BETINISPORA 



RHAJINUS 



1509 



■winter tips of 

 vpreadini; \ r 

 \ elow n 

 known t 

 ^ .r plum 



41s \ 1 I 

 Chamaecypans sphaeroidea 



1 seeded diu^e with luminate albumen This genus is 

 nit in Benthiiuanl Ho ker s Genera Plantarum but 

 techni »I account-, mi> be £ und in the &jnoptical 

 Flora of Noith America s ir^ei t s Siha and Chapman s 

 Hora of the Southern L i ite 1 States 



latifdlia Griseb Rei Irovwood Darling Plim 

 slender tiee 20-2o ft high Irs o\ al oblong or subro 

 tund usuallv emargmate 1-13^ in long leatheiy mar 

 gins revohite fls m a-^illary umbels borne in May fr 

 ripens m November or the following spring S S 2 ob 

 W M 



mculti It II t It 



Carr {Bet , i Ijt I ill H 

 stiff pyramidal b \\ it in 1 t e irs 1 

 or almost scile like hs u 1 

 with spreading In e i le i\ F 



Thdya occidentalia ^ ii ericoidf s 

 (Bet up I /Hi/ 



Ir ill ui >1 1 • II 1 .1 



Thuya onentahs 



Ellwanperiana Be ssn 

 H 1 1 nlh two 



decussata Bei' 



^^ Ho hst 



{h 



II It ) Fig 209-t Dense rcund beided 

 II 111 „reen folivge changing t Molet r 



T I 1 ter h s rather rigid bluish green 



1 1 1 and with a whitish line al o\ e But 



r 1 1 It It luite hardy north The inteimediate 

 foin ^■^T Meldfensis Laws (Bet, y Melden i 



Hort ) has mosth s icular subere t Ivs f the same 

 color as in the pre eding var A> del /en 



Of Chamaecypans ohtdsa i i i le t i seems to 

 1 1 III I I t the le 



111 -n 11 luish gieen 

 lea\ es Al D G IJOO 1 489 

 r leploclada Hort is a form 



r 



% 



2094 Retinisporas ( X ^ ) 

 The specimen on the lett is Thuy i onentahs 

 de ussat^ middle Chamascypans sphieroidei 

 ericoile right L sphaeroidea var Andeljensis 



RHAMNUS (its ancient Greek name) Including 

 I ) It 1 1! I Bliamn&ceie Bickthobn Ornamental de 

 Lidu 1 1 evergieen sometimes spiny shrubs oi rarely 

 sm 11 I I mate oi opposite simple as in 



con ] 1 tl m axillary clusters appearing 



in 1 II the Ivs and berry like usually 



bl 1 I I 1 I t Tl Bu ktl orn except B 



atl 



of 



1 I I hand 



/ B 



f I /I rran 



1 i! al e I 1 t I 1 It foliage 



Of the e\ergreen fe ics whi h aie net hardy north 

 R crocea is tc 1 e recon n en U I t r its rnamental 

 I right red fi ut P ktl ns i u tul f r pi i tin 



Z =( I f I p ten -A 



tab ar de ussj,t i — 7i S 4,1 old Hoit -T 1 



decuss-ita —R squarroita Sieb & Zuce =Ch c i \ 



-R squarrdsa Hort — Tl e t 1 



A.LFEEI ReHDER 



decussata 



REYNOSIA (Dr \lTaro Reynoso 1830 1888 Cuban 

 agricultural chemist and inventor of a machine for in 

 creasing the Mel 1 of sugar) Bhan r dee e Three spe 

 cies of tender shrul s or small trees all natne to the 

 West In lies One ot them is also native to Miami and 

 the Florid i ke\s n 1 was offered by Reisoner Bros 

 piesumally for its p lil le fruits The fls are mii ute 

 and devcid of petals but the berries are half an inch 

 long o\ al and purple or nearly black m color Gener c 

 characters fls perfect calyx 5 lobed the lobes decid 

 uous. o^arj 2-3-locuIed, ovules solitary, erect, fr. a 



lajc 



I va 



11 P bj 



II 1 1 I 1 -i cuttings 



t I I Y 1 un ler 1 R 1 kinds are some 



t n e 1 ittel those of the Frangula groups usually on 

 If I I and the true Buckthorns on J? cathaitica 



rn 



riceme leite t p I i 1 



als and stamens 4- | 1 



usually undivided 



cblong '*-i seeded h ] I i I ! 11 



orgieen lyes and the fi i t II ik f are use 1 



medicinally The wood of B Ftungula is made into 

 charcoal \ alued for the manufacture of gunpowder. 



