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in the way of E. splendens, having large 
inflated tubular flowers, which are of a lively 
salmon colour. 
Ekica vernoni, var. superba. — A fine seed- 
ling heath, raised by Messrs. Fairbairn, of 
Clapham, in 1845(?). It has long inflated 
flowers, contracted at the end, whitish, with 
a deep red-brown coloured calyx. 
Erica ventricosa, var. nana alba. — A 
dwarf white small-flowered variety of E. ven- 
tricosa, raised by Mr. Pamplin, of Hornsey. 
Erica vestita, var. exitnia. — A variety 
with small deep rose-coloured flowers, raised 
by Messrs. Henderson, of Edgeware-road. 
Eriostemon lineare, A. Cunningham, 
(linear-leaved Eriostemon.) — Rutacca: § Bo- 
roniese. — A pretty dwarf evergreen green- 
house shrub, with alternate, acute, linear 
leaves, and numerous flowers along the 
branches, growing singly, sometimes two 
together, from the axils of the leaves. It 
blooms very freely during the spring and 
summer months. Messrs. Loddiges imported 
seeds several years since from Sidney, New 
South Wales ; but the plant is yet little 
known. It is also called E. scabrum, and 
F. pubigerum. 
Fagr.s:a obovata, Wallich, (obovate- 
leaved Fagrsea.) — Loganiacea? § Loganeae. — 
A handsome stove shrub, not new, but rare. 
It has stout stems and branches, and opposite 
large smooth leather)' leaves, sometimes oval, 
or sub-elliptic, but more generally obovate ; 
the flowers are in a short sub-cymose terminal 
panicle, and are large, fragant and cream- 
coloured, between bell-shaped and funnel- 
shaped, with five large spreading segments ; 
they too are somewhat leathery in texture. 
It is a native both of Sylhet and Singapore. 
It requires a moist hot stove, and does best 
with bottom heat. 
Forsythia viridissima, Liiidley, (bright 
green Forsythia.) — Oleaceae § Fraxinese. — A 
deciduous greenhouse shrub, perhaps hardy, 
with erect four-cornered branches, growing 
from three to six feet high, and bearing 
opposite oblong leaves, which emit a slight 
balsamic odour : the flowers open in the 
spring, preceding the leaves, and grow in 
pairs ; they are of a bright yellow colour. It 
was sent from the north of China to the 
Horticultural Society, by Mr. Fortune, in 
1844. 
Fortuanje chinensis, Lindley, (Chinese 
Fortunsea.) — Juglandacea?. — A small tree (or 
shrub) allied to the walnut. It has largish 
pinnate leaves, of four or five pairs of leaflets 
of an ovate lance-shaped figure ; the plant 
has the aspect of a Rhus. It is monoecious,* 
the male blossom being in tail-like scaly cat- I 
* Moncecious signified having the different sexes, in I 
separate (lowers, or flowerheadBj on the same plant. 
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kins, and the female ones in terminal catkins, 
of a broader oblong form, which afterwards 
become a singular cone, with sharp pointed 
scales. It was sent in 1844 by Mr. Fortune 
from the hills of Chusan and Ningpo. Its 
hardiness is not yet proved, but it is expected 
to stand out-doors, at least in the south of 
England and in Ireland. The Chinese use the 
fruit of this plant to dye their clothes black. 
Franciscea hydrange.eformis, var. — 
(hydrangea-like Franciscea.) — Scrophnlari- 
acea? § Salpiglossidea?. — This variety differs 
from the species which has hairy bracts and 
calices, in having these parts " quite gla- 
brous" — that is, smooth and shining. It is a 
robust low shrub, with large alternate oblong- 
ovate leaves, and dense heads of blue-purple 
perriwinkle-like flowers. This variety Mr. 
Bentham regards as a species, and calls it F. 
capitata. It flowers at various periods, and 
was introduced from Brazil. The Francisceas 
are also called Brunfelsias. 
Fuchsia corallina, of gardens, (coral- 
flowered Fuchsia.) — Onagracese § Fuchsea?. — 
A fine hybrid Fuchsia, raised at Exeter, by 
Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co. It has 
much of the habit and character of the older 
kinds of Fuchsia, but is altogether of larger 
size ; the leaves are large, of a reddish tinge ; 
the flowers are also very large, with clear 
bright coral-red sepals and purple petals. It 
is a fine variety. 
Fuchsia macrantiia, Hooher, (large- 
flowered apetalous Fuchsia.) — A handsome 
shrubby greenhouse plant, with large ovate 
leaves, and very long drooping tubular flowers, 
which grow sometimes in bunches at the end 
of the shoots, and sometimes along the stem, 
which is then terminated by a crown of leaves. 
The flowers are apetalous, that is, they have 
no petals ; the tube, which is long, slender, 
and tapering, is of a pretty rose-colour, and 
is divided at the end into four ovate segments, 
which are greenish. Messrs. Veitch's col- 
lector found it in elevated woods, near Cha- 
sula, in Columbia, and it has also been found 
climbing on trees in lofty mountains at 
Andimarca, in Peru, It appears to bloom 
early in spring, and no doubt throughout the 
summer ; and young small plants bloom pro- 
fusely. Introduced in 1844. 
Fuchsia tetradactyla, Lindley, (four- 
fingered Fuchsia.) — A slender greenhouse 
shrub, growing about two feet high, with large 
fleshy roots, soft dull crimson branches, op- 
posite, ovate-oblong, obtuse leaves, and small 
deep rose-coloured flowers, growing singly in 
the axils of the leaves ; the style bears a large 
star-shaped stigma, divided into four fleshy 
finger-like cays. It is nearly related to F. 
thymifi Ha and F. cylindrica, two neat-locking 
small flowered kinds, but, like them, it is 
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