TEEDIA 



TEfiDIA (J. G. Teede, German botanist, who lived 

 some time in Portugal and died at Surinam), b'rropli- 

 uldriacete. Two species of South African plants, 

 with pink 5-lobed fls. ^-% in. across. They are tender 

 to frost. T. lucida was introduced to southern Cali- 

 fornia in 1900, and Franceschi records that it blooms 

 all the year. The larger-fld. species, T. puhescens. 

 seems not to be known to the American trade. Both 

 plants emit the rank herbaceous smell peculiar to hen- 

 banes when their foliage is bruised, and T. piihusceiis 

 has the same sort of arori^v pnhi-^^c-n.'.-. The plants 

 hardly seem worth cultiv.iiiiiL' m imh iIm m m-oenhouses. 

 When they were nrw tM ,ii: .iv supposed 



to be biennial hert>^. liut !'.■ II . I ! k.-r call them 



nual in southern California. It is rather pretty but 

 weedy. It seeds freely. Seems to prefer half shade. 

 The smell of the foliage is very objectionable." 



Generic characters: calyx deeply 5-cut; corolla-tube 

 cylindrical; lobes 5, rounded, subequal; stamens 4, 

 didynamous, included; anther-cells parallel, distinct: 

 ovules numerous in each locule : berries subglobose, 

 indehiscent. 



likcida, Rud. Glabrous: stem 4-cornered; Ivs. ob- 

 long-ovate, acuminate, 2 in. long, decussate; petioles 

 winged: panicles leafy, decussate: fls. rosy pink: seeds 

 many, small. S. Afr. B.R. 3:209. W. M. 



TELANTHfiKA (name refers to the fact that all ten 

 parts of the staminal cup are equally developed). Ama- 

 rantdcece. Alternanthera. Apparently all the Alter- 

 nantheras used by gardeners as bedding plants belong 

 to the genus Telauthera, which is distinguished from 

 the true genus Alternanthera by having 5 anther- 

 bearing stamens and 5 elongated antherless stam- 

 iiio.iri miitH.l into a cup or tube. In Alternan- 

 tli. I I i1m mil IS short or almost none, the anther- 

 I' I - sometimes less than 5, and the 



si I I or none. Of Telantheras there 



.IV ti I I I [I. cies, mostly herlis, in tropical 



The le 

 iposite : 



ish or s.iin. inii.s inliui.l, pc i tec't, each sub- 



I'ln \itiiiiuiili IIS ..[' gardeners are much 

 u^ i| in I ii|Mi ImiIiImi.^' and for ribbon-borders, 

 I" iM-i C.I ilii 11- I . \, I uijipact growth, the bright 

 '■' < - I I i| . |i.Ii.i.,(. whwh holds its character 

 Till I 1 1 I .. .ison, and the ease with which 



I' shearing. They are usually kept 



^ of the ground. They are tender 

 til I mil _iuw best in warm sunny places. 

 Till- diiw.'rs are ini'onspiouous and of no account 

 to the gardener. They comprise the stock plants 

 for the foundation work in carpet-bedding. 



The plants are propagated by cuttings or di- 

 vision. In either c.i-i'. tin \ must be carried over 

 winter in the gr. . iilii.u-i m m I ml beds, prefer- 

 ably in the hous, s ,1 ih, \i rill The plants 

 should be kept at i.o m i. , .iiimig winter, and 

 rather dry to hold thtm nmrt- i.r k-ss dormant. 

 Place them where they will receive only enough 

 light to keep them healthy. (1) Cuttings are 

 usually made in August from strong plants grow- 

 ing in the open. The cuttings can be struck m 

 shallow flats and then wintered in these flats 

 without transplanting. The cuttings should be 

 well established before winter sets in, else the} 

 will remain weak. In March or April they ma\ 

 be potted off, preparatory to using them in the 

 open. (2) Division is usually preferred by gai 

 deners who have much bedding to do.' The 

 plants are lifted after the flrst frost, cut back to 

 three or four inches long, and idmitid in tl its 

 In March or April, the plant- m-.- .Iim,!.,! mi.l the 

 parts (with the old roots slmii.. Ill 'I iim hh' j.i.ited 

 or transplanted toother Hals, lli.wi \i r mown, 

 the plants should have four to six wnks in a hot! 

 possible, before they are placed in the open gr 

 Even in the warm greenhouse they usually make 

 growth in March and April. 



TELEKIA 1779 



The botanical status of the garden Alternantheras is 

 imperfectly understood, and the group needs careful 

 study fi-.im livini.' jilants. Various garden names can- 

 not fill air.iunii li for at present. The common garden 

 Altermiiiihi i ;i- appear to have issued from the three 

 followin:: I'.ra/iiliaii species. 



A. Lfs. I'ssiiitiaUy lanceolate or elliptic. 

 amoena, Kegel. Fig. 2478. Very dwarf : Ivs. long- 

 Linceoh^tte or oblong- lanceolate, sometimes elliptic, 

 acuminate, verv shiirt-petioled. the under color mostly 

 green Imt viimil mi.i M.iiilir.l v, jth red and orange: 

 ti.-IieaiK S.--1I -iiji' III III ir .'rs, and terminal. 

 I.H. I_':H:: ill- ! 1 imarently belong the 



Ikeinhnnli. 



AA. Li'S. essentially spntulate, 



Bettzichiina, Regel (Alternanthera paronychioides, 



Hort.). Fig. 2478''. lj\s. narrow, spatulate, gradually 



versicolor, 

 taller, niueh I 

 carpet-beddiiu 

 narrowed int. 

 shades of imj 

 green between 

 pairs. I.H. 1'-' 

 ferred here. 



1. Pig. 2478c. Usually becoming 

 •hed, and apparently less used for 

 m the others: Ivs. roiind-spatulate, 



-Imit petiole, tl I.ii-s mostly in 



veil or 111 1-riil. with J.atches of 



veins: ll.-hea.ls -ev- i Ir, single or in 



-7' i>r. ,,,!,, I is [irohahly to be re- 

 L. H. B. 



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TELEGRAPH PLANT. Pesmoaium gijran 



