194 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
A (from urceolus, a small cup or pitcher ; 
alluding to the shape of the perianth). SYNS. Collania, 
Urceolaria (of Herbert). Including Leperiza (in part), 
Pentlandia, and Spherotele (of Link). ORD. Amaryllidee. 
A small genus (three species) of greenhouse, bulbous 
plants, inhabiting the Ande f South America. Flowers 
many in an umbel, rather long - pedicellate; perianth 
erect, at length recurved or pendulous, contracted above 
the ovary, and then enlarged into an oblong-tubular or 
urceolate throat or limb, the lobes sub-equal, connivent 
or connate, shortly spreading at apex; stamens equally 
affixed to the throat, often exceeding the perianth ; fila- 
ments straight; involucral bracts two, scarious; scape 
solid. Leaves flat, ovate, oblong, or narrow, contracted 
into the petioles. For culture, see S 
U, aurea (golden). A garden synonym of U. pendula. 
, latifolia (broad-leaved). fl., perianth segments yellowish-red, 
ARR “ys a € Re, acuminate, connivent, equal s 
tio- 
scape erect, lft. or more high, solitary, terete. April. 
3 in. broad, striated above 
late, oblong, acute, lft. long, 2in. to Jin. bro d, stri: pata 
shining, nerved beneath, glabrous. SYN. 
(B. M. 4952). — 
U.miniata (scarlet). 9. nodding ; 
rianth cinnabar-red or scarlet, 
lyin. long, Legi the segmen 
sligh 
broadly ovate, acute; scape 
erect, y twisted above, 8in. to 14in. long. September. 
l. one or two, lanceolate, acute, narrowed an sub-petiolate, 
bin. to Bin. long, striated above, the margins reflexed. Bulb 
as large as a. walnut. 1836. SYN. Pentlandia latifolia (B. R. 
1839, 68). 
Fic. 144, URCEOLINA PENDULA. 
U. pendula (pendulous).  Drooping Um Flower. fi. pendent; 
perianth yellow in the basal half, green above, tte with ` 
white, 2in. long; segments lanceolate, concave, the three outer 
ones longer. une. L solitary or twin, long-petiolate, erect, 
many-nerved, glabrous; petioles terete, compressed above. See 
Fig. 144 (for which we are indebted to Messrs. Veitch and 
—À a M. 5464.) Syns. U. aurea (of gardens) Collania 
u å 
URECHITES (from owra, a tail, and Echites, an allied 
genus; in allusion to the twisted appendages of the corolla). 
ORD. Apocynacee. A small genus (four species P) of pros- 
trate or twining, glabrous or puberulous, stove under- : 
shrubs, natives of the West Indies and Mexico. Flowers 
usually ample; calyx five-parted, glandular inside at base; 
corolla funnel-shaped, with a short, cylindrical tube, a long 
tubular-campanulate throat, and five broad, twisted lobes ; 
stamens affixed at the top of the tube; racemes simple, 
Se often. few-flowered, or reduced to two flowers. Leaves 
opposite, penniveined. Only one species calls for mention 
here. For culture, see Dipladenia. 
: U. sub-erecta (nearly erect) JL full-yellow, large short 
oem; men terminal, hairy, bearing a loose, Se to six- 
; wered cyme. May. l shortly petiolate, ovate or oval, nearly 
th | 
Urechites—continued. 
iptical, but rather acute at each end; youn 
ee Silk . Stem shrubby in the older 
Grenada, 1846. Syns. Dipladenia flava (B. M. 4 
erecta (B. M. 1064). 
‘A (from Uren, the Malabar name). Indian 
um Sas. Malvacee. A small genus (four or five 
species) of stove herbs or under-shrubs, inhabiting the 
tropical regions of both hemispheres. Flowers small, 
sessile or shortly pedunculate, usually clustered ; bracteoles 
five. adnate to the five-cleft or five-toothed calyx ; petals 
five; staminal tube truncate or minutely toothed. Leaves 
often angular or lobed. The species are mostly unin- 
ones (and branches) 
portions. ew 
102), Echites sub- 
teresting. U. lobata, the only one calling for mention, 
thrives in any light, rich soil. Propagation may be effected 
by seeds. : 
U. lobata (lobed-leaved). fl. pink ; bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, 
equalling the calyx. Summer. l. cordate, five to seven-lobed, 
the lobes acute or obtuse; petioles usually shorter than the 
blades. India. A very variable, more or less hairy, ann 
herb. (B. M. 3943.) 
URGINEA (írom the name of an Arab tribe, Ben 
Urgin, in Algeria) Including Squilla. ORD. Liliacew.' 
A genus comprising about two dozen species of stove, 
greenhouse, or hardy, bulbous plants, natives of Europe, 
the Mediterranean region, the East Indies, and tropical 
and South Africa, Flowers usually numerous, in a ter- 
minal raceme, rather small or mediocre, on articulated 
pedicels; perianth whitish or rarely pale yellowish or pink, 
at length deciduous; segments six, distinct, nearly equal, 
campanulate-connivent or spreading; stamens six; scape 
simple, leafless; bracts small, scarious. Leaves radical, 
sometimes very narrow-linear, sometimes broadly loriform 
or nearly oblong. The bulbs of U. maritima are well- 
known in mediéine as Squills. The species best known 
in gardens are here described. With the exception of 
U. maritima, all are natives of South Africa, and require 
greenhouse heat. For culture, see Scilla. 
U. altissima (very tall). f., perianth nearly campanulate, three 
to four lines long, the segments whitish, with a purplish-green 
keel, ligulate ; on ro slightly spreading or ascending, the lower 
ones six to nine lines long ; raceme cylindrical, dense, 1ft. to 2ft. 
long, liin. to 2in. broad ; scape 2ft. to 3ft. long, in. or more 
thick. May. I five or six, lorate-lanceolate, glabrous, lft. to 
lift. long, lin. to 2in. broad at base, acute at apex. Bulb 
Dus in. to 6in. thick. 1789. SYN. Drimia altissima (B. M. 
A 
U. exuviata (stripped). f., perianth five to six lines long, the 
segments whitish, purple-keeled; pedicels ascending, the lower 
ones four to six lines long; raceme rather dense, ten to 
twenty-flowered, 2in. to 4in. long. June, J. two to four, hard, 
semi-terete, glabrous, flexuous, lin. to 14in. long, half to three- 
quarters of a line broad. Bulb globose, lin. to liin. thick, the 
outer scales long-produced, transversely striped. 1795. ‘ Jacquin 
applied the specitic name of exuviata from some resemblance in 
the membranous tunics of the bulb to the sloughs annually 
cast by snakes.” Syn. Albuca exuviata (B. M. 871). 
U. filife _(thread-leaved). jl., perianth three to four lines long, 
the segments whitish, purple-keeled, oblong; pedicels three 
to six lines long ; raceme rather dense, six to twenty-flowered ; 
n erect, slender, 6in. to 15in. long. June, L three to six, 
filitorm, hard, glabrous, flexuous, 8in. to 12in. long, a quarter to 
half a line thick. Bulb globose, lin. thick, fuscous-tunicated. 
1820. SYN. Albuca filifolia (B. R. 557). d 
U. fragrans (fragrant). fl. odorous ; perianth five to six lines long, 
the segments whitish, purple-keeled, oblong; pedicels four to 
six lines long ; raceme rather loose, twelve to twenty-flowered, 
Ain. to Gin, long ; scape slender, terete, glaucous, lft. long. July. 
L twelve to twenty, semi-terete, glabrous, persistent, 6in. to 8in. 
long, half a line broad. Bulb globose, ljin. to 2in. thick. 1791. 
SYN. Albuca fugax (B. R. 311). ; 
U. maritima (sea-loving).* Sea Onion; 
three to four lines long, the ents whitish, with a greenish- 
purple keel; pedicels six to nine lines long; raceme dense, lft. 
or more long ; scape lft. to 3ft. long, terete, reddish. Autumn. 
l. appearing in spring, ten to twenty, lanceolate, fleshy-herba- 
ceous, glaucous-green, glabrous, lft. to lift. long, 2in. to 4in. 
broad above the middle. Bulb ovoid, Aën, to 6in. thick. 
Mediterranean region, 1829.  Half-hardy. Syns. U. Scilla 
(B. M. PL. 281), Ornithogalum Squilla (B. M. 918). 
U. (bladder-like) fl., perianth lin. long, the segments 
whitish, purple-keeled ; pedicels eight to ten lines long ; raceme 
rather dense, thirty to sixty-flowered, 3in. to bin. long, cylindrical ; 
uills. f., perianth 
