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SCHIZANTHUS 



SCHIZONOTUS 



by height of stem and color markings of the fls. 

 Typically 2 ft. high: Ivs. 1-2-pinnatisect; the segments 

 entire, dentate or incisely pinnatifld: lis. varying in 

 depth of color, the lower lip usually violet or lilac; the 

 upper paler, its middle section with a 

 yellow blotch at its base and spotted 

 with purple or violet. B.M. 2404, 2521 

 (as S. porrigens). B.R. 9:725; 18: 

 1562 (as var. /twrni/is).— Var. nana, 

 Hort., is somewhat lower - growing. 

 Var. niveus, Hort., 

 has pure white fls. 

 Var. oculatus, Hort., 

 has a purplish black 

 blotch surrounded 

 with yellow at the 

 base of the middle 

 segment of the upper 

 lip or with the typical 

 yellow portion dotted 

 with small dark pur- 

 ple spots. B.H. 1862: 

 451. Var. papilio- 

 ulceus, Hort., has a 

 central coloring 

 somewhat as var. 

 oculattis, with the 

 general color of the 

 flower marbled in 

 various shades. Var. 

 tigridioides, Hort., is 

 also cultivated. 



F.W. Barclay 



SCHIZOCODON 



(Greek, cut bell ; re- 

 ferring to the fringed 

 corolla). Diapensi- 

 dcece. Schizocodon 

 soldanelloides is a 

 pretty alpine plant 

 from Japan with 

 rosy flowers fringed 

 like the well-known 

 Soldanellas of the 

 Alps. It may be readily distinguished from Soldanella 

 (which is a member of the primrose family) by the 

 leaves being toothed, and the stamens 4 instead of 5. 

 The name " Fringed Soldanella " has been proposed for 

 Schizocodon, but all Soldanellas are fringed. "Fringed 

 Galax " would be better, as Galax is the nearest relative, 

 Schizocodon being, in fact, the Japanese representative 

 of the American Galax. The leaves of Schizocodon are 

 sometimes more or less bronzy, like those of Galax, but 

 their form is not so pleasing. The plant is only a few 

 inches high, and the fls. are borne to the number of 4-6 

 on a scape. The scapes are numerous and the fls. about 

 1 in. across. Since 1892 this plant has excited an amount 

 of interest comparable to that caused by the introduc- 

 tion of Shortia, in 1889. 



Schizocodon is distinguished from allied genera by 

 the following characters: corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, 

 the lobes fimbriate; stamens aflixed between the lobes 

 of the corolla, and separate from the staminodes, which 

 are long and linear. Other characters : ovary 3-loculed : 

 capsule globose, 3-cornered, loculicidally 3-valved : seeds 

 numerous. 



soldanelloides, Sieb. & Zucc. Fringed Galax. Pig. 

 2268. Hardy, tufted, alpine plant a few in. high: Ivs. 

 leathery, evergreen, long-stalked, the blade roundish, 

 wedge-shaped or subcordate at the base, coarsely 

 tootlied, the teeth apiculate: fls. nodding; sepals 5, 

 oblong, obtuse; corolla deep rose in center passing into 

 blush or white at the edges; staminodes linear. Japan. 

 B.M. 7:tI6. Gn. 44:934. G.C. III. 13:415. G.M. 36:206. 

 J.H. III. 34:323. V. 20:119.-This is probably the only 

 species in the genus, as S. uniflorus is Shortia and S. 

 ilicifollus is thought to be a variety of Schizocodon 

 soldanelloides, with more variable Ivs. and fls. ranging 

 from red to white. Offered by many European dealers, 

 and by one or two Americans ; little known here. 



W. M. 



2267. Schizanthus pinnatus (X z^). 



SCHIZOLOBIUM (Greek, to cleave and hull; alluding 

 to the manner of dehiscence). Legumindsce. About 2 

 species of South American trees, with large bipinnate 

 leaves, with numerous small leaflets, and fls. in axillary 

 racemes or terminal panicles. Calyx obliquely turbi- 

 nate; segments imbricated, reflexed; petals 5, clawed, 

 ovate or roundish, imbricated ; stamens 10, free; fila- 

 ments somewhat scabrous at the base: ovary adnate to 

 the tube of the calyx: pod 1-seeded. The following has 

 been introduced into S. Calif, by Franceschi, who writes 

 that it has not yet proved a success. 



exc61sum, Vog. A large Brazilian tree, with fern-like 

 bipinnate leaves about 4>2 ft. long, with the ultimate 

 Ifts. about 114 in. long: fls. yellow, in large panicles. 

 R.H. 1874, p. 113. Y. W. Barclay. 



SCHIZ0N0TUS(Greek,sc7H'so,to split, and tio^os, back: 

 the capsules were thought to split on the back, which, 

 however, is not the case). RosAcew (Syn. Holodiscus). 

 The name Holodiscus (meaning an entire disk) may be 

 recommended for this genus instead of Schizonotus, to 

 avoid confusion, since the latter name has been used for 

 two other genera. Ornamental free-flowering deciduous 

 shrub, with alternate, pinnately lobed, petioled Ivs. and 

 small, whitish fls. in ample showy panicles: fruit insig- 

 nificant. Very graceful plants, with their drooping 

 feathery panicles of creamy white fls., and well adapted 

 for borders of shrubberies or for single specimens on 

 the lawn, but not quite hardy north. They grow in al- 

 most any well-drained soil, and do best in a sunny posi- 

 tion. Prop, by seeds usually sown in boxes in fall and 

 only slightly covered with soil, or by layers; sometimes 

 also increased by greenwood cuttings under glass taken 

 with a heel, but usually only a small percentage of 

 them take root. Two or perhaps only one species from 

 Oregon to Columbia. Lvs. without stipules: calyx 5- 

 cleft, almost rotate ; petals 5 ; stamens about 20: 

 ovaries 5, surrounded by an entire disk, developing into 

 5 distinct pubescent 1-seeded akenes. Formerly usually 

 referred to Spirtea, but it shows closer afiinity to Cer- 

 cocarpus and other genera of the Potentilleae group. If 

 all forms of this genus are united in one species it must 

 bear the name Schizonotus argenteus, Kuntze. By 

 some the genus is still retained with Spiraea. 





2268. Schizocodon soldanelloides (X K). 



discolor, Raf .{Holodiscus discolor, Maxim. ) . Fig. 2269. 

 Shrub, 20 ft., hardy with protection in Mass. : lvs. ovate 

 or oblong, truncate or narrowed at the base, pinnately 

 lobed, usually glabrous above, pubescent or tomentose 

 beneath, }^-3 in. long: fls. creamy white, small, in 

 ample panicles. July. Oregon to Guatem., east to 

 Colo. Gn. 45, p. 56; 47, p. 188; 49, p. 104; 50, p. 278. 



