SCIADOPITYS 



like; the upper ones, crowded at the apex of the shoot, 

 bear in their axils needle-lilie Ivs. of another kind, 

 which, however, are considered by some botanists to 

 be leaf-like shoots, or cladophylla, but linear and con- 

 nate in 2"s, while otliers believe them to consist of 

 two connate Ivs. corresponding with the If. -clusters in 

 Pinus. Their morpholo^cal structure points towards 

 the first explanation, while they are Ivs. in regard to 

 their physiological function. 'Fls. monoecious; the 

 staminate oval, consisting of spirally disposed '2-celled 

 anthers and appearing in dense c-Iiivt,.,-^ -.t thp fv'\-' ■■f 

 the shoots; the pistillate are solit:n^ :" lii. ..mU,,i li,. 

 shoots and consist of numerous s|. 11,1 ii 



subtended by a small bract and Injir:' .. > 



oblong-ovate, woody, the bracts coiiiKiii.A iih iIm lir..:Hll\ 

 orbicular, thick scales, spreading at the margin; seeds 

 oval, compressed, with narrow wing, emarginate at the 

 apex. The wood is nearly white.very strong and straight- 

 grained. 



verticillata, Sif-Ii. \ Ziirr, Fmiikilh I'ine. Pig.2271, 

 2272. Tree, attain > J - : i .ling branches 



forming a narmu : , ' - ;m1, in old age 



loose and with peiiilul^M- i.i :ii:. h. - : -.lilr like Ivs. dark 

 brown, % in. long: needles i:,-;;.') in each whorl, linear, 

 stiff, obtuse, deeply furrowed on both sides, dark green 

 and glossy above with a white line beneath, 3-6 in. long: 



SCILLA 



1629 



-^'f* 



•an. Umbr< 



I 3-5 1 



verticillata (trimmed). 



■ long, 

 dons 2. Japan. S 

 32, p. 149; 37, p. 437. Mn. 4, p. 154. Ung. 1:25. Gn. 

 28, p. 204, 205; 38, p. 499. R.H. 1884, p. 16, 17. -There 

 is a dwarf var. and a var. with variegated foliage, both 

 introduced from Japan. Alfred Rehder. 



SClLLA (the old Greek name used by Hippocrates ; 

 / injitre, according to Miller, alhiding to the poisonous 

 bulbs). LiliAceie. SyuiLL. Wild Hyacinth. Blue- 

 bell. About 80 species of perennial bulbous plants, 

 widely distributed in Europe, Asia aii.l Africa in tem- 

 perate districts. They are reraarkal.lr r,,r ,.a~y culture, 

 quick growth and beautiful blue, rc^i c.r wliit'i- il,.wers, 

 blooming early in the spring (somr in :iiifunin I, and 

 therefore, desirable plants for the wild garden, rock 

 garden, or border. Some are stove plants. Some of the 

 South African forms have handsome spotted foliage. 



Generically, the Squills are distinguished as follows: 

 Bulb tunicated, large or small: Ivs. radical, 1-several in 

 loriform, lanceolate, oblong or nearly 

 autumnalis appearing after the fiow- 

 iple, leafless: fls. in racemes, 



which are several- to many-fld., open, compact or spi- 

 cate; bracts small, sometimes minute, hyaline: pedicels 

 short or long, sometimes filiform: fls. small or middle- 

 sized (1 in. across), segments of perianth distinct, peri- 

 anth blue, porcelain-blue, rose-colored or whitish, open 

 rotate, cylindrical-campanulate. or open campanulate, 

 segments persistent for some time; stamens 6, affixed 

 at base or below the middle of the segments; anthers 

 ovate or oblong, dehiscing longitudinally, introrse; 

 ovary sessile, stigma small capitate; ovules 2 in each 

 l"-iil>-. v-ircly s-10. ascending: capsule globose; seeds 

 1 ' III I li li I I II r..rely more; testa black, appressed; 

 ill.umen. The genus is distinguished 

 ' ' ". chiefly by the color of the flowers 



I, I ininth, trom Syacijnthiis by the seg- 



m.n:- , I I I 'ill thi. l.ase or very nearly so. Great 

 Hrii: :i ; ... Mn.r vprHes of Scilla, S. veriia, S. 

 aHt:>^ - ,..,/./„,., while Germany has, in ad- 



*■. I.if.l.n and .S. llxlica. 



Among the early flowers there are none more valuable 

 than the Scillas. They vary considerably in form of 

 flower and foliage, and although typically they have 

 blue or lilue-piiri<le flowers, most, if not nil of the spe- 

 cies in .ulrivatn.n have white and rccl-inir|i|i- forms. 

 .SV(7/.i Sihiiir^i and S. bifolia are th.. rarlii-st to 

 rtow.r. ami ..t tlirse forms the Asia -■\l]n..r ..r I'anrian 

 fornix an- in advance. The form of ^■. S^l.inr,, kin.wn 

 as mnUiflora is nearly over before the usual type be- 

 gins to expand. There is also sometimes cultivated in 

 the garden a pleasing white Scilla, with hyacinth-like 

 flowers, known tu the trade as .s'. amcena. But these 

 whitefonii-. ar. ni.i.i 1 , ...l.lli i. - . ili.. . ITirtivf ones arc The 

 blue-flowerii.^ ' .'. '>. ' l.ri.N li.-Uvcni S.il- 



and 



subjects. 

 1 5-in. pot 

 coldframe 

 his period 



mav b._- shaken .jut ut tliu suil and tt.jred. 



Urginea Scilla, formerly called Scilla maritima, 

 needs to be mentioned in this connection on account of 

 its yielding a medicine for many centuries held in 



