Archive image from page 231 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 of Cucurbita Hubbard Squash (X=i,) Sp. C, p. 209, t. 551. 1857, p. 151. 10:994 (1854). —The picture first cited shows a 1-sided raceme, the second a panicle and
Archive image from page 231 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 of Cucurbita Hubbard Squash (X=i,) Sp. C, p. 209, t. 551. 1857, p. 151. 10:994 (1854). —The picture first cited shows a 1-sided raceme, the second a panicle and the third a common raceme. In this .species the calyx tube is the attractive portion, while the petals are inconspicuous. The tube is not 2- lipped, but almost regular. AA. Petals 0, all conspicuous, Met 2 of them much larger than the rest. prociimbens, Cav. Annual, herbaceous, 1 in. high, procumbent, sticky-pubescent, with characteristic pur plish hairs; Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, with white hairs, 1 - CUPHEA 3 in. long, gradually decreasing in size until they be- come bract-like, petiole short: fls. numerous, peduncles longer than the petioles, 2 or 3 times shorter than the calyx; calyx 6-toothed, purplish at the base, green at the tip, with 12 raised streaks, and a pubescence like that of the stem; petals (i, the 2 larger ones on the upper lip of the calyx purple; filaments included. Mex. 3:182. C. purpurea, Hort. F. S. 4:412. 22:85; said to be a hybrid between C miniata and V. viscos- sim/f, is probably not distinct. Petals 6, all of the same sise. hyasopifdlia, HBK. Fig. 606. Stem shrubby; branches numerous, strigose; Ivs. lanceolate, rather acute, obtuse at the base, glabrous above, strigose-pilose along the midrib and veins, as may be seen with a hand lens; fls. with their slender pedicels scarcely longer than the Ivs.; calyx glabrous; petals 6, somewhat unequal, dilute vio- let; stamens 11 included; fila- ments villous : ovary 5-6- seeded. Mex. — C. hyssopi-
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