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TELANTHERA 



TELOPEA 



acuminate-cuspidate, much longer than outer sepals. 

 Brazil. The T. ficoidea, Hort., may be a form of one 

 of the other species. ] J> jj, g. 



TELEKIA: Buphthalmum. 



TELEPHIUM (an old Greek name). Caryophyl- 

 lacex, in Engler & Prantl, Die Natiirlichen Pflanzen- 

 familien; Ficmdese, in Bentham & Hooker, Genera 

 Plantarum. ORPINE. One species, T. Imperdti, Linn., 

 is listed abroad as a hardy perennial but it has little 

 to commend it to the cultivator: it is a low plant with 

 woody base and slender prostrate sts., with erect or 

 ascending branches: Ivs. many, J^in. long, alternate or 

 scattered, oval or elliptic, entire : fls. several and incon- 

 spicuous, in small compact clusters. Perhaps valuable 

 on banks or as a carpeter. 



The genus Telephium comprises 2 or 3 species in 

 the Medit. region, being diffusely branched and glau- 

 cous herbs: Ivs. alternate, paired or opposite, without 

 distinct midrib or nerves: fls. small, in compact terminal 

 clusters, the 5 petals white but not showy; sepals 5, 

 persistent; stamens 5; ovary ovoid, 3-angled and usu- 

 ally 3-celled, the styles 3 and short: fr. a dry caps, 

 included in the calyx. L H. B 



TELFAIRIA (named after Charles Telfair, 1778- 

 1833). Cucurbitaceae. Climbing shrubs, occasionally 

 grown in the warmhouse, of economic value in the 

 tropics. Lvs. digitately compound; Ifts. 3-5, oblong, 

 auriculate at the base on the outside; tendrils lateral 

 and 2-cleft: fls. dioacious, medium or large, male 

 pedicels bracteate, pale purple; male racemose, calyx 

 turbinate, lobes lanceolate; corolla rotate, 5-parted, 

 segms. obovate-cuneate, elongated, fimbriate-tendrilled; 

 stamens 3; female solitary, calyx and corolla like male; 

 stamens rudimentary or none; ovary oblong, 3-5- 

 celled: fr. elongate, base swollen, many-seeded; seeds 

 edible. Two species, Trop. Afr. 



pedata, Hook. (Feuillsea peddta, Sims). Root stout, 

 fleshy: st. perennial, 50^100 ft. long: Ivs. long-petioled; 

 Ifts. 3-5 in. long, acuminate, repand-toothed, glabrous 

 except nerves beneath: fls. pale purple, fringed, male 2 

 in. across; petals obovate-cuneate; female fls. about 4 

 in. across; ovary obtusely 10-ribbed: fr. fleshy, some- 

 times weighs 60 Ibs., 200-300-seeded; seed 1 in. broad, 

 edible. Zanzibar. B.M. 2681; 2751, 2752. Intro, into 

 S. Calif, but not successful. The seeds are roundish, 

 about an inch across, and the kernels are sweet to the 

 taste, and are said to be as good as almonds. The 

 negroes of Trop. Afr. boil and eat them. These seeds 

 also yield an abundance of oil which has been said to be 

 equal to olive oil. The fr. becomes 1K-3 ft. long and 8 

 in. wide. It is oblong in shape, has 10-12 deep furrows, 

 and is always green. Both male and female fls. are 5- 

 lobed, copiously fringed and purple in color, the females 

 somewhat brownish, with a circular green throat, 

 while the males have a 5-pointed star of green in the 

 middle. The male fls. are about 2 in. across, females 4 

 in. across, with an ovary 2 in. long. The foliage has an 

 unpleasant smell when bruised. 



T. occidentalis, Hook, f., is very similar to T. pedata, but the Ifts. 

 are all triple-nerved from near the base (those of T. pedata all at an 

 angle of 45 from the midrib): fls. smaller. Upper Guinea. Said to 

 be cult, for the seeds which the negroes boil and eat. 



F. TRACY HUBBARD.! 



TELLIMA (anagram of Mitella). Saxifragacex. 

 Erect rather simple hardy herbaceous perennials, the 

 western American representatives of Mitella, well 

 adapted to the wild-garden. 



Plants pilose or glandular: Ivs. petioled, subrotund- 

 cordate, lobed, dentate; stipules none or adnate to the 

 base of the petioles: fls. pedicelled, nodding, greenish or 

 white, petals rarely reddish; calyx-tube large, dilated or 

 inflated, campanulate, 5-toothed or 5-cleft; petals 5, 

 usually elongate, entire, 3-fid or pinnatifid, sessile or 



clawed; stamens 10; ovary semi-superior, conical, 1- 

 celled: caps, membranaceous, 1 -celled, many-seeded. 

 About 10-12 species, W. N. Amer. Tellima differs from 

 Mitella mainly in the caps., which is 2-beaked in Tellima, 

 not beaked in Mitella. 



A. Petals pinnately cut into long, thread-like segms. 



B. Fls. not fragrant. 



grandifldra, R. Br. FALSE ALUM ROOT. Height 

 1M-2J4 ft.: Ivs. rounded, cordate or angle-lobed and 

 toothed: fls. greenish, becoming pink or red; calyx 

 inflated-bell-shaped, nearly ^in. long; petals laciniate- 

 pinnatifid, sessile. Calif, to Alaska. B.R. 1178. Var. 

 r&bra, Hort., grows 1 ft. high, has red foliage and yellow 

 fls. 



BB. Fls. fragrant. 



odorata, Howell. Height 1-2 ft. : Ivs. broadly cordate, 

 obscurely lobed and crenately toothed: fls. red. Wet 

 places near Colombia River. 



AA. Petals palmately 8-7-lobed or -parted. 

 B. Basal Ivs. not divided to near the base. 



affinis, Gray (Lithophrdgma affinis, Gray) . Sts. stout, 

 1-2 ft. high: Ivs. radical, roundish in outline, crenately 

 lobed, varying into the cauline; cauline mostly parted 

 into 3 broad divisions, which are deeply incised or 

 merely toothed: calyx turbinate; petals 3-lobed at the 

 apex. Ore. to S. Calif. 



BB. Basal Ivs. divided to near the 6ose. 



parvifldra, Hook. (Lithophrdgma parviflora, Nutt.). 

 Height %-l ft.: radical Ivs. mostly 3-5-parted or 

 -divided, the divisions narrowly cuneate and once or 

 twice 3-cleft into narrow lobes: fls. pink or sometimes 

 white; petals with a slender claw, the limb palmately 

 3-7-parted. Brit. Col. to Utah and Colo. 



T. rubrifblia, Hort., is offered in the trade abroad, as a plant 

 growing 1 ft. high with beautiful foliage and very pretty fls. Prob- 

 ably it is T. grandiflora var. rubra. R TRACy HtJBBARD f 



TELOPEA (Greek, seen at a distance, of fanciful 

 application). Proteacese. Tall shrubs, occasionally 

 grown in the greenhouse and one species has been 

 experimented with in S. Calif., but so far has not proved 

 very successful. Lvs. alternate, entire or dentate: fls. 

 showy, red, hermaphrodite, twin-pedicelled, densely 

 racemose; racemes terminal, subglobose or ovoid: 

 bracts exterior, membranaceous, colored; perianth- 

 tube elongated, segms. at length more or less separated; 

 disk fleshy, strongly oblique but almost perfectly annu- 

 late; ovary long-stipitate, many-ovuled: follicle stipi- 

 tate, oblique, leathery, recurved. Three species, 2 

 Australian, 1 Tasmanian. An earlier name of the genus 

 is Hylogyne, but Telopea is included in the list of 

 "nomina conservanda" accepted by the Vienna 

 Congress. 



speciosissima, R. Br. (Embbthrium speciosissimum, 

 Smith). WARATAH. WARRATATT. Stout glabrous 

 shrub 6-8 ft. high: Ivs. cuneate-oblong, 5-^10 in. long, 

 mostly toothed in the upper part, coriaceous: fls. 

 crimson, in a dense ovoid or globular head 3 in. across: 

 involucral bracts colored, the inner ones 2-3 in. long. 

 New S. Wales. B.M. 1128. G.C. II. 17:677; III. 

 55 : 348. Gn. 22 : 400. I.E. 34 : 29. One of the showiest 

 shrubs of New S. Wales. The heads are 3 in. across and 

 3-4 in. deep and bear a rough resemblance to a florist's 

 chrysanthemum. The showiest parts, however, are 

 involucral bracts. This plant is known as waratah. It 

 is one of the most distinct members of its family, for a 

 horticultural account of which see Protea. Seeds of 

 this species are imported into Calif, frequently, but 

 although they germinate readily, the seedlings damp- 

 off still more readily. Probably if the plant were once 

 established it could be easily prop, by layering or by 

 cuttings. F> TRACY HUBBARD.! 



