. 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. SCHIZONOTUS SCHOMBURGKIA 1627 III. 25:21.—A very variable .species, of which the following are perhaps the most important forms: Var. ariaeiolius, J. U. Jack {Spiraa aria'fdlia, Sm.}. Large shrub, with arching branches: Ivs. usually truncate at the base, ovate, with dentate or entire lobes, pale green and
. 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. SCHIZONOTUS SCHOMBURGKIA 1627 III. 25:21.—A very variable .species, of which the following are perhaps the most important forms: Var. ariaeiolius, J. U. Jack {Spiraa aria'fdlia, Sm.}. Large shrub, with arching branches: Ivs. usually truncate at the base, ovate, with dentate or entire lobes, pale green and pubescent beneath: panicle drooping, ample to 10 in. long. 16 4:G17. Var. Purshianus, Rehd. {Sp. discolor, Pursh). Similar to tlie former, but Ivs. beneath. Var. Jissus, Kelid. (Sp. tissa, Lindl., and probably Holodisctis austrdlis, Heller). Similar to var. arUefoUus in habit, but smaller: Ivs. crenate at the base, narrower, with entire lobes, whitish-tonientose beneath ; panicle drooping, loose, to 5 in. long. Var. dumosus, Dippel (Sp. clii- mdxa, Nutt. Sp. Boursieri, Ca,vr.). Erect shrub, 8 ft. high: Ivs. cuneate, coarsely toothed, pubescent above, whitish-tomentose beneath, H-l in. long: panicle erect, rather small and dense. 1859, p. 519. This last form is the least desirable as an ornamental plant. S. prtrpurdscens. Gray, is Solanoa piirpurascens Greene, a Californian Asclepiad, not iu cult. It is a perennial with as- cending stems 1 ft. high, cordate-ovate and small red-pur- ple lis. in compact umbels.—*!?, tomentbsus, Lindleyana ALFRED Rehdek. SCHIZOPETALON (Greek, cut and petal; in refer- ence to the pinnately cut petals). Crucifer(K, A genus of possibly 5 species of annual herbs from Chile, with alternate, sinuate, dentate or pinnatifid leaves and pur- ple or white flowers in terminal racemes. The main ge- neric character lies in tlie shape of the petals, which are flat and pinnately cut into regular se
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