Botanical Magazine 106 - 1880.pdf - hibiscus.org

TAB. 6509.
EPIMEDIÜM PERIULDERIANCM.
Native of Algeria.
Nat. Oril. BERBERIDE.E.•Tribe BERBèRES.
Genus EPIMEDIüM, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 44.)
EPIMEDIüM Perralderianum; sparse patentim pilosa, fol i is 3-folioIaKs, foliolis
coriaceis perennantibus cordato-ovatis acutis ciliato-dentatis, sinu elongit>
angusto, auriculis rotundatis, pedúnculo radicali petiolo ae^uilongo, raoemo
multifloro glanduloso-piloso, pedieellis gracilibus horizontaliter pitentibus,
floribus aureis, sepalis extimis minutis oblongis obtusis caducis, intimis fere
orbicularibus horizontalibus late irabricatis, pettiorura lamina erecta inirgine
dentata, calcare incurva robusta obtusa laminae aîçruilonga, staminibus petalis
triplo longioribus flavis.
E. Perralderianum, Cosson in Kralik PL Alger. Sel. exsicc. No. 100, et in Bull.
Soc. Bot. France, vol. ix. p. 167 (1867) ; Baker in Gard. Chron. 1880, p. 683.
This is the African representative of the Persian and
Caucasian Epimedium pinnatum, tab. 4 £56, from which it
is distinguished by its leaves being invariably only tri-folio-
late, and by its much more strongly ciliate-toothed leaflets,
which are perennial, and when young of a beautiful bronze-
colour shot with green. In the form and colouring of the
sepals and petals these two species are so alike that they can
hardly be ranked higher than geographical forms, and it is
far from improbable that specimens connecting them will be
found in Southern Europe, if not in Africa. The texture of
the leaves is so firm that even in this climate they persist
during the winter.
Epimedium Perralderianum is a native of the moun-
tain-woods of Babor, Foughell and Tababor in Eastern
Khabylie, at elevations of 3000 to 5000 feet, whence it was
introduced into cultivation by Dr. Cosson. The plants
from which our figure is taken are perfectly hardy in Kew,
and were presented by Dr. Reichenbach.
AUGUST 1ST, 1880.