NOLANA 



NOLINA 



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ing several inches: Ivs. solitary or in pairs, entire, 

 usually fleshy, the lower long-petioled; the upper short- 

 petioled, sessile or attenuated into a winged petiole: 

 fls. borne singly in the axils of the Ivs., mostly short- 

 peduncled, commonly blue or purple, rarely white or 

 rose; calyx 5-parted; corolla short funnel-shaped or 

 bell-shaped, as in Convolvulus, entire, 5-angled or 5-10-, 

 lobed; ovaries 5 to many, 1-5-seeded, arranged in 1-2 

 series or clustered irregularly around the base of the 

 style. About 20 species, all native in Chile and 

 Peru, mostly seacoast plants. 



The characters by which several species of Nolana 

 have been separated are not well defined. It is probable 

 that N. prostrata and N. paradoxa should be considered 

 as one species. The chief characters which have been 

 used to distinguish them are the number of ovaries in 

 each flower and the number of seeds in each ovary; 

 but these characters vary in different plants of these 

 and other species of Nolana. 



Nolanas grow readily from seeds sown in the open in 

 May. For early blooming and for seed-production they 

 should be started under glass in March and transplanted 

 in May. A*, paradoxa is used with fine effect when 

 planted in large patches in the border or on rocky hill- 

 sides. All of the species do well in pots. They prefer a 

 light soil and sunny situation. N. paradoxa is well 

 suited for use in vases and baskets. 



A. St. smooth or sparsely hairy. 

 B. Fls. large (1-2 in.), dark blue, not striped. 

 paradoxa, Lindl. (N. atriplicifolia, Hort.? N. grandi- 

 flora, Lehm.). Fig. 2483. Seven to 10 in. tall: root- 

 Ivs. very long-petioled, ovate; st.-lvs. ovate, mostly 

 sessile or with winged petiole, fleshy: fls. large, 1-2 in.; 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate; limb of corolla blue; throat 

 white, inside of tube light yellow; ovaries commonly 

 many, 1-seeded. Chile. B.R. 865. Not B.M. 2604, 

 which is N. tenella. This is the most common species 

 in cult. Var. alba, Hort., has white fls. Var. violacea, 

 Hort., has violet fls. F.S. 13:1294. H.F. II. 1:60. 



BB. Fls. small (%in.), light blue, striped with 



dark purple. 



prostrata, Linn., not Hook. Resembles N. paradoxa 

 but is distinguished by the st. being more reclining, the 

 fl. is smaller and the throat of corolla marked with 

 violet-purple veins: calyx pyramidal with triangular 

 lobes : ovaries commonly few, 2-4-seeded. Perhaps this 

 should be united with the preceding; it is native to 

 Peru. B.M. 731. 



AA. St. densely hairy. 



B. St.-lvs. lanceolate, thick: plant hoary-pubescent. 

 lanceolata, Miers. St.-lvs. rather narrow, mostly in 

 pairs, 2-6 in. long, the base obliquely clasping or slightly 

 decurrent on the outer side: sts. hairy: fls. 1-2 in. broad, 

 with a spreading 5-lobed limb, each lobe deeply 

 notched; limb of corolla azure-blue, throat yellowish 

 white, marked at the base with a line of purplish blue 

 and spotted yellowish green. Chile. B.M. 5327. 

 H.F. II. 5:55. 



BB. St.-lvs. ovate, membranaceous: plant viscid-hairy. 



tenella, Lindl. St. and whole plant viscid-hairy: st. 

 slender: upper Ivs. ovate, membranous, obtuse, with 

 rounded base and winged petiole: peduncle long-hairy: 

 fls. violet-blue, with a white throat; limb 5-lobed, each 

 lobe tipped with a broad point. Chile. B.M. 2604 (erro- 

 neously as N. paradoxa, but poorly shown as no hairi- 

 ness is indicated). Not advertised in Amer. 



S. W. FLETCHER. 



A. C. HoTTES.f 



NOLINA (C. P. Nolin, joint author of an essay on 

 agriculture, Paris, 1755). Lilidcese, tribe Nolmex. 

 Sub-acaulescent, or small trees, with dracena-like 

 leaves, little cultivated except under glass, and some- 



times in open grounds in southern California and com- 

 parable regions. 



The liliaceous tribe Nolineae, in addition to Dasy- 

 lirion, contains 3 genera with unarmed Ivs., so closely 

 related that they have been united by excellent botan- 

 ists under the genus Nolina. 

 As now limited, however, 

 Nolina has panicled small 

 polygamo-dicecious fls. and 

 wingless 3-lobed 1-3-seeded 

 often inflated fr.; Calibanus 

 differs from it in the fr. being 

 neither lobed nor inflated; 

 Beaucarnea, like Dasylirion, 

 has 3- winged fr., neither lobed 

 nor inflated, and its trunk dif- 

 fers from that of Nolina in 

 being more swollen at base. 

 S. U. S. to Cent. Amer. Mon- 

 ograph in Proc. Amer. Phil. 

 Soc. 50 (1911), by Trelease; 

 species 24. Other species than 

 those enumerated below may 

 be expected in the collections 

 of amateurs. Treatment in 

 cult, as for yuccas. 



longifdlia, Hemsl. (Yucca 

 longifolia, Schult. Y. Barran- 

 casecca, Pasquale. Dasylirion 

 longifolium, Zucc. Roulinia 

 Karwinskiana, Brongn. Beau- 

 carnea longifdlia, Baker). 

 Rough-barked small tree 5-10 

 ft. high, with somewhat swol- 

 len base and few short 

 branches crowded at top: Ivs. 

 thin, green, rough-edged, more 

 or less frayed at tip, 1 in. x 3 

 ft. or more, gracefully pendent: 

 infl. nearly sessile; fls. r&in. 

 long: fr. M m - long, J^in. wide, inflated; seed roundish, 



2484. Beaucarnea 

 guatemalensis. 



. diam. S. Mex. Abhandl. Akad. Muenchen. Cl. 

 2.3:1. R.B. 1865:20; 31, p. 230. Gn. 24:433. G.C. 

 II. 7:493, 567. Bull. Soc. Ort. Tosc. 1890:6. G.W. 

 11, p. 14; 14, p. 199. G.Z. 3:20. Natur, 34:340. Gt. 

 29:117; 33:68. R.H. 1911, p. 206. Proc. Amer. Phil. 

 Soc. 50:3, 8, 13, and p. 426. 



The following species are given the nomenclature 

 under Beaucarnea: 



B. recurvata, Lem. (B. tuberculata, Roezl, NoTma 

 recurvata, Hemsl. N. tuberculata, Hort. Pincenectitia 

 tuberculata, Lem.). Becoming 30 ft. high, slender- 

 branched above, swollen at base: Ivs. green, thin, 

 smooth-edged, recurving, %in. x 3-6 ft. : mfl. nearly 

 sessile; fls. rgin. long: fr. unknown. S. E. Mex. I. 

 H. 8, p. 58. G.C. 1870:1445; III. 46:4. D.G. Mag. 

 1871:288. Gt. 28:210. Gn. 19, p. 372. R.H. 1911, p. 

 207. Tender in Cent. Fla. 



B. guatemalensis, Rose. Fig. 2484. Slender, some- 

 times much-branched tree, 20 ft. high: Ivs. green, 

 thin, smooth-edged, recurving, 1 in. x 3 ft. : infl. 

 short-stalked; fls. */gin. long: fr. %x%m. Guate- 

 mala. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10, p. 88. Tender 

 in Cent. Fla. 



B. stricta, Lem. (B. recurvata stricta, Baker. B, 

 glauca, Roezl. B. Purpitsi, Rose. Pincenectitia glaiica, 

 Lem.). Becoming 30 ft. high, somewhat branched: Ivs. 

 pale, slightly rough-edged, straight, %-% in. x 2-3 

 ft.: infl. short-stalked; fls. ^in. long: fr. 34 x Hin. S. 

 Mex. D.G. Zeit. 28:223. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 

 50:8, 14. 



B. gracilis, Lem. (B. oedipus, Rose. Nolina histrix, 

 Hort.). Becoming 30 ft. high, greatly swollen at base, 

 variously branched: Ivs. very glaucous, rough-edged, 

 straight, J^ x 18-20 in.: infl. short-stalked; fls. ^in. 



