320 CISSAMPELOS 



petals united, the anthers 2-4, on a staminal column ; 

 fertile Hs. with 2 united fleshy sepals, subtended by a 

 sepal-like bract, and solitary ovary, with 3 styles : fr. a 

 sub}rlol"Jsi> rlriipe, with a flattened and tuberculate stone. 

 M un I i r distinct forms in tropical regions but 

 m m\ t fl III are evidentK ffrms of the widely dis 

 tributt IC Parelra Lmn Un Unit i 6 heferophijlla 

 DC and under other ii i -^ Fla and the 



tropics It IS known i ind Pareira 



Brava It IS an excel 1 with downy 



round cordate or peltat I 1 1 i I tls in stalked 



corymbs and the fertile in 1 ii.,(_ br u te 1 racemes and a 

 hairj nearly globular red fruit It occurs m all tropical 

 countries L H B 



CiSSUS Mil r I IV like 



-r ,^v:i^'^ 



grapher (Plauchon, DC. Monogr. 

 Phimer. 5) recognizes 212 species. Foli- 

 age often fleshy, but in most of the cult, 

 species usually thin and handsomely 

 colored or variegated. The species of 

 Cissus are handsome, tall-clirabing, 

 tendril-bearing vines, of easy cultiva- 

 tion. 



A. Ia'S. fleshxj, S-Iobed or S-foUolate. 

 icida, Linn. Low climber, with slender and striate 

 somewhat fleshy glabrous branches : Ifts. or leaf-divi- 

 sions rather small, broad-cuneate and sharply toothed 

 near the apex : fls. small, in corymb-like or umbel-like 

 clusters : fr. an ovoid and mucronate dark purple berry, 

 with 1 or 2 large seeds, the pedicel being recurved at 

 maturity. Key West and S.; also, in Ariz, and S.— 

 Sometimes planted. 



incisa, Desm. (C. Mochedna, Planchon). Climbing 

 20-30 ft., the stems very fleshy and the tendrils root- 



CISTUS 



like : Ivs. pale green, very fleshy ; Ifts. or divisions 

 wedge-ovate, notched on both sides and top, the middle 

 one sometimes again lobed : inflorescence umbel like: 

 fr. an obovoid blackish berry, with 1 or 2 seeds, the 

 pedictl being stronglj recurved Fla to Ark and Tex 

 K H 1884 pp 272-T -Often planted m the extreme b 

 Sometimes called Marme Ivj 



aa Li •< not fleshy, not lobed 



i ig 473 Lvs oblong ovate acumi 



serrite red lish beneath, 



lite 



nate cordatt it bas 

 velvety yr 



both lvs 11 1 t 1 1 r 1 1 11 I ti 1 I I nil m re or 

 less an;,! I H i N i I \ II \m I n 1 i and -i cry 

 short axill i \ i i i i l I M I IMPS 



8 804-j -Oil t 111 1 t I II I f liaf,o 



plants Lasilj (,ro\\n li i M t h n ( a 



Miason of rest usually in i n mtr If 



wanted for winter growth i lie about 



7o° Known to some as Ti I 1 m 



Antirctica \ ent (0 Baiidiiuana Br u s ) Kanga 

 Roo \ iNE Lvs rather thick glossy ovate to oblong, 

 ver\ short acuminate rounded at base mostly strongly 

 t th I r notched green fls green m few fld axillary 

 111 fr a globular berry Austral B M 2488 — 



\ I t r cool greenhouses but does not \\ itlistand 



I I \\s well on walls in darkish and neglected 



Am izonica linden Lvs glabrou" and glaucous o^al 

 II I md narrower reddish beneath and silvery 

 \ 1 1 I ^e Brazil —Warmhouse cUniber 



41bo nitens Hort Lvs oblong acuminate more or 

 less r( rd ite at base silverv white and shining over the 

 upper surface Brazil —Warmhouse climber 



Bicyoldes Lmn Branches terete or compressed tu 

 bcr ul t 1 111 th stuate lvs ovati i 1 1 lit, i ften 



I 1 1 I 111 irgm more or 1 \ n 



II inflorescence c i i 



II I mall and varMii i I t > 

 ^^ll I 1 I li h fr an 1- V I I i \ 

 \l^^^^lll\ li ii ibuted m tr j \i i i „1y 

 variable Uue form (var J I I in in 

 S Fin but IS not m the ti I l 'it h< r 

 ticulturists IS var ovita II .,1 il r us 

 ovate or o\ ate oblong rem I 1 nitwhat 

 glaucous hs C illed feea n \ in in ti pi 



O Daiidi (itaCiir is t 'S itis (which see) —C ilndeiii AndrA 

 (I H 1/ 1 isperhtps in ffshoot of C sicjoides It h is large 

 ovate crrdate sihei 1 1 till —( /(/ / \\ ill 1 Her 



baeeous glabrous I i i i I ^ i ' 



fls greenish cyni ' I Iv 



species hardy nortl i I i r 



(which see) — C f i i i 



rens Hort ) Low In i li 



late with euneate ol I iii. lit n te I tl i i l il Us 



yellowish in many lid ivnies Chile fe Biaz Ln elul small 



CtSTUS (ancientOreekname). Cisfr,^.., I;. .< k i;m..k. 

 Shnilis, usually with villous and trlim i . i hmji, 



iiniiiiMlic: lvs. opposite, mostly persi-t. I . i ■:•• .i].- 

 posiic petioles connate at the base: tls. \\iyj. . m n i iiuthiI 

 and axillary cymes at the end of the bramdirs. rarely 

 solitary, white to purple ; petals 5 ; stamens numerous ; 

 capsule many-seeded, splitting into 5 valves. About 30 

 species in the Mediterranean region. Ornamental, free- 

 flowering shrubs, usually only a few feet high, with very 

 showy purple or white fls., similar to a small single rose, 

 appearing in early summer. They are only hardy in 

 warmer temperate regions, but many of them will stand 

 in° ,.f fr.' t iriiliniit injury, and C. Inurifnlhi- i-v.-n more. 



|ir. I . MHO soil, and in a ^m ; i the 



(Iw: I , :iri- well adapted for rill ■ ■ I iiili- 



s|"-i-ir^ \ i.l.l lii.li.iiiiiii. ;i ri^iii. ii-i il in perfumery. Prop. 

 by viriN --iiw-n in ^prinic in p.in- nr boxes and the young 

 siT.lliiiu"- sliaiiiil; inrnii^r.l iiNn by layers and cuttings 

 in spring or late summer, inserted in sandy peat under 

 glass. Illustrated monograph: R. Sweet. Cistineae (S.C. 

 of the following pages). In the Old World, the Cistuses 



