PUNKIA 



FUKCR.KA 



619 



A. FIs. white, ascenrlinr/ : (l.-hrin-t rtrij liii'<)r, tri/Ji a 

 smaller one hivi<h:. 



subcordata, Spreng. (F. lilhn, Sweet. F. liUifldi-a, 

 Hort. F.jiii>ijiiira, Hort., at least of some. F. macrdii- 

 tlm, Hort. 7''. <■«)■(/ (Wi(, Hort.. not Sieb. I. Pig. 882. Lv.s. 

 large, broadly cordate-ovate, with a .sljort, .sharp point, 

 green, many-ribbed : fls. lar^e, -t-i; in. long, with an 

 open bell-shaped perianth, waxy white, the base o£ the 

 tnbe surronnded by a broad bract : spike short, the 

 bracts very prominent. — The commonest species in old 

 yards, and an excellent plant. The tls. liave an orange- 

 like odor. Chimps of foliage grow 12-'J0 in. high. B.Jl. 

 1433, as HeineroealUs Japonirtt . 



Var. errandiflora, Hort. (F. (irainliflurn , Sieb. & 

 Zucc), has very long and large fls. (i.C. HI. 4:].j:f. /'. 

 maerdnUia , Hort., probably belongs here. 



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AA. Fls. hlne or lihte, more or le.s 

 noddinij : hraet 1. 

 B. Lvs, glaucous. 



SieboldUna, Hook. (F. Sieboldii, Lindl. F. ijlaiiea. 

 Hort. F. l^inensis, Sieb. F. cuculldia, Hort. F. (jlint- 





cSscens, Hort. F. corddta, Sieb.). Differs from the last 

 iu the metallic blue color of the less cordate Ivs., in the 

 inclined bluish or pale-tinged, luore slender-tubed and 

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

 having only one small bract at the base of the fl. P>.]M. 

 3063. B.R.' 25:50. h.S.C. 19:lSi>9, as ff<^nieroca(Iis Sie- 

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

 yellowish white and the edge green. L. G'J.— Lf. blade 

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

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

 holdiana is probably F. Fortunei. 



Fbrtunei. Baker. Differs from F. SleboJdiana in hav- 

 ing smaller Ivs. and theiacemes much overtopping the 



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

 (■ordate-o\'at(% 4-5 in. l<.)ng : raceme y-j ft. long on astern 

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

 shape, P.j'in. long, the segments lanceolate 

 and ascending and half as long as the tube. 

 — Excellent. Generally cult, as F. Siehol- 

 diana, an<l many of the pictures of that 

 name probably belong here, as, apparentlv, 

 Un.38,p.79; A. G. 11:157; A.P. G:;!22. Itis 

 probable that the garden synonyms cited 

 under _/'^. SiebohJiajia are usually applied to 

 [tlants uf F. Fori iDtr'i . 



ovata, Spreng. {F. vir^riilea, Sweet. 

 F. ]anreoJ(}t<i, Sieb.). Pigs. 883, 884, 

 885. Lv.s. broad-ovate, 5-10 in. long 

 and half as. wide, usually tapering to 

 the petiole, but sometimes subcor- 

 (Uite : raceme long and lax: fl. witli 

 a yhort, slender tube and suddenly ex- 

 panding into a bell-shape, 1/-0-2 in. 

 long, nodding, deep blue. 

 P.M. 894, as HemerociiUi. 

 aertdea. Mn. 1:73. —The'' 

 commonest blue-tld. species ; 

 usually known as F. cff- 

 rxha. F. ui<fr</i}t(ifa , Sieb., 

 is a form with white-bor- 

 dered Ivs. 



lancifolia, Spreng. (.f. Ja- 

 p(Jji/tf/, Hort., of some). Lvs. 

 lanceolate to narrowly ovate- 

 lanceolate, the blade G in. 

 or less long and 2 in. or 

 less wide : raceme lax, G- 

 10-fld., on a tall, slender 

 stem: Hs. l.^-o iu. or less 

 long, the tube slender and 

 gradually enlarging upward, 

 pale lilac. Var. 41bo-mar- 

 ginata, Hort. {F. dlho-nxir- 

 (jinatii. Hook., P.M. 'M\ 

 has the lvs. edged white. 

 Var. undulata [F. nndnlaht, 

 Otto A; Dietr.) is a form 

 with undulate white-mar- 

 gined lvs. — Graceful. Fls. 

 smaller than those of F. 

 ovata . 



F. aurea, Hort., vrtrii'^atfd 

 forms of \'ari<>us spt'fics, — V''. 

 ridta, Hort., "bears tall seupes 

 of pale blue ^^."—F. gigantt^a, 



Hort.,has"lnTigspikesof blue rts."— i^. warf7/??a^a, Hort. =F. lan- 

 cifolia. var. allta-ni;trginata.— J*'. tardifldra,}lort.='^.—F.unit:it- 

 /(Uff,Hort.=F. lan'-ifoUa v:ir.— F. rariegdta, Hort.=variecate<.i 

 fonns of various s])ecifs, usually of F. ovata or F. lancifolia.— 

 F. viridis-inan/hiafa, Hort., is proliably a fovui of F. ovata. 



L. H. P. 



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

 chemist). Syn., Fviircroifa , Foui-crcea, Furcroya, Fur- 

 arcfji. At)>in-iiiruldc^-ir. "About 17 species of succulent 

 desert plants from tropical 

 America, particularly I\lex- 

 ico, some with spiny folitige 

 like Agave, others with mi- 

 nutely toothed margins like 

 Pescliorneria. They occa- 

 sionally bear immense loose 

 panicles of greenish white 

 tls., suggesting those of 

 Yucca fihf hioitosa, which 

 are known to every plant- 

 lover of the North. The 

 perianth of Furcrfea is whit- 

 ish and wheel-shaped ; in 

 Agave greenish yellow, fun- 

 nel-shaped. The filaments 

 in Furcrfea have a cushion- 

 like swelling at the base, 

 which is absent from Agave. 

 Furcrsea is cultivated much 

 in the same way as Agave, 





883. Funkia ovata ^X 1-j}. 



Old capsule of 

 Funkia ovata. Nat. size. 



