XERANTHEMUM 



bnshy habit, with somewhat sniallfr hr.-uN. 

 Hurt., is a trade name for mixed variftirs. 



A", inapicnitii. Mill. (X. erectum, Presl.) has w 

 which the scales are little or not .'it all upcu or ^ 

 Eu. to S. W. Asia. 



XEROl'HYLLUM 



1997 



/.. 



lute he:i>N ■ 



preadin;,' : 



L. H. F>. 



sfa> 



<!'■>/ I. a 

 L'.eard ( 



0. LiJ!i}r 



'f our cast 



XEKOPHYLL0M (Gret-l^ 

 KEV-< Keaki>. The Turkey 

 is a -strong pereuuiaL ht-rl>, 

 3 or -t ft. high, resembling 

 the asphodel. It has a 

 dense tuft of numerous 

 long, wiry leaves from tlie 

 center of which springs a 

 stately shaft sometinit-s r> 

 ft. high, with an oval or 

 obh'ing raceme iu. Ioiilt, 

 c ro wd etl with y e 1 1 owi ^ 1 1 

 white (1- parted tiv., each 

 ^4 in. across. It !)looms 

 from May to July, tls. with 

 delicate frat::raiu'e lastiug a 

 k-ing time. It is a hand- 

 somer phmt than the as- 

 phodel, but. like many 

 other native plants, it-v 

 beauty was tirst appreci- 

 ated in England and it has 

 only lately found favor in 

 American gardens. A'. 

 set i fol i II >», or a .-^ pit Oi7 e ] oi d t s 

 as it is known to the trade, 

 is considered one of the 

 choicest plants for English 

 bog gardens. The posses- 

 sion of several large clumps 

 is especially to be desired. 

 as each plant flowers so 

 freely that it requires a 

 year or two to recover. 

 Unfortunately the plant 

 does not seed freely and 

 propagation Viy division is 

 a slow process which must 

 be performed with great 

 care in the spring. It 

 needs a moist and some- 

 what shaded situation and 

 a peaty soil. The probaldl- 

 ity is that the Turkey's 

 Beard can be grown in any 

 sandy soil that has lieen 

 liberally enriched with 

 well-rotted leaf-muld in a 

 spot that is reasui:iaV.ly di\v 

 in winter. The species is 

 a native of the dry pine 

 barrens from southern N. 

 J. to eastern Tenn. and Ga. 

 The chief species of the 

 Pai.'ific coast. A", tenax. has 

 white and violet flowers, 

 the latter color supplied by 

 the stamens. Each region 

 should cultivate its own 

 species. The forms are 

 too much alike for the 

 same garden. A third spe- 

 cies, vl^. Voiiglfisii . is a rar<:^ 

 plant ranging from Mon- 

 tana to Oregon. It is dis- 

 tinguished by its 6-valved 

 capsule and is said to 

 be inferior as a garden plant to the oth 



Xerophyllums are tall perennial herbs with 

 thick, woody rootstocks, unbranched leafy 

 linear, rotigh-edged leaves, the upper 

 than the lower: fls. small, whit' 

 cenie, the lower fl 

 oblong or ovate, 



Tru 

 state> 



A. liiicine .-:-('■ 



setif61ium, Mich\. 

 27,VJ. A tall har.lv 

 Varies in height trc 

 reus, eastern U. S. 



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■IJIlK-lit.'^ 



S >ri,lc. 



Hi!.' 



\X. <f.y>hn<]<Io}(],,.^, Xtltt.). 



iMT.nnial h<_-rb described t 



III I— 1 ft. Found in tlie ]>u\< 



B..AL ,48 and L.B.C. 4::;:)4 



.y>hn,hl.'l<]rs). Gno 



1:173. A.F. 



Fig. 

 bnve. 

 ■ bar- 



(bMlh 



J:17l. 



2759. Xerophyllum setifolium growine near the marein of a pond. 



ppcus. 



sb'Tt 



tems and 



ones shortir-r 



large, dense ra- 



, opening first; perianth-segments 



nerved, devoid of glands; stamens 



.38. p. 1.^ 



11. 



(•: ovary 3-grooved: styles ?,, reflexed or recurved: 

 capsule "loculicidally and sometimes also septicidally 

 dehiscent. Watson in Proc. Am. Acad. Arts. Sci. 14-:2&4. 



pryiantli-segmentfi scarcely 



lis: Jvs. iihout 2 lines wide: 



stl/i 1-2 in. long . 



t^nax, Nutt. Distin;mished from eastern species by 



characters indicated above. Ranges from Calif, to Brit. 



Cul. and varies in height from *2-5 ft. June, July. B.R. 



19:1613 (erroneously as AT. setifohum). \y j\j;_ 



