with lanceolate serrated sharp-pointed 

 leaves, and terminal heads of yellow 

 flowers. [C. A. J J 



FLAX. The common name for Linum ; 

 also the fibre obtained from the stems of 

 Linum usitatissimum. — , FALSE. An 

 American name for Camelina. —, NEW 

 ZEALAND. Phormium tenax. — , TOAD. 

 Linaria. 



FLAX- BUSH. Phormium tenax. 



FLAX-SEED. Eadiola. 



FLAX-STAR. Lysimachia Linum- stella- 

 tum. 



FLAXWORTS. A name for the order 

 LinacecB. 



FLEABANE. Conyza; also Pulicaria 

 vulgaris and dysenterica ; also Erigemn 

 viscosum, graveolens, and acre. —.AFRI- 

 CAN. Tarchonanthius. —, MARSH. Pluchea. 



FLEA-SEED. The seed of Plantago 

 Psyllium. 



FLEAU DES PRES. (Fr.) Phleum 

 pratense. 



FLEAWORT. Pulicaria vulgaris; also 

 Plantago Psyllium. 



FLECHIERE. (Fr.) Sagittaria sagittce- 

 folia. 



FLEMINGIA. A genus of erect, pro- 

 strate, or sometimes twining plants of the 

 pea family, and nearly allied to Ehynchosia, 

 but differing in having a turgid and two- 

 seeded, instead of a flattened and many- 

 seeded pod. Most of the twenty known 

 species are found in India, a few extend- 

 ing to the northern and eastern portions 

 of Australia, and one, F. betulifolia, occur- 

 ring in TV. Africa. The stems are furnished 

 with simple or trifoliate stalked leaves, | 

 often having glandular dots; in some spe- 

 cies the stipules are large and chaffy. The I 

 small vetch-like flowers are purple, white 

 with pink lines, or yellow, and disposed in 

 axillary compound racemes or panicles. 



One of the most elegant of them, F. stro- 

 bilifera, is remarkable for its drooping 

 catkin-like racemes, furnished with large, 

 pale yellow kidney-shaped bracts, each of 

 which encloses a fascicle of white flowers 

 marked with pink lines. The leaves are 

 simple, ovate and acute, and vary much in 

 size. The plant has been in cultivation. 



A beautiful purple-flowered species, F. 

 vestita, is cultivated in many parts of N. W. 

 India for the sake of its edible tuberous 

 roots, which are nearly elliptical, and about 

 an inch long. The plant is prostrate, with 

 weak stems, and hairy clover-like leaves, 

 formed of rounded hairy leaflets. The pur- 

 ple blossoms are larger than in any other 

 of the genus, and are remarkable for being 

 placed two or three together on the apex 

 of a slender axillary flower stalk, those of 

 the other species being disposed in ra- 

 cemes. The genus bears the name of Dr. 

 J. Fleming, an Indian botanist. [A. A. B.] 



FLEOLE. (Fr.) Phleum pratense. 



FLESH of vegetable bodies. The soft 

 parts. 



FLEUR DE COUCOU. (Fr.) Lychnis 

 Flos-cuculi ; also Primula veris, and Nar- 

 cissus Pseudo-Narcissus. — DE CRAPAUD. 

 Stapelia variegata. —DES DAMES. Helio- 

 tropium peruvianum. — DE JUPITER. 

 Luchnis Flos Jovis. — DE LA PASSIOX. 

 Passifiora. — DE LA TRINITE - . Viola 

 tricolor. — DELIS. Phalangium Liliago ; 

 also Iris germanica and other European 

 species. The Fleur de lis representing the 

 Iris is the emblem of France, and was 

 called by old English authors Flower de 

 Luce. — DE MIEL. Melianthus major. 



— D'OR ET DARGENT. Lonicera confusa. 



— DE PAON. Poinciana pulcherrima. — 

 DE PAQUES. Bellis perennis. — DE 

 PARADIS. Poinciana pulcherrima. — 

 DE QUATRE HE U RES. Mirabilis dicho- 

 toma. — DES VEUVES. Scabiosa atro- 

 purpurea. — DU DIABLE. Iris susiana. 



— D'UNE HEURE. Hibiscus vesicarius 

 and others, — DU GRAND-SEIGNEUR. 

 Amberboamoschata. — DU SOLEIL. He- 

 lianthus annuus. — EN CASQUE. Aconi- 

 tum Napellus. 



FLEURYA. A genus of Urticacece com- 

 posed of a number of annual or perennial 

 weeds, found in the tropics of both hemi- 

 spheres. They are much like common 

 nettles in appearance, and some of the 

 species are furnished with stings, but 

 they may be readily distinguished from 

 them by their alternate (not opposite) 

 leaves, as well as by the narrow bifid 

 stipules which accompany them. From 

 other allied genera they differ in their 

 little, oblong or rounded and compressed 

 achenes having concave depressions on 

 both surfaces. [A. A. B.] 



FLEXUOSE. Zig-zag; having a wavy 

 direction, gently bending alternately in- 

 wards and outwards. 



FLINDERSIA. A genus of Cedrelacew, 

 having a calyx of Ave short teeth ; five 



Flindersia australis. 



white, ovate, plane petals, slightly hairy 

 on the exterior; ten stamens of which only 

 five are fertile, the alternate ones being 

 sterile ; and a simple erect obtusely five- 

 angled style, with a peltate five-lobed 



