OESTRUM 



CILENOMELES 



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near the top of the tube, in loose clusters which nod at 

 the ends of the branches, the lobes ciliate. Mex. F.S. 

 2:82. One of the old-fashioned greenhouse shrubs, 

 blooming almost continuously. There is a form with 

 variegated Ivs. Var. Smithii (C. Smithii, Hort. Bull.) 

 has beautiful blush-rose fls., profusely produced through 

 summer and autumn. Gn. 62, p. 242, desc. 



fasciculatum, Miers. Spring bloomer, with larger fls. 

 than those of C. elegans, and more compact, nearly 

 globular fl.-clusters, the cluster subtended by small Ivs. 

 as if an involucre: Ivs. ovate. Mex. B.M. 4183 (and 

 probably the C. elegans, B.M. 5659.). 



Newelli, Nichols. (H. Newelli, Veitch). Fls. bright 

 crimson, larger and more brilliant than those of C. ele- 

 gans and C. fasciculatum. Gn. 34:106. A free-grow- 

 ing plant, originating from seed by Mr. Newell, Down- 

 ham Market, England. Evidently an offshoot of one 

 of the preceding species. 



AA. Fls. orange or yellow. 



aurantiacum, Lindl. Of half-climbing habit: Ivs. 

 oval to ovate, more or less undulate: fls. sessile in a 

 panicle, orange-yellow. Guatemala. R.H. 1858, p. 

 238. 



Pseudo-Quina, Mart. Glabrous: Ivs. membrana- 

 ceous, ovate, obtusish or acute, narrowed at base: 

 peduncles articulated at apex, axillary or in congested 

 4-8-fld. terminal racemes; corolla slender with acute 

 lobes, much longer than the toothed calyx. Brazil. 

 Said to have marked medicinal qualities. Differs from 

 C. Parqui in having glabrous filaments and pedicillate 

 fls. 



AAA. Fls. white, greenish, or cream-yellow. 



Parqui, L'Her. Shrub, half-hardy, nearly glabrous: 

 Ivs. lanceolate to oblong, petioled, short, acuminate: 

 fls. sessile, long, tubular, with a wide-spreading limb, 

 in an open panicle, greenish yellow, very fragrant at 

 night. Chile. B.M. 1770. Adventive in Fla. 



diurnum, Linn. Quick-growing evergreen shrub, 

 minutely pubescent or glabrous: lys. oblong and short- 

 acute, thickish and glabrous, shining above: fls. white, 

 very sweet-scented by day, in axillary long-peduncled 

 spikes; corolla-lobes roundish and reflexed: berry nearly 

 globular; filaments erect and not denticulate. W. Indies. 



nocturnum, Linn. NIGHT-BLOOMING JESSAMINE. 

 Shrub, 4-12 ft.: branches brownish, very slender or 

 flexuose, glabrous or nearly so: Ivs. thinner, ovate or 

 elliptic, prominently acuminate: fls. creamy-yellow, 

 very fragrant by night; corolla-lobes ovate and blunt: 

 berry ovoid-oblong; filamants denticulate. W. Indies. 



pubens, Griseb. Sts. and Ivs. woolly-pubescent: fls. 

 greenish, much like those of C. nocturnum and also 

 fragrant at night. Argentina. 



Iaurif61ium, L'Her. Glabrous shrub: Ivs. ovate to 

 oblong, glossy, thick: fls. greenish yellow and changing 

 color (sometimes described under cult as pure white), 

 in erect heads, slightly fragrant; corolla-tube club- 

 shaped, tapering gradually; corolla-lobes ovate-round- 

 ish and blunt; filaments toothed: berry ovoid. W. Indies, 

 S. Amer. Much planted in S. Calif. L jj g 



CIL35NACTIS (Greek, gaping ray: the marginal 

 corollas often ray-like). Composite. West American 

 low herbs or undershrubs sometimes planted in the 

 open for ornament. 



Leaves alternate and mostly dissected: fls. yellow, 

 white or flesh-colored on solitary peduncles or in loose 

 cymes; florets of one kind, but the marginal ones with 

 a more or less enlarged limb; involucre campanulate; 

 receptacle flat and generally naked: pappus of toothed 

 or entire scales (wanting in one species). About 20 

 species, of which 3 have been intro. as border plants; 

 but they are little known to gardeners. Of easy cult. 

 Prop, by seeds or division. 



A. Pappus of entire or nearly entire persistent scales. 



tenuifolia, Nutt. Small, tufted annual, white-pubes- 

 cent when young but becoming nearly or quite glabrous: 

 1 ft.: Ivs. once or twice pinnately parted, the lobes 

 linear or filiform: heads ^in. high, lemon-yellow. 

 S. Calif. 



Doiiglasii, Hook. & Arn. Perennial, 3-15 in. high, 

 usually white-woolly when young: Ivs. broad, bipin- 

 nately parted into short and crowded, obtuse lobes: 

 heads */-Mm. high, white or whitish, usually in 

 crowded, cymose clusters. Mont, south and west. 

 Variable. Var. achilleaefolia, A. Nelson, is often sold 

 for the type. It has more finely divided Ivs. 



AA. Pappus of fimbriate and deciduous scales, or even 



wanting. 



artemisiaefdlia, Gray. Tufted annual, 1-2 ft., rusty 

 pubescent and somewhat sticky on the under side of 

 the Ivs., glandular hairy above: Ivs. twice or thrice 

 pinnately parted into short-linear or oblong lobes: 

 heads 3^in. high, the involucre viscid, the florets white 

 or cream-color. S. Calif. jj > TAYLOR.! 



CH5SNOMELES (Greek chainein, to gape, to split, 

 and melea, apple: the fruit was supposed by Thunberg 

 to split into five valves). Rosdcex, subfamily Pomex. 

 Woody plants, grown chiefly for their handsome 

 brightly colored flowers appearing early in spring; 

 formerly commonly included in Cydonia. 



Shrubs or small trees, sometimes spiny: Ivs. sub- 

 persistent or deciduous, alternate, short-petioled, ser- 

 rate: fls. solitary or fascicled, before or after the Ivs., 

 sometimes partly staminate; calyx-lobes entire or ser- 

 rate; petals 5; stamens numerous; styles 5, connate at 

 the base: fr. 5-celled, each cell with many seeds. Four 

 species in China and Japan. See page 3567. 



These are ornamental plants, nearly hardy North 

 except C. sinensis, which can be grown only South. C. 

 japonica and C. Maulei, with handsome glossy foliage 

 and abundant flowers in early spring, varying in all 

 shades from pure white to deep scarlet, are highly 

 decorative, and especially adapted for borders of 

 shrubberies and for low ornamental hedges. The fruit 

 of all species can be made into conserves. They thrive 

 in almost any soil, but require sunny position to bloom 

 abundantly. Propagated by seeds, usually stratified 

 and sown in spring; also readily increased by root- 

 cuttings made in fall or early spring, and rarer kinds 

 or less vigorous-growing varieties are grafted in the 

 greenhouse in early spring, on stock of the Japanese 

 or common quince; they grow also from cuttings of 

 half-ripened or nearly mature wood, under glass, and 

 from layers. 



A. Fls. solitary, with reflexed serrate calyx-lobes, with or 



after the Ivs.: stipules small. (Pseudocydonia.) 

 sinensis, Koehne (Pyrus sinensis, Poir. Cydonia 

 sinensis, Thouin. Pseudocyddnia sinensis, Schneid.). 

 Shrub or small tree: Ivs. elliptic-ovate or elliptic-oblong, 

 acute at both ends, sharply and finely serrate, villous 

 beneath when young, 2-3 in. long: fls. light pink, about 

 \]/z in. across: fr. dark yellow, oblong, 4-6 in. long. 

 May. China. B.R. 11:905. R.H. 1889:228. A.G. 

 12:16. B.M. 7988. The Ivs. assume a scarlet fall 

 coloring. Not hardy north of Philadelphia, except in 

 favored localities. See also Quince. 



AA. Fls. in leafless clusters, nearly sessile, before or with 

 the Ivs.; calyx-lobes erect, entire: stipules large. 

 (Chsenomeles proper.) 



B. Lvs. lanceolate or narrow-lanceolate, pubescent beneath 



while young. 



cathayensis, Schneid. (Pyrus cathayensis, Hemsl. 

 Cydonia cathayensis, Hemsl.). Shrub, to 10 ft.: Ivs. 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, finely and 

 sharply serrate, 2^-4^ in. long and Yr-^A in- broad; 



