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AMPELOPSIS 



aconitifdlia, Bunge. (A. qitinquefdlia, var. aconiti folia, 

 Hort.). Lvs. 3- or 5-cleft, the middle lobe often pin- 

 nately lobed. shining and nearly glabrous beneath: ber- 

 ries small, yellow. N.China. Var. dissficta, Koehne (A. 

 dis secta f Cavr. A. afflnis, var. dissecia, liort.). Lvs. 

 5-part.ed, the middle or the three inner lobes pinnatifid. 

 R.H. 1883, p. 318. Gn. 5, p. 523. -Graceful climber for 

 trellis work. 



pelopsis 

 tricuspidata. 



serjaniaeidlia, Bunge. Roots tuberous : lvs.3-5-parted 

 or digitate, chartaceous, shining and dark green above, 

 the divisions pinnate, with winged rachis, the pinnffi 

 separate from the wings : berry small, blue, punctate. 

 Jap., N. China. Gt. 16: 531. R.H. 1870, p. 17. 



BBB. Za^s, hiphinate, leaflets distincHy stalked. 



arbdrea, Koehne ( Iritis bipinn^ta, Torr. & Gr. Ciaanii 

 stdns, Pers.). St. erect or somewhat climbing: pinn» 

 and leaflets usually 5 ; leaflets ovate or cuneate-obovate, 

 coarsely toothed, K-lM in. long : berries dark purple. 

 S. states, Mex. 



A. bipinnata, Miehs.=A. arborea. — A. brevipedunculata, 

 Koehne=A. heterophylla. var.— -4. citruUoldes, Hort.=hetero- 

 phylla. — A. Davidiana. Mottet=Vitis Pagnueci. — A. dissecta, 

 Hort.=A. acouitifolia, var. dissecta. — A. kederacea, DC=A. 

 quinquefolia— A. Aerferrtcea, Hort.=A. qin]ii|iutn!i,i \,ir mure- 

 rum.— A.fldffffi.Hort. =A. tricuspidata.—- 1 /'?/;;/"/'/"/"', Kunge. 

 ^A. heterophylla var. — A.inconstaits, ]\Ii'i .1 trii iispid.'tta. — 

 A.Japonica.'H.ort.^A. tricuspidata. — ..1. Im-iiUt^ <'ini ^A. aeo- 

 nitifolia. — A.napiformis, Carr.==A.serjauia?folia. — A.orieiitdlis^ 

 Planch, Allied to A. arborea. Petioles longer; lvs. ovate-ellip- 

 tic, quite glabrous: petals and stamens 4. Orient. — A.R6ylei, 

 Hort.=A. quinquefolia. var. latifoliaor A. tricuspidata. — A.ru- 

 fertcaiih's, Carr.=A. aconitifolia. — A. sempervirens, Hort.= 

 sus striata. — A.Si^boldi, Hort.=A. heterophylla. i 

 A. tripartita, Carr.=A. aconitifolia. — A. trilobdta, Carr.=A. 

 aconitifolia. — A.tuberdsa, Carr.^A. serjaniffifolia.— A. VHtchi. 

 Hort.^A. tricuspidata.— A. Virjji/udrta, Hort.=A.quiuquefolin. 

 Alfred Rehder. 



AMPELOVlTIS. See Vitis. 



AMPHICARF.S;A (Greek, alluding to the two kinds 

 of fruits). Lefjitmindsce. A half-dozen little herbaceous 

 vines of E. Amer. and Himalayas, bearing subterranean 

 cleistogamous fls.: lvs. pinnate, of 3 leaflets: fls. small, 

 purplish. Two common species are A, monoiea, Nutt., 

 and A. Pitcheri, Torr. & Gray (also known as Falcata 

 comosa and F. Pitcheri). Not known to be in cult. 



AMFHIGOME {aniphi, both, and home, hair ; the seeds 

 havingatuftof hair at both ends), Bignonidcew. Green- 

 house herbaceous rockery plants from the Himalayas, 

 with larsre, rosy, funnel-shaped, 5-lobed fls. 



A.argitta, Royle. Height 3 ft.: leaflets in 3-4 pairs, sessile, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, deeply serrate : fls. in terminal racemes, 

 fewer than in the next ; corolla tube not orange-colored ; calyx 

 lobes long, awl-shaped. P.M. 6:79.— A. JEmbdi, Royle. Height 

 lH"3 ft. : leaflets in 5-7 pairs, cordate-ovate, obtuse, shortly 

 petiolulate, margin ci'enate-lobate : fls. at first corymbose ; co- 

 rolla tube and throat orange ; calyx lobes short, thick, fleshy. 

 B.M.4890. Gn. 8, p. 25. Gn. 38, p. 458. F.S. 11:1109. 



ANACARDIUM 



AMSdNIA (named for Charles Amson). Called also 

 A}itio}iio. Apocf/n(ici'(e. Tough-barked perennial herbs 

 of eastern N. Amer. and Jap., with terminal panicles of 

 blue or bluish narrow-limbed small fls. in May and June, 

 the inside of the corolla tube bearing reflexed hairs. 

 Grown in the hardy border, mostly with shrubbery. 

 Prop, mostly by dividing the clumps ; also by seeds 

 and by cuttings in summer. 



Tabemaemont^na, Walter {A. latifolia, Michx. A.sa- 

 licifdlia, Pursh. Taberna'tnontdna Amsdnia^ Linn.). 

 Glabrous or nearly so, 2-'A ft. : lvs. willow-like, ovate to 

 lanceolate, acuminate, alternate, short-petioled : fls. 

 many, with lanceolate spreading lobes, succeeded by 

 slender, milkweed-like follicles or pods 2-H in. long. 

 Holds its foliage late. N.C. to Tex, B.M. 1873. L.B.C. 

 592. B.R. 151. G.W.F. 48. 



angTistifdlia, Michx. {A. cilidta, Walt.). Villous when 

 young, the stem 1-3 ft. : lvs. linear to lance-linear, an 

 inch ortwo long, much crowded, margins becoming revo- 

 lute : corolla lobes ovate-oblong to linear-oblong. S. 

 states. Int. 1883. l_ h. B. 



AMYGDALOPSIS. See Prunu.s. 



AMYGDALTJS (Greek-made name, referring to the 

 furrowed i»it). Posdeew. A name given to, the peaches, 

 apricots and their kin, but here treated as a section of 

 the genus Prunus, which see. 



ANACAMPSEROS (Greek-made name). Portulacdcece . 

 Succulent herbs, of a dozen species, from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, but not grown in this country except in bo- 

 tanic gardens. They are greenhouse plants, with ovate 

 fleshy lvs., fls. expanding in the sun ; prop, by seeds or 

 by cuttings of stems or leaves. 



ANACARDIUM (namerefers to the heart-shaped char- 

 acter of the nut). Anacardi{ice<f. Eight or ten species 

 native to the Amer. tropics, of which one is widely cult. : 

 occidentale, Linn. Cashew. 

 A large, spreading tree, very 

 impatient of frost, and the 

 fore adaptable only to extreme 

 southern Fla. in the U. S. : 

 lvs. oval, rounded, or even 

 emarginate at the top ; fls. 

 rosy tinted, fragrant, in pani- 

 cles terminating the young 

 branches : nut kidney-shaped 

 or heart-shaped, the size of a 

 large bean, the kei-nel edible. 

 This nut is borne on a fleshy 



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82. Anipelopsis tricuspidata. 



receptacle (the cashew applejwhich varies from the size 

 of a cherry to that of a pear, from white to yellow ami 

 red, and is acid and edible. Gn. U, p. 211. — A vinous 

 liquor is made from the apple. The kernel of the nut 

 yields oil, and is edible when roasted ; the shell of the 

 nut is exceedingly acrid, even the fumes from the 



