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RUELLIA 



RUMEX 



shrub, 1-6 ft. high, with ovate-lanceolate Ivs. 4-6 in. 

 long: fl.s. large, bell-shaped, with tubular base, purplish 

 rose with purple ^"eiiis, solitary in leaf-axils. Brazil. 



2218. Rudbeckia laciniata, vur. Golden Glow (X is). 

 .Se..' p. l.j.SII. 



G.C. III. 17:45. E.H. 18SI:410.-G. W. Oliver says in 

 his "Plant Culture "that H, macrantha is of easy cul- 

 tivation and is one of the best greenhouse flowering 

 plants for amateurs. Cuttings rooted in September 

 furnish fair-sized Howeriiig plants in January. These, 

 if desired, may be planted out in late spring, when thev 

 will have formed large specimens, which may be lifted 

 and potted. 



CE. Zvx. Illifrlcrrl ii'ill, U'Jiilr. 

 e. Fl:-:. n-liiUf,ofl,'i, n'ilir,] irilh Ulnr. 



Devosiana. Ilort. A low-growing tender Brazilian 

 species, ^'ith lanceolate Ivs. marki.-d on the ni:)per s\ir- 

 face with white along the nerves and having tlie lower 

 surface entirely purple: fls. r.il h.[> ...niall. usual Iv white, 

 with blue stripe, axillary; co]oM:i-tulie suddenly dilated 

 and bent at the middle-. 



re. I'!:^. ,;ir;,ihH' or rose. 



Makoyana, Hort. A coniiiai-t, busby plant resembling 

 J?,. JJevosiava, Hort., in fnliii;;e, l.u'l diirering in the 

 color of the fl.s. (bright carmine) and by their somewhat 

 larger size. Bra.zil. R.I!. :;i:l(i!i. JJ.fl. 1HH(;:.')T6. -Pre- 

 fers shade. It is said that the viAi.r oi the foliage is 

 better when soot is mixed wilh Hie soil. 



AA. BIosso)os 0)1 Jinn/ j'fil n nrlrs . 

 B. Fl-:. bUii' or 'imrpl, . 

 tuherbsa, Linn. A perenniid IktIi, 2-ri ft. high, with 

 oval (.r ovate Ivs. 2-:! in. bine and blue tls. ]i,;-2 in 

 hoig, in terminal, nearly naked ]i,nihdi-; slignia single: 

 c;ipsule 12-16-seeded. 8onthwe-iern I', h^. ; cult, in Fla. 

 BO. FIa. rr,l. 

 e. P,:i-lo,:olos on, oil hroorho,!. 

 ambena, Nees (.SV,-/,/,,,/,,,,,/, /,,,„,/, loioiifoli no, . Pohl). 

 A half-hardy perennial, .'dh, III, ] ' ,, ft bj-b: hs. oldon"- 

 lanceolate or oblong, narrowed at bolb ends; nnargins 

 repand-denticulate or simply vn|.nnd: il,-:. bi-iglit red, in 

 axillary .sprays in summer. i;i;i;;il. l'\,'\t. bssil:119. 

 CC. Pedinirlex hut lilllo hrilorlnoL 



formosa, Andr. Fig. 22];i. A low-:;rowing, tender 

 herbaceous perennial: Ivs. ovate, roiiii. led at the basci 



hairy on both sides: fls. on straight, axillary peduncles; 

 corolla scarlet, showy, 1% in. long, the upjier 2 lobes 

 .joined for half their length. Summer. Brazil. B.M. 

 1400. — Cult, in California. 



Jt. varians. Vent. See Djedalacanthus nervosus. 



P. W. Barclay. 



EULlNGIA (after J. Ph. Ruling, a botanist of Giittin- 

 gen). titercuHae('(f. This includes two plants cult, in 

 S. Calif. K. pnrriflora is highly recommended as a 

 rock jilant by Ernest Braunton, of Los Angeles, who 

 grows it in quantity for its trailing habit and myriads 

 of small pink fls. borne in spring. Franceschi says that 

 P. ponHosa, is odd and pretty by reason of the fleecy 

 coating of the lea\'es. A genus of about l.j species of 

 shrubs or undershrnbs from Australia, except one a 

 native iif Madagascar. Lvs. various in size, entire, 

 toothed or lobecl: fls. mostly white, small, in cymes; 

 calyx 5-lobed; petals .5, broad and concave or convo- 

 lute at the base, with a small, broad or linear ligula at 

 the top; stamens shortly or scarcely joined at the base, 

 5 without anthers, petal-like, 5 perfect, short; ovary 

 sessile, ,5-celled; ovules 1-3 in each cell. Flora Austra- 

 liensis 1:237. 



A. Lrs. 1-3 in. lovf/. 



panndsa, R. Br. Eventually a shrub, several ft. high, 

 but flow^ering freely at a young age: lvs. scabrous-pu- 

 bescent above, densely velvety hirsute below, on older 

 plants ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, on young plants 

 broader and often 3-4-lobed ; cymes shortly peduncu- 

 late: fls. white. B.M. 2191. -The plant offered in Calif, 

 as Pomaderris apetala is said to belong here. 

 AA. Lvs. iisuaUy less than 1 in. lonq. 



parviildra, Endl. A low shrub, with branches K-IM 

 ft. long, ascending or prostrate: lvs. ovate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, deeply crenate, mostly lobed; fls. pink- 

 ish, in shortly pedunculate cymes. p -^ Barclay 



ElIMEX (the Latin name). Polugon&cea. Dock. 

 SoKREL. Plerlis, mostly perennial, with strong roots, of 

 more than 100 species in many parts of the world. Most 



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of the species are weedy plants, but some of them afford 

 leaves for "greens " and others are useful for ornament. 

 All are of the easiest culture. Prop, mostly by seeds. 



