KEY TO CULTIVATED HERBS AND POTTED SHRUBS 



267 a Calyx white or red; petals 4, distinct Fuschia. p 190 



b Calyx green ; corolla tubular Verbena hybrida. p 203 



268 a Tube of the corolla less than half as long as the lobes; 



flowers white, in long i -sided racemes 



Lysimachia clethroides. p 197 

 b Flowers not completely as in a 269 



269 a Flowers usually funnel-shaped ; leaves 2-4 in. long, 



ovate to heart-shaped Mirabilis. p 149 



b Flowers with lobes spreading at right angles to the nar- 

 row tube 270 



270 a Flowers usually solitary; leaves evergreen Vinca. p 200 



b Flowers in clusters , Phlox, p 202 



271 a Perianth 6-parted ; stamens 6 ; leaves in whorls 



Fritillaria imperialis. p 134 

 b Flowers not completely as in a 272 



272 a Leaves thick and fleshy Sedum. p 160 



b Leaves not fleshy 273 



273 a Stem 4-angled ; flowers purple, in bracted spikes 



Ly thrum, p 189 

 b Plants not completely as in a 274 



274 a Calyx not tubular 275 



b Calyx tubular 276 



275 a Plant prostrate; flowers on forked stalks 4-8 in. long 



Cerastium tomentosum. p 150 

 b Plant erect; flowers in leafy panicles. Alsine holostea. p 150 



276 a Flowers a /4 in. or less broad, white, numerous 



Gypsophila. p 150 

 b Flowers l /2 in. or more broad 277 



277 a Styles of flower 2 Dianthus. p 150 



b Styles of flower 3 or 5 278 



278 a Styles of flower 5; flowers about i in. broad, crimson 



to white Lychnis, p 14.9 



b Styles of flower 2; flowers about %-% in. broad, pink 



to purple Silene. p 149 



279 a Plant without roots; leaves linear, expanded at the 



base, densely hairy; growing in greenhouses without 



soil Tillandsia. p 132 



b Plants not completely as in a 280 



280 a Plants climbing, or pendant and cultivated in hanging 



baskets or pots 281 



b Plants not as in a 291 



281 a Plants fleshy, cultivated in hanging baskets or pots. . 282 

 b Plants not completely as in a 284 



282 a Plants with cylindrical leaves MJ-I in. or more long 



Othonna. p 227 

 b Plants not with leaves, the stems jointed, often spiny. . 283 



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