dlh mm 



giiidtd. Hook., B.M. {hi7) 



has the lvs. edged white 



Var. undulata (F. undiildta, 



Otto & Dietr.) is a foim 



with undulate white mar 



gined lvs. — Graceful Fls 



smaller than those of F. 



ovata. 

 F. airea, Hort., variegated 



forms of various species.— -F. 



elata, Hort.. "bears tall scapes 



of pale blue fls."— F. giganUa, 



Hort. .has " loBg spikes of blue fls.' 



citoUa. v.ir. alba-m.arginata.— -F. t, 



rd!o,Hort.=F. lancitoli.% \HT.-r. 



forms of 1 . 



F. vfridis-margindta, Hort., is probably a form of F. ovata. 

 L. H. B. 

 FUECEffiA (Ant. Francois de Fourcroy, 1755-1809, 



chemist). Syn., Fourcroya, Fourcrcea, Fiircroya, Fur- 



craea. Aiiiarylliddcea!. About 17 species of succulent 



desert plants from tropical 



America, particularly Mex- 

 ico, some with spiny foliage 



like Agave, others with nil 



nutely toothed margins like 



Beschorneria. They occa 



sionally bear immense loos» 



panicles of greenish white 



fls., suggesting those of 



Yucca filamentosa, which 



are known to every plant 



lover of the North. The 



perianth of Furcrtea is whit 



ish and wheel-shaped , in 



Agave greenish yellow, fun 



nel-shaped. The filaments 



in Purcrsea have a cushion 



like swelling at the base 



which is absent from Agave 



Furcrfea is cultivated much 



in the same way as Agave, 



