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RAMONDIA 



RANEVEA 



and p. 31; 44, p. 555; 51, p. 205; 56, p. 228; 65, p. 113; 

 67, p. 71; 73, p. 374; 74, p. 327. G. 7:134; 33:139; 35: 

 123. G.W. 1, pp. 16, 17; 15, p. 541. G.Z. 10:160. F.W. 

 1877:161. J.H. III. 34:187. R.H. 1866:330; 1906, p. 

 230; 1907, p. 447. Var. ilba, Hort., is a white-fld. 

 form. G. 23:485. Many inferior forms have been sent 

 out under this name. R. leucopetala, Hort., R. pere- 

 grina, Hort., and R. quercifolia, Hort., are apparently 

 only forms of R. pyrenaica. Well-grown specimens may 

 have 6-12 scapes, each bearing 3-4 fls. 1H in. across. 



BB. Corolla mostly 4-parted, more concave, short bell- 

 shaped to funnelform. 



Heldreichi, Janka (Jancsea or Jankxa Heldreichi, 

 Boiss.). Lvs. ovate, entire, obtuse, silky white above, 



3339. Ramondia pyrenaica. ( X H) 



rusty-woolly below: scapes 1-2-fld.; fls. violet. Accord- 

 ing to Boissier it normally has a 5-parted calyx, 4- 

 lobed corolla and 4 stamens. Thessaly. Gn. 55, p. 394. 

 G. 35: 197. 



AA. Color of fls. yellow. 



serbica, Pane. This is said to be distinguished by its 

 blue anthers; also the fls. are said to be normally 5- 

 lobed. Servia. G.L. 24:146. Var. Nathalies, Hort. 

 (R. Nathdlise, Pane. & Petrov.), is more commonly 

 4-lobed than the type. Gn. 76, p. 203. G.W. 13, p. 

 553. S.H. 1 : 161. p. TRACY 



RAMPION (Campanula Rapunculus) is a vegetable 

 sometimes cultivated for winter salads. The roots are 

 chiefly used, generally in a raw state, but the leaves 

 may also be used as a salad. The roots are white, a foot 

 or so long, and spindle-shaped, like a long radish. They 

 are ready for use in October or November and may be 

 used all through the winter. According to Vilmorin's 

 "Vegetable Garden," the seeds of rampion are the 

 smallest of all kitchen-garden seeds, and their germi- 

 nating power lasts five years. The seed may be sown in 

 the open ground, either broadcast or in drills. The pre- 

 cautions usually taken with minute seeds must be 

 observed. In order not to sow the seed too thickly, it 

 is well to mix it with sand. The seed should not be 

 covered, merely firmed into the soil. Frequent and 

 careful waterings are necessary until the plants become 

 established. Thinning is an important operation. Every 

 plant allowed to remain should have at least 4 inches 

 each way for development. The plants like a light rich 

 soil, partial shade and water during the hot season. 

 Although rampion is usually biennial, it sometimes runs 

 to seed the first year, especially if the seed is sown early. 

 It is, therefore, sometimes advisable to postpone seed- 

 sowing until June. For botanical description, see 

 Campanula. 



RANDIA (named in honor of Isaac Rand). Rubia- 

 ceae. Trees or shrubs, erect or climbing, unarmed or 

 spiny, grown in the warmhouse for their bloom or 

 hardy outdoors in the extreme southern United States. 



Leaves opposite, obovate-oblong or lanceolate, often 

 leathery; stipules short: fls. small or large, solitary, 

 corymbose or axillary, fascicled, rarely terminal, white, 

 yellowish or rarely rose; calyx-tube ovoid, obovoid or 

 turbinate, limb rarely dentate or lobed; corolla funnel- 

 shaped or salver-shaped, tube short or elongated; limb 

 5-lobed (rarely more), short or elongated; stamens 5; 

 ovary 2- very rarely 3-4-celled : berry globose or ovoid. 

 About 100 species in the tropical regions, especially 

 in Asia and Afr. Closely allied to Mitriostigma and 

 Gardenia. 



A. Shrubs having spines. 



dumetorum, Lam. (R. floribunda, DC.). A small tree 

 or rigid shrub with stout straight often long spines: 

 Ivs. 1-2 in. long, short-petioled : fls. white or greenish 

 yellow, fragrant, not large, solitary or rarely 2-3 on a 

 peduncle; corolla H-%in. across: berry globose or 

 ovoid, %-lK in- long, yellow. Trop. Asia. Cult, in 

 S. Fla. 



Thurberi, Wats. PAPACHI. An upright shrub, 6-8 

 ft. high, armed with slender spines, young branches 

 canescent: Ivs. obovate, attenuate to the short, winged 

 petiole, obtuse or retuse: fr. globose or ellipsoidal, 

 axillary, sessile or nearly so; seeds about 20, in black 

 pulp. Lower Calif, and Sonora, Mex. Intro, into 

 Calif. The fr. is eaten by the Indians. 



AA. Shrubs or trees without spines. 



B. Corolla-tube Y^in. long. 



Fitzalanii, F. Muell. A glabrous tree: Ivs. often over 

 6 in. long, shining, obovate-oblong or elliptical, obtuse; 

 petiole rather long: fls. about 1 in. across, in loose, few- 

 fld. cymes or the fertile fls. solitary: fr. globular, 1 y<i in. 

 thick or ovoid and longer, hard. Austral. Cult, in Fla. 



BB. Corolla-tube 4~10 in. long. 

 c. Lobes of corolla obtuse. 



maculata, DC. (Gardenia Stanleyana, Hook.). A 

 much-branched shrub 10-15 ft. high: Ivs. elliptical or 

 obovate-oblong, 13^-5 in. long, %~2% in. wide, charta- 

 ceous, acuminate, narrowed at base; petiole usually 

 with glands near its union with the midrib: fls. usually 

 purple with white lobes, solitary, terminal or at ends of 

 short lateral branches, sessile: fr. oval, oblong or glo- 

 bose, pointed, 1^-3 in. long. Trop. Afr. R.H. 1894: 

 60. B.R. 31:47. B.M. 4185. Gn. 38:322. G.C. III. 

 54:79. R.B. 30, p. 5. 



macrantha, DC. (Gardenia macrdntha, Roem. & 

 Schult.). A climbing shrub, 9-30 ft. high: Ivs. oval or 

 obovate-oblong, opposite, cuspidate or caudate at the 

 apex, narrowed at the base; stipules persistent, gluma- 

 ceous: fls. solitary, fragrant, terminal, 6-10 in. long, 

 whitish; calyx-lobes linear or linear-spatulate, spread- 

 ing; corolla with a slender green or yellowish tube and 

 oval obtuse lobes: fr. globose or somewhat pear-shaped. 

 Trop. Afr. G.M. 51:221. 



cc. Lobes of corolla acute. 



Ruiziana, DC. A tender shrub with dark green lan- 

 ceolate acute Ivs.. and white or pale yellow fls. termi- 

 nal, solitary, sessile: corolla-tube somewhat hairy; lobes 

 spreading: fr. cylindrical, yellow, 10-nerved. Brazil, 

 Peru - F. W. BARCLAY. 



F. TRACY HUBBARD.! 



RANEVEA (anagram of Ravenea). Ravenea of 

 Bouche. Palmacese. One species of palm perhaps 

 allied to Hypphorbe, from which it differs, among 

 other things, in its dwarfer habit, usually dio3cious fls. 

 and in the fls. being arranged alternately on the short 

 branches of the spadix. The genus Ranevea seems, 

 however, to be of uncertain relationship. Bouche's 

 generic name Ravenea dates from 1878. It appears in 

 Bentham & Hooker (3:883) as Ravenia. In spelling it 

 is so similar to Ravenia of Vellozo, 1825, that the two 

 cannot be distinguished by pronunciation, and there- 



