. 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. ASPHODELINE BB. Fls. yellow : raceme lax. c. Sracts large, 6-12 lines long, long-cuspidate. tenWor, Ledeb. Height 1 ft. Caucasus, Armen., N. Persia. 2626.—Smaller than A. luteus, with finer Ivs. and smaller, fewer and paler fls. Especially dis- tinguished by the stalk being naked at the upper part, below t
. 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. ASPHODELINE BB. Fls. yellow : raceme lax. c. Sracts large, 6-12 lines long, long-cuspidate. tenWor, Ledeb. Height 1 ft. Caucasus, Armen., N. Persia. 2626.—Smaller than A. luteus, with finer Ivs. and smaller, fewer and paler fls. Especially dis- tinguished by the stalk being naked at the upper part, below the raceme of fls., and the bracts as short as or shorter than the peduncle. oc. Bracts small, IM-S lines long, short-cuspidate. Libiirnica, Eeichb. {A. Critica, Vis., not Boiss.). Height 1-2 ft. Greece, Crete, Dalmatia, Austria, Italy, not Asia Minor. 10: 915 as A. Gretica. brevicatllia, J. Gay {A. Oritica, Boiss., not Vis.). St. often flexuose, that of all the others here described being erect and strict. Asia JMinor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt. AAA. Stems leafy only at the base: fls. white: racemes ASPIDISTRA 109 B. Racemes usually simple. c. Stems having leaf-scales : height 8 ft. iinperid,Us, Siehe. Tallest species of the genus : fls. large, reddish white. Cappadocia. 111.^22: 397. CO. Stems not having leaf-scales : height 1}4-S ft. Bamascfina, Baker. Height 1^-2 ft.: bracts membra- naceous, lanceolate, the lowest 9-12 lines long. Mt. Lebanon. BaUnsffi, J. Gay. Height 2 ft.: bracts scarious, 6-9 lines long. Cilicia. Gt. 46, p. 521. III. 23: 111. BB. Racemes much panicled. isthmocArpa, Gay. Height 2 ft. Cilicia. III. 23:117. W. M. ASFH6BELUS (Greek name of unknown origin). IdU- dcem. Hardy herbaceous stemless plants, with white, lily-like flowers in long racemes, fleshy, fascicled roots, and firm, linear,radical,tufted leaves. Perianth funnel-shaped ; segments 6, oblong-ligulate, obtuse, equal, with a distinct nerve on the back, and always ascending. The
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