. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 442. Chorizema ilicifolii (X .'a.) CHLOROGALUM A. Pedicels nearly as long as the fls.: segments spreading from near the base. pomeridiinum, Kunth. Soap-plant. Amole. Stem reaching 3 ft., many-branched, from a very lar
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 442. Chorizema ilicifolii (X .'a.) CHLOROGALUM A. Pedicels nearly as long as the fls.: segments spreading from near the base. pomeridiinum, Kunth. Soap-plant. Amole. Stem reaching 3 ft., many-branched, from a very large bulb: tis. 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 (fbore the base. parvifldrum, Wats. Bulb small (1 in. in diam.): stem 1-3 ft., slender-branched: Ivs. narrow and grass-like: fls. pinkish, J4in. long: ovary broad aud acute. angiistifdlium, Kellogg. Low, about 1 ft. Resembles the last, but lis. white and green-lined and somewhat larger, the ovary acute ''bove. f^ H B. CHLOROPHtTUM (name means, in (treek, green pliiHt). Liliilceo!. Very closely allied to Antheri- cuni, but differing in the thickened lilaments of the stamens and the3-angled or 3-winged capsule ; inflorescence often denser; Ivs. broader, often oblanceolate and petiolate: seed disk- like. About 40 specips, in Asi;i. Africa, and S. Amer. Consu]t AnthericttiH and /''iI'nli^ea. Br. (Aiitlh ri'iim niriegAtum,vittAtum,pic- tiirtttuin, Witliamsli, Hort.). Root fleshy and white: ivs. freely produced from the crown, often 1 in. wide, tiuttish and bright green, or in the garden varieties witli white lines along the margins, and often (var. pirturatnm ) also with a yellow band down the center ; scape terete and glabrous, 2-3 ft. high, branched : fls. white, yim. long, with revolute, oblanceolate segments, which are ob- scure
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