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Rhaphidopliora — continued. 



R. lancifolia (lance-leaved), rf., spatlie apricot-mloiii-erl and 

 gieeiisijntti'd outside, saliii()n-coli>iir within, 3in. to 4in. l.oi:;, 

 2^111. to Sin. wide, ovate, acuminate, open ; .simdix white, 

 cylindrical, erect, obtuse. (. lanceolate, cuspidate, 9in. to lOin. 

 long, unequal-sided, dark shining green, glahrous. Stem cylin- 

 drical. Khasia and Sylhet, 1874. ((i. f. 1874. ii. bl2.) 



P. Peepla (Peepla). Jl., spatlie yellowish outside, reddish-yellow 

 within, ovate-acuminate, shorter than the petiole ; spadix yel- 



^ lowish. I. oblong or elliptic-oblong, romnled at base, or cuneate, 

 with a long cuspidate-acuminate apex, acute. Kast Indies. 



K. pertusa (perforated). /., spathe scarcely equalling the petiole, 

 but exceeding tlie sjiadix. /. uneqnilateral, loosely cordate at 

 b.ase, shortly c\lspidiite at ,ai>ex, entire, pcrtuse, or piunatittil ; 

 petioles atiout a iiuurter shorter tlrm the leaves. East Indies. 



BHAPHIOIfEFIS (from rhaphis, a needle, and 

 le.piK, a scale ; alluding to the narrow, subulate bracts). 

 Erroneously spelt Rai^hioleins. Indian Hawthorn. Obd. 

 Rosarew. A genus comprising about five species of 

 interesting, hardy or half-liardy, evergreen shrubs or 

 trees, natives of China and .Japan, one being also 

 found in the Sandwich Isles (?). Flowers white or 

 red ; calyx with an obconical or funnel-shaped tube 

 and five deciduotis, subulate lobes ; petals five, clawed, 

 oblong, acute : stamens many ; inflorescence paniculate 

 or corymbose ; bracts subulate, deciduous. Berries 

 pulpy. Leaves alternate, petiolate, coriaceous, entire 

 or serrulate. The most suitable compost for these 

 shrubs and trees is one of loam, peat, and sand. 

 Ripened citttings will readily root in sand, under a hand 

 glass. Some of the species will stand our winters 

 outside, if planted against a south wall, and covered 

 with mats during severe weather. Those best known 

 in gardens are described below. 



R. indica (Indian). East Indian Hawthorn. Jl. white or pink- 

 tinted, the size of those of the Hawthorn, in short, terminal 

 panicles. February to August. L ovate or lanceolate, h. 4ft. 

 China, 1806. Half-hardy shrub. 



R. i. pliseostemon (brown-stamened). Jl.., petals white ; fila- 

 ments lirown. I. lanceolate, acuminated at both ends. 1820. 

 (B. R. 468, under name of li. indica.) 



R. 1. rubra (reddish). Jl. reddish ; petals lanceolate. 

 /. ovate-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends. 1806. 

 (K. K. 1400 and L. C. B. 3, under name of R. rubra.) 



R* i. salicifolia (Willow-leaved), jl. white. I. long-lan- 

 ceolate. 1821. (B. R. 652, under name of R. salicifvlia.) 



R. japonlca integerrima (entire-leaved Japanese). 

 A. snow-wliite, odorous, l\x\. in diameter ; panicles ter- 

 minal, erect, 2in. tu 4in. high, densely clothed below 

 with large, ciliated bracts. June. I. alternate and ob- 

 scurely whorled, 21n. to 3in. long, broadly obovate, 

 obtusely apiculate, dark green and shining above, paler 

 below. Branches stout. Japan, 1865. Hardy shrub. 

 (B. M. 5510.) 



KHAFHITHAMNUS (from rhapiK, a needle, 

 and lliamiiu.'', a shrub; on account of the spiny 

 character of some of the species). Stn. Pii-ppiiiia 

 (of Bertero). Ord. Verhenavec^. A small genus (six 

 species) of unarmed or spiny shrubs or trees, 

 all natives of Chili. Flowers nodding, at the axils 

 of minute bracts; calyx tubular - campanulato, 

 shortly five-toothed ; corolla tube straight, enlarged 

 above, the limb spreading, of four or five unequal 

 lobes ; stamens four, didynamous ; racemes axillary, 

 few (often one or two) flowered. Leaves opposite, 

 rather small, ovate, entire. Only two species 

 have been introduced. For culture, see Myrtus. 



R. cyanocarpus (blue-fruited). Jl. pale blue, solitary 

 or m pairs, shortly stalked ; corolla tubular, iin. long. 

 Suunner. I. broadly ovate and acute or orbicular and 

 nmcronate, very coriaceous, bright dee]) gi'een above, 

 pale beneath. Ii. 15ft. to 20ft. A densely leafy green- 

 house tree, hardy in the Channel Islands ;ind South-west 

 England. (15. -M. 6849.) 



KHAFIBOFHYLLUM (from Rhapi.i. and 

 pliijlluii, a leaf; in reference to its resemblance 

 to the genus Rliapis, both producing suckers 

 freely — a character by no means common in the 

 Palm family). Ord. Palni(e. A monotypic genus. 

 The species is a low, greenhouse pahn, witli a short, 

 erect or creeping trunk. For culture, see Chamaerops. 



Rhapidophyllum — continued. 

 R. Hystrlx (porcupine). Blue P.almetto. Jl. yellow, minute ; 

 spathes alicnit four, oblong, woolly, acutely two-lipped ; spadix 

 small, short-peduncled. June and July. Jr. a small drupe. 

 I. 3ft. to 4ft. high, circular in outline, deeply and unequally 

 plicate, and cut into numerous two to four-toothed divisions, 

 silvery beneath, on trianguUir, rough-edged petioles ; sheaths per- 

 sistent, composed of oblique fibres interwoven with numerous 

 strong, erect spines. Trunk 3ft. to 4ft. long. Southern United 

 States, 1801. Sv.\. Chamfimps lljistrix (I. 11. 1883, 486). 

 BHAFIS (from rhapis, a needle ; alluding to the 

 neodle-like segments of the leaves). Obd. Palmae. A 

 genus comprising four or five species of low, Chinese and 

 Japanese, greenhouse palms, with long, densely-tufted, 

 reed-like, leafy caudices. Flowers yellowish ; spathes two 

 or three, incomplete, membranous ; spadices shorter than 

 the leaves, borne on slender peduncles, the branches 

 spreading. Fruit consisting of one to three small, 

 obovoid, one-seeded carpels. Leaves alternate and ter- 

 minal, sub-membranous, connate or semi-orbicular, deeply 

 out into three to many segments, which are linear, 

 ouneate, or elliptic, truncate, entire, toothed, or cut, 

 three to many-nerved ; petioles slender, biconvex, with 

 smooth or serrulated margins ; sheaths split into a 

 fibrous network. Several of the species have been intro- 

 duced, for culture of which see Chamaerops. 

 R. aspera (rough). A synonym of R. Jlabellijonnis. 

 R. cochinchinensis (Cochin Cliina). .//., spadix short, branched. 

 //•. ovate, not edilile. (. fan-sluiped, pahnately divided ; segments 

 "oblong, obtu.se, much plaited; petioles short, straight, prickly. 

 Caudex 8ft. high. Cochin China. 



Fig. 363. Hmapis ii..\m';i.i.iF0UMis. 



R. flabelliformis (fan-leaved).* (Jround Rattan Cane. ^., males 

 yellowish, sessile, thickly covering the .spikelets ; spadix sparse, 

 paniculate-branched, 4ui. to 5iu. long. I. petioled, five to seven- 



