1504 SABAL 



L'. mauritiae!6rme, (iriM-lj. it We 



SACCOLABIUM 



bilid lobr,. Wt.st liidifs.-'J'liii ii;i »'■ 



tloes nut appear iu the Amcricun tic!', i' , 

 cens, Lodd. and Hort., probably l.rl i . i 

 to Grisebach. Nehrling writes: " .'^ 

 trade rivals S. umbrae uliferum in iHaiiy ; 

 of growth. Its leaves, though smaller, have 

 bluish green color." 



3. Palmetto, Lodd. Cabbage Palmetto 

 .Stem erect, 20-80 ft. high: Ivs. 5-8 ft. hnia 



beautiful 



Fig. 2224. 



\\r.m the 



].iiii.|.-; -i-iiM-iits deeply cleft; --liidix :.|i]i:Hling, 

 slinrlrr t)i;iii iliL' Ivs. ; drupe bhu'k, '.-', in. Inllg. 

 .Snutbcrii sl;.l,s. S.S. 10:507. A.F. \l:i^ls.- s. Morini, 

 Hort., is referred to S. Palmetto by Voss, hut Nehrling 

 describes it as a stemless plant from Mexico, more 

 beautiful than the Dwarf Palmetto, bearing immense 

 Ivs. on strong stalks, the Ivs. attaining a height of 6-8 

 ft. S. Pntmrttn has been confused in the European 

 trade with .V. M,.n,;ninm. 



i. Blackburnianum, lilazebrook (S. umbrae ii I ifiriim, 

 Mart.). Stfiii ;;ii-lii It. liigh, thickeued at the middle: 

 blade ample, orbicular, glaucous, rather rigid, shorter 

 than the petiole; lobes about 40, ensiform, bifid, fila- 

 mentous, rather rigid. West Indies. G. F. 4:307. 

 G.C. II. 2:777. Loudon's Gard. Mag. 5:.52-57, with 

 several figures.— Tliis species has also been confused in 

 the trade with 6'. Mejrieunum. 



5. Mexicinum, Mart. Stout tree, with trunk some- 

 times 50 ft. tall and 2 ft. iu diam. : Ivs. very large, some- 

 wide, divided to the middle 

 I rum, iits, which are filamen- 

 :ti, in diam., globose or 

 ■i- II. sh. Tex., Mex. S.S. 

 ■ rill- species is more robust 

 •nia; it forms a broader and 

 jrows more quickly." 

 The following are mostly trade names, but at present they 

 an be only iraperfeotly ik.siiil.ril; .v. aenileseens. W. Bidl. 

 i. native of Colombia intrn.ln I m 1-7' Xiipnrr-ntly only the 



6 ft. 

 into many narrow 

 tous on the ukul 

 sometimes 3-lob( ■, I , 

 10:508. -Nehrliim 

 than those native 

 denser crown of Iv 



juvenile state lias I 

 Lite, plicate, with a 

 strongly m.irkeil oi 

 cannot distingiiisli 

 from S. glaucesc 

 writes Nehrling, " 

 smaller in all its 

 green {indoj: afiiir 



ery 



SABBATIA (Liberatus Sabbati, Italian botanist of the 

 ci-littiiiih century). Geutianiceie. About 13 species of 

 Atlantic North American annuals or biennials with 

 show)^ rose-pink or white Us. in summer or autumn. 

 Fls. 5-12-merous, in cymes orterminating the branches; 

 calyx 5-12-cIeft; corolla rotate, usually with a yellow 

 eye, the lobes convolute in the bud; filaments rather 

 short, filiform; anthers linear or elongate oblong, ar- 

 cuate, recurved or revolute; .style 2-cleft or parted: 

 capsule globose or ovoid, thick-coriaceous or at first 

 fleshy: seeds small, numerous. 



Sabbatias require a light, sweet soil. Seed may be 

 sown in fall or early spring. The plants are easily 

 transplanted. 



A. Fls. 5-parted, rarely G-7-parted. 



B. Lvs. narrow -oblanceoUtte to linear, 



r. Color of fls, rose to white: Irs. obtuse, 



brachiita. Ell. Stem but slightly angled, 1-2 ft. 



high: Ivs. mostly obtuse, obscurely 3-nerved at the 



ba-i : il- li".! \ . lijiht rose to white, 1-lK in. across, in 



tli>i II ! -.the lateral peduncles bearing usu- 



all\ I -alyx-lobes narrowly linear, shorter 



or II. Ill h, ■ iiiiiliiii.' the corolla. May-Sept. Ind. to 



N. (.'. and si.uth. B.B. 2:B09. 



CO. Color of fls, white, fading yellowish: Ivs. acute. 



lanceolAta, Torr. & Gray. Stem simple, 1-3 ft. high: 

 Ivs. about 1 in. long, shorter than internodes, acute, 

 3-5-nerved, the floral reduced to subulate bracts: fls. 

 about 1 in. across, white, fading yellowish; calyx-lobe 

 more than half the length of the corolla. May-Sept. 

 Wet pine barrens, N. J. to Fla. B.B. 2:609. 



BB. Lvs, wider, cordate-ovate, clasping. 



angul^ris, Pursh. Stem sharply angled, lK-2 ft. 

 high: Ivs. 3-5-nerved: fls. fragrant, showy, light rose 

 to white, 1-2 in. across, in much -branched pyramidal or 

 somewhat corymbose cymes; calyx-lobes linear, much 

 shorter than the corolla. Rich, light soil in open fields. 

 W. Canada to Fla. B.B. 2:610. 



aa. Fls. S-13-parted. 



cliloroldeB, Pursh. Stem truly biennial, 1-2 ft. high, 

 often decumbent, loosely and sparingly branched above: 



