Archive image from page 232 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 CUPHEA BB. Sie of petals larger. I'. Culyr 6-toothed. Ll&vea, Lindl. Red, White-and-Blue Flower. Pig. 607. Stems numerous, herbaceous, hispid branches ascending: Ivs. alm
Archive image from page 232 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 CUPHEA BB. Sie of petals larger. I'. Culyr 6-toothed. Ll&vea, Lindl. Red, White-and-Blue Flower. Pig. 607. Stems numerous, herbaceous, hispid branches ascending: Ivs. almost sessile, especially near the top, ovate-lanceolate, strigose: racemes short, few iid ca lyx green on the ventral side, purple on the back and at the oblique-6-toothed mouth; petals 2 large scarlet, obovate, the other 4 abortive; stamens 11. Guatemala 16:1386. III. 31 isdoubtful whether the plant described by Lindley is the same a>> the Mex lean plant originally described by Lexarsa, which wai said to have petals of 'dilute scarlet.' Lind- ley's plant had a green calyx, but the plant in the trade is colored. Used for baskets and bedding. Often misspelled LlavcB. cc. Culyx 12-toothed. mini&ta, Brongn. Stem shrubby, erect: v''i branches few, hispid: Ivs. opposite, the up- 1'' per ones not (|uiti- o|i|.i>site, with a very - short petiole, ovuti-, acute, entire, with ♦ -fc white, silky hairs which are denser beneath. Hs. solitary, subsessile, axillary, the pedun cle adnate to the branch in such a way as to appear between and below the petioles raceme few-Hd., one sided. 2:73. U:101. K. H. 1845:225. R. B. 22 compActa. Hurt. 2:43. Gt. 46, p. 637 This is referred to C. Llavea, , by Index Kewensis. The above description is from the original one in 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, his- pid, green at the base, p
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