CUPHEA 



BB. Si^e of petals larger. 



I'. Culyr 6-toothed. 



Ll&vea, Lindl. Red, White-and-Blue Flower. Pig. 



607. Stems numerous, herbaceous, hispid branches 

 ascending : Ivs. almost sessile, especially near the top, 

 ovate-lanceolate, strigose: racemes short, few iid ca 

 lyx green on the ventral side, purple on the back and at 

 the oblique-6- toothed mouth; petals 2 large scarlet, 

 obovate, the other 4 abortive; stamens 11. Guatemala 

 B.R. 16:1386. J.H. III. 31:305.-lt isdoubtful whether 

 the plant described by Lindley is the same a>> the Mex 

 lean plant originally described by Lexarsa, which wai 

 said to have petals of "dilute scarlet." Lind- 

 ley's plant had a green calyx, but the plant 

 in the trade is colored. Used for baskets 

 and bedding. Often misspelled LlavcB. 



cc. Culyx 12-toothed. 

 mini&ta, Brongn. Stem shrubby, erect: v'^^^'^^i*^ 

 branches few, hispid: Ivs. opposite, the up- ^1"'^ 



per ones not (|uiti- o|i|.i>site, with a very ^-^^ 



short petiole, ovuti-, acute, entire, with ♦ -fc 



white, silky hairs which are denser beneath. 

 Hs. solitary, subsessile, axillary, the pedun 

 cle adnate to the branch in such a way as 

 to appear between and below the petioles 

 raceme few-Hd., one sided. F.S. 2:73. P.M 

 U:101. K. H. 1845:225. R. B. 22:85.-Var 

 compActa. Hurt. S.H. 2:43. Gt. 46, p. 637 

 This is referred to C. Llavea, L.ix., by Index 

 Kewensis. The above description is from 

 the original one in F.S. 2:73. Van Houtte 

 describes several hybrid varieties in F.S 

 5, p. 487, which differ chiefly in size, color, 

 and marking of petals. Calyx 1 in. long, his- 

 pid, green at the base, purple above, 12-toothed at the 

 tip: petals 2, scarlet, wavy. The specific name miniaia 

 means cinnabar-red, and refers to the petals. 



AAAAA. Petals none. 

 i^ea, DC. (C. ptutucintra, Hort., not Benth.). Fig. 



608. Branches somewhat angled: Ivs. petioled, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed at the base, lightly 

 scabrous: flower stalks 2^ times longer than the leaf 

 stalks: calyx glabrous, shortly 6-toothed, bright red ex- 

 cept at the tip, which has a dark ring and a white mouth: 



CUPRESSUS 



413 



linear-subulate and spreading: fls. monoecious, minute, 

 solitary on short branchlets ; staminate ovate or oblong, 

 yellow; pistillate subglobose: cones globular or nearly 

 so consisting of 3-7 pairs of ligneous, peltate scales, 

 with a mucro or boss on the flattened apex each bearing 



606. Cuphi 



petals none: stamens 11 or 12, glabrous. Mex. F.S. 

 2:180 (1846). P.M. 13:267 (1846). -This is sold only 

 as C. platycentra, although De Candolle corrected the 

 error in 1849 (F.S. 5:500 C). This is a remarkable in- 

 stance of the persistence of erroneous trade names. 



W. M. 

 CUPTIIiE. The husk or cup of an acorn. The oak be- 

 longs to the Cupuliferie. 



CTTFBSSSITS (ancient Latin name from Greek, iTw- 

 pnrissos). Cypress. Trees, rarely shrubs, with aro- 

 matic evergreen foliage : branchlets quadrangular or 

 nearly so: Ivs. opposite, small, scale-like, appressed, mi- 

 nutely deutioulate-ciliate, on young seedling plants 



607 Cuphea Llavea 

 Naturil ue 



nany or numerous seeds but 



che lower scales usually sterile 



and smaller , they iipen the second jear About 



species in C. Amer., north to Calif, and Ariz., and 

 from S. Eu. to S. E. Asia. By some botanists, the allied 

 genus Chamcecyparis is included. Highly ornamental 

 evergreen trees, greatly varying in habit, only hardy in 

 Calif, and the Gulf states. The hardiest seems to be 

 C. Macnabiana, which will stand many degrees of frost 

 in a sheltered position; also C. maerocarpa, C. Arizo- 

 niea, C. sempervirens, funehris and torulosa are of 

 greater hardiness than the others. They stand pruning 

 well, and some species are valuable for hedges, C. mae- 

 rocarpa being especially extensively planted forthis pur- 

 pose in Calif. The Cupressus seems to be less particu- 

 lar in regard to soil and situation, but prefers a deep, 

 sandy-loamy soil. For prop., see Chama-cyparis. The 

 young plants should be removed several times in the 

 nursery to secure a firm root-ball, otherwise they will 

 not bear transplanting well. Monogr. by M. T. Masters 

 inJourn. of Linn. Soc. 31:312-351 (1895). 



Index: Arizonica, 5; Benthami, 6; Corneyana, 7; fas- 

 tigiata, 1; funebris, 9 ; Goveniana, 4 ; Guadalupensis, 

 2; horizontalis, 1; Knightiana, 6; Lambertiana, 2 ; Law- 

 soniana, see Chamtecyparis ; Lindleyi, 6 ; Lusitanica, 

 8 ; Macnabiana, 3 ; maerocarpa, 2 ; majestica, 7; sem- 

 pervirens, 1; torulosa, 7. 



A. Branches and branchlets erect or spreading; branch- 

 lets short and usually rather stout. 

 B. Cones 1-1% in. across, with 8-14 scales. 



1. sempervirens, Linn. Tree, to 80 ft., with erect or 

 horizontal branches and dark green foliage: Ivs. closely 

 appressed, ovate, obtuse, 

 glandular : cones oblong or 

 nearly globose ; scales 8-14, 

 with a short boss on the 

 back. S. Eu., W. Asia. Var. 

 fastigiita, Beissn. (C. fas- 

 tigidta. DC). With erect 

 branches, forming a narrow, 

 columnar head. The classi- 

 cal Cypress of the Greek 

 and Roman writers, much 

 planted in S. Eu. Var. hor- 

 izontillis, Gord. (C. horiznn- 

 tAlis, Mill.). Branches 

 horizontally spreading, 

 forming a broad, pyramidal 

 head. 



2. macroc&rpa, Hartw. 

 Monterey Cypress. Tree, eos. Cuphea ienea (X %). 



