RONDELETIA 



easily at any time, and these may be grown in pots for 

 a season. "Barring the tendency to stooling. they do 

 well planted out. Sandy loam and leaf-soil is the best 

 compost, and a warm greenhouse, with sunshine, fur- 

 nishes the best conditions. t. D. Hatfield. 

 A. F!s. red. 

 B. I/vs. opposite. 

 odor&ta, Jacq. (Rondeletia speciosa, Lodd. ). Lvs. 

 ovate, nearly sessile: clusters 10-30-fld. : fls. crimson to 

 brick-red, with a conspicuous yellow throat; lobes 



ROOT -GALLS 



ROOT CELLAEo je 



ROOT-GALLS. Abnormal enlargements often appear 

 on the ri.iots of plants. These enlargements are much 

 more frequent than is generally supposed, but from 

 their position under ground are rarely observed. From 

 an economic stjndjoint thL\ have not ietei\ed the 

 attention that thej merit 



\ltl 1 Ii tl t 11 1 1 J t gill IS usually applied to the 

 nl 1 1 t f loits due tj insects and other 



I has a miKh wider application as 



1 i \\ers The piesenieof nodules 



1 I m thi, roots of pUnts has been 



di 1 t iuthiis under the names root 



„all lu t kULt 1 t swelhn,;s ett In cises in which 

 of h) peitroi hied tissue is 

 : 1 een assignt 1 to the enlii je 



the cause of the 

 known specul ua 

 ments Ihistlit 



(II 



\ 



2143. Rondelc 





elliptical to roundish. Cuba. Mes. B. 2:53. B.M. 

 3953. B.R. 22:1905. F.C. 1:36. L.B.C. 19:1893. P.M. 

 2:242; 16:354. R.H. 1891:522 (throat not conspicuously 

 yellow). 



BB. Leaves in -Ts. 



anbmala, Hort. Figured in J.H. 111. 35:251 with 8 fls. 

 in a cluster, the fls. % in. across, with roundish lobes. 

 The color is said to be coral-red or deep scarlet and the 

 throat is presumably yellow. Habitat (?). Imperfectly 

 known. 



AA. Fls. pink to white. 

 B Bo'.eoflis moie or leti cotdate 



cordata, Benth (i? cot data. Planch 

 Hort not Roth ) Pig 214^ Lis oi 

 cordate , eenei ilh said to have pink or flesh coloied fls 

 with a yellow throat (as in F S 8 754, page 13) but it 

 RH 1878 230 they are shown as pure white (xuate 



tlnji 



mala Frauceschi says it i 

 BB P 

 c Coiotta 1 ' 

 amcBna, Hems] 

 broader than m I 

 2-5 m long fls lose 

 throat Guatemala F 

 m supplementary list 

 cc Cotolla lolji 

 gratissima, Heiiisl 

 oblong ellii Ti 1 _ i 

 rounded it Ih 1 i 



;o Mexico 

 ) date 



hioadly oiate 

 I h ) Lvs elliptic, 



shorter acuniiiiHte, 



conspicuous 



w also if ! ( i ' 



1 How 



g,ili {k .. l^^ ( I ne h lui al iniur\ causing exces 

 sive callous de\ elopment root burls etc 



In addition to the abo\e the causes of these enlarge 

 ments are oftentimes obscure or unknown The foi-m 



:-; 



Lmii \\ hite fld West Indies and 

 Hook a pink fid species from trop A 

 guished from those mentioned above by t 



' desii able additions 

 tlie,ibove i? imencatia 



-B JBackliousu 

 er IS easily distm 

 ! much longer ealyx- 



2144. Root-ealls due t. 



of crown-gall on the apple. bla( 

 number of other plants is as yet 

 cause is concerned. It may be 

 organism as that causing the croi 



kberry and a large 

 unknown so far as 

 laused by a similar 

 ■n-gall on the peach 



