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more abundant in the East. One species, S. tekphioides (perhaps only 

 a variety of S. Telephium), is confined to N. America. At least half 

 of the group is in cultivation, including representatives of all the 

 types found within the section ; many of them are familiar garden 

 plants. 



Series I. ERECTICAULES. 

 Stems tall (1-2 feet), stout, erect, leaves large {2-4 inches long). 



Group I. Eu-Telephia. 



Leaves alternate or opposite, rarely ternate. 



maximum Suter. alhoroseum Baker. 



Telephium Linn. pseudospectahile Praeger. 



Taquetii Praeger. spectabile Boreau. 



The first two of these are familiar European plants ; the rest 

 come from the Far East, where several additional species not in 

 cultivation also occur. 



Group 2. Verticillata. 

 Leaves 4- or 5-verticillate. 



verticillatum Linn. 



This is a small Chino-Japanese group, only one of which is in 

 cultivation. 



Series IL HUMILICAULES. 



Stems short (about \ foot), weak, nor erect, leaves smaller (i inch 

 long or less). 



Group I. Arcuatae. 



Stems annual, arching or at least erect at the base. 



Ewersii Ledebour. Sieboldii Sweet. 



cauticolum Praeger. Taiarinowii Maximowicz. 



Group 2. Repentes, 



Stems perennial, creeping. 

 Anacampseros Linn. cyaneum Rudolph. 



I have adopted a grouping founded on the larger features of the 

 plants, because the flowers in the Telephium group have a somewhat 

 close resemblance, and moreover a classification founded upon them 

 brings together plants of very different growth-form and separates 

 others, which in all but flower have clear afiinities. 



Fig. 36 shows the gynoecia and leaves of the Eu-Telephium series 

 in the order of relationship indicated by the flowers ; it will be evident 



