CUPHEA 



BB. Size of petals larger. 

 c. Calyx 6-toothed. 

 Ll&vea, Lindl. Red, White-and-Blue Flower. Fig. 

 607. Stems numerous, herbaceous, hispid: branches 

 ascending : Ivs. almost sessile, especially near the top, 

 ovate-liinceolate, striffose: racemes short, few-fid. : ca- 

 lyx grei'U on the ventral side, purple on the back and at 

 tiie obli((ue-li-toothed mouth; petals 2 large, scarlet, 

 obovate, the other 4 abortive; stamens 11. Guatemala. 

 B.R. 10:1^80. J.H. III. 31:305.-lt isdoubttul whether 

 the plant described by Lindley is the same as the Mex- 

 ican plant originally described by Lexarsa, which was 

 said to have petals of " dilute scarlet. " Lind- 

 ley's plant had a green calyx, but the plant 

 in the trade is colored. Used for baskets 

 and bedding Often misspelled Llaim 

 C( CahiT 12 toothed 

 BroT)-rn ^tera shrubbv rrrct 

 , few 111 111 l^ (III It 11. Ill 



PM 



CUPRESSUS 



413 



linear-subulate and spreading: fls. monceeious, minute, 

 solitary on short branchlets; staminate ovate or oblong, 

 yellow; pistillate subglobose: cones globular or nearly 

 so, consisting of 3-7 pairs of ligneous, peltate scales, 

 with a mucro or boss on the flattened apex, each bearing 



per ones n f |uit i i it 

 short petiol \ it i m 



white silky hill win h in 1 

 tts sohtaij sub in ili ixiUi 

 cle idnate to tlu bnnih m 

 to ajipear between and below 

 raceme few fld i ne siiled F 

 14 101 R H 184o 22o R B 22 8) -^ ar 

 compicta Hort b H 2 43 Gt 4b p 637 

 This IS referied to C Jjlaiea Lex by Index 

 Kenensis The above description is from 

 the ougmal one m P S 2 73 Van Houtte 

 describes several hybrid varieties in F.S. 

 5, p. 487, which differ chiefly in size, color, 

 and marking of petals. Calyx 1 in. long, " 

 pid, green at the base, purple above, 1 

 tip: petals 2, scarlet, wavy. The specific name miniata 

 means cinnabar-red, and refers to the petals. 

 AAAAA Fetuh none 

 Ignea, DC. (C plati/e^ntia, Hort , not Benth ). Fig. 

 608. Branches somewhat angled Ivs petioled, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, naironed at the base, lightly 

 scabrous: flower stalks 2-4 times longer than the leaf 

 stalks : calyx glabrous shorth 6 toothed, bright red ex- 

 cept at the tip, which has a dark ring <ind a white mouth : 



the 



606. Cuphea hyssopifolia (XVn). 



petals none: stamen.'! 11 or 12, glabrous. Mes. F.S. 

 2:180 (1846). P.M. 13:267 (1846). -This is sold only 

 as C. plafijcentra, although De Candolle corrected the 

 error in 1849 (F.S. 5:500 C). This is a remarkable in- 

 stance of the persistence of erroneous trade names. 



W. M. 



acorn. The oak be- 



(ancient Latin name from Greek, Ku- 

 parissos). Cypress. Trees, rarely shrubs, with aro- 

 matic evergreen foliage ; branchlets quadrangular or 

 nearly so: Ivs. opposite, small, scale-like, appressed, mi- 

 nutely denticulate-eiliate, on young seedling plants 



nany or numerous seeds, but 

 the lower scales usually sterile 

 and smaller ; they ripen the second year. About 

 10 species in C. Amer., north to Calif, and Ariz., and 

 from S. Eu. to S. E. Asia. By some botanists, the allied 

 genus Chamsecyparis is included. Highly ornamental 

 evergreen trees, greatly varying in habit, only hardy in 

 Calif, and the Gulf states. The hardiest seems to be 

 C. Macnabiana, which will stand many degrees of frost 

 in a sheltered position; also C. macroearpa, C. Arizo- 

 nica, C. semperrirens, fiinebris and torulosa are of 

 greater hardiness than the others. They stand pruning 

 well, and some species are valuable for hedges, C. mac- 

 roearpa being especially extensively planted forthis pur- 

 pose in Calif. The Cupressus seems to be less particu- 

 lar in regard to soil and situation, but prefers a deep, 

 sandy-loamy soil. For prop., see Chamifeyparis. The 

 young plants should be removed several times in the 

 nursery to secure a firm root-ball, otherwise they will 

 not bear transplanting well. Monogr. by M. T. Masters 

 in Journ. of Linn. Soc. 31:312-351 (1895). 



Index: Arizonica, 5; Benthami, 6; Corneyana, 7; fas- 

 tigiata, 1; funebris, 9 ; Goveniana, 4 ; Guadalupensis, 

 2; horizontalis, 1; Knightiana, 6; Lambertiana, 2 ; Law- 

 soniana, see Cham^cyparis ; Lindleyi, 6 ; Lusitanica, 

 8; Macnabiana, 3 ; macroearpa, 2; majestica, 7; sem- 

 pervirens, 1 ; torulosa, 7. 



A. Branches and branchlets erect or spreading; branch- 

 lets short and usually rather stout. 

 B. Cones 1-1% in. across, with 8-14 scales. 



1. Bempfirvirens, Linn. Tree, to 80 ft., with erect or 

 horizontal branches and dark green foliage: Ivs. closely 



ovate, obtuse, 



cones oblong or 

 nearly globose ; scales 8-14, 

 with a short boss on the 

 back. S. Eu., W.Asia. Var. 

 fastigiata, Beissn. (C tas- 

 tiyiita, DC). With erect 

 branches, forming a narrow, 



columnar head. The classi- 'P-Lr^ ^A 



cal Cypress of the Greek js..<Li^t>^ ^■ 



and Roman writers, much 

 planted in S. Eu. Var. hor- 

 izontalis, Gord. (C horizon- 

 tdlis, Mill.). Branches 

 horizontally spreading, 

 forming a broad, pyramidal 

 head. 



2. macioc&rpa, Hartw. 

 Monterey Cypress. Tree, 



appressed, 

 glandular : 



Cuphea ienea (X H). 



