CORDYLINE 



CORDYLINE 



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fine plants for 6- or 7-inch pots. There are a number of 

 varieties of C. australis, among them several handsomely 

 variegated bronze-colored forms, which, however, are 

 but little distributed yet. Among the principal varie- 

 ties and species besides the above which are grown in 

 a commercial way are: Baptistii, Shepherdii, stricta 

 grandis, Youngii, Goldieana, Lord Wolseley, De- 

 Smetiana, Sanderiana, Godseffiana, and Mandseana. 

 (J. D. Eisele.) 



alba, 6. 

 albo-lineata, 6. 

 amabalis, 6. 

 amboyensis, 6. 

 anerliensis, 6. 

 atropurpurea, 3. 

 aureo-striata, 3. 

 australis, 3. 

 Baptistii, 6. 

 Bausei, 6. 

 bella, 6. 

 braziliensis, 6. 

 Bruantii, 4. 

 calocoma, 3. 

 cannsefolia, 6. 

 Cantrellii, 6. 



INDEX. 



congesta, 2. 

 Cooperi, 6. 

 discolor, 2. 

 Eschscholviana, 6. 

 ferrea, 6. 

 Fraseri, 6. 

 Gladstone!, 6. 

 grandis, 2. 

 Guilfoylei, 6. 

 Haageana, 5. 

 Hookeri, 3. 

 hybrida, 6. 

 \mperialis, 6. 

 indiyisa, 1, 3. 



iardiniere, 6. 

 ineata, 3. 



metallica, 6. 

 Murchisonise, 5. 

 nigro-rubra, 6. 

 norwoodiensis, 6. 

 reginx, 6. 

 Robinsoniana, 6. 

 rosea, 6. 

 rubra, 4. 

 Schuldii, 6. 

 Scottii, 6. 

 stricta, 2. 

 tcrminalis, G. 

 Ti, 6. 



Veitchii, 3. 

 Youngii, 6. 



A. Foliage of sessile, thick, sword-shaped Ivs. 

 B. Lvs. glaucous beneath, broad. 



1. indivisa, Kunth. Arborescent, 10-20 ft. high: Ivs. 

 dark green, densely crowded, 2-6 ft. long, 4-6 in. broad 

 at the middle, 1^-2 in. at the base, rigid, very coria- 

 ceous; midrib stout, colored red and white, veins on 

 each side of it 40-50: panicle nodding; bracteoles lanceo- 

 late, 3-4 lines long, membranous; perianth 3-4 lines 

 long, white; tube very short, campanulate; segma. 

 equal, sharply recurved : berries J^in. diam., blue; ovules 

 5-6 in each cell. New Zeal. Gn. 49, p. 86. Lowe, 52. 

 Coolhouse; valuable for vases. Rare in cult. See C. 

 australis, No. 4. 



BB. Lvs. green on both sides, narrower. 



2. stricta, Endl. (D. congesta, Hort.). Slender, 

 6-12 ft. high : Ivs. less crowded than in the next, acumi- 

 nate, 1-2 ft. long, 9-; 15 lines wide, base 3-6 lines wide, 

 scarcely costate; veins scarcely oblique, margins ob- 

 scurely dentate: panicle terminal and lateral, erect or 

 cernuous; pedicels Y-\ line long; lower bracteoles 

 lanceolate; perianth lilac, 3-4 lines long, campanulate, 

 interior segms. longer than the outer; ovules 6-10 in 

 each cell. Austral. B.M. 2575. G.C. III. 17:207. 

 Coolhouse, vases, and the like. Var. grandis, Hort. 

 Large, highly colored. Var. discolor, Hort. Like var. 

 grandis, but with foliage dark bronzy purple. 



3. australis, Hook. (D. indivisa, Hort. D. calocoma, 

 Wend.) Fig. 1053; 359, Vol. I. Arborescent, 15-40 ft. 

 high: Ivs. densely rosulate, \Yr^ ft. long, 1^-2^ in. 

 wide; base 6-12 lines wide, acuminate, green; midrib 

 firm, indistinct, nerves on each side of it 12-20, scarcely 

 oblique: panicle drooping or erect, terminal, ample; 

 pedicels very short; bracteoles deltoid, Yi line long; 

 perianth white, 3-4 lines long; tube short, campanulate, 

 segms. nearly equal, recurved: berry white or bluish- 

 white; mature seeds often solitary. New Zeal. B.M. 

 5636. G.C. III. 23 : 153. Gn. 47, p. 312; 48, p. 197. 

 I. H. 35:40 (as var. Doucetiana) ; 37:114 (as var. Dal- 

 leriana)', 40:190 (as C. lineata var. purpurascens) . 

 S.H. 1, p. 487. Coolhouse, vases. Var. aftrea-striata, 

 Hort. Variegated with a number of longitudinal yellow 

 stripes. Var. atropurpurea, Hort. Base of If. and 

 under side of midrib purple. Var. lineata, Hort. Lvs. 

 broader, the sheathing base stained with purple. Var. 

 Veitchii, Hort. (D. Veitchii, Hort.). Base of If. and 

 under side of midrib bright crimson. C. Hobkeri, 

 Hort., was a garden form of this species. Much of 

 the C. indivisa of the American trade Has been, in 

 the past, C. australis. Known as "cabbage tree" to 

 residents of New Zealand. 



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AA. Foliage of petioled Ivs. 

 B. Lvs. oblanceolate; petioles broad. 



4. rftbra, Hugel. Slender, 10-15 ft. high: Ivs. con- 

 tiguous, ascending, 12-15 in. long, 18-21 lines wide 

 above the middle, thick, dull green both sides, distinctly 

 costate; veins oblique; petiole broad, deeply grooved, 

 4-6 in. long: panicle lateral, nodding; pedicels very 

 short; bracteoles small, deltoid; perianth lilac, 4^-5 

 lines long, inner segms. longer than the outer; ovules 

 6-8. Country unknown. Cool-house, vases. D. 

 Bruantii, Hort., was a garden form of this species. R.H. 

 1897, pp. 514, 515. G.C. III. 22:285. G.W. 12, p. 230. 



BB. Lvs. lanceolate; petioles narrow, nearly terete. 



5. Haageana, Koch (C. Murchisonise, F. Muell.). 

 Slender and small: Ivs. contiguous, ascending, oblong- 

 falcate, 4-8 in. long, 2-2 % in. wide at the middle, 

 acute, base rounded or deltoid, thick, dull green 



1053. Cordyline australis C. indivisa of the trade. 



throughout, distinctly costate; veins slender, oblique; 

 petiole 3-4 in. long, deeply channelled: panicle lateral; 

 pedicels 13^72 lines long; perianth 4-4 J^ lines long, 

 tinged with lilac; ovules 6-8 in each cell. Austral. 



6. terminalis, Kunth. Low and slender, 3-8 ft. 

 high: Ivs. contiguous, ascending, green or rarely col- 

 ored, 12-30 in. long, 2-5 in. wide, elliptical or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acute, thickish, distinctly costate; veins 

 frequently unequal, strongly oblique; petiole 4-6 in. 

 long, deeply channelled: pedicels very short or none; 

 bracteoles deltoid, membranous; perianth 5-6 lines 

 long, white, lilac, or reddish, segms. short; ovules 

 6-10 in each cell: berry large, red. E. Indies. A.G. 

 16:361. B.R. 1749. Var. cannaefOlia, Baker (D. and C. 

 cannaefolia, Hort.). Lvs. oblanceolate, 12-15 in. by 2- 

 2J/6 in. : perianth 2 lines long; segms. twice the length of 

 tube. Var. ferrea, Baker (D. and C. ferrea, Hort.). Lvs. 

 narrow, oblanceolate, 2-2% in. broad, dull purple or 

 variegated; petiole short: fls. much as in the typical 

 form, but redder and often smaller. B.M. 2053. 

 C. Guilfoylei is a form with Ivs. tapering both ways, 

 recurved, striped with red, pink or white; white on 

 lower part of If. and margin of petiole. I.H. 19, p. 249. 

 Var. Ti, Baker (D. braziliensis, Schult. C. Eschscholzi- 

 dna, Mart.). Robust: Ivs. large, mostly oblong, 4-6 

 in. wide: panicle large, lower branches compound; 

 perianth 6 lines long, lilac; segms. as long as the tube. 

 D. imperidlis, Hort., is a form with Ivs. arching or 

 erect, thick, deep metallic green, rayed all over with 

 bright crimson or pink, handsome. D. reglnse, Hort., 



