. 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. 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 tins species the calyx tube is the attractive portion, while the petals are inconspicuous. The tube is not 2- lipped, but almost regular. AA. Petals G, ni
. 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. 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 tins species the calyx tube is the attractive portion, while the petals are inconspicuous. The tube is not 2- lipped, but almost regular. AA. Petals G, nil ri';iiiri(fiis. hut 2 of them much prociimbens, procumbent, plish hairs: 1 CUPHEA 3 in. long, prradually decreasing in size until they be- come bract-likf, petiole short: fls. numerous, peduncles longer tI,. |.. |.~, 2 or 3 times shorter than the calyx; • :i i purplish at the base, green at the tip, with I iks, and a pubescence like that of the SI. 11; i- I ii- 1 liic 2 larger ones on the upper lip of the c;ilvx purple; lilaments included. Mex. 3:182. 6'. y.«j-/-«rf«, Hort. P. S. 4:412. 22:85; said to be a hybrid between C. mi7iiata and C. viscos- xiina, is probably not distinct. Petals 6, all of the same size. hysBopifdlia, HBK. Fig. 606. Stem shrubby; branches numerous, : 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. nder pedicels scarcely longer than the Ivs.; glabrous; petals 6, somewhat unequal, dilute vio- let; stamens 11 included; fila- ments villous : ovary 5-6- seeded. Mex. — C. hi/ssopi- phylla, Hort., Pitcher & Manda, is presumably a typo- graphical error. This is the least attractive of the species here described, and is no longer advertised, but it still lingers in a few conservato- ries. It is easily told from its showier relatives by its much smaller Ivs. (less than }4 in. long) and much branched and very woody a
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