182 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES FRENCH 



vince of Behar and Western India, having its leaves crowded at 

 the tops of tlie branches. The OHbannm is obtained by making 

 incisions in the bark, when the sap exudes and becomes hardened 

 in transparent masses. It finds its way to Bombay, which is 

 also the emporium for African Olibannm. Olibannm, better 

 known as Frankincense, is extensively used as incense in the 

 Greek and Eoman Catholic Churches. A gum-resin called 

 Sierra Leone Franldncense is the produce of Daniellia iliunfera, 

 a large tree of the Csesalpiniese section of the Bean family 

 (Leguminosse), native of Western tropical Africa. The name 

 Frankincense is also applied to the turpentine, which hardens 

 by exposure on the trunks of some species of the Pmus, such as 

 P. australis, P. tmda, and others. 



French Bean, {See Kidney Bean.) 



French Honeysuckle (Hedysamm coronarmm), a biennial 

 clover-like plant of the Bean family (Leguminosse), native of 

 the South of Europe, and cultivated as food for cattle. 



Fringe Flower {CMonantJms mrginica), a shrub or small 

 tree of the Olive family (Oleacese), with simple ovate leaves, and 

 wliite flowers produced in terminal panicles; the corolla is divided 

 into long narrow segments, which gives rise to the name Fringe 

 Flower. It is a native of Virginia, and is haidy in this 

 country. 



Fringe (Water) {L%mnaoithemum nyonjphxoidcs), a floating 

 aquatic of the Gentian family (Gentianacese), native of this 

 country, and originally known by the name of Mmyanth^ 

 nymphceoides, the Fringed Buckbean, from which it differs in 

 having floating round leaves lilce (but smaller than) the white 

 water-lily. It has pretty yellow flowers fringed in the interior 

 with fine hairs. It is found in the Thames near Oxford, and 

 some years ago it was also found in pools and ponds of the 

 Thames Valley, near London. 



Fuchsia, a genus of the Evening Primrose family (Onagra- 

 ceae), named by Linnaeus in honour of Fuchs, a celebrated 

 German botanist. The typical species of the genus F, coccinea 

 was introduced in 1788 ; it is a native of Chili. It was not till 



