. 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. coty- 2132. Ricinus communis. runcle, crustaceous testa and fleshy, oily albumen ledons broad. A great many forms are known, many of which have been distinguished as species by some, but most botan- ists follow Miiller (DeCaudoUe's Prodromus, vol. 15, part 2:1061, 1866), in referring them all to varieties of th
. 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. coty- 2132. Ricinus communis. runcle, crustaceous testa and fleshy, oily albumen ledons broad. A great many forms are known, many of which have been distinguished as species by some, but most botan- ists follow Miiller (DeCaudoUe's Prodromus, vol. 15, part 2:1061, 1866), in referring them all to varieties of the one species, J?, commioiis, Linn., in which the fol- lowing, listed as species in the American trade, may doubtless be placed: i2. Africd,nus, Borhonihisis, Cam- bodg^nsis, co&riileiis, Gibsoni, giganteiis. macrocdrjnis, â inacrophyllus, Obermanni, Philippinensis, sanguineus, spectdbilis, tricolor^ Zanzibar^nsis. See Vilmorin, Blu- mengartnerei, p. 903 (1896). communis, Linn. Castor Bean. Castor Oil Plant. Palma Christi. Pigs. 2131-3. Half-hardy annual, 3-15 ft. high in the central United States, 30-40 ft. in the tropics. The large handsome leaves (6 ^ ft.) and stems bright green to dark red: capsules prickly or smooth. July to frost. Probably originally from Africa or In- dia, now scattered widely and naturalized in all tropical lands. in most tropical and temperate countries from the earliest times, for the oil of the seeds (castor oil, Oleum Hicini) used in medicine and in the arts, and in some places as a food- dressing oil. The seeds contain a poisonous /V stems nearly black. Var. Gibsoni, Hort. Dwarf, 5 ft., Ivs. bronzy purplish. Var. lividus, Jacq. (It. sanguin- eus, Hort. R. Obermanni, Hort.) Slender; stem and fruit blood-red, 8 ft. 7:182,183. Var. Borbom§iisls, liort. Fifteen feet, Ivs. large, shining, green or reddish. Var. Zanzlbar^nsis, Hort. A recent introduction of large size with enormous various colored Ivs. and very la
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