FOR . 
. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 2. rar. Jul. 403. Gaertn. t. 68. 
(Crise Forfk. Fl. eeceny: Arab. 8 82.) Clafs and 
; » OGandria Tetragynia, Nat: Ord. Scabride, Linn. 
em Ju : 
Gen. . Cal. ae erect, of four ees ela 
perm it eae Cor. als eiyht, rude, fpatulate, conc 
erect, wit 1ering, fhorter nee th e calyx, che a nd bon 
der m: Stem. Filaments eight, thread- ‘fhaped, 
one within etal, elaft: . the eogth, ie as nay 
anthers of two roundifh ue e 
are i a 
| oblong 
eats Gace 
compreffed, “ta aperlig at 
ee a. enveloped i in 
EM Ch. Calyx of four, lee ves, longer than the corolla. 
Petalseight, {patulate, Pericarp none. ‘Seeds four, — 
in wo ol. 
£ wetitication varie es, oad that 
difGeult t to diffe 
with which all its organ x He places this 
renus in Decandria Pentag W Schreber, and 
aes have confidered it as belongin Odandria 
a. Juffieu, not without hefitation, but apparently 
ae ca differs widely from innieus a his fol- 
ee in his view of ae ower, eonfidering it as mor 
cious, and under ee the petals of Lin 0 
drous male = each of one feale, va ce. number 
m feven to ten, and furrounding the ee Gore. 
whe are centr vi vary likewife 1 in number from three 
to five,. the wo to them in the place of the fcales 
of the others. To ine : may be objected, that the pena of 
the female organs always keeps pace in aya ale, 
a ones, asin — fimple flowers, — 
pound ones, a peel in the o 
ai. eer invar ay. 
0 
in S leeke 
of the name, a ee Salvia 
cling, not Forfealii. 
ka 
others, in che aes 
Forfkalii is the true 
Three fpecies of this genus are 
i. i. eae ima. he Mant. 72. Suppl. 245. Linn. 
j acq. - Vindob. v. 1. t. 48. (Caidbeja 
c, t. 
adherens 5 Fore Fl. 82. paren eat hee tomentofa Maf- 
P 
caténfis; Pluk. Almageit. 97. Phyt. t. 275. Luffag 
of the Ara bs. )-—« Plant clothed aa prillly ha hairs. ear 
elliptical, pointlefs. Calyx-leaves oblong-lanceolate,; a hdd 
Ait. H. Kew.—Native of vallies between the clears 
hills of the-defert to the eaft | iro. © This plant ‘has 
much: of io afpe of the common Pellitory as cies 
na a t amore hoary wh Hate a “he backs o 
Udly 
es me re eee the calyx. It owering in 
sie ie part of fummer, aud ace re be kept with us 
in. the green-houfe, where few perfons, except for curiofity, 
would defire to have it. The briftles of the fem: and leaves 
are nely h cooked, by which the ey {tick to any t thin ng t that 
comes in their wa The calyx is enlarged after flowering, 
and falls off with ‘the feed. 
2. F. candida. Linn. Suppl. > Thunb. Prod. Ca 
(tT. nee 3 Retz. Obi. ee 3: 
cartilaginous: p oints.: 
e of the 
kept in. the green-Houfe, and‘ flowers in June and July. 
few is pereanial: and: rare ed ‘fhrubby,; much branched, 
FOR 
Murray in 
—Plant briftly. Leaves 
h fides ; 3 ee teeth briftly. Calyx - 
leaves lanceolate, briftle. cacinted. Found by Maffon in the 
iland of Teneriffe. Hort. Kew.—It is’ annual, kept in 
the green-houfe, and flowers in July and Augult. This is 
like the other two, but rather more briftly a — nar- 
réwer eg eae are f{earcely hoary at the back, except 
when youn teeth are tipped with (aes ipinows 
br ites 3 their opper furface rough with hooked ones. 
The leaves of the calyx ave remarkably narrow, and very 
ddifh. 
Comm. 
lanceolat 
Got 
e, green oO 
ar The petals are ri 
neus is fuppofed in the name of tt {pecies, 
sonacifima, to have complimented rather than fatirized the 
character of Forfkal, who was an indefatigable and acute 
obferver, and did not eafily forget what he oe once ae- 
quired. In that of the fecond, dida, one of the laft 
names ea Aa ever Ge aes he unqueftionably —— 
to do ho e temper of his nd, whofe works 
had juft been prefented to him, from the ane of Deane 
in a {plendid rorm, an nd are now in the hands. of the writer 
of this paragraph. 
FORSOOTH, in eee atitle of aaa geet 
given to ladies, and {till retained, as well as dame, in fome 
of the exifting religious pate deri of En glith w women, 
which were eitablithed on the continent above two’ cen: 
turies ago, as forfooth a forfooth Aon, no lefs than 
‘dame Mary, dame An 
FORST, in Co. a con of Germany, in the prin- 
cipality of Culm bach ; 4 miles N.N. E. ie uftadt. 
FORSTA, a town of Lufatia, on the riv 
inhabitants of which we em loye in’ m 
woollen and linen cloths and carpets, and wing beers - 
54 
miles N. N. E. of Drefden. N. lat. 51 43! E. long. 14° 
ng 
ol. 
FORSTENOVE,atown of Germany, i in the’ bifhopric * 
of Ofnabruck ; 15 miles: from Ofnabruck. 
ER 
FORST Joun, in’ Biography, a eer Gétman’ 
divine, was b ugfburg’ in the yea 
ceived th y parts of his education’ in his native city’s 
time in his 
tieth yea kK great delight i in afliking and encourags 
ae “the litey rhaotl putts abhent d perfons,: Under this ‘tutor ” 
Mr. Fortter'n reat progrefs in a fludies, id excell 
deecerae in abe Hebrew ae Greek langiiages’ F 
ngoldftadt he wéit to Les fic, where i he ftudied’ "ledlogy : 
and thofe other Lita of literature which were’ 
wit ion, Here’ hé 
obra language ‘and divinity: 
bles removed to the’ univérfity of Wittenberg wh te he , 
mitted'to the" ie of doctor ef divinity 
this ° “anivetfity” he’ meee ee ai high reputation, oe 
. uties of public profeflér o and at’the farn 
fs a 
He silane & fixt “old, h ‘ 
ant anil Span and Hetpedted for Ln Bet literary” , 
He* ' Hebrew 
ci . diGionar Ys 
