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FOHSYTHIA 



FOXGLOVE 



lanceolate, always simple and generally serrate only 

 above the middle, very dark green, 3-0 in. long : tis. 

 about 1 in. long; corolla with rather narrow, twisted 

 lobes of bright, somewhat greenish yellow ; calyx about 

 half as longas tube. B.M. 4587. F.S. ;!:2tfl. B.K. 33:30. 

 -Less hardy and graceful than the otbe species. 



F.Enrop7:ea,Des. & Bald., from AllKinia, h.is smjtll, ov.itc- 

 laoeeolate, quite entire Ivs. Alfred Rehdek. 



FOTHERGiLLA (after John Futhergill, eminent Eng- 

 lish physician, who introduced and cultivated many 

 new plants, ]7i2-1780). HainameHth'icea'. Hanly orna- 

 mental shrubs, with alternate, deciduous, simple, dull 

 green Ivs. and sliowy spikes of white fls. in spring witli 

 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 tlu' 

 second year, or by layers, wliich take two years to root ; 

 the first species also by suckers and root- 

 cattings. Two closely allied species in the 

 S. Alleghanies : low shrubs, with the 

 branches densely stellate-pubescent: Ivs. 

 stipulate, dentate-crenate : tls. in terminal 

 spikes, perfect, apetalous ; calyx oam- 



m&ior, Lodd. {F. moniicola, Ashe. F. alnifdlia, 

 it/i'ijor, 8ims). Bushy shrub, with upright branches 

 G ft. : Ivs. broadly ohovate or roundish, oval, cordati 

 truncate, coarsely crenate or undulate even to the b 

 sometimes nearly glabrous beneath, 2).;,'-5 in. lo 

 spikes Po-3 in. long, with 1-3 Ivs. at the base : stan 

 1^ in. long, white. B.M. 1342. L.B.C. 10:1520.-'] 

 species is superiorto the former on accountof its dei 

 pyramidal habit, larger Ivs. and showier fls. 



Alfked Rehde: 



FOUNTAIN PLANT. Amarantus aalicifolius. 



I'0UQUI£:RIA( Pierre Ed. Fouquier, professorof m 

 cine at Paris). Tamariscltceo'. Candlewood. F 

 species of plants from tlie deserts of Mex. and New M 

 of which one is cult, in the larger rockeries of Calif., 

 is interesting as being an example of an order far 

 moved from the Cactaceas in fis. and fr., mit reduce* 

 somethinsr of their habit by the desert. It is often c 



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85j^ Fraeana ChiJuentjis 



pauuliite, 5-7-lolieil ; stamens numerous, with tlie fila- 

 ments thickened toward the end : caiisulB dehiscent. 

 'J-celled and 2-seeded. 



GArdeni, Murr. {F. ulnifolui , Linn, f. F . CuroViiiu , 

 Britt.). Low shrub, witli generally spreading branches, 

 to 3 ft.: Ivs. oblong or obovate, rounded or cuneate ai 

 the base, coarsely dentate above the middle, pulicscerit 

 and pale or glaucous beneath. l-'J in. Icjng : spikes ovate 

 or oblong, 1-2 in. long, leatli-ss at the base ; stamens 

 ''a-Ji io- long, sometimes ].inkisii. B.M. l.'J41. ti.K. 

 8:445. L.B (;. 16:1507. 



860 Fragana Virginiana 

 Showing the profuse rxmners, 



by the Mexicans to make an impenetrable, spiny hed 

 The plant has small an<l comparatively few Ivs., bo 

 in clusters in the axils of tlic spines. Pis. with a f 

 nel-sbaped tube 1 in. or more long, and 5 spread 

 lobes. 



spl^ndens, Engelni. Coach-whip. Vine-Cactus, 

 i'cb's Staff. Ucotillo. Shrub, 0-Ifl, or even 20 

 high, branching lujar the base : branches long, gr 

 furrowed, erect: Ivs. obovate, rounded at apex, wed 

 shaped at base, K-l in. long: intlor. racemose, thyrso 

 tls. scarlet or brick-red: stamens 8-12, exserted : se 

 u'hite, with a long fringe of sidrally thickened ha: 

 \\. Tex. ;ind Ariz, to S. (Jalif. A.G. l":!:750. 



F. Fr.ANOESCHi and W. M 



FOUECEO'i'A. See Fiirrnva. 



FOUR-O'CLOCK. See MlruhiUs J„hip„ . 

 FOXGLOVE. Diailali.i. 



