bracts on the unbranched part, pani- 
culate above; floweri branches | 
Bedinghausii, C. Koch ; known n as 
Roezlia regia in gardens, ] Mezi 
Fourcroya tuberosa. (R. H. 
233-5.) 
ca t Agave. L. 2 ft.long, 3-4 in. 
broad, lanceolate, acuminate at z, 
a at base, bright green, rough 
beneath, t ; Margins distantly 
pe 4-6 ft. high; panicle 
arge, lax. Fl. large, pale a Fr, 
abortive, replaced by scaly bulbs o; or 
oi deciduous buds, which readily 
uce the plant. [Fwrerwa 
rie sole Ait.] 
Franseria artemisioides. cs 
at. 1890-91, 78, 81, f. 48.) Com sita 
ous plant 5-6 ft 5 
ith bipinnatifidly d l, and uni- 
sexual fi.-heads in terminal spikes, the 
female heads being at the 
of the spike. Andes of Chile 
Fraxinus alba, foliis argenteo- 
marginatis (Rr Ps 1886, 398.) 
Oleacegæ. HE. An mental fo orm, 
having the leaflets ordered with _— 
yellow, or, in the young 1., with r 
Fraxinus err eos nova. (R, H. 
1887, 63.) H.t 
Fraxinus bungeana. (G. and ‘ie 1894, 
4,f.1.) H. A-small tree g 
to the section Ornus, Northern Ching. 
Fraxinus excelsior, — aureis. 
so, agai 380.) H: t S n ea- 
l .var. with mra + which 
neem young are tinted with violet, 
Fraxinus Mariesii. (B. M. t. 667s ; 
G. C. 1883, xix. 351.) H, ornamental 
on hes 
late subserra: 
one petiolulate terminal one, and with 
panic. 
Fraxinus Regelii. (Nat. Arb. Zosch. 
1889-1890, 7.) H. Ash-tree of orna- 
mental character ; no description given. 
Central Asia. 
Fraxinus rhyncophylla. (G. aad F. 
1893, vi. 484, f. 70.) H. Easily 
d ch S 
n diameter, with broad scales 
pace with a coa t of thick rufous 
tomentum. Northern China 
rans Skee nie (R. H.1887, 
63.) 
innate, dark green ; 
leafiots five, ae coarsely toothed. 
Freesia Viole — (R. H. Tees, 
207. = 
acex. var., with w 
fl. hav ae two Saas spots on ne 
lower segments. South Afri 
Var, maior, Lf. C. 1882, xvii 
n the base of a lower segmen 
Fritillaria — a M. t. 6365.) 
Liliacee. H. A dwarf spe 
tu 
scales 2-3, thick and fleshy. Ste: T 
i h, wi = lanceola a 
erect pale gree Fl. droop- 
ing, about 1 in cos dull lurid purple, 
not tessellated ; seme h 
minutely toothed on Pete style 
obscurely trifid. Arm 
Var, fusco-lutea. (4. C. 1887, 
t 
brown outside. 
saree e ao C. 1876, v. 720; 
Gfi. t. 840.) H. 
aucescent, abo: 
> k ia fake 2-3 in. long, 
3-3 i lower ones in whorls 
of 3; ry. Fl. in sha e 
F. Meleagris, but bright yellow, wit 
abundan nearl ack quad- 
rangular spots, ur 
Fritillatis Roramnel iors. (Gard, 
1896, xlix. 282.) H. A species allied 
to F. aurea, = like that species, with 
golden-yellow 
Fritillaria bucharica. (Ga. a 1171; 
B. M. t. 7080.) H. An interesi ing but 
bg : 
not very showyspecies, Bul aris Sie 
1 ft. geek In us, sessile, 
e, 3-4 in. Infi. 
a lax many-flowered raceme bracts 
bre arpian linear or Da eg 
