Friesia
(named after Elias Magnus Fries, M.D., 1794-1878, a celebrated cryptogamic botanist). ORD. Tiliaceae. This genus, now included under Aristotelia, contains but a single species, a very ornamental greenhouse evergreen shrub, and an excellent plant for growing against the wall of a conservatory. It thrives freely in a mixture of turfy loam and peat. Increased by cuttings, which root readily in sandy soil.
F. peduncularis (peduncled). fl. white; pedicels axillary, spreading, one-flowered, somewhat nodding. September. l. opposite, lanceolate, serrated. h. 3ft. to 6ft. Van Dieman's Land, 1818. (B. M. 4246.)