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Wat. Or. Commelynaceoz. A curious plant, 

 growing about seven feet high in a mixture of 

 peat and loam ; it may be readily increased by 

 suckers. The leaves of this plant are said to 

 be astringent and vulnerary, 

 indica . . White . 6, S. Ev. CI. 6 India . . 1782 



FLAGELLa:, runners without leaves. 



Flagelliform, in form of runners, creeping 

 along the ground. 



Flakes, bizarres, and picotees, are terms 

 used by florists to distinguish different kinds 

 of carnations : bizarres are such as contain two 

 colours laid on in stripes upon a white ground ; 

 flakes have only one colour striped on a white 

 ground ; and picotees are smaller, without 

 stripes, and with fringed edges. 



Flame lilt. See Pyrolirion. 



Flat, plane, level. 



Flat pea. See Platylblium. 



Flaveria, Jussieu. From flavus, yellow ; be- 

 cause in Chili the plants are used for dyeing 

 that colour. Linn. 19, Or. 5, Nat. Or. As- 

 teracece. Annuals and biennials of no value. 

 They require to be sown in heat, and when 

 potted off, treated as other tender plants. 

 Synonymies: 1, Miliaria contrayerba ; 2, M. 

 angustifblia ; 3, Flaviria linearis. 



Contrayerba 1 . Yellow 8, S. B. 1J Peru . 1794 



flavescens . . Pa. Ytel. 



angustifdlia 2, inaritima 3. 



Flax. See L\nwm. 



Flax lilt. See Phdrmium. 



Flax star. See Lysimdchia IAnum-stellatwm. 



Fleabane. See Conf/za. 



Fleawort. See Inula Pulicaria. 



Flea wort. See Plantago Psyllium. 



FlemIngia, Roxburgh. In honour of John 

 Fleming, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., an acute 

 botanist, and formerly president of the East 

 India Company's medical establishment in 

 Bengal. Linn. 17, Or. 4, Nat. Or. Fabacece. 

 Plants only worth cultivating in collections. 

 They succeed in any light soil, and cuttings 

 will root in sand, under a glass, in heat, 

 proctimbens . Purple . 8, S. Bv. Tr. 1 E. Ind. . 1816 

 prostrata . . Purple . 8, 8. Bv. Tr. 1 E. Ind. . 1816 

 congdsta, lineata, nana, semialata, stricta. 



Flexile, easily bent in different directions, 

 pliable. 



Flexuous, having a bent or undulating direc- 

 tion, zigzag. 



Flind^rsia, R. Brovm. In compliment to Cap- 

 tain M. Flinders, R.N., who, accompanied by 

 the famous botanist and naturalist, Robert 

 Brown, explored the coast of New Holland in 

 the beginning of the present century. Linn. 

 10, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Cedrelacem. This is a fine 

 tall-growing tree, the wood of which is em- 

 ployed by the . natives for various domestic 

 uses ; indeed, it is said to be very little inferior 

 to mahogany. It succeeds well in loam and 

 peat, and cuttings of the ripened wood, with their 

 leaves not cut, will root in sand, under a glass, 

 australia WMte . 5, G. Ev. T. 60 N. Holl. . 1823 



Flix-weed. See Sisymbrium Sdphia. 



I* LOCfOSF ) 



Flookt ' j covered wit' 1 little tufts, like wool. 



A. 1} Arkansas . 1824 

 A. 14 Mexico . 1S0S 



Floccosely-tomentose, down, disposed in little 



tufts. 

 Floral, of or belonging to a flower. 

 Floral-envelopes, the calyx and corolla, 



which envelop the inner parts of the flower, 



are so called. 

 FlorestIna, Cass. Linn. 19, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 



Asteracece. Synonymes: 1, Sttvia callbsa; 2, 



S. pedata. 



call&sa 1 . . White . 6, H. 

 pedata 2 . . White . 7, G. 



Florets, little flowers ; chiefly applied to com- 

 posite and grasses. 



Fl<5s-cuculi. See Lj/ehnis Fl6s-cuculi. 



Fl<5s j&vis. See Lfichnii Fl6.s Jdvis. 



Flos Martini. See Alstrosm&ria FWs-Martini. 



Flosculosus, composite flowers, consisting of 

 many tubular monopetalous florets. 



Flower fence. See Poincidna. 



Flower op four hours. See Mirdbilis di- 

 choloma. 



Flower of Jove. See Lychnis fl6s J6vis. 



Flowers of heaven. See Nfstoc cceruleum. 



Flowering ash. See drnus. 



Flowering fern. See Osmunda regalis. 



Flowering flags. See Iridaceoe. 



Flowering rush. See Butomus. 



Flowkwort, or water cup. See HydrocUyU 

 vulgaris. 



Fluggea, Willdenow. In honour of John Flugge, 

 a German eryptogamic botanist. Linn. 22, 

 Or. 6, Nat. Or. Euphorbidjxm. An evergreen 

 shrub of no beauty, and of the simplest cul- 

 ture — leucopjjrus. 



Fluitans, floating., 



FluviAles. An order of plants now merged in 

 Juncaginacece, Pistiaeece, and Naiadacece. 



Flt honeysuckle. See Lonlcera XyUsleum. 



Fly orchis. See dphrys mus&fera. 



FcenIculum, De OandoUe. See Anethum luteum. 



Fojnugreek. See Trigonilla Fcenum Grfecum. 



Foersch on the Upas tree. See Antiaris. 



Fcetens, stinking. 



FcETfmA, A. Cunningham. From feetidus, fetid ; * 

 alluding to the smell of the wood. Linn. 12, 

 Or. 3, Nat. Or. Barringtoniacece. An orna- 

 mental tree, about twenty-five feet high ; it 

 requires a turfy loam, mixed with a little peat, 

 and ripened cuttings will soon root if planted 

 in sand, under a glass, in heat, 

 mauritiana . White . 4, 8. Bv. T. 25 Maurit. . 1825 



Foliaceous, having the texture of leaves. 



Foliate ; when a leaf is divided into leaflets, it 

 is called 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10-foliate, according to 

 the number of leaflets. 



Follicle, a particular kind of two-valved seed- 

 vessel, such as that of Pceony. 



Follicular, like a follicle. 



Foliose ferns. See Lycopbdium. 



Foltose mosses. See Bryacece. 



Fontanesia. LabillmrdUre. In honour of the 

 celebrated Desfontaines, professor of botany at 

 Paris. Linn. 2, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Oleacece. If 

 this very ornamental species is planted out in 

 the -open ground, it will require a little pro- 

 tection in severe weather. It thrives well in 



