STAUNTONIA 



BABBEBBY OBDEB 



AKBBIA 179 



(rarely 8) in two series, opposite the petals, hypogynous, free or sometimes 

 monadelphous in male flowers. Carpel solitary, free, 1-celled. Fruit a 

 capsule or berry. 



LARDIZABALA.— A small genus of 

 climbing shrubs with twice or thrice ter- 

 nate leaves, having entire or sinuate- 

 toothed leaflets. Flowers dioecious, violet 

 or dull purple, borne on axillary peduncles, 

 the male flowers in racemes, the female 

 ones solitary. Sepals 6, fleshy. Petals 6, 

 much smaller. Stamens in the male 

 flowers 6, united in one bundle (monadel- 

 phous), and eijual in number, but sterile 

 in the female flowers. Carpels 3. Fruit 

 an elongated oblong berry with numerous 

 more or less kidney-shaped seeds. 



L. biternata. — A handsome Chilian 

 ■climber with twice ternate, deep glossy, 

 evergreen leaves, composed of oblong 

 acute leaflets. The small purple flowers 

 appear late in the year but only in very 

 favourable parts of the kingdom. 



Culture amd PropagaUon. — This is 

 a useful climber for covering walls, over 

 which it extends its branches often to a 

 length of 20 ft. or more, and covers the 

 surface with its distinct glossy foliage. 

 It is hardy enough on a south wall in the 

 neighbourhood of London, but becomes 

 more luxuriant in growth in more south- 

 ern and western parts. A compost of 

 rich and light sandy loam and peat, 

 thoroughly well drained, suits it best. 

 New plants may be obtained by inserting 

 cuttings of the more or less ripened shoots 

 during the sumraer months in light sandy 

 soil under glass. 



STAUNTONIA.— A small genus of 

 climbing shrubs having digitate leaves 

 composed of 3-7 leaflets. Flowers monce- 

 cious, borne in axillary racemes. Sepals 

 6, petal- like, the outer ones broader than 

 the inner. Petals none. Stamens in the 

 male flowers 6, united in one bundle 

 (monadelphous), equal in mmiber in the 

 female flowers, but sterile. Carpels 3. 

 Fruit a roundish berry. 



S. hexaphylla. — An ornamental ever- 

 green climber, native of China and Japan, 

 with pinnate leaves composed of 6 deep 

 green elliptic ovate-acute leaflets. Its 

 small whitish and sweet-scented flowers 

 are produced in early summer. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species is fairly hardy in the neighbour- 

 hood of London when grown in sheltered 



spots on a south wall. It, however, prefers 

 the more genial climate of the south and 

 west, and may be used in the same way 

 as the Lar&hzahala for covering walls. 

 It thrives in a rich and well-drained sandy 

 loam or any good garden soil, and may be 

 increased by cuttings of the more or less 

 ripened shoots inserted in sandy soil 

 under glass. In autumn any old or use- 

 less shoots should be cut away, leaving the 

 younger branches. 



HOLBCELLIA. — A small genus of 

 climbing shrubs closely related to Stattn- 

 tonia, and differing from that genus 

 chiefly in the purple or greenish flowers 

 having 6 minute petals instead of none, 

 and 6 free instead of united stamens. 



H. latifolia. — This beautiful climbing 

 evergreen is a native of the Himalayas 

 and was once known as Stauntonia lati- 

 foUa, a name under which it is still some- 

 times better known. Its stems reach a 

 length of about 20 ft. and are covered 

 with deep shining green leaves divided 

 into 3 or 5 oblong leathery leaflets. In 

 favourable parts of the country, the small 

 greenish-purple flowers are produced in 

 axillary clusters in early summer, and are 

 sweetly fragrant. The variety called 

 angustifolia is rarely seen, and differs 

 from the type chiefly in having the leaves 

 composed of from 7 to 9 linear lance- 

 shaped leaflets. 



Culture am,A Propagation. — This plant 

 requires to be grown under the same con- 

 ditions as Stauntonia hexaphylla de- 

 scribed above. It likes similar soil and 

 situations, and may be increased from 

 cuttings of the ripened or half-ripened 

 shoots in the same way. 



AKEBIA. — A small genus of climbing 

 shrubs with digitate leaves composed of 

 3-5 leaflets. Flowers monoecious, violet, 

 borne in few-flowered axillary racemes. 

 Sepals 3. Petals none. Stamens 6, free 

 in the male flowers ; in the female flowers 

 6-9, sterile. Carpels 3-9, with a peltate 

 stigma. Fruit an oblong - cylindrical 

 berry. 



A. quinata. — A pretty climber 6-10 ft. 

 high, native of China and Japan, with 

 digitate leaves composed of 5 oblong 



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