AQUILEGIA 



ARALIA 



343 



297. Aqiiilegia glandulosa. (xj-i) 



not protruding: follicles 1 in. long, 6-10 in number, 

 densely hairy, with short, falcate style. Allied to A. 

 alpina, but a taller plant, with shorter spurs, larger 

 fls., and a greater number of follicles. May, June. Altai 

 Mts. of Siberia. B. 5:219. F.W. 1871:353. Gn. 



15:278; 45, p. 193; 64, 

 p. 26. Gt. 289 f. 1.— 

 One of the hand- 

 somest. 



Var. juciinda, Fisch. 

 & LaU. Fls. rather 

 smaller than in the 

 iype ; petal-limb white, 

 more truncate at the 

 tip ; stamens as long as 

 limb. B.R..33:19. F.S. 

 5:. 535. — A fine variety, 

 with some tendency to 

 double. 



18. Stflartii, Hort. A 

 recorded hybrid of A. 

 glandulosax A. vulgaris 

 var. oli/mpica. Fls. 

 very large and beauti- 

 ful. It very much re- 

 sembles the latter in 

 form of sepals and 

 petals, and the former 

 in shape of spurs and 

 coloration. May, June. 

 Intro. 1891. Gn. 34: 

 344; 61, p. 409. G.M. 

 54:416. 



19. caryophylloides 

 is a garden name given 



to some very mixed forms, with a great variety of 

 colors. Special characters seem not to be well fixed. 



A. baikalensis, Hort. Fla. large, violet-blue, spurs long. — 4. hay- 

 lodg'nsis. Hort., and its var. delicatissima, Hort.. are much like A. 

 chr>'3antha, and resemble it in habit and color of fls. but the spurs 

 are not so long. 



K. C. Davis. 



ARABIS {Arahia). Crunfers:. Rock-Cress. Small 

 perennial or annual herbs, with white or purple flowers, 

 grown mostly on borders and in rock work. 



Flowers mostly in terminal spikes or racemes, small, 

 but often many or appearing for a considerable period 

 of time: Ivs. mostly undivided: siliques long, linear, 

 flat: stigma 2-lobed. — In temperate regions, about 100 

 species, several native to this country; some of them 

 are alpine. Usually prop, by division; also by seeds 

 and cuttings. Hardy, requiring plenty of sun, and 

 thriving even in poor soil. The following four species 

 are perennials: 



A. Fls. purple or rose. 

 muralis, Bertol. {A. rosea, DC). A foot high, with a 

 rather dense raceme of pretty fls.: Ivs. oblong, sessile 

 (the radical ones with a long narrow ba.se), prominently 

 and distantly blunt-toothed, sparsely pubescent. Spring 

 and summer. Italy. B.M. 3246. 



AA. Fls. white. 



serpyllifSlia, ViU. (.4. nivalis, Guss.). Tufted, 2-6 in.: 

 railical Ivs. entire or few-toothed, the st.-lvs. small and 

 sessile, not clasping; fls. in a short cluster, the calyx as 

 long a.s the pedimde, the Umb of the petals linear- 

 oblong and erect. Eu. 



albida, Stev. (A.caucdMca, Willd.). Fig. 298. A few 

 inches high, pubescent: lower Ivs. narrow at the base, 

 the upper auriculate-clasping, all angle-toothed near 

 the top; Hs. in a loose raceme, the calyx shorter than 

 the pedicel, the petal-limb oval and obtu.se. Ku. B.M. 

 2046. Gn. 62, p. 2S0; 72, p. 67; 74, p. 620. F.E. 16:611. 

 — Blooms early, is fragrant, and is well aflapted for 

 rock-gardens and edgings, and covering steep banks. 



Var. flore-pleno, Hort. Double. Gn. 65, p. 306. Var. 

 variegata, Hort., has yellow-white stripes on Ivs. Gt. 

 45, p. 108. Var. Billardieri, Boiss. {A. Billardi'eri, DC). 

 Hoary-pubescent, slender; Ivs. small, very obtuse, 

 entire or with 1 or 2 teeth at base: pod long, slender 

 and spreading: fls. often tinged. Eastern. Gn. 63, 

 p. 422. 



alpina, Linn. Fls. smaller than in the last, plant only 

 slightly jjubescent and hairy; Ivs. somewhat clasping 

 but not auriculate; small-toothed nearly or quite the 

 entire length, the cauhne ones pointed. Eu. B.M. 226. 

 G.C III. 30:239. — Blooms very early, and is one of 

 the best rock-plants. Var. variegata, Hort. Var. nana 

 compacta, Hort., a dwarf form. Gt. 44, p. 203. Var. 

 fiore-pleno, Hort. FLs. full-double; handsome. Gt. 51, 

 p. 211. G. 26:199. 



.4. areiidsa. Scop. Fis. rose varying to white; Ivs. pinnatifid, 

 those on the st. deep-toothed. Eu. — A. aubrictioides Boiss. Much 

 like A. albida, but pale pink. Cilicia. — A. blepharophjjUa, Hook. 

 & Am. Fls. lar^e, rose-purple: Ivs. sharp-toothed, se-isile or clasp- 

 ing, the mar^ns hairy. Calif. B.M 6087. — A. Ferdindndii-Co- 

 bursjii. Kell. & Suenderm. Lvs. gray in rosettes, becoming green in 

 winter: fls. small, yellowish. Macedonia. — .4. liicida, Linn. f. Fls. 

 white: lvs. shining, obovate, clasping. There is a variegated form. 

 Eu. — .4. mollis, Stev. Fls. white: lvs. pubescent, large-toothed, the 

 lower ones rounded and long-stalked. Eu. — .4. pelrxa. Lam. Fls. 

 white: lvs. toothed, the radical ones often parted, the st.-lvs. oblong- 

 linear. Eu. — A. prxcox, Waldst. & Kit.=A procurrens. — A. prO' 

 currens, Waldst. & Kit. Fls. white: lvs. ciliate, those on the st. 

 entire and sessile, the others stalked: stoloniferous. A variegated 

 var. Eu. — A. Stuni, Hort. A compact but vigorous garden form 

 with large clear white fls. — A. r^crna, R. Br. Annual, hairy: fls. 

 large, purple: lvs. oblong-ovate to roimd-oblong, the upper ones 

 clasping, rather coarse-toothed. Eu. B.M. 3331. T H R 



ARACHIS (Greek, without a rachis). Leguminbsx. 

 Peanut. Goober. The peanut is sometimes grown in 

 the economic house of botanical gardens, and also as a 

 curiosity in outdoor gardens. The genus has nine 

 species, of which eight are Brazilian. Lvs. abruptly 

 pinnate: fls. 1-3, yellow, in a dense, axillary, sessile 

 spike; ovary stipitate, in- 

 closed within the tube of the 

 calyx, the stipe at first short, 

 subsequently elongating and 

 carrying the immature fr. 

 beneath the ground. Here 

 develops what is one of the 

 most anomalous frs. in the 

 whole Leguminosse, it being 

 whoUy indehiscent, — the pea- 

 nut of commerce (which see). 

 See also Cvclo. Amer. Agric, 

 Vol. II, pp". 514-519 for pic- 

 tures and agricultural ac- 

 count. As a hothouse annual, 

 the seeds of the peanut may 

 be sown in heat, and the 

 plants potted in sandy loam. 

 For outdoor culture, see 

 Peanut, by which name the 

 plant is commonly known. 



hypogjea, Linn. Annual; 1 

 ft. or less high: lvs. abruptly 

 pinnate, with 2 pairs of Ifts. 

 and no tendril. Mn. 7 : 105. — 

 Procumbent, x. T.-LYLOR.f 



ARACHNANTHE. 



(Greek for spider- 

 flower). Orchidacex. In- 

 cluded under Renan- 

 thera . 



ARALIA (derivation 

 obscure). Araliacese. Or- 

 namental herbs, shrubs 

 or trees grown chiefly 

 for their bold foliage. 



Stems often spiny : lvs. 298. Arabis albida. ( X H) 



