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SCHIZANTHUS 



SCHIZONOTUS 



by height of stem and enlor markings of the fls. 

 Typicaliy 2 ft. high : Ivs. I-i^-pinnatisect; the segments 

 entire, dentate <n' ini-isely ['iiinatilid : tis. varying iu 

 depth of color, tin- I'.wer lip usually violet or hlae ; lln- 

 upper paler, its middle section with a 

 velluw blotch at its base and spotted 

 with purple or violet. B.M. 2-404, 2r)21 

 6'. porri<iens). B.R. 9:725; 18: 

 ir)f)2 (as var. hi(/}iilis] .—Var. nana, 

 Hort., is somewhat lowi-r - growiii:,^ 

 Vav 



2267. Schizanthus pinnatus (X M). 



niveus, llnrr., 

 has ]iurr white lis. 

 Var. oculatus. Hi>rl.. 

 has a [Mii-piish black 

 1» I <") t (■ li surrnundrd 

 with vrllow at I he 

 t.asL-. .'.f the middle 

 sp'j.iuriit nil rhe u|tper 

 lip or wit!) the typical 

 yellow ]Mirtion dotted 

 with small dark pur- 

 ple spots. B.H. 1802: 

 451. Var. papilio- 

 naceus, Hort., has a 

 central coloring 

 somewhat as var. 

 o ulat u s, with the 

 general color of the 

 dower marbled in 

 various shades. Var. 

 tigridioides, Hort., is 

 also cultivated. 



F.W. Barclay 



schizocOdon 



(Greek, cut hell ; re- 

 ferring to the fringed 

 corolla). Diaptnsi- 

 dcece. Sch Izocodon 

 soldanelloides is a 

 pretty alpine plant 

 from Japan with 

 rosy flowers fringed 

 like the well-known 

 Soldanetlas of the 

 Alps. It may be readily distinguished from .Soldanella 

 (which is a memVjer of the primrose family) by the 

 leaves being toothed, and the stamens 4 instead of 5. 

 The name "Fringed Soldanella" has been proposed for 

 Schizocodon, but all Soldanellas are fringed. "Fringed 

 Galax" would be better, as Galax is the nearest relative, 

 Schizocodon being, iu fact, the Japane.se representative 

 of tlie American Galax. The leaves of Schizocodon are 

 sometimes more or less bronzy, like those of Galax, but 

 their form is not so pleasing. The plant is only a few 

 inches high, and the tls. are borne to the number of 4-6 

 on a scape. The scapes are numerous and the fls. about 

 1 ill. across. Since ^x'J^2 this plaut has excited an amount 

 of intrrest comparable to that caused by the introduc- 

 tion of Shortia, in bS8!-"l. 



Si'iiizocodou is distinguished from alli'-d genera by 

 the following characters: corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, 

 the lobes fimbriate; stamens alfixed between the lobes 

 of the corolla, and separate from the staminodes, which 

 are long a.nd linear. Other characters: ovary Odoculed: 

 capsule globose, Ti-eornered, loculicidally ii-valved: seeds 

 nuTueroiis. 



soldanelloides, Sieb. & Zucc. Fringed (talax. Fig. 

 22r)S. Hardy, tutted, alpine plant a few in. higii: Ivs. 

 leathory. evergreen, long-stalked, the blade roundish, 

 wedu'c- shaped or subcordate at the biise, coarsely 

 tootlied, the teeth :i[)iculate: ds. nodding; sepals 5, 

 oblong, ol.tuse; corolla dpe|i rose iu renter iiassiii;^' into 

 blush or wliite ;,l the I'dLfes: stainiviod.^s linear. Japan. 

 B.M. 7:iU.i. Gn. 44;1»:;L (t.C. Ii[. l:i:4i:.. li.M. ;ii;:2<i(i. 

 J.H. III. .34:32;"{. V. Jii ; no. -This is probahly the oidv 

 species in the genns. as ,s'. ii )ufhn^Hs is Shortia and N. 

 ifieito/iiis is tboii^-)it to I.e a. variety of SrJrizoco(]o)i. 

 sn]j],!,nlloi,h's, wiilj more variable Ivs. and lis. raiiging 

 from rrd to white DlVered l.y manv Enro|ieau dealers, 

 and liy one or two Americans ^ little known here. 



W. M. 



SCHIZOLOBIUM (({reek, to chave and hull; alluding 

 to the manner of dehiscence). Legnttihiosii'. About 2 

 species of South American trees, with large bipiiinate 

 leaves, with numerous small leaflets, and Hs. in axillary 

 racemes or terminal panicles. Calyx olilitiuely turbi- 

 nate; segments imbricated, rdiexed; petals 5, clawed, 

 ovate or roundish, imbricated ; stamens 10, free; fila- 

 ments somewhat scabrous at the base: ovar}'" adnate to 

 the tube of the calj'x: pod 1-seeded. The following has 

 been introduced into S. Calif, by Franceschi, who writes 

 that it has not yet proved a success. 



excelsum, yr><^. A large Brazilian tree, with fern-like 

 Idpiniuite leaves a])out 4S2 ft. long, with the ultimate 

 Ifts. about IK in. long: tls. yellow, in large panicles. 

 R.H. 1874, p. n:!. F. -^^_ Barclav. 



SCHIZON'OTUS(tireek,.^c/;/,;,Mospiit, and H<-V.i.s,l.ack: 

 the capsules were thought to split on the back, which, 

 however, is not the case). Jiosdeeie (Syn. Holodiscux). 

 The name Molodiscus (meaning an entire disk) may be 

 recommended for this genus instead of iScli iisonoftis, to 

 avoid confusion, since the latter name has been used for 

 two other genera. Ornamental free-fiowerin.^' deciduous 

 shrub, with alternate, pinnately lol>ed, 'jU'' '"h'd Ivs. and 

 small, whitish tls. iu ample showy panicles: fruit insig- 

 nificant. Very graceful plants, with their drooping 

 feathery panicles of creamy white fls., and well adapted 

 for borders of shrubberies or for single specimens on 

 the lawn, but not quite hardy nox'th. They grow in al- 

 most any well drained soil, and do best in a sunny posi- 

 tion. Prop, by seeds usually sown in boxes in fall and 

 only slightly covered with soil, or by layers; sometimes 

 also increased by greenwood cuttings under glass taken 

 with a heel, but usually only a small percentage of 

 them take root. Two or perhaps only one species from 

 Oregon to Columbia. L vs. without stipules: calyx 5- 

 cleft, almost rotate; petals 5; stamens about 20: 

 ovaries 5, surrounded by an entire disk, developing into 

 5 distinct pubescent 1-seeded akenes. Formerly usually 

 referred to Spirpea, but it shows closer affinity to Cer- 

 cocarpns and other genera of the Potentille^e group. If 

 all forms of this genus are united in one species it must 

 bear the name Schizovotus a rgente }(."<, Kuntze. By 

 some the genus is still retained with Spira"'a. 



2268. Schizocodon soldanelloides ( X '-1. 



discolor, Rixf.{ITo/.>disrusd/sro]or. Maxim.). Fig. 22(.;9. 

 Shrub, 20 ft., hardy with protection in Mass. : Ivs. ovate 

 or oblong, truncate or narrowed at the base, pinnately 

 lobed, usually glabrous above, pubescent or tomentose 

 beneath, ^-3 in. long: fls. creamy white, small, in 

 ample panicles. July. Orei^^on to Gnat em., east to 

 Colo. Gn. 45, p. 5(.i; '47, p. 188; 49, p. 104; 50, p. 278. 



