GYPSOPHILA 



705 



Only slightly villous: Ivs. oval, entire or repand, green both 

 sides: fls. yellow, fragiant Cliina BR i Mil —G. ilcolor, 

 DO , 3-3 ft., of looser „-M .ih tliii tl ili •< jl.ihroiis: Ivs. 

 lance ovate, somewli ii .1 ■ 1-1 i 1 1 1 . 11 ti.othert or 

 pmnatitid. green ,'il'n\ . i iiige Mo- 



inenlo'sa.DC. 'ciir^ii.iiu' n'li 11] „l.'i i niv Ivs. u.ar- 

 row. ovate to lanceul.ue, .u-uuiin.uu ih-iidii-iI muutely small- 

 toothed, green and purple ribbed, Warmliouio plant from 

 Malayan Is. B.ll. 7S44. L. H. B. 



GYPSOPHILA (gypsiim-lorhh/, because it likes cal- 

 careous soils), Ctii iiiiiihiilli'ti ,11 European and Asian 

 herbs, bearing a protusioii mT sni ill Hs., and useful for 

 mist hki . I'c c 1- 111 mixed borders and 

 as iMiiuiiiii.,' Ill licuijuets. There are 



below, but the calj.x 11 iKi il .it iln Imsh 

 (not bracted, as in smii, i> I 1I1 il .^^m- 

 era) : petals 5, clawccl, m 1 \ sm Ml, usu- 

 ally white: styles 2; p"ii 1 \.ll\id Ivs. 

 small, entire, opposite. Very brancby 

 or spreading, slender herbs, with scant 

 foliage when in bloom. Of easiest cul- 

 ture, in open, rather dry places. They 

 are desirable for rockwork. They make 

 an excellent effect as filling amongst 

 .shrubbery; als<i good for covering un- 

 kempt pl.ices with a mass of delicate 

 bloom. Hardy, 



A, Plant annual. 

 murilis, Linn. Fig. 1011. Very dif- 

 fuse and branchy, mostly with shorter 

 joints than G. elegans, of finer appear- 

 ance ; Ivs, linear, spurry like ; fls. 

 small, rosy; 1-lK ft. Eu.— Makes a dense little mound 

 when well grown. 



Elegans, Bieb, Fig. 1012. Repeatedly forked-branched, 

 glabrous: Ivs, sessile, the uppermost linear, the lower 

 oblong or spatulate: fls, white or sometimes {G.rdsen, 

 Hort.) rosy; 1ft, Caucasus, — Much cult,, and handsome, 

 AA. Plant perennial. 

 B, Lvs. short, spatulate : plant pubescent. 

 cerastioldes, D.Don, Low, densely pubescent : lvs, 

 pubescent, the radical ones long-petioled, the others 

 spatulate or obovate, obtuse or nearly so: fls. large (of- 

 ten 5^ in, across),white or lilac, pink-veined. Himalayas. 



-Of creeping habit; 



1012. Gypsophila 

 Natural size. 



Li'S. long: plant glabrous 1 

 panicuiata, Linn. Baby's Bb 



■ nearly so. 

 Fig. 1013. Dif- 

 fuse and rather tall-growing (2-.'i ft.), forking: lvs. lin- 

 ear-lanceolate, the largest 3 in. long, but becoming 

 smaller towards the inflorescence, sharp- pointed: fls. 

 white, very numerous : pedicels 2-3 times as long as the 

 calyx. Eu. — A very popular plant, especially for use in 

 the trimming of bouquets, A most graceful subject. 

 Steins stiff and wiry, therefore excellent for cutting, A 

 picture of its use in 

 floral arrangement will 

 be found in A. P, 6:340. 



acutifblia, Fisch, Very 

 like the last, but the 

 plant greener, the lvs, 

 n.arrower (indistinctly 3- 

 nerved) and the pedicels 

 scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. Caucasus, — G. 

 panicittata seems some- 

 times to be cult, under 

 this name. 



Stfiveni, Fisch. {G. 

 glauca, Hort.). Lower 

 than G.paniciilata, glau- 

 cous-green : lvs. linear- 

 lanceolate and carinate, 

 mostly radical; fls. 

 rather larger, white, the 

 panicles smaller than 

 those of G. panicnlata; 

 petals shorter than the 

 calyx, Caucasus. 



ripens, Linn, Stems 

 trailing or prostrate, 

 ascending at the ends, 

 not glaucous : lvs. lin- 

 ear, sharp-pointed, gla- 

 brous : fls. rather large, 

 white or rose, the petals 

 about twice longer than 

 the sepals and the pedicels usually much 

 and Pyrenees. B.M. 1448. -Best adapted 



1013. Gypsophila paniculata 



