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D.EMOXOROPS 



HIBISCUS 



D^EMONOROPS. Page 951. 



fissus, Bhiine. Lf .-segms. many and graceful, &-S 

 in. long, lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, plicate, apex 

 penicillate. often bifid: rachis aculeate: spadix erect. 

 contracted: fr. ovoid-globose, about the size of a small 

 cherry. Borneo. Foliage described as bronzy green. 



DECKENIA (after Karl von der Decken, German 

 explorer of East Africa, killed in 1864 by the Somalis . 

 Sometimes misspelled Deckeria: but there is a genus 

 name Deckeria which, however, is regarded as a syn- 

 onym of Iriartea. Polmoceae. One species, by some 

 referred to Acanthophoenix, from the Seychelles, now 

 intro. as a warmhouse palm. D. nobilis, Wendl., is a 

 tall pahn, reaching 100ft. and more, and 1 ft. or more in 

 diam.: Ivs. pinnate, 10-12 ft. or more long, the sheath 

 3-6 ft. long and usually spiny; petiole about 1 ft. long, 

 pale green and smooth; pinnae narrow, hairy beneath, 

 bristly when young; midrib yellow: fls. monoecious, in 

 3's, the middle one female, the male with 9 stamens and 

 minute perianth, the female with imbricate perianth: 

 spadix with slender pendulous branches which are spiny 

 at the base; spathes 2, spiny, seldom exceeding 1 ft": 

 fr. much compressed, ovoid-deltoid, ^in. long and M- 

 thick, black turning to straw-colored. 



DELPHINIUM. Page 975. 



spetiostnn. The trade name may apply to a showy 

 garden form of undetermined origin. D. HJMTIMMBI, 

 Bieb.. to which the botanical name applies, is a 

 tall gray-tomentose perennial of the Caucasus: st. 

 angled, paniculate above: Ivs. palmatehr parted, the 

 segms. acute and cut, the lower segms. not divergent: 

 spur incurved at the point, equaling the sepals: petals 

 glabrous above; ovary tomentose. Caucasus region, 

 Persia. D. tpeeittum jtmbrmtum is said by Xichobon to 

 be qmiWr hi growth and fls. to D. rntttmrtrrtm, but 

 has larger infl. and the fls. have longer spars; Himalaya. 



DIANTHUS. Page 997. 



The trade name mav represent a 

 or edged form of one of the comme 

 pinks; if D. moryiitahts, Poir.. it is a _ 

 of Europe, with linear marginate ITS. and sofitarv 

 fls.; cab/one scales or bracts acute and shorter thi 

 calx. 



the 



ELYMUS. Page 1111. 



Vahl. GIANT SIBEHIAX RTE-GRASB. A 

 E. rtimiltmwflin: spike 1 ft. or 

 above, lon^r 



EKEMURUS. Page 112$. 



tiuke&UuuuB, Regel. Plant about 4 ft 



JKS _ 



anth-segms- : Ivs. broadlv knear, acuminate. 



ETJCALfPTUS. Page 1152. 

 ilbm, Reinw. (E. pirfyp* 

 E. jwpi*f<a, bat ITS. muc 

 eeolate to broadly orate or 

 " '3 in. 



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3-7-fld, pedHefc abort or . 



^3Y1 1 CTff-klwiM MA 1 1 i i^i . -. - J ' . ' 



cr -- - ^^^^^^om^Lf tow. vaives s&gnuy pro- 

 trading. Austral. Maiden, Crit. Rev. Eucal. 105, 106, 

 107. Grown at Los Angeles. 



cymose infl.: branching, pubescent at least above: Ivs. 

 ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 3-nerved. slender- 

 petioled, sharp-serrate, the upper ones alternate: fls. 

 7-15 in the campanulate involucre, of which the bracts 

 are obtuse or truncate. Minn., south and southeast. 



EVODIA. Page 1185. 



hnpehensis, Dode. (After E. Henryi.) Tree, to 60 

 ft.: Ifts. 7-9, short-stalked, elliptic-ovate to elliptic- 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate, rounded or rarely narrowed 

 at the base, glaucescent or pale green beneath and gla- 

 brous or nearly so except villous in the axils of the veins, 

 3-6 in. long: infl. slightly pubescent. 4-8 in. broad: fr. 

 beaked, yellowish gray, slightly hairy. Cent. China. 



FICUS. Page 1229. 



uhnifdlia, Lam. (F. sinubsa, Miq.). Shrub. 9-15 ft. 

 high: Ivs. alternate, variable, very harsh, oblong, sub- 

 entire, undulately lobed or coarsely toothed, sometimes 

 deeply and narrowly lobed, acuminate, base rounded, 

 3-nerved, 3Ji~7 in. long, 2J-4-3H in. broad: fr. axfl- 

 lary, solitary or in pairs, orange-red to purplish, ovoid 

 to ellipsoid, about ^in. long. Philippines. 



fttflis, Sim. Large tree: hrs. elliptic-cordate. 6-10 in. 

 lone; 4-5 in. broad, obtuse, leathery: petiole thick. 2-4 

 in long; stipules membranaceous, 4^-6 in. long. 1 1 2-2 in. 

 broad, obtuse, yeDowish with brown spots: fr. solitary 

 or clustered, almost globos. pubescent. Natal and 

 Zululand. Used for the manufacture of native cloth 

 and rough cordage. 



GALEGA. Page 1311. 



bicolor, Haipskn. Perhaps a form of G. officinaliK 

 tfts. oblong-linear rather than oblong-lanceolate. 

 retuse: Tarnnr more lax or open: calyx-teeth mostly 

 snorter than the tube rather than longer: standard 

 deep bine, the wings and keel whitish blue, Mesopo- 



GEHTIANA. Page 1323. 



tibetica, King. A Himalayan species of which no 

 dose relatives from that region are described in this 

 Cyclopedia, and which now appears as a name in the 

 trade. Described by King as follows: st. very stout, 

 erect, 18-in. high, simple: st.Jvs. 6 in. long, lanceolate, 

 connate at base into a cyhndric sheath, the uppermost 

 sessfle and hutled and fanning an involucre to the 

 infl.: fls. quwded m the uppemiuBt axDs. sessfle; calyx 

 tubukr, iaf iaiiMiiai, truncate, split on one side, the 



mouth minutely 5-toothed; corolla nearly 1 in. long, 

 tubular-funnel-shaped, the lobes 5, triangular with a 

 fold in each sinus: caps, included; seeds 



HELICHRtSUM. Page 1450, after H. 



DC. Subabrub, the many virgate 



.""- ._:.-- ." . :;. . _ :.- 



Ba, F.T.M.). Related to 



good plant 



with white fohage. 



with few 

 & En. Said to be a 



HIBISCUS. Page 1483. 

 The names H. 



forms of H. 



EUPATORIUM. Page 1166, after No, 22 (but Ivs. 

 atafted). 



, Miehx. An attractive speoes, 4-9 ft. 

 with gnyisfa white HUM fe. m a broad 



Ivs. petioled, 



. .-._' : .-. - - 



2-3 

 than the 



