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FURCR.EA 



FURZE 



except that the Furcrjeas are given more beat and water. 

 F. ijigantea has a very pretty variegated form, which 

 makes a useful pot-plant. 



As a rule, Furcra-as bear fruit not more than once, an<l 

 then die without producing suckers. However, they 

 produce while in flower an immense number of bulbels, 

 which may be used for prupugation. It is impossible to 

 sav at what size or age tlie plants will bloom, (irown 

 in pots, they may take a century. On the other hand, 

 plants from bnlbels iiave been known to flower at 3 years. 





885. Funkia ovata. (.Seepage 019 



A. Texture of J vs. firm : .'</il nes iisunJh/ present, deJii'id : 



no minute tiwfh on uiunjiii. (Fii rmva proper. ) 



B. Trunlx S-4 ft. Jo)uj .- sjyines (it>se)it. 



gigant^a, Vent. Lvs. 4-G ft. long, 4-6 in. broad at 



middle, 2K-3 in. above base, usually without marginal 



spines, rarely with a few near the base: peduncle '2Q-iU 



ft. long: odor of lis. strong. Trop. Amer. Naturalized 



in Mauritius, Madagascar, India. B.M.'2250. G.O.III. 



2;l:227. R.H. 1857,pp.20G, 207. Var. variegElta, Hort., 



has variegated lvs. 



BB, Trun): uoiie or ■■^Itort : spines presi'iit. 



c. I/i'7i(/th of h'S. 12 ft. or hwre. 



altissima, Todaro. A recent and little kuown species 



iiamed at Palermo, Italy. Francesclii writes that it has 



hardly any trunk : lvs. bright green, with very few 



spines, 12 ft, long or more, erect, not drooping. It 

 tenderer than the other kinds. 



(.'C. Leugtli of Iva. 5-0 ft. 

 elegans, Todaro. Lvs. 4-5 in. broad at njiddle, 3 i 

 above base, rough on the back; prickles large: pedu 

 cle 20-25 ft. long. Mex. 



r-.'C. Length of tvs. 2-3 ft. 

 r>. Prickles iisnaUij large-sized. 



E. Panicle reaching 10-12 ft.; branches slightdj 

 compound. 

 Cul)6nsis, Haw. Lvs. 3-4 in. broad above middle, 1 

 in. above base, the tip convolute; prickles large, d 

 tant, hooked: peduncle 5-0 ft. long. Odor of tls. fair 

 This and P. gigantea are widely spread in trop. Am( 

 and often cult, in the Old World. They are the olde 

 in cult. All the rest are rare. Var. in^rmis, Baker, 

 spineless. B.M. G543. F. Lini.hni, Jacobi, has vari 

 gated lvs. I.H.21:lSb. 



EE. Pa}iich reaching -iO ft.; hrirncJies copiously 

 compound. 

 tuberdsa, Ait. Lvs. a trifle longer and narrower th: 

 in P. Cubensis, 2-3 in. broad: fls. sweet scented. Int. 1 

 Franceschi, 1900. 



i)L>. Prickles middle-sized , 

 pubescens, Todaro. Baker does not say that the Iv 

 are not convolute at the tip, nor does he distinguish tj 

 lvs. from those of P. Cubensis, except in the smalle 

 sized prickles. It is presumably the only species 

 FurcriX-a (iroper with a pubescent ovary. Pedunc 

 scarcely longer than the lvs. : panicle 5 times as long ; 

 the peduncle ; branches copiously compound. Tro 

 Amer. B.M. 7250. 



AA. Textur>' of lvs. flcxlhte and ivavy : spines absem 



mi}n(te teeth on margin, [Subgenus Ma-zlia.) 



B. Trunk :'>-'■ ft. high: lvs. glaucous. 



Bedinghausii, K. Koch {P. Roezlii, Andre. Yaa 



Parmentieri, Roezl. Pwzlia regia, Hort.). Lvs. 3- 



ft. long, 3-4 in. broad at middle, 1 in. above has 



permanently glaucous on both sides, very rough on tl 



back: inflor. 15-20 ft. high. Mex. R.B. 1803, p. 32^ 



1H83, p. 133 (full history). R.FI. 1887. p. 3.-,3 ; 18!)."). p 



408,409. B.M. 7170. Gn. 52, p. 197. G.C. III. 9:489. 



BB. Trunk finally 40--jO ft. high: lvs. not glaucoi 

 longseva, Karw. & Zucc. Lvs. 4-5 ft. long, 4-." 



> 1 



ad, narrowed to 2 in. above base, the roughness ( 

 the l);ick only on tlie keel: inflorescence 40 ft. Ion 

 Mex. B..^I. 5ol9. G.G. II. 10:053. 



F. FKAxrESCHi, G. W. Oliver ami "W. M. 



rURZE. rirr, ]iarticiil;n-ly f^, Pn n',,<ri,s . 



