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Asia, Africa, North and South America. These species cannot be accu- 

 rately distinguished without a close observation of the flowers with magni- 

 fying glass. 



All the species sucker extensively and so should not be planted where 

 they will interfere with other useful plants. The slender climbing or trail- 

 ing branches sometimes grow to the length of 25 feet. 



[Twig cuttings ; suckers; layers; .seeds.] 



Leucophyllum texanum. LKi-cornvi.i.i M (400) is a loose-growing 

 straggling shrub (1 foot) with alternate simple small, under 1 inch, entire 



FIG. 49(5. Japan Buddleia. 



FIG. 497. Lindley's Buddleia. 



leaves covered below with silvery- white wool. It has- axillary showy pur- 

 ple bell-shaped 5-lobed flowers, an inch across, with 4 included stamens, 

 spring and summer. The fruit is a 2-celled many-seeded pod. Hardy 

 only in the Gulf states but of great beauty and ought to be generally culti- 



vated as soon as the needed treatment is understood. 



[Seeds.] 



TScoma. The TRUMPET CREEPERS are mainly climbing or twining in 

 their habits but two species in cultivation are upright, shrubs. All the Teco- 

 mas have large trumpet-shaped flowers and the shrubby forms have these 

 flowers yellow and of great beauty, but unfortunately they are hardy only 



