TRCEOLIXA 



URSINIA 



1S85 



AA. ris 



pendula, Herli. ( IS 

 tbroui^ti; Ivs. 1-2 to u ^triu pr 

 lon^, acuti'. 1 ft. lono- ity 4-5 jn 

 loiiff: tU. 4-1;, bright yrllc.wti] 

 of Pent 



Liil.U. 



BuUi aljcjut V.J in. 

 urril after the lis., olj- 

 foaii : .scape about 1 ft. 

 ■il with green. AikU's 



B.il. rMU. G.C. III. 1l::211. 



F. W. BAl;rL.\Y and lidRERT Cajiekon. 



UE£RA (meaning not 

 18 species of slirubs a 

 native to troi>ieal rei4i<.iu 

 variotlsly etu. pahnatel}- 

 merons sni.all tls. l)orne 

 peatedlv forked. I) 



(1869).' Tile followini;- 1,; 



au ornamental Lireeiihotis 



ius). I'riir.teeir. About 

 I small In-es, rarely sulishrnbs, 

 IS. with alternate Ivs.. entire or 

 r pinnately ner\-ed, and nu- 

 eynies wdiicli are r.ft-oi re- 

 Prod. v,,l. k;, ),art 1. pp. s,s-;i8 

 boon offered in Anieriea as 

 hrnb. 



of flowers. The seeds 

 loelde I in the S.'.a ( I 

 and winded ; in ( )riiil bo^; 

 eonijo-essed or winded .and 

 few in each locale. I'ri^iie 

 bulbous planis natixc lo lb 



(■ally, the s) ics have na, 



low the rts., and raceuu'S 

 |iale y.dlow or rosy lis., eac 

 with i,'i-e(ni or purplish. Jl 

 Latin in Joui-n. Linn. ,Soi'. 

 llaker recognized a total 

 ( 'apeusis r,Ui]-2 ( bs:ii;-;)7) ] 

 South Africa alone. 



The iiulljs of Ur.^inea are : 

 the ^haliterranean region fi 

 tinues attain a nia.ximum we 



ach 

 sed 



not 



f Lri^inea are nunier' 

 01 Hi-lL'i, stroiiLrlv , 

 '^;abiiii and .Seilla II 

 ml in .-^cilla they are solitar\- or 

 iiiea is a Kenus id' 411 spicic's r,f 

 I he eastern hernisphei-e. 'i'\-]ii- 

 na.ii'ow or lorati- Ivs.whiidi "fol- 

 's of nuuK^i-ous ^vhilish, i-andy 

 each se;,'ment'd' which is kecdcd 

 ^■rai.hc,! by .1.(1. Jiaker in 



•2i 



1 187::i. 



■din 



■ rtl 



2622. At the left. Eucharis grandiflora ; next. Urceolina pendula ; at the right, the hybrid 

 Urceocharis Clibrani. A]l half size. 



alcesefdlia, Gaud. {Crfica CiAr<iriisaii<i , Jacq.). Tn.'^ 

 or shrub: Ivs. broadly ovate, acuminate, basal sinus 

 "wide and open, cren ate -dentate: fis. di(_fcious, in rei^u- 

 larly dichotomous cymes ; male cymea 4-6 times dichoto- 

 mous, stinfring or not, ro.^e-col.jred : female fls. many 

 times dichotomous. the fls. solitary or in 3's. Trop. 

 America. -^ ^j^ 



URGlNEA ffrom the name of an Arabian tribe in 

 Algeria). LiUactfie. The Sea ()ni(>n, known to drug 

 stores by the name of Squill, ant] to jt^ardensas Uvfiiuea 

 mantima, is a biilbousplantnative to the Mediterranean 

 region, which grows 2 or 3 ft. high and has a long ra- 

 ceme of small, whitish, 6-parted tlowers. The raceme is 

 often 1% ft. long and contains 50-100 or more fls. each 

 % in. across. It has the same style of beauty as Onii- 

 thogaJum p/jrfniiida/e but unfortunately it is only half- 

 hardy. As an ornamental plant it is little known in 

 America. The name seems not to appear in American 

 catalogues, but the Dutch bulb-growers offer the bulbs 

 in at least 5 sizes. A plant erroneously called Sea Onion 

 is OrnitlioqaJiim. caudatum. There is considerable dif- 

 ference of opinion as to when the Sea Onion blooms, 

 but the plant is generally considered an autumn bloomer, 

 and it is clear that the leaves appear after the flowers. 

 In England the plant Is said to have flowered as early 

 as July and August. Baker writes that the Its. appear 

 in winter. Some English cultivators say the Ivs. appear 

 as early as October and November; others say not until 

 spring. The plant grows near the seashore and inland, 

 in dry sandy places from the Canaries to Syria. It is 

 also found in South Africa, which is unusual, as the 

 North and South African species of any genus are not 

 usually identical. 



The proper name of the Sea Onion is ih-r/iripa Scilhi . 

 The plant is closely related to the genus Seilla, but in 

 the opinion of the undersigned it is much closer to Or- 

 nitbogalura, especially in habit, inflorescence and color 



i.l^llt "f ].J IHXIIM 



cnnta.in alHUit : 

 sugar and are used in Sicily 

 in the manufacture of whis- 

 key. Squills have emetic 

 and cathartic properties. 

 Syrup of squills is a popu- 

 lar croup medicine. The 

 bulb, as it aiij.ears in the 

 wholesale drug market, has 

 been deprived of its outer 

 scales and cut into thin 

 slices, the central portions 

 being rejected. 



Seilla, Steinh. {(^.nutrU 

 fiimi, Baker). Ska (")nhin. 

 S(^.riLL. Height l-:i ft.: 

 bulb 4-6 in. thick: Ivs. ap- 

 pearing after the fls., lance- 

 olate, somewhat fleshy and 

 glaucous, g]aljr<)us, 1-1 }-^ 

 ft. long, 2-4 in. wide above 

 jniddle : racemes 1-1 }<^ ft. 

 IiiUg. 1-Po in. wide, 50- 

 100-fld.: fls. 1. in. across, 

 whitish, with tin-' oblong 

 segments keele<l ^^TiMMiish 

 -e. purple. Autunui. Cana- 



ries to Syria, S. Africa. 

 B.M. 918 (as Orvithoijalum SqulUa). " -^-^ jj^ 



URStNIA (John Ursinus, of Regensburg, 1008-1666; 

 author of ''xVrboretum Biblicum"). C'omposifa'. Here 

 Iielongs the hard}' annual known, to the trade as .SpJioio- 

 'jH'ne spcciosa. It grows about a foot high, has hnely 

 cut foliage and yellow or orange flower-heads P-j-:i in. 

 across. The heads have about 22 rays. Both yelKnv and 

 orange-colored flowers are sometimes found on the same 

 plant. When well managed it blooms all summer. It is 

 supposed to be a native of the Cape. It has been in 

 cultivation since 1836 but was not correctly described 

 until 1887. It is much praised by connoisseurs, though 

 it is not known to the general public. It seems to have 

 enjoyed a longer continuous period of cultivation than 

 many other showy composites, in which the Cajie is 

 wonderfully rich, particularly in subshrubb}- kinds. In 

 Flora Capensis, vol. 3 (1864-65), Sphenogyne and 

 Ursinia are treated as separate genera, the dislinctions 

 being as follows: the akene is cylindrical in Spljeno- 

 gyne, but obovate or pear-shaped in Ursinia, distinctly 

 tapering to the base: the pappus is uniseriate in the 

 former, biseriate in the latter, the inner series consist- 

 ing of 5 slender white bristles. In the course of time 

 these distinctions have been dropped and Sphenogyne 

 included in Ursinia. 



Ursinia is a genus of about 60 species, all native to 

 S. Africa. r)ne species, V. (oniiia, is also found in 

 Abyssinia. The species are annuals, pprennials or sub- 

 shrubs : Ivs. alternate, serrate, pinnatifld or usually 

 pinnatisect: rays the same color on both sides or ]nir- 

 plish brown beneath : involucre hemispherical or 

 broadly campanulate: akenes often 10-ribbed. For fur- 

 ther particulars, see Flora Capensis, vol. 3. There are 

 said to be many other desirable species besides the fol- 

 lowing: 



pulchra, N. E. Br. (Splioioimne ^pecioso, Knowles 

 <fc Westc). Annual, 1-2 ft. high, with Ivs. bipinnately 



