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SCHINUS 



SCHISMATOGLOTTIS 



vian name ot S. Molle, and not, as sometimes supposed, 

 Latin molle, soft, which would not be applicable in this 

 case. 



M611e, Linn. Peruvian Mastic-teee. Californian 

 Pepper-tree. Figs. 2265, 2266. Evergreen tree, 20 ft. 

 and more, with I'ounded outline and graceful, pendulous 

 branchlets when not trimmed: Ivs. 9 in. or more long, 

 glabrous, of many alternate, linear-lanceolate Ifts. 1)^- 

 2 in. long: fls. in conical panicles, yellowish white; 

 ripe fruits the size of peppercorns (whence the popular, 

 but misleading, Californian name), of a beautiful rose- 

 color. Peru. G.F. 8:505. R.H. 1889, p. 225. G.C. III. 

 17:588,589. Gn. 25, p. 418. B.M. 3339. -In southern and 

 middle California more extensively cultivated than any 

 other ornamental tree except, perhaps, the Blue Gum 

 {BHcalyptus globulus), and thriving best in the warm 

 interior valleys, though hardy on the coast at San Fran- 

 cisco. Valued as a lawn and avenue tree; often planted 

 as a street tree, for which, however, it is un- 

 suited, being too spreading and branching ^ ^i.. 



too low. Jl/o^Ze was a generic name used by 

 Tournefort, and placed in apposition with 

 Schinus by Linnaeus (explained above). 



terebinthifdlius, Raddi, with racemose 

 fls. and Ivs. composed of seven broader, 

 somewhat serrated Ifts., is sparingly met 

 with in cult, in S. Calif., and proves hardy 

 in San Francisco. Brazil. 



dep6ndeiis, Ortega {Davaua dependens, 

 DC), is a shrub or small tree, with more 

 or less drooping branches: Ivs. %-\ in. 

 long, oblong or obovate: fls. yellow, 1 line 

 long, produced in great numbers in ra- 

 cemes about as long as the leaves. West- 

 erns. Amer. B.M. 7406. B.R. 19:1568 (Davaua ovata); 

 19:1573 {B. dependens); 29:59 (D. longifolia).- The 

 genus Duvaua was distinguished from Schinus chiefly 

 by its simple foliage, but it is now considered a sub- 

 genus of Schinus. jog, burtt Davy. 



Schinus Molle is everywhere present in southern 

 California, where it attains a height of 50 ft. and sows 

 itself. It was a great thing for this region in years past 

 before the water systems had reached their present eiii- 

 ciency. Now the poor Pepper-tree is under a ban, and 

 justly so. Next to an oleander the black scale loves a 

 Pepper-tree. Hence the Pepper-trees, being large and 

 numerous, have been indirectly a serious menace to the 

 orchards of citrous fruits. Thousands of old trees, 2-3 

 ft. in diameter, have been cut during the past year be- 

 cause of their proximity to orange orchards. At least 

 one nurseryman has actually refused to sell Pepper- 

 trees to people who ordered them. Los Angeles boasts 

 some magnificent avenues of them. (S. terebinthifolius 

 is but little known in this region, the tallest tree being 

 only 15 ft. as yet, but it is likely to be extensively 

 planted in the near future. Ernest Braunton. 



SCHISMATOGLOTTIS (Greak, falling tongue; refer- 

 ring to the fact that the limb of the spathe soon falls 

 off). Ardcece. The plants which bear this uncomfor- 

 table name are amongst the finest variegated foliage 

 plants in the Arum family, and hardly if at all inferior 

 in beauty and ease of culture to the popular Dieffen- 

 bachias, which they closely resemble. They are tender 

 plants used for the decoration of warm conservatories, 

 but they have been successfully grown by skilled ama- 

 teurs in living houses, where a day temperature of 70° 

 could ))e maintained throughout the winter. The genus 

 contains about 15 species, mostly natives of the Malay 

 Archipelago. They have stoloniferous rhizomes and the 

 caudex lies on the ground. The leaves are large, ovate 

 or lanceolate, banded or blotched with white or pale 

 yellow. The brightness of the colors in variegated 

 plants largely depends upon culture. Fls. unisexual; 

 fertile males with 2-3 short stamens, truncate at the 

 apex; sterile males with staminodes destitute of pollen: 

 female fls. with 2-4 pistils: ovary 1-loculed; ovules ana- 

 tropous : berries oblong, green, yellowish or scarlet. 

 Engler in DC. Monog. Phaner. vol. 2, 1879. For culture, 

 see Dieffenbachia. See also Philodendron, to which the 

 genus is somewhat closely allied, 



INDEX. 



(S. L. refers to supplementary list.) 



erispata, 3. 

 decora, 6. 

 immacTilata, 1. 

 Lansbergiana, ]. 

 Lavalleei, 1. 



Neoguineensis, 5. 

 pieta, 4. 

 pulchra, 6. 

 purpurea, 1. 

 Roehelinii, S. ti. 



Seemanii, s. L. 

 Siamensis, s. L. 

 variegata, 2, 5. 

 Witttnaniana, 6. 





2265. Schinus Molle, the California Pepper-tree. 



A. Lvs. lanceolate - oblong , base not 

 heart-shaped. 



B. Petiole longer than blade 1. 



BB. Petiole shorter than blade 2. 



AA. Z/vs. ovate, base heait-shaped. 

 B. Foliage banded with white. 



C. Petiole about as long as blade.. 3. 

 cc. Petiole twice as long as blade. .4^. 

 BB. Foliage blotched with white. 



c. 3Iore green than white 5. 



CC. More tvhite than green 6. 



Lavalleei 

 variegata 



erispata 

 pieta 



Neogruineensis 

 pulchra 



1. Lavdlleei, Linden. Lvs. lanceolate or lanceolate-ob- 

 long, rounded or narrowed at the base but not cordate, 

 blotched with silvery white, some of the blotches much 

 larger than others ; petiole 6-8 in. long; blade 5-7 x 

 iy&-2% in.; sheath reddish. Malaya. I. H. 28:418.- Var. 

 immaculd,ta (var. Lansbergidna, Linden) differs in 

 having purple sheaths and leaf -stalks, and foliage green 

 above, dark wine-purple below. Var. parpiirea is a 

 Sumatran form with foliage blotched gray above and 

 dark wine-purple beneath. 



2. variegata, Hook. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, obtuse 

 or rounded at the base, long -cuspidate at apex, dark 

 green above, marked whitish along the midrib; petiole 

 3-4 in. long or less than half the length of the blade. 

 Borneo. This has been confused in the trade with S. 

 Neoguineensis. 



3. erispata, Hook. Lvs. 5-7 in. long, leathery, ovate- 

 cordate, with rounded basal lobes, dull green above with 

 2 whitish, irregular, nearly parallel bands extending 

 from base to apex and about half-way between midrib 

 and margin. Borneo. B.M. 6576. 



4. pieta, Schott. Lvs. ovate-cordate, the basal lobes 

 short, but the sinus deep, dark green above, marked 

 with lacerated glaucous spots at the middle, on each 

 side of the midrib and between the nerves; petiole 8-16 

 in. long; blade 6-7 in. long. Java. 



5. Neoguine6nsis, N. E. Br. (S. varieg&ta, Hort., not 

 Hook.). Lvs. ovate-cordate, bright green, irregularly 

 blotched with pale yellowish green, the total mass of 

 green being greater than the variegation; petiole 9-12 

 in. long; blade 8-9 x 5-5% in. New Guinea. I.H. 

 27:380 as Calocasia Neoguineensis, the variegation be- 

 ing a bright creamy white. 



6. pulchra, X. K. Br. {S. decora. Bull.). Lvs. ovate, 

 oblifiucly cordate, irregularly blotched with silvery 



