The American garden (1873) (17961423888)

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Title: The American garden
Identifier: americangarden121891broo (find matches)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
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Subjects: Horticulture; Gardening
Publisher: Brooklyn, N. Y. : (s. n. )
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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MEXICAN JUMPING BEANS. There is, therefore, good evidence that the insect caus ing the motions of the bean developes in the cap: of at least two different species of the genus sebast if not in those of other clcsely allied genera. The differ not only in the general appearance and fol but in the inflorescence and seed, and the foil 553 some 40 species, confined mostly to South America ; mostly shrubs, rarely herbs ; leaves alternate, en- re o r slightly toothed ; flowers onoecious, the male flowers form- g slender terminal spikes, at the ase of which are usually two or three female flowers ; female flow- ers with small bract-like calyx, three to five parted ; fruit capsule, lobular or three-lobed; the capsule eparates in age into three cocci, ach of which contains one seed. Sehastiania bilocularis, Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. XX, 374, 1885). shrub one to two feet high with pright, slender branches, glabrous
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The Plant of the , Twig of Sehastiania Palmeri. b, Seed, enlarged, c. Seed, natural size bract of .S. Pringlei, enlarged, g. Leaf and staniinate bract, natural size. Mexican Jumping Bean." d, Ovary with style. e, Involucre. /, Staniinate synopsis, prepared by Mr. Rose, will serve to distinguish those here considered : Sebastiania. a large genus of euphorbiaceae. of and with light gray bark; leaves linear-oblong or nar- rowly lanceolate, one to two inches long, obtuse to acum- inate, abruptly cuneate at base,obscurely glandular-

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