. 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. A. Ei'apulosa: Plant nut bearing (/liitt'rim/ papilla: iked. D. Peduncle less than 1 in. long. .5. linguaefdrme. Haw. Lvs. unequally tongue-shai)ed, detlexed and somewhat falcate, becoming depressed when old, flatfish above, obliquely attenuati': fls. yellow. Index Kewensis makes the M. ling
. 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. A. Ei'apulosa: Plant nut bearing (/liitt'rim/ papilla: iked. D. Peduncle less than 1 in. long. .5. linguaefdrme. Haw. Lvs. unequally tongue-shai)ed, detlexed and somewhat falcate, becoming depressed when old, flatfish above, obliquely attenuati': fls. yellow. Index Kewensis makes the M. linguirforme of Haworth synonymous with 31. obii(iiitiiii, \Vill( and uses Liu- nfeus' M. lingultortne as a tenable name. DD. Pedunrle 1 in. or more long. 6. cultritum, Salni-Dyck. Lvs. 2-rariked, thick, tongue-shaped and curved like :i pruning-knife, blunt at the apex: fls. yelb)\v, on a somewhat 3-angled pe- duncle. 7. deprtssum. Haw. Prostrate: lvs. narrow, shaped, recurved-depressed, acute: Hs. yellow, with petals somewhat recurved. S. pustuiatum. Haw. Lvs. 2-ranked, narrow, tomrue- shaped, long and ascending, blunt, itfaring pustules near the base: fls. yellow. BB. Plant u-ith a}t evident erert or prostrate strn). c. Foliage lvs. disfinri or ,ss,nh,i U i/ s,: {not trnlii p, r- folifile nor eonnol', I. D. stem or prosirale. E. Pednnele with ~ braels. 9. tricoldrum. Haw. [ Hort.). ytem 1 ft. Iiiijg : lvs. cylindrical, acute, green. 2-3 in. louir, minutely punctate: fls. yellow, blood-cidorrd inside, the petals acute, the anthers brown. On. 2-1, p. yi). —There is a white-fld. form. 10. acinacif6rme, Linn. Stem ai-ticulate, 2-3 ft. lone, the young- growth compressed : Ivs. upjiosite, 2-3 in. long, simitar-shaped (curved aiid thicker on one edge), the keel dilated: fls. purple, about 4 in. across, "the lar- gest in the genus," the stigmas 14: fr. size of a goose- berry, and eaten by Hottentots. —Handsome. n. rubrocinctum, H:iw., is proba
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