ADONIS 



jECHMEA 



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but division of the roots is to be preferred as the flowers 

 are then more abundant. Very early spring is the best 

 time for dividing. 



A. Annuals: fls. crimson or scarlet. 

 B. St. simple except at top: center of fl. yellow. 

 sestivalis, Linn. PHEASANT'S-EYE. SUMMER ADONIS. 

 Sis. erect, often branched at top: fls. crimson; petals 

 flat, obtuse, half longer than calyx. 

 June, July. Var. citrina, Hoffm., is a 

 garden variety with citron-yellow fls. 



parvifldra, Fisch. Allied to above; not 

 well recognized as a distinct species. Dif- 

 fers in being smaller-fld. and less showy, 

 microcfirpa, DC. Apparently a pale- 

 fld. variation of A. seslivalis. 



BB. St. branched: center of fl. dark. 

 autumnalis, Linn. FLOS ADONIS. 



f AUTUMN ADONIS. St. branched: fls. 

 Adlum.. fungosa. ^^ crimsorl) with dark centcr> glo _ 



bose; petals 6-8, concave, slightly 

 larger than calyx. June-Sept. Gn. 12, p. 131. Spar- 

 ingly naturalized. 



AA. Perennials: fls. yellow. 

 B. St. not branched. 



vernalis, Linn. (A. apennma, Jacq. A. davurica, 

 Reichb.). SPRING ADONIS. Fig. 127. St. simple; lower 

 Ivs. scale-like, others with lobes numerous, entire: fls. 

 large; petals 10-15, lanceolate, slightly toothed; sepals 

 smooth. Early spring. Gn. 5, p. 519; 39:268. Gn.W. 

 23:153. G. 29:146; 9:122; 1:249. Var alba, Hort. 

 A form with white fls. J.H. 52:39 (desc.). A.distorta, 

 Tenore, from Italy; a form with later fls. 



apennma, Linn. (A. vernalis var. sibirica. DC. A. 

 sibirica, Patrin.). This species is much like A. vernalis: 

 fls. larger: lower Ivs. sheath-like. April. Siberia. 



BB. St. branched. 



pyrenaica, DC. St. branched: petals 8-10, obtuse, 

 smaller than in A . vernalis: lower Ivs. with long branched 

 petioles; upper ones sessile, the numerous lobes always 

 entire. July. Gn. 39, p. 269. Gn.W. 5:533. A. Ircu- 

 tiana, DC., a form with some radical Ivs. ; lobes dentate. 



volgensis, Stev. (A. wolgensis, Hort.). Much like 

 A. vernalis, but St. branched: Ivs. scale-like at base, 

 petiolcd or sessile above: fls. like A. pyrenaica, but 

 sepals pubescent on under side. April. Volga region. 



amurensis, Regel & Radde. A beautiful species, with 

 broad yellow fls.; not much cult, in Amer.; has many 

 Japanese varieties. B.M. 7490. G.M. 40:169; 48:212. 

 Gn. 52:6; 67, p. 207; G.C. III. 29:175 and III. 37: 

 188; J.H. .III. 50:299 (fl. pi.). K. C. DAVIS. 



ADOXA (Greek, withotit glory, i.e., humble or 

 obscure). Adoxacex, but by some authorities placed 

 in Caprifoliacex and formerly in Araliacex. A. Mos- 

 chatellina, Linn., the Moschatel, is the only species. 

 It is an inconspicuous herb 3-5 in. high, bearing tubers 

 beneath the ground, with biternate Ivs., and small 

 greenish fls. It occurs in England, Cent. Eu., and 

 northward, and in subalpine and arctic regions in N. 

 Amer. It is scarcely cult, but may occur in rock-gar- 

 dens, being grown for its musky scent. 



AiCHMEA (from aichme, point; referring to the rigid 

 points on the calyx). Bromeliacese . Epiphytic herbs, 

 of about sixty species, natives of tropical South Amer- 

 ica, grown in choice greenhouse collections. 



Flower-cluster arising from a cluster or rosette of 

 long, hard Ivs. which are serrate; petals 3, tongue- 

 shaped, obtuse or pointed, 2-3 times the length of the 

 spine-pointed calyx-lobes; stamens 6, shorter than the 

 petals; ovary inferior, 3-celled. The fls. are subtended 



by (in the axils of) fl.-bracts; the entire head or fl.- 

 cluster is often reinforced or subtended by conspicuous 

 If.-bracts; in the compound-infl. types, the individual 

 branches are usually subtended by branch-bracts. In 

 some species, as /E. Lalindei and M. Marix-Reginx, the 

 large colored If.-bracts are the most conspicuous part 

 of the plant. In others, as M. Veilchii, the entire head 

 is the showy part. Monogr. by Baker, Journ. Bot. 

 1879:129, 161, 226. Includes Canistrum, Echinostachys, 

 Hohenbergia, Hoplophytum, Lamprococcus. Pironneava, 

 Pothuava; and some of the species have been referred 

 to Billbergia, Cryptanthus, Guzmannia, Tillandsia, Che- 

 valiera, and others. 



The sechmeas are closely allied to the billbergias, 

 from which they are distinguished by smaller flowers, 

 which are little exserted from the calyx and not widely 

 expanding, short filaments and small anthers, sharp- 

 pointed sepals and conspicuous sharp-pointed flower- 

 bracts. 



For culture, see Billbergia. 



cserulescens, 8. 

 calyculata, 6. 

 ccelestis, 12. 

 discolor, 10, 11. 

 distichantha, 1. 



INDEX. 



fasciata, 7. 

 fulgens, 10. 

 Lalindei, 2. 

 lepdiensis, 9. 

 Lindenii, 5. 



Marise-Reginae, 3. 

 tniniata, 11. 

 spectabilis, 13. 

 Veitchii, 4. 

 Weilbachii, 9. 



A. Fls. 2-ranked on the branchlets. 



1. distichantha, Lem. Lvs. 2-3 ft. long, with a di- 

 lated base 4-5 in. long and half as wide, the blade rigid 

 and channelled, edges prickly: scape 1-1 ]/% ft.; fls. in a 

 bipinnate panicle 4-7 in. long and half as wide, the 

 petals tongue-shaped and red-purple, longer than the 

 obtuse-cuspidate sepals; fl.-bract pocket-like, }in. long. 

 Brazil. B.M. 5447. J.F. 3:269. 



AA. Fls. multifarious, in 

 several or many rows on 

 the spike or branchlets. 



B. Infl. simple. 



c. Ovary compressed or 



flattened. 



2. Lalindei, Lind.&Rod. 

 Large (3-4 ft.), with long 

 and broad spine- 

 edged Ivs.: spike 



very dense, green- 

 ish white, from 

 the color of the 

 aggregated cali- 

 ces, the fls. sub- 

 tended by many 

 deflexed, showy 

 red, long-pointed, 

 entire bract-lvs. ; 

 corolla green, not 

 exserted. Colom- 

 bia. I.H. 30:481. 

 Striking. 



3. Mariae - Reginse, 

 Wendl . Smaller than the 

 last in all its parts: petals 

 blue-tipped when young, 

 fading to crimson like the 

 bracts, half as long again 

 as the mealy cuspidate 

 sepals; fl.-bracts entire, 

 small, not showy: bract- 

 lvs. toothed. Costa Rica. 

 B.M. 6441. Gt. 49:1477. 

 One of the best species. 



4. Veitchii, Baker. Lvs. 

 spotted, serrate: petals 

 pale, a little longer than 

 the sepals; fl.-bracts con- 



127. Adonis vernalis. 



