. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CUPHEA BB. Size of petals larger. c. Calyx 6-toothed. Ll&vea, Lindl. Red, White-and-Blue Flower. Fig. 607. Stems numerous, herbaceous, hispid: branches ascending: Ivs. almost sessile, especially near the top, ovate-liinceolate, striffose: racemes short, few-fid.: ca- lyx grei'U on the ventral side, purple o
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CUPHEA BB. Size of petals larger. c. Calyx 6-toothed. Ll&vea, Lindl. Red, White-and-Blue Flower. Fig. 607. Stems numerous, herbaceous, hispid: branches ascending: Ivs. almost sessile, especially near the top, ovate-liinceolate, striffose: racemes short, few-fid.: ca- lyx grei'U on the ventral side, purple on the back and at tiie obli((ue-li-toothed mouth; petals 2 large, scarlet, obovate, the other 4 abortive; stamens 11. Guatemala. 10:1^80. III. 31 isdoubttul whether the plant described by Lindley is the same as the Mex- ican plant originally described by Lexarsa, which was said to have petals of " dilute ; Lind- ley's plant had a green calyx, but the plant in the trade is colored. Used for baskets and bedding Often misspelled Llaim C( CahiT 12 toothed BroT)-rn ^tera shrubbv rrrct , few 111 111 l^ (III It 11. Ill PM CUPRESSUS 413 linear-subulate and spreading: fls. monceeious, minute, solitary on short branchlets; staminate ovate or oblong, yellow; pistillate subglobose: cones globular or nearly so, consisting of 3-7 pairs of ligneous, peltate scales, with a mucro or boss on the flattened apex, each bearing per ones n f |uit i i it short petiol \ it i m white silky hill win h in 1 tts sohtaij sub in ili ixiUi cle idnate to tlu bnnih m to ajipear between and below raceme few fld i ne siiled F 14 101 R H 184o 22o R B 22 8) -^ ar compicta Hort b H 2 43 Gt 4b p 637 This IS referied to C Jjlaiea Lex by Index Kenensis The above description is from the ougmal one m P S 2 73 Van Houtte describes several hybrid varieties in 5, p. 487, which differ chiefly in size, color, and marking of petals. Calyx 1 in. long, " pid, green at the base, purpl
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