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BKYAXTHUS 



of N. Eu. and N. Asia, in N. Amer. in tlie Rocky Mts. 

 southward to California. Heatli-like prostrate shrubs, 

 quite hardy, with handsome, delicate fls., but rarely cul- 

 tivated. They thrive best in peaty and sandy soil, and 

 can only be grown successfully in localities where the 

 iiir is moist and cool, but B. ereetus is less particular. 

 Prop, by seeds, sown in spring in peaty soil or cut 



BRYOPHYLLU.M 



monoecious, fascicled: fr. about the size of a cherry, 

 spherical, green, with pretty white markings. Asia, 

 Afr., Austral. F.S.12: 1202. ' 



Var. erythrocirpa, Naud. (B. erythrocdrpa, Naud.). 

 Has red fr. with white marks. I. H. 12:431. F.S. 21:22,'i7. 

 Gn. G, p. 193. -A warmhouse plant, rarely grown in pots 

 and trained to rafters. Prop, by seeds. gx ji 



I ft 



274. Sproutine leaf of Bryophyllum. 



spliiiijmim a',.i I . .1 iiril t and shady, by cuttings in 



Alienist 1111.1. I- ! . , I ■ layers. 



empetriEoinii ^. i . t..8 in.: Ivs. K-Kin. long, 

 flnily siiiat. ' ,11, ilate, 6 or more on slender, 

 ghmduhir J i racemes: corolla rosy pur- 

 ple, about '.. ii, I ; r !! I . Columbia to Calif. B.M. 

 3171) {aslliir ,mis). 



er6ctU5, I.! /. ' "i-lr!f,'n)iis X Roilonidmnus 



Cli'iin't ' : ' > -, ,,. ;. :,,l.i\,|,: In -. ,^li^liilv serrate: 



Hs. :' 1", I',, ■ , .,„ ,■. ,, I,:, I ■, , i.'.ait Kin. 



B. Giiielini, Don. Fls. small, rosy, 3-10. iu slender peduneled 

 racemes. Kamschatka, Behring's Isl.— iJ. taxlff>Ua, Gray. Fls. 

 olikmg-urceolate, purple. High Mts. of N. E. Amor.. Greenland, 

 N. Eu., N. Asia, N. Jap. Alfred Rehder. 



BRYONIA (Greek, to sprout, referring to the annual 

 growth from the tuber). Cuciirbitdcew. A genus of 

 7 species of perennial cucurbits, natives of Europe and 

 W. Asia. They are herbaceous perennial climbers, with 

 the staminate fls. in racemes, while Bryonopsis is an 

 annual plant, with the staminate fls. in fascicles. All spe- 

 cies of Bryonia are dioecious except B. alba. Bryonopsis 

 is monoecious. See Cogniaux, in DC. Mon. Phan. 2:469. 

 A. Fls. diacioiis : stigmas rough : fruits red. 



didica, Jacq. Bryony. Height 6-12 ft.: root long, 

 fleshy, branching-, white, a finger's thickness: Ivs. ovate 

 or roundish in onilin.-. ,, l..li.-.l. inan.'iu wavy-toothed, 

 rough with call..!!- p.iini^, pal. !■ I., n.ath : pistillate fls. 

 greenish whit.. . ..r\ nil...-.,. ^Ii..ii |.. .iuncled. Common 

 in Eng. and in .■.■iitial an.l S. Kii. Kaivr in W. Asia and 

 N. Afr. Not sold iu Amer., but a common sight along 

 English highways. It grows rapidly over hedges and 

 fences. 

 AA. Fls. monoecious : stigmas smooth: fruits black. 



Alba, Linn. Height 6-12 ft. : roots thick, tuberculate, 

 yellowish outside, white within: Ivs. long-petioled: pis- 

 tillate fls. in long-peduncled racemose corymbs. Eu., 

 Caucasus, Persia. 



7J. lacinibsa, Linn.=Bryonopsis laeiniosa. -^y, ]yi_ 



BRY0N6PSIS (Greek, Bryony-like). CiicurbitAcem. 

 A genus of two species of annual climbers. Consult 

 Bryonia for generic differences. 



lacinidsa, Naud. (Brydnia lacinidsa, Linn.). Lvs. 

 deeply 5-lobed, rough, light green above, paler beneath ; 

 segments oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate : fls. 



275. Flowers of Bryophyllum (X X). 



BEYOPHtLLUM (Gr.-.-K, ,,,..,../.,:„ I..,f). Vrassu- 

 lAceie. A small genus of -n. nl. m ],!;iiits in the same 

 order with stonecrops, 1i..h-. I. . I.- n..! Cotyledon. The 

 only species in cult, is a laj.i.l ur..\viii^' window-plaut, 

 and, like the Begonias, a t'aiuiliar lmiiuijIu of plants that 

 are propagated by leaf-cuttiugs. It is hardly a decora- 

 tive plant, but is very odd and interesting. It is only 

 necessary to lay the leaves on moist sand or moss, and 

 at the Indentations new plants will appear after a time 

 (see Fig. 274). It is even possible to pin leaves on the 

 wall, and without water new plants will come. Useful 

 iu botanical demonstrations. 



calyclnum, Salisb. Fig. 275. Height 2-4 ft. : stem 

 reddish, with raised, oblong, whitish spots : lvs. oppo- 



site, fleshy, simple or tern 

 veined above: fls. pendul 

 panicles: calyx and coioll 

 spotted white ; calyx 1}4 n 



