FID FLA 1 FLA F(ET 
lutSscens . . . Apetal . 6, S. £v. S. . 1824 
maerophylla . . Apetal . G. Ev. T. N. HoU. . 
martinicensla, 6 . Apetal . S. Ev. T. W. Ind. . 1759 
microcarp^ . . Apetal . G. Ev. T. Guinea . . 1819 
Muntia .... Apetal . G. Ev. S. N. Roll. . 1822 
myitifblia . . . ApeUl . S. Ev. T. . 1824 
nitida .... Apetal . 6, S. Ev. S, E. Ind. . . 1786 
n^Tnphaeifdlia . . Apetal . S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . . 1759 
oblongata . . . Apetal . S. Ev. T. C. G. H. . 1825 
obtusata . . . Apetal . S. Ev. S. . 1821 
obtuaifolia . . . Apetal . S. Ev. T. Mexico . . 1823 
oppositifOlia, 6 . Apetal . S. Ev. S. E. Ind. . . 1802 
pedunculata . . Apetal . S. Ev. S. S. Amer. . 1776 
pendula . . . Apetal . S. Ev. T. . 1824 
pertusa .... Apetal . S. Ev. S. S. Amer. . 1780 
populnga . . . Apetal . S. Ev. T. S. Amer. . 1812 
pumlla .... Apetal . G. Ev. Tr. China . . 1759 
racemosa . . . Apetal . S. Ev. S. E. Ind. . . 1759 
religiosa . . . Apetal . S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . . 1731 
repens .... Apetal . S. Ev. Cr. E. Ind. . . 1805 
retusa .... Apetal . S. Ev. S. E. Ind. . . 1793 
rubinervia . . . Apetal . S. Ev. T. BrazU . . 1824 
rugosa .... Apetal . S. Ev. S. S. Leone . 1826 
Mgittata . . . Apetal . S. Ev. Cr. E. Ind. . . 1810 
salicifolia, 7 . . Apetal . G. Ev. T. Arabia . . 
Btipulata . . . Apetal . G. Ev. Cr. China . . 1771 
Buperstitiosa . . Apetal . S. Ev. S. . 1763 
terebrata . . .Apetal . S. Ev. T. Maurit. . . 1822 
tinctoria . . . Apetal . 5, S. Ev T. Society Is. . 1793 
tomentosa . . . Apetal . S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . . 1816 
ulniifolia . . . Apetal . S. Ev. S. Philipp. . 1813 
urophylia . . . Apetal . 6, S. Ev. S. India . . 1829 
venOsa .... Apetal . S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . . 1763 
virgata .... Apetal . S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . . 1816 
viscifOUa . . . Apetal . S. Ev. T. . 1820 
Fiddlb-wood, see CitharSx^IOm. 
Fieldia, a. Cunningham. In honour of Baron Field, 
once chief judge of New South Wales. Linn. 14, 
Or. 1, Nat. Or. Bignoniacem. An ornamental spe- 
cies, which may be successfully grown in a mix- 
ture of loam and peat ; cuttings will root readily 
in sand, under a glass, if their leaves are left entire. 
australlB . . . White . . 7, G. Ev. Cr. N. HolL . 1826 
Field madder, see Rabid. 
Fio MARIGOLD, SCO MescmbryanthimUm. 
Fig tree, see Ficus. 
Figwort, see Scrophuldrid. 
Filago, Linn. From Jilum, a thread ; the plant ap- 
pears as if covered with cotton, or down ; whence 
the name Cotton Rose. Linn. 19, Or. 2, Nat. Or. 
Compositae. A worthless annual, which merely 
requires sowing in the open border. Synonyms : 
1. Evax pygmaa — pygmced 1. 
Filamkntosk, threaay, or cotton-like. 
Filbert, see COrylHs Avelldnd. 
Filiform, like a thread in form. 
Filmy leaf, see HymenophyllOm. 
Fimbriate, fringed round the margin. 
FiMBRisTf LIS, Vahl. From fimbria, a fringe, and 
stylus, & style; the style is fringed. Linn. 3, Or. 1, 
Nat. Or. Cyperacece. Herbaceous species of grass, 
requiring to be grown in ponds or ditches ; increased 
by seeds — dnnud, dichbtomd, diphOlld, pubiruld. 
Finger- parted; five lobes resembling the human 
hand. 
Finger grass, see Digitated. 
Fiortn, see AgrOstls stolonlfSrd. 
Fir, see PlnUs. 
Firm, hardish, tending to solidity. 
like a pipe. 
Fistumna, BuUiard. From Jistula, a pipe. Linn. 
24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. Fungi. A crimson-like plant, 
growing in patches alwut six inches high, most 
conspicuous in autumn — hepdtlcd. 
Flabellatb, fan-shaped. 
Flaccid, feeble, weak. 
Flacourtia. L’Heritier named this genus in honour 
of Etienne Flacourt, a botanist, and a director of 
the French East India Company in 1643. Linn. 
22, Or. 12, Nat. Or. Flacourtiaceoe . These are 
ornamental fruit trees, or shrubs, from four to 
twenty feet high, and very successfully grown in 
loam and peat ; cuttings root freely in sand, under 
a glass, in heat. F. Ramontchi bears leaves and 
fruit similar to those of the plum. The natives 
eat the fruit, which is sweet, but leaves a slight 
bitterish taste in the. mouth. 
caUphrScU . . Wliite . . S. Ev. S. E. Ind. . . 1804 
flavcBCgna . . . White. . S. Ev. S. Guinea . . 1780 
inGrmIs .... White . . S. Ev. T. E. Ind. . .1819 
Ramontchi . . White . . 7, S. Ev. S. Madagas. . 1775 
rhamnoides . . White. . S. Ev. S. C. G. H. . 1816 
rotundifdUa ;. . White. . S. Ev. S. E. Ind. . . 1820 
sapida .... White . . S. Ev. s. E. Ind. . . 1800 
sepiaria .... White . . S. Ev. S. E. Ind. . . 1816 
Flagellaria, Linn. From flagellum, alluding to the 
long flexible branches. Linn. 6, Or. 3, Nat. Or. 
Juncacex. A curious plant, growing about seven 
feet high in a mixture of peat and loam ; it may 
be readily increased by suckers. The leaves of 
this plant are said to be astringent and vulnerary. 
Indrca .... White. . 6, S. Ev. Ch India . .1782 
Flagell®, runners without leaves. 
Flagklliform, in form of runners, creeping along the 
ground. 
Flavescens, pale yellow. 
Flat, plane, level. 
Flaveria, Jussieu. From flavus, yellow; because 
in Chili the plants are used for dyeing that colour. 
Linn. 19, Or. 5, Nat. Or. Composite. Annuals and 
biennials of no value. They require to be sown in 
heat, and when potted oflF, treated as other tender 
plants. Synonymes : 1. Milleria contrayerba. 2. M. 
angustifolia. 3. Flaveria linearis. 
Contrayerba, 1 . Yellow . 8, S. B. Peru . . 1794 
angustifulld 2, marltimd 3. 
Flax, see Linum. 
Flax lily, see PhOrmium. 
Flax star, see Lysimachid LinfXm-stelldtiim. 
Fleabane, see Congzd. 
Flea WORT, see Inula PulicSrid. 
Flea WORT, see Plantagb PsalltQm. 
FlemingIa, Roxburgh. In honour of John Fleming, 
M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c., an acute botanist, 
and formerly presidentof the East India Company’s 
medical establishment in Bengal. Linn. 17, Or. 4, 
Nat. Or. Leguminosa. Plants only worth cultivat- 
ing in collections. They succeed in any light soil, 
and cuttings will root in sand, under a glass, in 
heat. 
procGmbGnc . . Purple . 8, S. Ev. Tr. E. Ind. . . 1816 
prostrSta . . . Purple . 8, S. Ev. Tr. E. Ind. . . 1816 
conglstd, linedtd, nSnd, semialatd, strictd. 
Flexile, easily bent in different directions, pliable. 
Flkxuods, having a bent or undulating direction, 
zigzag. 
FlindersIa, R. Brown. In compliment to Captain 
M. Flinders, R.N., who, accompanied by the 
famous botanist and naturalist Robert Biown, 
explored the coast of New Holland in the begin- 
ning of the present century. Linn 10, Or. 1, Nat. 
Or. Cedrelacea. This is a fine tall-growing tree, 
the wood of which is employed by the natives for 
various domestic uses ; indeed, it is said to be very 
little inferior to mahogany. It succeeds well in 
loam and peat, and cuttings of the ripened wood, 
with their leaves not cut, will root in sand, under 
a glass. 
auBtrahB . . . White. . G. Ev. T. N. HolL . 1823 
Flix-wkkd, see Sisymbrium SOphid. 
Flo^\-** 1 covered with little tufts, like wool. 
Floccosely-tomentose, down, disposed in little tufts. 
Floral, of or belonging to a flower. 
Floral-envelopes, the calyx, and corolla, which 
envelop the inner parts of the flower, are so 
called. 
Florets, little flowers ; chiefly applied to compositae, 
and grasses. 
Flosculosus, composite flowers, consisting of many 
tubular monopetalous florets. 
Flower fence, see Poincidnd. 
Flowering ash, see OrnHs. 
Flowering rush, see Batdmiis. 
Flower of Jove, see Lychnis flOs Jbvis. 
Fluggea, Willdenow. In honour of John Flugge, 
a German cryptogamic botanist. Linn. 22, Or. 6, 
Nat Or. Euphorbiacea. An evergreen shrub of no 
beauty, and of the simplest culture — leucOpyras. 
FlCItXns, floating. 
Fly, see LonicSrd XylSsHfim. 
F(etens, stinking. 
F<EriDiA,A. Cunningham. F rom fceiidus , fetid ; allud- 
ing to the smell of the wood. Linn. 12, Or. 3, Nat. 
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