RAMPION, HOKNED. Pliijl^aii 

 RAM'S HEAD. Cupripeilium n; 



EAMSTED. Linar 





idex of plants 

 ■fy of Apothe- 

 M. Subi&cew. 

 shrubs, trees, 

 Ivs. opposite. 





KANDIA (Isaac Rand, author 

 cult, at Botanical GardPii^ "f t 

 caries at Chelsea, puhlisln i I .:■' 

 A genus of about 100 sji. ■ - 

 and woody climbers. l>l:ni 

 obovate - oblong to l.aiir. . ; ■- , 

 stipules between the pcti.il. - :iim 

 ally joined together: rts. white-. \ 

 or large, axillary or runlv tiTi 

 bose, or fascicled: fr. a lierrv. ^:lo 

 many-seeded. For distinctions 

 Gardenia, see Gardenia. 



A. Shrubs having spines. 



dumetdrum, Lam. (7?. florihihiila. DO.). A small tree 

 or rigid shrub with stout, ~tr;iii;lit. ofnii long spines: 

 Ivj. 1-2 in. long, short-]>.i k.].,! : lis. wliite or greenish 

 yellow, fragrant, not hur. . -nHini v ..r r:irely 2-3 on a 

 peduncle; corolla )4-'i in. :i.-inss: hcrry globose or 

 ovoid, Vi-VA in. long, vellow. Tropical Asia. Cult, in 

 S. Fla. 



AA. Shrubs or trees without spines. 

 B. Corolla-tuhe }4 in. long. 



Fitzdlani, F. Mu.-U, A ijhil.n.us tiv: Ivs. oft.i. -m r 

 6 in. loiiir. sliinin-. ,.l,ov:it, -ol,!,,,,- ,.,■ rlli|ii i,.;,! . ,,l,in., : 



fld. cymes or tlu- fertih> Hs. s,,lit:,rv': fr. -i..l.nh,r, l'' . ii,. 



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



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



0. Lobes of rorolla obtuse. 



maculita, DC. laarrlh,;,, !-:trniIr,,,hiii . Hook.). A 



CC. ioV.s .,( r.,r,.!/u „,■»/.■. 

 Ruiziina, DC. A tendiT -hnil. with .l;uk green, lan- 

 ceolate, acute Ivs., and wliiic i.i- pah- yellow lis. termi- 

 nal, solitary, sessile: coroUa-tuhe soiuewhat hairy; lobes 

 spreading; fr. cylindrical, yellow, 10-uerved. Brazil, 

 Peru. F. ■W^. Barclay. 



BANfiVEA (anagram of Rnrenen. and now first pub- 

 lished). i^ai'fHen of Bou.'hr. P.iliunr,,,. i )i„. .,„.,i,.s 

 of palm allied to HyophoflM-. ri..iii wlii.li it .liilrr^. 

 among other things, in its dwarf. t lial-ii, usually .IIm - 

 cious flowers, and in the Howcis hiinu- ari;in-r(l alt.r- 

 nately on the short branches of the spadi.i. Bouche's 

 generic name Ravenea dates from 1878. It appears in 

 Bentham cS; Hooker (3:883) as Barenin. In spelling it 

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

 cannot be distinguished by pronunciation. In the inter- 

 est of perspicuity, therefore, the name i.s here changed 

 to liiinevea, since both this plant and Bavenia occur 

 in the American trade. 



Hildebrandtii (Bnvenea Hihlebrandlii, Bouch^). 

 Becoming 8-12 ft. high, but flowering under cultivation 

 when half that height, spineless, erect: Ivs. elliptic-ob- 

 long or ovate-oblong in outline, long-stalked, pinnate, 

 the pinnse 20 or more pairs and narrow-lanceolate-acute : 

 spadix long-stalked, the staniiuate recurved and with 

 short densely flowered spreading branches, the pistillate 

 erect with flliform strict branches thickened at the 

 base: fls. pale straw-color, the calyx 3-lohcd. the petals 

 3 and joined at the base, the stanntis li: ir. Ma-k. Co- 

 moro Islands (east of Africa). 1,11. i'7: m::. i;.M,(;776. 

 G.P. 4:259. -An excellent dwarf palm. ,1(^, i ilicl l,v W. 

 Watson to be "as elegant as Gi;ni„,„a ,in,,,h.^ and as 

 sturdy as a Kentia. It deserves to take a prominent 

 place among garden palms, its small size, free habit, 

 elegance, good constitution, being all in its favor, while 



RANUNCULUS 14^ / 



in the freedom with which it flowers and produces seed 

 we have an exceptional character among dwarf palms." 

 Perfect flowers are sometimes produced, although the 

 pKant is habitually dioecious. Ranevea is one of the 

 most valuable Palms of recent introduction, l. H. B. 



RANUNCULUS (Latin diminutive for frog: many of 

 the species grow in wot placf s I h'mnntrtihu , h Btt- 



TEKCUP. CKOWFOor Til. i;i nils i^ h\ tu tlio 1 ii _'i st in 



the family, compiisiii_ tiiil\ Jnn -p. . i. - \iii, i\ ot 



these are native oi 11.1 till .ill/. .1 iii\..iili \ii i '\lost 



members of the genus u. nitmilh limh h, iii_ i.miiil 

 in mountainous regions and in . ..Id in.l t. nip. i.ii. p.iits 

 of the globe. 



Generic description: Pereiiiii il i i.ii. h .nnii il i h. i lis- 

 Ivs. alternate, simple, entire, l.-b. .i .lis-. . t, .1 .,i .li\ nU'd: 



marcescent, persistent; jii-til- . ..i m. n . ..uspicuous 



1-oxuleil; akenes gi ni-ralh ll.ti.n.il -n t li, papillose 



of the species 

 native to Amer- 

 ica, see the Syn- 

 optical Flora of 

 North America, 

 vol. 1, part 1, 

 fasc. 1, pages 

 20-39. The writ- 

 er of the present 

 article has treat- 

 ed the \Mld and 



2073. Flower of Bi 



—Ranunculus a 



Natural size 



culti' 



cies of America in Minnesota 



2, part 4, pages 459-508 (1900). 



The cultivated forms of B. . 



increasing in number. Thty 



(1) the florists' section, call. . I 

 true B. Asintinis. Tlics,. i.,, 

 others. They are quite vtiii iM. 

 are the most highly cultn .it. .1 



(2) The gardeners' section. . .1 



these have larger, broader, , p 

 cut: fls. larger and broath i . ' 

 not flat and spreading but ti 

 forming a spherical flower, as 

 See No. 7. 



Bota 



spe- 



double peonic 

 K. C. Davis. 

 LTURE OF THE Asiatic Ranunculuses. — The ci 



■ f Ra 



in 



1.. . II .'..iiflned chiefly to the P. is, an aii.l '1 ..riMii li.iniin- 

 .iiliis B. AsHiticns, since the Asiati, sp, , i, s is f.ir 



II itti.ictive th.an the Europi ni In Eii..'l iii.l aii.l in 



oth. 1 European gardens, B l^,.,l,.„s h is I,., n m , ul- 

 tivation a very long time. riikiii~..ii ni.iiti..iis it in 

 his Paradisus, published iii I(. "i II. t.iiii..l it flie 

 double-red crowfoot of Asia." sm. . In^iim. /.• \si, it 

 i'cKS and its varieties have b. . n „i. ith iiiipi..\..l b.ith 

 in size of flowers and variety of c.dors. The flowers are 

 very double, almost globular in outline, and often ex- 

 ceed 2 inches in diameter, while the colors now embrace 

 almost every shade except blue, and some are striped 

 and variegated. A well-grown mass of these charming 

 flowers when in full blossom is a sight not soon for- 

 gotten. They are not as well known in American 

 gardens as in those of England or at least not in the 

 eastern states, since the writer has rarely met with 

 them or seldom seen any reference to them in the horti- 

 cultural periodicals. They are not adapted to either 

 spring or summer bedding. Their season of blossoming 

 in this country is about the last week in May and the 

 first week in June, which is too late for spring bedding, 

 while the season of blossoming is too short for summer 

 bedding. Therefore a position should be given them in 

 the herbaceous border where they will receive some 

 shade during the warmer parts of the day, or a level 

 place in a rock garden with a northern aspect. The 

 roots are tuberous, being like mini.iture dahlia roots. 



