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Stem fleshy, with jointed and swol- 

 len branches: heads ray less 



, Stem not flrx/tt/. 



B. Scales of involucre somewhat 

 overlapping and appearing ax 

 if 2-ranked: stigma rounded, 

 the stylr-b ra nches hairy: 

 plants grown for foliage. 

 (Ligula'ria , Farfugiitm.) 



1. articulatus 



Kaempferi 

 Japonicus 



BB. Scales of involucre usually 



strictly 1 -seriate: stigma 



short, the style-branches hairy 



only at the tip. 



C. Flowers purple (there are 



white garden forms). 

 D. Lvs. large and palmately 

 veined: lobes shallow or 



>io>ie 4. cruentua 



DD. Lvs. medium, elongate, 

 pinnate - veined or pin- 

 mtte 



elegans 



pulcher 



mikanioides 



macroglossus 



CC. Flowers yellow. 



D. Plant climbing 7. 



8. 

 DD. Plant not climbing, usually 



less than 2 ft. high. 

 E. Herbage white-tomentose 



throughout 9. Cineraria 



10. Palmeri 



EE. Herbage green or at most 

 only grayish, not 

 u-hife-tomentose. 

 F. Lvs. large, palmately 



veined 11. Petasitis 



FF. Lvs. oval-oblong and 

 dentate, the caiiline 



ones decurrent 12. Doria 



FFF. Lvs. small or ordi- 

 nary, pinnately 

 veined or divided. 

 ( Native American 

 species, as charac- 

 terized by Gray.)... 13. lugens 



14. aureus 



15. fastigiatus 

 It;. Bolanderi 

 17. Douglasii 



1. articulatus, Sch. (Klelnia articulata, Haw.). 

 CANDLE PLANT. Plant branching, glabrous and fleshy, 

 1-2 ft. high, the branches swollen at intervals: Ivs. flat 

 and fleshy, petiolate, laciniate or runcinate, with acu- 

 minate lobes : heads discoid and all the florets perfect, 

 white, in small corymbs on naked peduncles: akenes 

 downy. S. .Afr. Perhaps the commonest Kleinia in 

 cultivation, being grown with coolhouse succulents. 

 S. (Kleinia} Anteuphorbium, Sch., is sometimes seen 

 in collections, although it is not known to be in the 

 American trade. It is a glabrous shrub 3-4 ft. high, 

 with fleshy stems constricted at the joints, small, erect, 

 fleshy, entire Ivs. that are decurrent on the stem, and 

 solitary cylindric yellow-fld. heads (with rose tinge) an 

 inch long. B.M. 6099. According to J. D. Hooker, this 

 plant "is one of the oldest Cape plants in cultivation, 

 having, according to Dodonaeus, been brought toEurope 

 in 1570, and cultivated in England in Gerard's garden 

 in 1596. * * * The name Anteuphorbium was given 



because of its being a reputed antidote against the 

 acrid poison of the Cape Kiiphorbiuin." Tin- num.-, 

 h'lt'iiiin s/iituiliixa and A". xnx/ii'iixu have appeared in 

 the American trade, but they are unideniiiial.il-. 



2. Kaempleri, DC. (l/cjnlni-io A' /".,..-.,,. Si,-l>. & 

 Zucc. L. /-'(ii-ffii/ni .,C. Koch. Fdrfii'./!"'" A'" ii'i'fr ri, 

 Benth.). RhilOmatOtU perennial -ending up many Ivg. 

 on slender, tlocculent-woolly petiole*: Iv*. lart;e ('often 

 G-10 in. across), orbicular to nearly reniform, cordate at 

 base, angular-toothed, tcreen: II. -steins 1-2 ft. tall, floc- 

 rulent -woolly, branched, with only small, bract-like |v. : 

 heads large, with liirht yellow rays spreading I 1 ...-- in. 

 across: pappus white and copious. Japan. B.M. 5302. 

 Var. aureo- macula tus, Hort. \ /' //<>;/ in i,< /, 

 Lindl. F. >mi<-n/i'ittnii, Hort.). LEOPAKD I'I.ANT. Fi. 

 2.'!i:t. Differs in having the Ivs. blotched with yellow or 

 white and sometimes with light rose. The variety aureo- 

 maculatus is the only form in general cultivation. It 

 was introduced to England in IH.VJ "from the garden of 

 a mandarin in the north of China" by Fortune. Twenty 

 years ago this was a common plant in conservatories 

 and window-gardens, but of late years it has been ne- 

 glected. It is, however, a most worthy plant, not only 

 for the house but for bedding in the open in shady 

 places. The plant is hardy as far north as Washington 

 when set permanently in the open. One form has yel- 

 low-spotted Ivs. (the commoner) and another has white- 

 spotted Ivs. Another form (var. argenteus) has Ivs. 

 glaucous-green edged with creamy white. Easily propa- 

 gated by division. 



3. Japonicus, Sch. (Ligul&ria Japonica, Less. Ery- 

 throchMe palmatifida, Sieb. & Zucc. ). Strong perennial 

 herb, growing 5 ft. high (said to reach 15 ft. in southern 

 Japan), and grown for its massive foliage effect: radical 

 Ivs. very large, 1 ft. or more across, deeply palmately 

 cut into 7-11 narrow lobed and notched divisions: fl.- 

 stems branched, bearing heads on rather long, naked 

 stems: rays orange, spreading, 3 in. from tip to tip. 

 Japan. Gn. 22, p. 139. Intr. into this country about 

 twelve to fifteen years ago. It is H bold plant, hardy in 

 New York, and well adapted to planting where strong 

 foliage effects are desired, provided the place is moist. 



4. cruentus, DP. (Cineraria crulnta, Mass.). Low 

 short - stemmed perennial, floccose - woolly : Ivs. large, 



2313. Leopard Plant, or FarfuKium Scnecio Kecmpfen, 

 var. aureo-maculatus (X %). 



cordate-ovate to cordate-triangular, angled or undulate 

 and sinuate -toothed, rather long -stalked: fls. purple- 

 red. Canary Isl.-The supposed parent of the florists 

 Cinerarias, for discussion of which see p. .U8, Vol. 1. 



