INULA 



IOCHROMA 



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scale of involucre lance-shaped and hairy. Caucasus. 

 B.R. 334. B.M. 1907. Gn. 22, p. 234; 25, p. 101; 

 49:6 and p. 7. J.H. III. 35:153; 63:139. R.H. 

 1881, p. 419. G.M. 33:541; 38:477. G. 5:337; 

 7:649, 651. Var. laciniata, Hort., seems to be a trade 

 name for the fimbriate form figured in G.M. 46:625. 

 Keller says it has deep golden-yellow, fringed, half- 

 drooping rays. Rays are commonly said to be entire, 

 but B.M. 1907 shows 2 minute teeth, and in B.R. 334 

 the fringes are more than J^in. long. This is said to be 

 the only cult, species that does not seed freely. The 

 Garden pictures an orange variety. 



cc. Plants 2 ft. or less tall. 



Hookeri, C. B. Clarke. Height 1-2 ft., usually very 

 shaggy above: Ivs. 3-5 in. long, sessile or narrowed 

 into very short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acute at 

 the base, minutely toothed, glandular: heads lK-2/-^ 

 in. across; rays "pale yellow," according to Hooker. 

 Himalayas. B.M. 6411 (rays pure yellow). Fls. 



1959. Inula Helenium. ( X Ji) 



orange-yellow, according to J. W. Manning. It is 

 said to flower in Aug. and Sept., and has bright yellow 

 fringed rays. However, in B.M. 6411 the rays have 

 only 3 minute teeth. 



britannica, Linn. A hairy perennial usually not over 

 18 in. high, with a simple st. and lanceolate slightly 

 toothed Ivs.: fls. lemon-yellow, the bracts linear and 

 very numerous. June-Aug. Eu. and Asia. Useful 

 for its early bloom and small stature. 



BB. Onier involucral parts lanceolate and leafy. 



hirta, Linn. St. 12-15 in. high, simple: Ivs. netted- 

 veined, lanceolate or ovate-oblong, the lowest narrowed 

 at the base, the others rounded at the base and half- 

 clasping, all entire or finely ciliate. Eu., N. Asia. Fls. 

 July-Aug. 



ensifolia, Linn. (7. bubonium, Hort.). St. about 2 ft., 

 simple: Ivs. with numerous somewhat parallel nerves, 



narrowly linear-lanceolate: fls. large, yellow, the 

 involucral parts appressed, not spreading. Eu., N. Asia. 

 G.M. 41:559. July, Aug. Rockery plant; blooms first 

 year from seed if sown early. 



Royleana, DC. A striking, large-fld. elecampane with 

 orange-yellow petals : st. unbranched, bearing numerous 

 ovate, slightly toothed, hairy Ivs. which are narrowed 

 at the base into winged petioles: fls. very numerous in 

 each head, showy; buds conspicuous, black. Himalayan 

 region. F.S.R. 1:310. G.C. III. 38:264. Gn.W. 23:693. 

 G. 30:117. Suitable for somewhat protected places. 



AAA. Sts. racemosely clustered. 



racemdsa, Hook. f. A tall stout perennial, 1-5 ft., 

 with a grooved st. and leathery Ivs. 8-18 in. long: 

 heads numerous, lJ^-2 in. across, showy, the outer 

 bracts with recurved tips. Himalayas. Little known 

 in Amer. and perhaps not hardy. 



I. ficulus-Christi, Linn. Two ft.; an erect, somewhat branched, 

 woolly perennial with oblong hairy Ivs. : fls. yellow, the rays twice 

 longer than the involucral bracts. Sold in England, but apparently 

 unknown in Amer. N TAYLOR.f 



IOCHROMA (Greek, violet-colored). Solanacese. 

 Flowering shrubs cultivated outdoors in California 

 and under glass in Europe. 



In the wild, shrubs or small trees; spineless, glabrous 

 or mostly stellate-tomentose : Ivs. entire, often large: 

 fls. purple, blue, scarlet, yellow or white, in clusters or 

 on twin pedicels; corolla long-tubular or narrow- 

 trumpet-shaped, with 5 short or very small lobes, the 

 throat more or less closed by appendages or folds; 

 stamens inserted in the tube, included or exserted; 

 disk present or absent; ovary 2-celled: fr. a pulpy 

 berry. Species about 20, mostly in W. Trop. S. Amer. 



A. Fls. blue. 



lanceolatum, Miers. Shrub, 4-8 ft. high, the young 

 branches downy with stellate hairs: Ivs. alternate, oval 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, entire, tapering below 

 into a long petiole : umbels supra-axillary and terminal ; 

 fls. rich deep purple-blue; corolla-tube slightly curved, 

 somewhat puberulent, the margin shortly unequally 

 5-lobed or -toothed and pubescent. Ecuador. B.M. 

 4338 and F.S. 4:309 (as Choenestes lanceolata). Seed- 

 lings are said to vary in shades of violet or purple. 



tubuldsum, Benth. Shrub, 4-6 ft., the sts. and Ivs. 

 pubescent or hairy: Ivs. stalked, ovate, attenuate at 

 base and acute or somewhat abruptly acuminate at 

 apex: fls. deep blue, as many as 20 sometimes hanging 

 in a graceful cluster; corolla about l%m. long, tubular, 

 the brief margin or limb 5-toothed. Colombia. B.R. 

 31:20. F.S. 1:131. 



grandifldrum, Benth. (/. Warscewiczii, Regel). 

 Handsome shrub, with terete pubescent branches: Ivs. 

 broadly ovate, rounded at base and acuminate at apex, 

 pubescent above and paler beneath: fls. in a simple 

 peduncled terminal several-fid, pendulous cyme, large 

 and rich purple; corolla funnelform, the tube long and 

 pubescent, the throat flaring or campanulate and the 

 large h'rnb with 5 triangular spreading-recurved lobes; 

 filaments included, glabrous. Ecuador. B.M. 5301. 

 F.S. 11:1163. H.F. II. 5:102. Gt. 4:130. The/, pur- 

 pureum of trade-lists may belong here. 



AA. Fls. scarlet, orange-scarlet or yellow (to white in 

 cult.). 



fuchsioides, Miers. Shrub, glabrous or nearly so: 

 Ivs. often clustered, obovate to oval or oblong, very 

 obtuse, tapering at the base into a short petiole: fls. 

 more or less clustered, orange-scarlet, drooping; corolla 

 thrice exceeding the 5-toothed and bursting calyx, the 

 tube long-cylindrical- and nearly straight, the fimb 5- 

 angled and with intermediate teeth; filaments included, 

 downy at the base. Peru. B.M. 4149 and F.S. 1:157 

 (both as Lycium fuchsioides). A white-fld. form is 

 also offered. 



