1590 



shrub l-() n li 

 long fls large 

 rose with purpl 



RUELLIA 



tivation and 

 plants for ai 

 furnish fnir - 



will havi. Ion 

 and pottfd. 



jf the best greenhouse flowering 

 rnttiiin:s rooted in September 

 iriiiL' |.l:irits in January. These, 

 111. il "111 in lute spring, when they 

 r >|M I nil. 11^, which may be lifted 



Lis. markec! witli while. 

 c. Fls. ivhite, often veined irilh liJac. 

 Devosi^na, Hort. A low-growing tender Brazilian 

 species, with lanceolate Ivs. marked on the upper sur- 

 face with white along the nerves and having the lower 

 surface entirely purple: fls. rather .small, usually white, 

 with blue stripe, axillary; corolla-tube suddenly dilated 

 and bent at the middle. 



cc. Fls. carmine or rose. 

 Makoy&na, Hort. A compact, bushy plant resembling 

 S. Devosiana, Hort., in foliiige, but differing in the 

 color of the fls. (l>riglit i.armiiic) and by their somewhat 

 larger size. Bra/.il. IM'.. 'Jl : ll«i. R.H. 1896:576.-Pre- 

 fers shade. It is sui.l ilmi tli.- cidor of the foliage is 

 better when soot is niixi.l wiili the soil. 



AA. lilossiDii.s oil loiu/ peduncles. 



B. Fls. blue or purple. 



tnberAsa, Linn. A perennial herb, 2-3 ft. high, with 



oval or ovate Ivs. 2-3 in. long and blue fls. l}4-2 in. 



long, in terminal, nearly naked panicles; stigma single: 



capsule 12-16-seeded. Southwestern U. S.; cult, in Fla. 



Bn. Fls. red. 



V. Pedinn-lis iinirli hmiirllal . 



axillary sprays in .summer, lirazil. l-'.M. is80:4iy. 

 cc. Peduncles hut little branched. 

 formdaa, Andr. Pig. 2219. A low-growing, tender, 

 herbaceous perennial: Ivs. ovate 



RUMEX 



hairy on both sides; fls. on straight, axillary peduncles; 

 corolla scarlet, showy, IH in. long, the upper 2 lobes 

 joined for half their length. Summer. Brazil. B.M. 

 1400. -Cult, in California. 



R. vdrians, Vent. See Dsedalacanthus nervosus. 



F. W. Barclay. 



KULlNGIA (after J. Ph. Ruling, a botanist of Giittin- 

 gen). Sterculiiicew. This includes two plants cult, in 

 S. Calif. li. parriflora is highly recommended as a 

 rock plant by Ernest Braunton, of Los Aiiireks. who 

 (.'i-.iws it in quantity for its trailing linini .n.l iii\ii,..K 

 I.I siii.iU pink fls. borne in spring. Frmii ■ .i 



Ii. i>, minis, I is odd and pretty by rci.-. i ' 

 .-..litiiiL; ..r the leaves. A genus of al...iii i: -p. . i. .f 

 shrubs or underslii-ubs from Australia, cxi'ept one a 

 native of Madagascar. Lvs. various in size, entire, 

 toothed or lolieil; Hs. mostly white, small, in cymes; 

 calyx .5 lobed; petals 5, broad and concave or convo- 

 Iiiti'. at (he base, with a small, broad or linear ligula at 

 till' tcjt; stamens shortly or scarcely .joined at the base, 

 :. with. lilt .anthers, petal-like, 5 perfect, short: ovary 

 sissili . .', lelled; ovules 1-3 in each cell. Flora Austra- 



A. Lvs. IS in. long. 



pannbsa, R. Br. Eventually a shrub, several ft. high, 

 but flowering freely at a young age: lvs. scabrous-pu- 

 bescent above, densely velvety hirsute below, on older 

 plants ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, on young plants 

 broader and often 3^-Iobed: cymes shortly peduncu- 

 late: fls. white. B.M. 2191.— The plant offered in Calif, 

 as Pomaderris apetala is said to belong here. 

 AA. Lcs. usually less than 1 in. long. 



parviSWra, F.inll. A low shrub, with branches H-l% 

 ft. long, asi'cnding or prostrate: Ivs. ovate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, deeply erenate, mostly lobed: fls. pink- 

 ish, in shortly pedunculate cymes, p. w. Barclay. 



EtMEX (the Latin name). PoUjgon&cece. Dock. 

 Sorrel. Herbs, mostly perennial, with strong roots, of 

 more than 100 species in many parts of the world. Most 



1 at the base, 



2219. Ruellia formosa 



of the species are weedy plants, but some of them afford 

 leaves for "greens " and others are useful for ornament. 

 All are of the easiest culture. Prop, mostly by seeds. 



