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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . the lower petioled :calyx-teeth oblong, somewhat obtuse, equal, scarcelyshorter than the tube, spreading: corolla white or paleblue, the limb wider than in Peru. (i9. In B. Rftslii, from Rocky Mts., some tts. arewhite, some pale blue. No dark blue or violet coloredfo
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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . the lower petioled :calyx-teeth oblong, somewhat obtuse, equal, scarcelyshorter than the tube, spreading: corolla white or paleblue, the limb wider than in Peru. (i9. In B. Rftslii, from Rocky Mts., some tts. arewhite, some pale blue. No dark blue or violet coloredforms are known. BB. Upper Irs. stalked: fls. solitary and axillarybelow, racemose abore. e. Calyx , Linn. (B. elAta, Linn.). Fig. 272. Stem andIvs. pubescent or glabrous : Ivs. ovate, with longerstalks than in B. (fravdiflora : calyx-teeth acute, un-equal, much shorter than the corolla-tube. The Ivs. arevariable, cuneate, rotund, or rarely cordate. S. 34 and 1136. The following are now referred tothe above: B. AmericAna, elAta, elonijAta, species is the commonest, and is usually known asB. elata. Blue, violet, white and dwarf forms are cult. CO. Calyx sticky or clammy. viscdsa, HBK. (B. pulchSlla and B. Czerniakowski- Ana, Hort.). Plant viscous-pubescent: Ivs. short-peti-. allia demissa (X /a). oled, ovate, rough-hairy on both sides : pedicels a littleshorter than the calyx : calyx teeth very clammy, oblong,shorter than the corolla tube. The Ivs. are similar to B. demissa, but the habit is stiffer and the fls. morenumerous. The calyx teeth spread less than in So. Amer. B. AmericAna, Linn., is considered by some a separatespecies from the above, but in Germany, where most seeds ofannual flowers are grown, it is used by Siebert and Voss (inVilmorins Blumengartnerei) to include B. demissa, B. elata,and other forms.—B. Jamesonii, Benth. ^ Streptosolen .Jame-sonii.—B. pulchella, Hort., is hkely to be either B. grandifloraor B. vi
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