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HOSACKIA 



HOSTA 



tion in which the pods are shortly acute, linear, many- 

 seeded, straight, glabrous: fls. and fr. not reflexed: 

 peduncles long. The third species belongs to a section 

 in which the pods are long-attenuate upward, incurved, 

 pubescent: peduncles short or none: fls. and fr. reflexed. 

 See Lotus. 



crassif olia, Benth. 

 (Lotus crassifolius, 

 Greene). Stout, 2-3 

 ft. high, nearly 

 glabrous: Ifts. 9-15, 

 thickish : stipules 

 scarious, small: 

 bract below the 

 umbel: calyx-teeth 

 short: pod thick: 

 fls. greenish yellow 

 or purplish. Dry 

 places in mountainous country, Calif. 

 B.R. 1977 (as H. stolonifera) . 



tricolor, Douglas (Lbtus pinnatus, 

 Hook.). Glabrous: Ifts. 5-9: stipules 

 scarious, small: bract usually none or 

 small: calyx-teeth half as long as the 

 tube: pod slender: fls. yellow, the wings 

 often white. Cent. Calif, to Wash. 

 B.R. 1257. B.M. 2913. 



decumbens, Benth. (Lotus Douglasii, 

 Greene). Silky or woolly, with ap- 

 pressed hairs: sts. ascending, 1 ft. or 

 more long, herbaceous: Ifts. 5-7: um- 

 bels less dense: stipules glandlike: pods 

 pubescent. N. Calif, to Wash. 



WILHELM MILLER. 



HOSTA (personal name). Funkia of 

 Sprengel, sometimes spelled Funckia. 

 The Funckia of Willdenow is Astelia. 

 Lilidcese. DAY LILY. PLAINTAIN LILY. 

 Hardy perennials of China and Japan, 

 much planted for their masses of root- 

 leaves and for their white and bluish 

 flowers; the funkias of garden litera- 

 ture. Sometimes spelled Hostia. 



Herbs, forming stools or clumps : Ivs. 

 petiolate, ovate or lance-ovate, promi- 

 nently several - ribbed, those on the 

 flowering sts. smaller and becoming bract-like: fls. in 

 terminal racemes or spikes, white or blue; perianth 

 funnelform, 6-parted and more or less irregular, the 

 lobes not widely spreading; stamens 6, the filaments 

 filiform, the anthers long-oblong and versatile: pod 

 oblong and angled, many-seeded, splitting into 3 

 valves; seeds flat and black, winged at the apex. 

 Species about 10. In cult., the synonymy seems to be 

 much confused. 



The hostas are hardy and of the easiest culture. Their 

 dense stools or clumps of foliage are in place along 

 walks or drives and in the angles against buildings. A 

 continuous row along a walk gives a strong.and pleasing 

 character. Make the soil rich and deep. The clumps 

 improve with age. The large-leaved kinds grow vigor- 

 ously in moist, shady places. Of some varieties the 

 leaves are strikingly variegated. They bloom in sum- 

 mer. Foliage is killed by frost. Propagation is by 

 dividing the clumps; some species produce seeds 

 freely, and seedlings can be grown readily if seed is 

 sown as soon as ripe. 



A. Fls. white, ascending; fl.-bract very large, with a 

 smaller one inside. 



plantaginea, Aschers. (Hemerocallis plantaginea, Lam. 

 H. alba, Andr. Funkia subcordata, Spreng. F. alba, 

 Sweet. F. liliifldra, Hort. F.japonica, Hort., at least 

 of some. F. cordata, Hort., not Sieb.). Fig. 1908. 

 Lvs. large, broadly cordate-ovate, with a short, sharp 



point, green, many -ribbed: fls. large, 4-^6 in. long, 

 with an open bell-shaped perianth, waxy white, the base 

 of the tube surrounded by a broad bract; spike short, 

 the bracts very prominent .The commonest species in 

 old yards, and an excellent plant. The fls. have an 

 orange-like odor. Clumps of foliage grow 12-20 in. 

 high. B.M. 1433 (as Hemerocallis japonica). Gng. 

 9:97. 



Var. grandifldra, Hort. (F. grandiflora, Sieb. & 

 Zucc.), has very long and large fls. G.C. III. 4:153. 

 G. 5:503; 23:591. H. macrdntha, Hort., probably 

 belongs here. 



AA. Fls. blue or lilac, more or less inclined or 

 nodding; bract 1. 

 B. Lvs. glaucous. 



Sieboldiana, Engler (Funkia Sieboldiana, Hook. F . 

 Sieboldii, Lindl. F. glauca, Hort. F. sinensis, Sieb. F. 

 cuculldta, Hort. F. glaucescens. Hort. F. cordata, 

 Sieb.). Differs from the last in the metallic blue color 

 of the less cordate Ivs., in the inclined bluish or pale- 

 tinged, more slender-tubed and smaller fls. (which do 

 not rise above the foliage), and in having only 1 small 

 bract at the base of the fl. B.M. 3663. B.R. 

 25:50. L.B.C. 19:1869 (as Hemerocallis 

 Sieboldtiana). G. 10:387; 13:3. G.C. III. 

 38 : 94. There is a form with the body of the If. 

 yellowish white and the edge green. Lowe, 34. 

 Lf.-blade and petiole each 1 ft. long, the 

 | foliage therefore overtopping the fls. F. Sie- 

 boldii elatior and F. sinensis mar- 

 morata, are offered abroad. The lt\ 



plant usually cult, as Funkia Sie- / far 



boldiana is probably the following 'V/ 



1908. 



Hosta planta- 

 ginea. 



species. 



F6rtunei (Funkia Fortunei, Baker. Hdsta 

 Sieboldiana, var. Fortunei, Voss). Plant 

 differs from H. Sieboldiana in having smaller 

 Ivs. and the racemes much overtopping 

 the foliage, as in other hostas: petiole 

 2-3 in. long; blade cordate-ovate, 4-5 

 in. long: raceme Kft. long on a st. or 

 scape 1 ft. long; fls. pale lilac, funnel- 

 shape, \Yi in. long, the segms. lanceo- 

 late and ascending and half as long as 

 the tube. Excellent. Generally cult, 

 as Funkia Sieboldiana, and many of 

 the pictures of that name, 

 probably belong here, as, 

 apparently, Gh. 38, p. 79; 

 A.G. 11:157; A.F. 6:322. 

 It is probable that the gar- 

 den synonyms cited under 

 H. Sieboldiana are usually 

 applied to plants of H. 

 Fortunei. A var. gigantea is 

 offered, with Ivs. and fls. 

 much larger than in the 

 type. Vars. robusta, and 

 argenteo-variegata, are also 

 listed abroad. 



BB. Lvs. green. 



caerftlea, Tratt. (Funkia 

 cserulea, Sweet. F. ovata, 

 Spreng. F . lanceolata, Sieb.). 

 Figs. 1909, 1910. Lvs. broad- 

 ovate, 5-10 in. long and 

 half as wide, usually taper- 

 ing to the petiole, but some- 

 times subcordate : raceme 

 long and lax; fl. with a 

 short, slender tube and sud- 

 denly expanding into a bell- 

 shape, lJ^-2 in. long, nod- 

 ding, deep blue. B.M. 894 



