. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 442. Chorizema ilicifolium. (.X%.) A. Pedicels nearly as long as the spreading from near the base. pomeridiltnuin, Kunth. Soap-plant. Amole. Stem reaching 3 ft., many-branched, from a very large bulb: fls. small (1 in. or less long) and star-like, numerous, white, with purple veins, on spreading pedicels,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 442. Chorizema ilicifolium. (.X%.) A. Pedicels nearly as long as the spreading from near the base. pomeridiltnuin, Kunth. Soap-plant. Amole. Stem reaching 3 ft., many-branched, from a very large bulb: fls. small (1 in. or less long) and star-like, numerous, white, with purple veins, on spreading pedicels, opening in the afternoon. —Bulb used by Indians and Mexicans for soap-making. AA. Pedicels very short: segments spreading from above the base. parvlflbrum, Wats. Bulb small (1 in. in diam.): stem 1-3 ft., slender - branched: Ivs. narrow and grass-like: fls. pinkish,}^in. long: ovary broad and acute. angustifdlium, Kellogg. Low, about 1 ft. Resembles the last, but fls. white and green-lined and somewhat larger, the ovary acute above. L. H. B. CHLOEOPHfTUM (name means, in Greek, green plant). Jjilidcece. Very closely allied to Antheri- cum, but differing in the thickened filaments of the stamens and the 3-angled or 3-winged capsule ; inflorescence often denser; Ivs. broader, often oblanceolate and petiolate: seed disk- like. About 40 species, in Asia, Africa, and S. Amer. Consult Anthericum and Paradisea. elitiun, (Anthericum ,mttd,tum,pic- tiirittim,Williamsii,Sort.), Root fleshy and white: Ivs. freely produced from the crown, often 1 in. wide, flattish and bright green, or in the garden varieties with white lines along the margins, and often (var. picttiratum) also with a yellow band down the center : scape terete and glabrous, 2-3 ft. high, branched : fls. white, %m. long, with revolute, oblanceolate segments, which are ob- scurely 3-nerved on the back. S. Africa. 21: 2240-1. —A valuable and common plant for vases and pots, and sometimes used in summe
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