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SCHINUS 



SCHISMATOGLOTTIS 



vian name of S. Molle. and uot, as sometimes supposed, 

 Latin molle, soft, whicli would not ije applicable in this 

 case. 



M611e, Linn. Peruvian Mastic-tkee. Califoknian 

 Pepper-tree. Figs. 2'J(J.5, 22GLi. EvernTeen tree, 20 ft. 

 and more, with rounded outline and graceful, pendulous 

 branchlets when not trimmed: Ivs. 9 in. or more long, 

 glabrous, of nuiny alternate, linear-lanceolate Ifts. IH- 

 2 in. long: Hs. in conical panicles, yellowish white; 

 ripe fruits the size of peppercorns (whence the popular, 

 but misleading, Calif ornian name), of a beautiful rose- 

 color. Peru. G.F. 8:50.'-). R.H. 1889, p. 225. G.C. IIL 

 17:588, 589. Gn.25, p. 418. B.M. '!:i:!9.-In southern and 

 middle California more e.xtensiv.-ly cultivated than any 

 other ornamental tree e.xcept. jn'rliaps, the Blue Gum 

 (Euealijptiis (ilohiiliis), anil thriving best in the warm 

 interior vallevs, though hardy on the coast at San Fra)i- 



INliEX. 

 (S. L. refers to suiJijlciiient:iry list.) 



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lawn and avi 



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suiti-d, Ill-ill g 

 too low. J/"/ 

 Tourlii-fiirl, 1 

 Schiim> liy 1 



terebinthiJf 1 

 Hs. and Iv.. 

 sinui'what ^e 

 with in r-nlt. 

 in San Fr;nii 



dependens, 

 DC.), i^ a si 



tree; often planted 



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or less 

 lung, nl.l 



lung, liri 

 cenii's al 

 ern S. Anint 

 19:157:1 I /'. 

 geinis l)u\-; 

 bv its siin] 



[ling liranclii's : hs. ^;,-l in. 

 ir iilMiv:itr: Hs. yellow, 1 line 



ll in great nunihers in ra- 

 is long as the leaves. West- 



H..M. 74lMi. B.R. 19:1568 {Iluruiia 



— Z= -i 



2265 Schmus Molle the Ca 



rn a tepper tree 



',h- 



genus 



it Srhinus 



It,,): 

 ■9:.59 (J». loiiflilnlia).- The 

 w:is distinguished from Sdiinus chieHy 

 foliage, liut it is now considered a snb- 



.Jns. BuKTT Davy. 



Srhi}ius Mollis is everywhere present in southern 

 California, where it attains a height of 50 ft. and sows 

 itself. It was a great thing for this region in years past 

 before the water systems liad readied their present efll- 

 ciency. Now the pnor Peiipi-r-trce is umler a bau, and 

 justly so. Next to an nleamier Ihe black scale loves a 

 l'c|ilier-tree. Heui'e the Pepper-trees, being large and 

 numerous, have lieen indireclly a serious menace to the 

 orchards of citrous fruits. Thousands of old trees, 2-3 

 ft. in diameter, have been cut during the past year be- 

 cause of their proximity to orange orchards. At least 

 one nurseryman has actually refused to sell Pepper- 

 trees to people who ordered them. Los Angeles boasts 

 some magniticent avenues of them. *!<. ft^rehinthifolius 

 is but little known in this region, the tallest tree being 

 only 15 ft. as yet. but it is likely to be extensively 

 plalited in the near future. Ernest Braunton. " 



SCHISMATOGLOTTIS (Greek, foHi/if/ tongue: refer- 

 ring to the fact that the limlj of the spathe soon falls 

 off). Ai-ncrn-. The plants which hear this uncomfor- 

 table name are amongst the finest variegated foliage 

 lilants in the Arum family, and hardly if at all inferior 

 in lieanty and ease of i-iilture to the popular DietTen- 

 bachias, wliii-li they closily resemble. They are tender 



plants itsed for the ih ratinn nf warm conservatories, 



but they have been sie-ressfuUy grown by skilled ama- 

 teurs in living hniises, where a day temperature of 70^ 

 could lie maintained thrniigliout the winter. The genus 

 cont;iiiis idiiiiit 15 s]ieeies. mostly natives of the jMalay 

 Archipidago. Till y have stiiloniferous rhizomes and the 

 caudex lies en tin- gniuiid. The leaves are large, ovate 

 or lani-eolale, lianded nr lilnti'hed Avith wdlite or pale 

 yellow. Tlie liriglitness of tlie nilors in variegated 

 plants largely ile|ieiiils npim nilture, Fls. unisexual; 

 fertile n>ales wiili 2-: slmrt sl:iiiiens, truncate at the 

 apex; sterile males Willi staminodes destitute of pollen: 

 female Hs. with 2-1 jiisiils: ovary 1-loculed; oviiles ana- 

 tropous : berries oblnng, green, yellowish or scarlet. 

 Engler in DC. Monog. Plianer. vol. 2, 1879. For culture, 

 see f>it'ffi'iiliiirliiii. .See also Pliilodinidru,, , to which the 

 genus is somewlitit closel}- allied. 



A. Lva. Jiniri'uhifi— ohloiiij, ?a/.se not 

 lu'iirt-.ihai:r,l. 



B. Pi-tioli' lousier tlniii Ijliiih: I. Lavallesi 



BB. Peliol.' xliorirr thil II tilmlc 2. variegata 



AA. Lv«. •iriil,', liiis,- liiilil-sli,ipi-il. 

 B. Foliiiijr tin nihil irilli irlilli'. 



c. Pi't inle iitiiiiil IIS linn/ IIS t'liiOi'.M. crispata 



V,'. Prtioti- tirirr iis Inii'iliis til ilili- . .i. picta 

 BB. Foliillli- lilolrliril iriit'i irlliti'. 



c. i)fnrr ijririi tlinii irliite 5. Neoguineensis 



CO. lliire irlii/i- lliiin i/rccn C. pulchra 



1. LavAlleei, Linden. Lvs. lanceolate or lanceolate-ob- 

 long, rounded or narrowed at the liase but not cordate, 

 blotched with silvery white, some of the blotches much 

 larger than others ; ]ietiiile 0-8 in. long; blade 5-7 x 

 l%-2iim.; sheath reildisli. .Mahiya. l.H. 28:418.- Var. 

 immaculata {vav. . Lnnshirijiinin , Linden) differs in 

 having purple sheaths and leaf-stalks, and foliage green 

 above, dark wiue-puride below. V:ir. purpurea is a 

 Snmatran form with folitige blotched gray aliove and 

 dark wine-purple beneath. 



2. variegata, Hook. Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, obtuse 

 or rounded at the b;ise, Imig - eiis]ijdate at apex, dark 

 ereen above, nnirked wliilisli along the midrib; petiole 

 :;-4 in. long nr less than ball' the lentr/h of the blade. 

 Borneo. This has been confuseil in the trade with A'. 

 Xeoguiiu'i' lists. 



3. crispata, Hook. Lvs. 5-7 in. Inug. leathery, ovate- 

 cordate, with rounded basal lobes, dull green above with 

 2 whitish, irregular, marly |i:irallel bands extending 

 from base to apex and about li;ilf-way between midrib 

 and margin. Borneo. B.IM. 0570. 



4. picta, Sell. lit. Lvs. ovale-eor.hite. the basal lobes 

 short, but the sinus deeji, dark green aljove, marked 

 with hicerafeil ghiurous s|iots at "the middle, on each 

 side of the midrib ami between the nerves; petiole 8-16 

 in. li;ing: lihide 0-7 in. long. .lava. 



5. STeoguineensis, N. E. Br. ( S. vdricinifn, Hurt., not 

 I-Iook.). Lvs. ovate-cordate, bright green, irregularly 

 blotcheil with p,'ile yellowish green, the total mass of 

 green being greater than the variegation; petiole 9-12 

 in. long; hbule S-9 x 5-5'' i in. New C\iitu>a. l.H. 

 27:.180 a.s Citorii s in jYi'mjii i iirrnsis , U\v. variegation be- 

 ing a. bright criaiiny white. 



0. pulchra, N. E. Br. {S. ili'nmi. Bull.). Lvs. ovate, 

 obliipiidy cordate, irregularly blotclied with silvery 



