1626 



SCHIZANTHUS 



by height of stem and color markings o£ the fls. 

 Typically 2 ft. high: Ivs. 1-2-pinnatisect; the segments 

 entire, dentate or incisely pinnatilid: fls. varying in 

 depth of color, the lower lip usually violet or lilac; the 

 upper paler, its middle section with a 

 yLlloH blotch at its base and spotted 

 with purple or violet B M 2404, 2^21 

 (as 6 poirigens) BR 9 725 18: 

 1^62 (as var humiUi) — Var nana, 

 Hort , is somewhat lower growing. 

 Vir mveus Hort , 



iL-^- 



iddle 



s( ,<ment of the upper 

 lip or with the tj pical 

 J ellow portion dotted 

 with small <1 uk pur- 

 ))le spots B H lh02: 

 4)1 Vir papilio- 

 niceus, Hoit his a 

 tral coloring 

 somewhat as var. 

 ulatw! with the 

 .^pneral color of the 

 H in er m irbled in 

 \ "irious shades Var. 

 tigndioldes, Hort is 

 ilso cultivated 



schizocOdon 



(Greek cut bell re- 

 tcrring to the trmged 

 (orolll) Diupensi- 



kchi 





lloitles 

 prettj alpine 



from 



Schizanthus pinnatus ( 



The name 

 Schizocod 

 Galax " wi 

 Schizocoil 

 of the All 

 soraetinif 



, seapi 



with 

 rosy flowers fringed 

 like the well-known 

 Soldan^llas of the 

 Alps. It may be readily distinguished from Soldanella 

 (which is a member of the primrose family) by the 

 leaves being toothed, and the stamens 4 instead of 5. 

 ■■Vl■ill^'(■cl Siildiinella" has been proposed for 

 111, I. lit ,11 ^ililanfUas are,fringed. "Fringed 



111' ' ' 1 1 iilax is the nearest relative, 



III I ■, the Japanese representative 



II i I I . , I'lii- leaves of Schizoeodon are 



.,.iii/,v, like rhi.se of Galax, but 



1,', ,1 .'i ,|.', ^'i' ...".".. .•,,-'V!'-|i'i' iiinnberof 4-6 

 |-i , ..•,■,. , ,1 •ii"! ill.' fls. about 



., -'I . 1 -!i : ilii- |.liiiit liii- •Miii-il ;in amount 

 (it iiii. r.^i ii.iii|iiiriil.li- to that c:iusi-d bv the introduc- 

 tion III' sill. Ill:,, in 1889. 



Si 111/ lull 1^ distinguished from allied genera by 



thi- 1 1 .1 I.I w in - .■ h iii-iicters : corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, 

 the lobes tinibriate; stamens affixed between the lobes 

 of the corolla, and separate from the staminodes, which 

 are long and linear. Other characters; ovary 3-loculed; 

 capsule globose, 3-cornered, loculicidallyS-valved; seeds 

 numerous. 



soldanelloldes, Sieb. & Zucc. Fringed Galax. Fig. 

 2268. Hardy, tufted, alpine plant a few in. high; Ivs. 

 leathery, evergreen, long-stalked, the blade roundi.sh. 



ittle known hen 



SCHIZONOTUS 



SCHIZOLdBIUM (Greek, to cleave and hull; alluding 

 to the manner of dehiscence). Leguminliste. About 2 



species of Soutli Aiuerit-iui trees, with large biiiinnate 

 leaves, with iiiin,. i-.m- -miill li nil. i ^, ,ni,i lU. i,, axillary 



•II'- ■■• ' ' ' ■• I" i:il- .'., rlawed, 



fila 



ments some 



exc^lsum, \'og. A large Urazilian tree, with feni-Iike 

 bipinnate leaves about 4H ft. long, with the ultimate 

 Ifts. about IK in. long; fls. yellow, in large panicles. 

 E.H. 1874, p. 113. F. W. Bauclat. 



SCHIZON()TUS( Greek, sc7ii2o, to split, and »!0(o.9, back; 

 the capsules were thought to split on the back, which, 



however, is nut tlie i-asel. T,'„xdr,>i (Svn. Holmlixens). 



The II ■//..;,..;;,...,, 11,1 ;iiiiii_- : mil, .li^M maybe 



rec-iinii' . , , ' 1 .1 ,.,:,.■, I •-■■ , „,7„s, to 



avniil . , . , , ,,,,,,1 for 



shrub, «iil, ali.-inai.-. |.i. ■ .■■ ' i.i . • 1 Ivs. and 



small, whitisli fls. in aiii| , I ■: h nit insig- 



niflcant. Very gracilu. ilnij- .Irooping 



feathery panicles of IT. 11 I i , inl u .11 adapted 



forbordersofshrubli.il' .i i... ii.li spiriniens on 

 the lawn, but imt (|iiiir In.i.ly n..iili. They grow in al- 

 most any well dinin. .1 ^uil, uml iln In st in a sunny posi- 

 tion. Prop, by .s... ,1s nsniilly s.nvn in boxes in fall and 

 only slightly oovir.d « iili soil. ,,r liy layers; sometimes 

 also increased by greenwood cuttings under glass taken 

 with a heel, but usually only a small percentage of 

 them take root. Two or perhaps only one species from 

 Oregon to Columbia. Lvs. without stipules: calyx 5- 

 cleft, almost rnt.itp ; petals .t ; stamens aliout 20; 

 ovaries 5, surroiiinlril by nn r-ntirr ilisl;, lii-velupiiig into 

 5 distinct pulii-s,-.. Ill I s, ,■,!,■. 1 ak.n.s, I'.nnnrly usually 

 referred to S|iirii-a, l.ni ii slmws .-ii.-.i- allinity to Cer- 

 cocarpus and other ^'eu. ra ..f thi- ruti-niilk-ie group. If 

 all forms of this genus are united in one species it must 

 bear the name Schizmiofiis arqentcns, Kuntze. By 

 some the genus is .still retained with Spiraea. 



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2268. Schizoeodon soldanelloldes (X K). 



discolor, Ra,t.(Holodiscns discolor, Maxim. ). Fig. 2269. 

 Shrub, 20 ft., hardy with protection in Mass. ; Ivs. ovate 

 or oblong, truncate or narrowed at the base, pinnately 

 lobed, usually glabrous above, pubescent or tomentose 

 beneath, H-3 in. long: fls. creamy white, small, in 

 ample panicles. July. Oregon to Guatem., east to 

 Colo. Gn. 4.5, p. 56; 47, p. 188; 49, p. 104; 50, p. 278. 



