1176 ORNITHOGALUM 



shorter than the bracts: Hs. green, nuirgined white on 

 back, the lower ones nodding. Eu., Asia Minor. H.I\1. 

 269. Gn. 32:621 & p. 77; 41, p. 376.-Rarelv escaped in 

 U.S. 



BB. Blossoms erect or ascendiny. 

 c. Width of leaves S-6 lines. 



Narboninse, Linn. Bulb ovoid, 9-15 lines thick: Ivs. 

 strap-shaped, 1-1 K ft. long, 3-6 lines wide, glabrous, 

 glaucous green, scarcely disappearing before the end of 

 flowering: scape 1-lK ft. long: raceme 20-50-fld., ob- 

 long-cylindrical, 4-8 in. long, lX-2 in. wide : lowest 

 pedicels 9-15 lines long: tls. whitish, keeled green on 

 the back ; filaments lanceolate at base, not squared. S. 

 Eu. B.M. 2510 (striped, green back and front). — O. py- 

 ramid&te, Linn., is considered by Baker to be a robust, 

 large-fld. garden form, but it is said to grow wild in 

 Spain and Portugal and may be a distinct species. Fls. 

 white, w'.th a green stripe on back. Gn. 41:854. 

 cc. Widlii of leaves 9-lS lines. 

 D. Filaments alternately linear and lanceolate. 



longebracteitum, Jacq. Lvs. rather fleshy, glabrous, 

 lanceolate, lJ^-2 ft. long, %-1/i in. wide, persistent 

 until after flowering: scape l>^-2 ft. long : raceme 

 dense, 30-60-fld., oblong-cylindrical, 6-9 in. long, 15-18 

 lines wide: lowest pedicels 9-12 lines long: fls. whitish, 

 keeled green on the back: bracts 9-15 lines long; fila- 

 ments alternately linear and lanceolate at the base. S. 

 Afr.— Baker says the bulb is 3^ in. thick. 



caud4tum, Ait. Lvs. lorate, lK-2 ft. long, 1-lK in. 

 wide: scape l%-3 ft. long: raceme dense, K-1 ft. long: 

 fls. banded green on face, and keeled green: bracts 6-9 

 lines long. S. Afr. B.M. 805. Window plant. 



AAAA. Fls. white, with a bron-n or greenish yellow 

 eye: perianth seyments revolute. 



revolCitum, Jacq. Lvs. lanceolate, 6-9 in. long, 6-9 

 lines wide: fls. not keeled with green, many in a sub- 

 corvmbose cluster; style very short and stout. S. Afr. 

 B.M. 653. B.K. 4:315. W. M. 



CKOBUS is considered a subgenus of Lathyrus, 

 for O formoius, see Pisum, and for O lathi/ioides, 

 Vicia bmce Lathyrus was "written for this work, 

 names of 3 othii siccus ot Oiuhus hm bPLU pn 

 nently mentioii. ■! Ill il 1 inii " '/ /. - =1, 

 aiirantia, O n ihi 



dus, ber , wlu' li i ' i i i i ' i . I.\ 



very narrow, II h ■ ' u /I 



name, which is .u i m ' i 



Orobus Pan II f i I i i i i i i I n^is 



ferred to Jjatln/i n I'l n > i ' n ' Mi 



thorities, as D( ( m 1 1 1 1 1 M /, // 



albwi, Linn f / " ' h ^ 



follows root <il I ill 1 I ' ii' si 



angled unbriin Im il nu 



pans, linevr 1 ui I .i i "^ 



mally it has \\liil« "i n i 1 1 i ii il , \ m li i li. i md 

 often flushtd rose coloi on tlir h II k, liufiir ncicn 

 Koch, has a purple standard, with jellow wings 

 keel This is B M 675 (as O i'«ri»s) and probably 

 form in cult. 



but 



ORONTIUM (one of many names arbitrarily a 

 ly Liiinanis ; he probably had in mind some 



ORTHROSANTHUS 



Orontium is a genus of one siiei-ics, which is found in 

 swamps and pools from Mass. ii. F\:,.. inusily n. m- tlie 

 seacoast, but extending as far inland as .■. niial I'a, mid 

 La. Spathe usually soon d. ndu iis : i|>. li, rina|iliro- 

 dite, covering the whole spadix ; si i.als Mali -liki , iiii- 

 bricated upon tlie ovary, usually 4 iu Uic upper and (> 

 in till- I.iw.-r Us.: ovary 1-celled; ovule solitary, semi - 

 aiialiopi.us: fr. a green utricle. 



aquiticum, Linn, Golden Club, Blade of lvs. 5-12 x 

 2-5 iu.: stalk 4-20 in. long: scape }^-2 ft. long. B.B. 

 1:364. L.B.C. 5:402. R.H. 1888:85. Gn. 27, p. 213. 



P. W. Barclay. 



OROXYLON (Greek, a mountain tree; nevertheless 

 it grows anywhere from sea li-i I t>i -m I'titu !, , i ■yiiiiii 

 ft.). Also written Oroxytiiii> /; ■ ■ ■ ^ , mis 



of one species, an Indian i i i In 



says, is "remarkable for f hi 1 _ . .1..1111 



of its leaves, almost black Jl > - m I i 'h^, ahuI 



shaped pods." This tree is cult, outdoors m .S. Calif, 

 and under glass in Europe. It attains 2,5-40 ft. in In- 

 dia, has lvs. 2-4 ft. across, which are shining and twice 

 or thrice ternately pinnate; Ifts. 5x3-4 in.: raceme 10 

 in. lull-: lis. III. shy, 2% in. long, 2-3>^ in. across, bell- 

 slia|i. d. and wluir or purplish according to the Flora of 



of garden value. It might 

 atalpa for its long pods and 

 11 di lilt, foliage to Jacaran- 

 . Ill Ihe most striking and 

 sill, 1 11. [deal countries. Ge- 



lai-c, leathery, truncate or 

 ■lobes 5, subequal, round, 



bei-ouiild.x 

 winged s. 1 

 da ovali/.' 

 elegant tn 

 neric char 

 obscurely 



tndicum, Vent. Lvs. opposite; Ifts. ovate, entire: 

 peduncle 1 ft. long: capsule 1-3 ft. long, 2-3 in. wide, 

 hardly 4 lines thick. India, Ceylon, Cochin China, Ma- 

 laya. 



ORRIS-ROOT or IRIS-ROOT. See Iris Florentina 

 and P. rliimirii (iiirdininij. 



ORTHOCARPUS (Greek, straight AcHi/, which distin- 

 guishes this genus from Melampyrum). Scrophiilaria- 

 ecip. O. purpttrd.scent;. Benth,, is a plant something 

 like the Painted Cup (Castilleia), It is a Californiau 

 annual, growing a foot or less high, with yellow, crim- 

 son-tipped fls. and gaudy bracts. Gray s.ays it is "com- 

 mon along the bills and iiiuinilains uf Ilie coast, frotli 

 SanDiegoti. lI.iiiilMildi Ci,.. s.. almndanl as In give the 

 ground a pur|dr Inn- l'..r niili-s in smnr idans; occasion- 

 ally, with duller i.i- i.nlv pallid cidm-, in salt marshes. 

 The reddish, s..ll and copious beard of tlie narrow and 

 liooked upper lip which marks this species is composed 

 of many- and close-jointed hairs." This plant was 

 offered in 1891 by Orcutt. For fuller description sec 

 Gray's Syn. Flora of N. Aiuer. In Orthoearpus the 

 calyx is 4-cut; in Castilleia many-cut. 



OKTHKOSANTHUS (Greek, »!o»-«!«3 flower; because 

 the fls. open in the morning and fade before noon). 

 I rifli)ri'a'. O. multiflorus is a charming plant sorae- 

 thini; like our blue-eyed grass or Sisyrinchiuin. It has 

 a tuft of grassy foliage a toot or two high, and sky-blue, 

 1; |.aiti d fls. an inch or more across, which open one 

 :ii'i.! ;i'ri(!i.r fur a week or so. Ilml ieuli 1. 1 ,dl\ i( is 



-■ i d lender bulbs, thonuli r •-■ ■ ■ el is a 



- , I- I t! ...line. This choice 1 : ' . . 1 . - In, in 



.\ .i- , .1 ,,. ,, Ml. il. unlike the Cape of ; I :..,... i . v.ry 



|..».i 111 sle.v. V bulbous plants of the m.-.. Id., ami .una- 

 ryllis fauiilies. 



Orthrosanthus is a genus of 7 species, 2 from tropical 

 America and 5 from Australia. Lvs. firm, linear, equi 

 tant: clusters many-fld., panicled: fls. pale blue; pedi- 

 cels SI, short tliat tiie capsule is not protruded from the 

 s]i:ili, ; |.. 1 iiiiiiletube very short or none; segments 

 III, li, lie, 1,1 ;ir[\ iiiual, spreading; filaments free or con- 

 nate only at Hie base: ovary 3-celled; ovules many, 



