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FRANKENIA— GALIUM. 
carved-pendulous ; receptacle of the seeds 
globose, favose-tjcrobiculate, villose. 
e.la'tinr, (baatboy strawberry, w. 11.) ca- 
lyx of the fruit reflexed ; hairs on the pe- 
duncle and petiole spreading. Ex. 
FRANKE'NIA. 7—3. (Caryophyllece.) [From 
Prof. John Frankenius, of Upsal, Sweden.] 
grandijlo'ra, (see heath.) leaves obovate- 
cnneiforni, mncronate, with revolute mar- 
gins, rather coriaceous, very minutely hairy 
and ciliate, particularly at the base ; stem 
prostrate ; branches and calyx minutely 
hairy. A dwarf-perennial. S. 
FIIASE'RA. 4-1. (GentianecB.) 
vciticil"laf,a, (American columbo, g-y. 
Ju leaves oblong-lanceolate, whorled 
or opposite, smooth; flowers on whorled 
peduncles. Medicinal. Swamps. 3 6 f. 
FRAX"L\TJS. 20—2. {JasminoR.) [From 
phraxis, a hedge : used in making hedges.] 
acumina'ta, (white ash, w-g. M. ^ .) leaf- 
ets petioled, oblong, shining, acuminate, 
very entire, or slightly toothed, glaucous 
beneath ; flowers calycled. 
'perifdula, weeping ash. 
or"nus, leaves pinnate. Flowering ash. 
samhucifo'Ha, (black ash, M. ^ .) leafets 
sessile, ovate-lanceolate, serrate, the lateral ! 
ones somewhat rounded and unequal at 
the base. 
juglandifo'lia, (swamp ash, M. ^ .) le?ives 
pinnate ; leafets petiolate, ovate, opaque, 
serrate, glaucous beneath ; axils of the 
veins pubescent ; branches smooth ; flow- 
ers calyculate. 
FRITILLA'RIA. 6—1, (Liliacem.) [From 
fritillus, a chess-board, in reference to the 
Vflriegated petals of one of its species.] 
imperin'lis, (crown imperial, r. and y. 
M. 2_C-) flowers under a leafy crown, nod- 
ding ; leaves lance-linear, entire. From 
Persia. 
Imiceola'ta, (p. Ju. 2Lf.) stem leafy, 1-2- 
flowered ; leaves lance-linear, lower ones 
whorled ; petals lanceolate. S. 
molca'gris, (fritillary, Guinea-hen flower, 
p. and y. M. 2^.) leaves alternate, linear, 
channelled: stem 1-flowered; nectary lin- 
ear ; flower checkered. 
aV'ba, (w. Ap. 2^.) glaucous; leaves re- 
motish, alternate, sessile, oblong linear, 
flattish, oblique, obtuse, substriate beneatli ; 
flowers 1-3, axillary and terminal. 1 f. 
FU'SCHSIA. 8—1. (Ona^ra.) [From a Ger- 
man botanist, Leonard Fuschs.] 
mdgella'iLica, (ear-drop, r.) peduncles 
axillary, 1-flowered ; leaves opposite or in 
threes, very entire ; flowei's pendulous. Ex. 
FU'CUS. 21—4. {Algce.) [P/mcws, the Greek 
for sea-weed.] 
lo'rens, stem very short, dilated into a 
cup, sending out a fusiform, dichotomous 
receptacle. In the ocean. 
FUMA'RIA 16—6. (Papaveracea.) [From 
fumus, smoke.] 
officina'lis, (fumitory, r. J. stem 
branching, spread ; leaves more than de- 
compound ; leafets wedge-lanceolate, ga.sh- 
ed. Naturalized. 6-10 i. 
VUNA'LIA 21—2. {Musci.) [From funis. 
'\ rope in allusion to its long oedicels.] 
h/i/gromef/'ica, (hygrometei moss,) leaves 
ovate, acute, concave, entire, inflected; cap- 
sules swelling, drooping, pear form ; pedi- 
cels very long, twisting spirally when diy 
GaLACTIA. 16—10. {LeguminosoB.) [From 
gala, milk.] 
mollis, (Ju. IX) stem twining *-'^-pube.s- 
cent ; leaves ternate ; leafets ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, pale beneath ; racemes axillary, a 
litde longer than the leaves, pedunculate ; 
flowers pedicelled ; calj'X acuminate vil- 
lose ; legume compressed, villo.se ; flowers 
small, purple. Milk plant. Pine barrens. 
glaheria, leafets shining above; stem 
smooth. 
pilo'sa, stem twining, minutely and re- 
trorsely hirsute; leafets oblong-ovate, finely 
hirsute on both-surfaces. pale bennath; ra- 
cemes much longer than the leaves ; flow- 
ers on short pedicels, scattered and remote ; 
legume villous. S. 
GALAN"TIIUS. 6—1. (Narcissi.) [From 
gala, milk, anthos, llower, in allusion to its 
whiteness] 
nioaris, (snow-drop, w. Ap. 11 ■) leaves 
linear, keeled, acute, radical ; scape 1-flow 
ered. Ex. 
pUcan"this, (Eussian snow-drop,) flow 
ers smaller than the preceding. 
GALAR"|)IA. 17—3. {Co7ymbi/ercE.) 
pirmatifi'dd, (y. p.) leaves pinnatifid ; di 
visions lance-linear, .somewhat entire. 8 i. 
GA'LAX. 5—1. (Sempervivea.) [From gala, 
milky, because of the whiteness of its 
flowers.] 
rolitndifo'lia, (w. J. 11. ) very glabrous, 
leaves round-reniform, toothed ; spike very 
long. S. 
GALR'GA. 16—10. (Leguminosa.) [From gala, 
milk, because it increases the milk of ani- 
mals who eat it.] 
virgznio'na, (goat's-rue, r-y. w. Ju. 11 ) 
erect; leafets 8-12 pairs, oval-oblong, ma- 
cronate, white-villo.se beneath ; raceme ter 
minal ; legumes falcate, villose. 1 f. 
GALE0P"SIS. U—}.(Labiatm.) [From gait.. 
a weasel, opsis, appearance.] 
lada'uum, (red hemp-nettle, r-w. Ju. @.) 
stem hairy, not swollen below the joints ; 
leaves on short petioles, lanceolate, serrate, 
hairy; flowers whorled; upper lip of the 
corolla slightly crenate. 1 f. Waste grounds. 
Introduced. 
tefralhU, stem hispid, swollen between 
the joints ; flowers rose-colored, with a 
white tube, lower lip dotted with purple. 
GA'LIUM. 4—1. (Rubicea:.) [From galo 
milk, some species having the property at 
coagulnting milk.] 
ti-ijfi'dnm, (bed-straw, w. Ju. 11.) stem 
procumbent, scabrous backwards ; cauline 
leaves in fives, branch leaves in fours, lin- 
ear, obtuse, scabrous at the margin and on 
the nerves ; terminal, few -flowered ; pedi- 
cel short ; corollas mostly 3 cleft. 
nsjyrd"lnm, (rough bed-straw, w. Ju. 2^.) 
stem difluse, very branching, prickly back- 
wards; leaves in fives and sixes, lanceo 
late, acuminate : margins and nerves prick 
ly ; pedicels short. 18-24 i. 
tincto'rhini, (dyer's cleavers, w. Ju.) stem 
difl:use smoothish ; leaves linear, cauliue 
