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RICHARDIA 



eum but less ornimentdl Calif Card p 480 —R Menziesii 

 Pursh E\troinpIv prickly both m pi int ^nd fruit Calif and 

 OrR HH t —I M H i f = R Amencanum — i? 



jW / 1 I tin representati\ e of 





fuhu I 



har pell 1 1 It 

 nitm Koehne 

 Washington 



I i 1 II t (lotted with pecu 

 .n e I ( n r C ilif —li Watsoma 

 representative of R Cynosbati 

 Fred W Card 





1 of tho 

 ints lu 

 luatics 



pdtLhe hi h lie at hist la lidteh In 1 1 and th 

 center of the pi mt often decajs quicklj B fl d ii i i 

 distinguished fitm other species I y the lineai dich^t 

 omous floating thallus with the capsule protubeiin 

 from the lower surface. For full description, see Gray' 

 Manual. 



KICE. See Ory^a. 



RICE FLOWER. Pimelia. 



RICE, MOUNTAIN. Oru^nps 



?.s sayitltite or cordate. 

 FolUifje spotted. 



k. Spotted Calla. Fip. 2128. 

 12-18 in. long, white-spotted all 

 " four times longer than broad, 

 widely spreading, triangular, ob- 

 long: spathe trumpet -shaped, 4-5 

 in long, 2 in. wide, dull creamy yellow with a blotch 

 of crimson at the base. B.M. 1540. l.H. 7:255. F.S. 

 21:2258.-Will stand intheopen 

 ith good protection for the 

 Not of much value ex- 

 ept in botanical collections. 

 NSlsoni, n.,rt. Allieil to 1{. 



ft.. 



spots, as in Jti. EUiottiaua : 

 spathe scarcely spreading, the 

 limb short, very pale yellow 

 with a purple blotch at the bot- 

 tom.— One of the most recent 

 species. 

 melanoleica, Hook. f. Black- 

 THKOATED Calla. Scapc and petioles bristly below; 

 Ivs. 6-12 in. long, hastate-ovate-acuminate, the basal 

 lobes obtuse, marked all over with oblong, white, trans- 

 lucent spots: spathe pale straw-colored, widely flaring 

 and open from the base, the margins and cuspidate tip 

 iirving, with an ample black-purple spot at the base 

 within. Natal, 1808. B.M. 5765. 



EUiottiana, Knight (Calla EUiottidna, Hort.). Gol- 

 den Calla. Petiole mottled; blade light green, with a 

 few white or translucent spots, broadly sagittate, with 

 undulate margins, about as large as those of R. Afri- 

 cana : spathe a rich lustrous yellow, lasting about two 

 weeks, becoming greenish with age. Tuber proliferous. 

 S. Africa, 1890. Gn. 46:989. 



BB. Foliage witlioxit spots. 



c. Base of the leaf-blade cordate. 



Africina, Kunth (Calla ^thidpica, Linn. S. ^thib- 



;)i(Y/. Hort.). CojrMON Calla. Lily-of-the-Nile. Pig 



paper is made from 



S])ecies 10-12. See (in. 46:416: R.B. 23:1,1. 

 , OC. Monogr. Phaner, vol. 2. The true Calla 

 nf this genus; see Calla. For the Black Calla, 



started late in siininier from dry tubei 

 having yellow and pink spathes seem ' 

 grown without a resting period. 



/.«n 



Rehmanni, Knirlrr. Pink .h- P' ise Calla. Dwarf 

 perennial: Ivs. 1:, hii. : s|.,iili.s about 4 in. long, 



B.M.'74:i(i.-lii Natal tlie si.l.thes are said to be dull 

 rose without, rose-purple within, with a dark crimson 

 blotch at the base inside. In cultivation the spathes are 

 white, with a faint rose tinge to the back and margins. 



J127. Common Calla Lily-Richardia Africana (X %). 

 Left-hand specimen shows the spadix, the spathe beiug reniov 



