. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. THERMOPSIS aa. Pod straight or only slightly curved at the apex. B. Plant 3-5 ft. high. Caroliniana, M. A. Curtis. Stern stout, smooth, sim- ple: lvs. long-petioled; lfts. obovate-oblong, silky be- neath; stipules lar
. 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. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. THERMOPSIS aa. Pod straight or only slightly curved at the apex. B. Plant 3-5 ft. high. Caroliniana, M. A. Curtis. Stern stout, smooth, sim- ple: lvs. long-petioled; lfts. obovate-oblong, silky be- neath; stipules large, clasping; raceme 6-12 in. long, erect, rigid, many-fid.: pod 2 in. long, erect, villous and hoary. June, July. Mts. of N. C. bb. Plant 1-3 ft. high. 0. .Stipules longer than tin petiole. montana, Nutt. Plant 1% ft. high, somewhat silky- pubescent: lfts. oblong-obovate to oblong, 1-3 in. long: Hs. in long spikes : pod straight, erect, pubescent. May, June. Western states. 3011. 15:1272 (both erroneously as T. fabacea). Sometimes called "Buffalo pen " iu the west. CC. Stipules shorter than the petiole. D. Racemes axillary. fabacea, DC. Resembles T. montana and has possibly been confounded with it in the trade. It differs in hav- ing more spreading pods and larger and more com- pressed seeds. May, June. Siberia. dd. Racemes terminal. nmllis, M. A. Curtis. Stem erect, branched, 2-3 ft. high, pubescent: lfts. obovate-oblong, 1-2 in. long: ra- cemes 6-10 in. long: pod slightly curved at the end, 2-4 in. long. May-July. Va. and North Carolina. T. Cashmeridna, Hort. Saul, does not appear to be known to botanists. j. b. Keller and P. W. Barclay. THESPESIA (Greek, divine; application doubtful). Malracece. A genus of a few species of tall trees or shrubs native of tropical Africa, Asia and the islands of the Pacific. They have the aspect of Hibiscus and may be distinguished by the confluent stigmas, more woody capsule and the obovoid compressed seeds. populnea. Sol
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