CUPHEA 



BB. Size of petals larger. 

 c. Calyx 6-toothed. 



L14vea, Lindl. Red, White-and-Blue Flower. Pig. 

 COT. Stems numerous herbaceou hispid branches 

 ascending Ivs ahnost se sile e pecially near the top 

 ovate-lanceolate stngose racemes short few fld ca- 

 lyx green on the ventral side purple on the back and at 

 the oblique 6 toothed mouth petals 2 large scarlet, 

 obovate, the other i abortive stamens 11 Guatemala 

 B.B. 16:138b J H III 31 JOa —It isdoubtful whether 

 the plant described bv Lmdley is the same as the Mex 

 ican plant originalh described bj Lexarsa which was 

 said to have petaK of dilute scarlet Lind 

 ley's plant had a green calyx but the plant 

 in the trade is colored I ed for baskets 

 and bedding Often mis pelled Llai<e 

 CL Cahfx 12 toothid 



miniata Brongn ^tem <^hrubb^ eiect 

 branches few hi pid Iv opposite tin up 

 per ones not quite oppo ite with i \tiy 

 short petiole ovate icute entirt \Mth 

 white, silky hair «lii h ii i ii i 1 tiieath 

 fls. solitarj sul I ill tht pedun 



cle adnate to tl li xway as 



to appear betw 1 petaoles 



raceme few fld i ill-- i ) P M 

 14:101. R H 1S4 ii \ . ho -\ ar 



comp&cta, Hort b H i 43 ( t 41 p bJ7 

 This is referred to t Llaiea Lex b-s Index // 11 



Kewensls The ibove de ciifti n i from ' ' ' 



the original one m B ^ ' i f \ in Houttt 

 describes severil Intiil \ iii tits in F ►? 

 5, p. 487, whiih lirt i 1 i th in ize color 

 and marking of I T I < 1\\ ] in long his 

 pid, green at the 1 1 nil ibove 12 toothed at the 



tip: petals 2 scarlet w ivv The peciflc name J«u»«/« 

 means cinnabar red and refers to the petals 

 AAAAA Petali nnni 



Ignea, DC (C pluti/ entia Hort mt B nth ) Fig 

 608. Branches mewhit ingled h petiokd t^ite 

 lanceolate icummite nin wtd it the I t e li.,lith 

 scabrous: flower stilk 2-4 tirais Unger th tu thi h d 

 stalks: cahx glibrou hirtlv I toothed bright red ex 

 cept at the tip which his a dirk ring and a white mouth 



CUPRESSUS 



413 



linear-subulate anc' spreading: fls. monoecious, minute, 

 solitarj' 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 ape\ each bearing 



v: ^^ 



niny or numerous seeds but 



che lower scales usually sterile 



and smaller they ripen the second year About 



10 species in C \mer north to Calif and Ariz and 



from "^ Fii to Ss E \ ii Bv some bf tanists the allied 



( li tl p I , 1 1 In 1 1 HilIiK ornamental 



I ' ms to be 



of frost 



Urm regard to soil and n I 



sandy loamy soil For pr i II 



young plants should be rtii il 



nursprv to secure a firm ru I i I il i i il « lU 

 n tleir trin pHnting well Mju ^,r I } M T M i teis 

 in Touin cf Lnm hoc 31 312-3ol (189o) 



Corneyana 7 fas 



veniana 4 Otuadalupensis 



111 6 Lambertiana 2 Lau 



Lindleiji 6 Lusitanica 



ipa 2 majestica 7 sem 



perviren 



..c* 



606. Cuphea hyssopifolia 



petals none: stamens 11 or 12. glabrous. 

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

 as C. platyeentra, 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. 

 CUPULE. The husk or cup of an acorn. The oak be- 

 longs to the Cupuliferae. 



CnPBfSSnS (ancient Latin name from Greek, S"!!- 

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

 matic evergreen foliage : branchlets quadrangular or 

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

 nutely denticulate-ciliate, on young seedling plants 



A Bianilu iiilU iH hi tserect orspieading 

 lets shoit and usually gather stout 

 B Cones 1-1^4 in acioss uith 8-14 scales 

 1 sempfrvirens, Linn Tree to 80 ft with erect or 

 horizontil branches nnd dark green foliige Ivs closely 

 ay pressed ovate tl tuse 

 gUmlular cones tbltng rr 

 netrlv globose scales 8-14 

 with i short boss on the 

 1 a k s Eu W Asia Var 



cal C\Ii 



and R i 



planted m s, | \ iior 



lEontaiis, tTuid (t / ^ n 



tahs, Mill ) Brinches 



horizontally spreading 



forming a broad, pyramidal 



2. macroc&rpa, Hartw 

 Monterey Cypress. Tree, 



Cuphea ignea (X %), 



