. 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. 2089. Rose of Jericho in tile dry state. Day^na, Reiclib. f. A small phiiit growing in dense tufts: Ivs. roundish, acute, cordate: dorsal sepal and petals tiliform, clavate, shining, violet-brown ; lower sepals united into a broad, bifid blade, yellow and brown. Costa Rica. ilegans, ICarst. Tufted, epiphytic, 2
. 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. 2089. Rose of Jericho in tile dry state. Day^na, Reiclib. f. A small phiiit growing in dense tufts: Ivs. roundish, acute, cordate: dorsal sepal and petals tiliform, clavate, shining, violet-brown ; lower sepals united into a broad, bifid blade, yellow and brown. Costa Rica. ilegans, ICarst. Tufted, epiphytic, 2-3 in. high: Ivs. 1-1>2 in. long, elliptic: peduncles usually in pairs: lis. IK-2 in. long ; dorsal sepal erect, lanceolate, white, streaked purple, with a tail as long as itself, which is clubbed at the tip and yellow; lateral sepals connate into an oblong, emarginate, concave blade, yellow, spotted purple; petals like the dor- sal sepal, but spreading and only half the size; lip half the size of the connate lateral sepals and of tlio same color but edged with red. Venezuela. 51166. 7:743. Heinrich Hasselbring. KESUERECTION PLANTS are great curiosities, because they seem to "come to life " after being- appar- ently dead. The commonest ones, shown in Figs. 2089-92, are mem- bers of the mustard family and the club moss family. Others are As- teriscus, a composite, and Mesem- bryauthemum, of the fig-marigold family. These are described below. 1. The Rose of Jericho is properly Anastdtica Siero- clmntica, Linn., which name means "Resurrection Plant from ; The pLant is a native of the sandy deserts from Arabia and Syria to Algeria. It is an annual and grows about 6 inches high. Soon after flowering the leaves fall off and the branches become woody and roll up into a ball, reminding one of wicker-W'Ork or lattice. Inside the ball are the seeds, or, in botanical language, the fruits, which are borne in a protected position near the tips of the
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