. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 536 EPIMEDIUM A. Spurs cottspicnous, often 1 in. lonrj, sometimes twice as long as the showy inner sepals. macrinthum, Morr. & Decne. Pig. 764. Lvs. thrice ternate ; leaflets cordate-ovate, unequal at the base, sharply toothed ; petioles with short, spreading, con-
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 536 EPIMEDIUM A. Spurs cottspicnous, often 1 in. lonrj, sometimes twice as long as the showy inner sepals. macrinthum, Morr. & Decne. Pig. 764. Lvs. thrice ternate ; leaflets cordate-ovate, unequal at the base, sharply toothed ; petioles with short, spreading, con- spicuous hairs : outer sepals sometimes colored bright red, remaining after the larger and showier parts of the fl. have fallen : inner sepals ovate-lanceolate, violet: spurs white. Japan. 22:1906. 5:151. Not Gn. 46:98i, which is M. pinnatum. Var. nfveum, Voss {E. nireiim, Hort.), has pure white fls. Var. rdseum, Voss (JS. rdseum, Hort. 11. niveum, var. rdseum, Hort.), has fls. white, tinged with pink or pale rosy red. Var. vioUceum, Voss (壉 . violdceum, Morr. & Decne.), has violet spurs, shorter than in i'. macranthum, but much larger than in the other species. 3751. 26:43. 4 very interesting species. AA. Spurs medium-sized, nearly as long as the inner sepals. B. Inner sepals bright red. alplnum, var. rtlbrum, Hook. (B. rubrum, Morren). Fig. 764. Lvs. biternate (but Hooker's picture shows a tendency to the thrice ternate condition), minutely toothed : spurs white, marked with red, as in Fig. 704, which shows the very distinct appearance of the flower. Japan. 5671. 3, p. 33, t. 6 (1853). Hooker says this differs in no way from E. alpinum, except in the larger and red fls., while the type which grows wild In England (though probably not native) has dull red- dish yellow fls., and, though advertised, is probably not in cultivation. itish or pale yellow. 'ctip. Lvs. only once ter- /;. .narranthum: all floral i .|i:iu.
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