URCEOLINA 

 AA. Fls. ycllinr. 

 pSnduIa, Herb. ( Cafirea. hiniM.). Bulb about 1 K in. 

 throuich: Ivs. 1-2 to a stem produced after the fls., ob- 

 long, ;ic"ute. 1 ft. long by 4-5 in. broad : scape about 1 ft. 

 long: tls. 4-6. bright yellow tipped with green. Andes 

 3f Peru. B.M. 54(i4. G.C. III. 12:211. 



F. W. Barclay and Robert Cameron. 



UBfiEA ( 



I 1 a e ofte r 

 1 11 1 art 1 pp 88 

 been ottered in Amer ca as 



Litin 1 1 1 S c H It (lb i 



Biker ieco,nizp 1 <i total of 24 specie 

 C^i en !■- ( 4( ' (IbOb <) ) he describes 

 bouth \frica nlone 



The bulbs of Lrginea are coll 1 

 the Mediterranean region foi t! 

 times attain a maximum weigl 



Syr 



sof 

 Ijp. 

 I h fol 

 1 1 rirely 

 I 1 1 eeled 

 i I H ker m 

 \t that time 

 but m Flora 

 species from 



t the right, the hybri 



i Clibrani. All half s 



alcesBfdlia, Gaud. ( Pr(iea (7a»'Oco.S(Jji«, Jacq.). Tree 

 or shrub: Ivs. broadly ovate, acuminate, basal sinus 

 wide and open, crenate-dentate: fls. dioecious, in regu- 

 larly dichotonious cymes ; male cjTiies 4-6 times dichoto- 

 mous, stinging or not, rose-colored: female fls. many 

 times dichotomous, the fls. solitary or in 3's. Trop. 

 America. \y^ jj^ 



UHGlNEA (from the name of an Arabian tribe in 

 Algeria). Lilidceie. The Sea Onion, known to drug 

 stores by the name of Squill, and to gardens as Urijinea 

 maritimn. is a bulbous ]j|ant nutive to the Mediterranean 

 region, which grows l' <>r- :: li li-]i and has a long ra- 

 ceme of small, wliiti-: ' , ' .M IS. The raceme is 

 often \% ft. long ami . : : . Mui or more fls. each 

 K in. across. It lias iIm -jum -i,[r,.f beauty as Orui- 

 thogaliim pyramiihtle liut uiuVirtuiiately it is only half- 

 hardy. As an ornamental plant it is little known in 

 America. The name seems not to appear in American 

 catalogues, but the Dutch bulb-growers offer the bulbs 

 in at least 5 sizes. A plant erroneously called Sea Onion 

 is Ornithoqalum caudatum. There is considerable dif- 

 ference of opinion as to when the Sea Onion blooms, 

 but the plant is generally considered an autumn bloomer, 

 and it is clear that the leaves appear after the flowers. 

 In England the plant is said to have flowered as early 

 as July and August. Baker writes that the Ivs. appear 

 in winter. Some English cultivators say the Ivs. appear 

 as early as October and November; others s.ay not until 

 spring. The plant grows near the seashore and inland, 

 in dry sandy places from the Canaries to Syria. It is 

 also found in South Africa, which is unusual, as the 

 North and South African species of any genus are not 



The 'proper name of the Sea Onion is Urqinea Scilla. 

 The plant is closely related to the genus Scilla, but in 

 tlip opinion of the undersigned it is much closer to Or- 

 nithogalum, especially in habit, inflorescence and color 



II 1 I popu 

 1 ir ti ui n e li ine The 

 I ulb as it appears in the 

 wholesale diug market has 

 been deprived of its outer 

 scales and cut into thin 

 slices, the central portions 

 being rejected. 



Scilla, Steinh. ( U. mari- 

 fhna, Bakerl. Sea Onion. 

 SijUiLL. Height 1-3 ft.: 

 bulb 4-6 in. thick: Ivs. ap- 

 pearing after the fls., lance- 

 olate, somewhat fleshy and 

 glaucous, t-l„l,n.„s, 1-lK 

 ft. ^ln^, L'-l 1)1, Willi- above 

 midilli- : ra.-rl.iis 1-1 J^ ft. 

 long, 1-1', in. wide, 50- 

 100-fld.: fls. H in. across, 

 whitish, with the oblong 

 segments keeled greeni.sh 

 purple. Autumn. Cana- 

 ries to Syria, S. Africa. 

 I SquiUa). TV. M. 



B.M. 918 (as Ornithogalu 



UESlNIA (John Ursinus, of Regensburg, 1608-1666; 

 author of "Arboretum Biblicum"). Comp6sit(t. Here 

 belongs the hardy annual known to the trade as Spheno- 

 gyne speeiosa. It grows about a foot high, has finely 

 cut foliage and yellow or orange flower-heads i]4-2 in. 

 across. The heads have about 22 rays. Both yellow and 

 orange-colored flowers are sometimes found on the same 

 plant. When well managed it blooms all summer. It is 

 supposed to be a native of the Cape. It has been in 

 cultivation since 1836 but was not correctly described 



until 1887. It is much praised li> I- lui-, though 



it is not known to the general I'll' 1 : t., have 



enjoyed a longer continuous pi II : ^ M.iithan 



many other showy composites, m mum li i... i ajie is 

 wonderfuUv rich, particularly iu .suL.^lu iiMn kimls. In 

 Flora Capensis, vol. 3 (1864-C5), Splirimii vm- and 

 Ursinia are treated as separate genera, tin- ilisliiiitii.iis 

 being as follows: the akene is cylindrical in S|iliiiiii- 

 gyne, but obovate or pear-shaped in Ursinia, ilistim-tly 

 tapering to the base: the pappus is uniseriate in the 

 former, biseriate in the latter, the inner series consist- 

 ing of 5 slender white bristles. In the course of time 

 these distinctions have been dropped and Sphenogyne 

 included in Ursinia. 



Ursinia is a genus of about 60 species, all native to 

 S. Africa. One species, n. annua, is also found in 

 Abyssinia. The species are annuals, perennials or sub- 

 shrubs : Ivs. alternate, serrate, pinnatifid or usually 

 pinnatisect: rays the same color on both sides or pur- 

 plish brown beneath : involucre hemispherical or 

 broadly carapanulate : akenes often 10-ribbed. For fur- 

 ther particulars, see Flora Capensis, vol. 3. There are 

 said to be many other desirable species besides the fol- 

 lowing: 



piilchra, N. E. Br. {Splien6g\ine specidsa, Knowles 

 & Westc). Annual, 1-2 ft. high, with Ivs. bipinnately 



