AMORPHOPHALLUS 



Hivien Dur Devil sToNrii 

 Scape (sent up in ear]\ SI nil )\ 

 dark colired •ind speckU 1 tl 

 across, pedately decom] u i I 



'SN\kE Palm Fig 79 



AMPEI.OPSIS 5i> 



cuttings with a good eye placed in sand\ soil under bell 

 glasses in bept Monogr by Plauchon m De CandoUe 

 Monographiae Phanerogamarum 5 447-463 Cf Cit,sus 

 A Tend) lis mostly dul beaimq hemes daik put pie 

 nith line I loom pea I (Pt tj i ) 



quinqueidha "M 1 \ ( 1 / I 



79 Inflorescence and 



bit of leaf of 

 Amorphophallus Rivicri r it 

 P I 

 o£ a rich dark green col i 

 Blanc 1892 received ui 

 campanulatui f Piobabl 

 Simlense Blanc Fl 1 

 golden (olor spotted puii 

 Pme pilm like folia„'e 

 shows a sp ithe produce 1 

 and a long slender recui" 

 other genus very likelj 



1 Fl larger 



/ I till (often 2 

 ) m 1 mil h m ne pleas 

 I r sha linj trora deep 

 ,1 im color towards the 

 The club shaped spadix 

 IS dark maroon with yellow i 

 red babe After flowering the 

 foliage stem appears — a stout 

 stem of deep gi^en col-ir mottled 



t Blume 

 f peculiar 



catalogue 



1 1} ot some 



tri uspidita s i^ / i (1 \ eitcli Hort A 



J? ;/ Holt I ti>,i,t I tin Mil ) Japanese Ivy 

 BosacN l\\ Fifes hi 82 Hi„h liuibm^ with short 

 and disciferous tendrils h s d lobed c i 3 toliolate, 

 coarsely and remotely dentate shining and glabrous on 

 both sides racemes short stalked China Jap R B 

 1877 11 Gng 4 353, 1 373 -A hardy and ver> useful 

 clmiber, clingmg firmly and covermg walls densely , 

 the glossy foliage stands dust and smoke well and turns 

 to a brilliant orange and scarlet m fall Probably the 

 favorite of all hardy vines m cities 



AA Tend) lib wMotit disks not chmbing vei y liigh 

 B Lis not lobed ot rarely tneuspidate 

 cordata, Michs ( V\tis mdivlsa, WiUd Clssus Am 

 peMpsis Pers ) Nearly glabrous Ivs cordate, round 

 ish ovate acuminate acutely seriate berries bluish or 

 greenish From 111 and Ohio south 



BB its S-5 lobid 0) diiided 



heterophylla, Sieb & Zucc Lvs cordate slightly 3 



or deei Iv 3 5 lobed nearlj glabrous an 1 shmmg be 



neath lobes serrate or incised berries light blue punc 



Afz 





45 tt 111 cu spithe J tt m ditm spddii b It high Bloome 1 

 at Kew in 1811 the tuber dying thereafter Sumatra B RI 

 7153 5 G C III 5 748 L H B 



AMPELdPSIS (Greek ampelos, vine, and opsis, like- 

 ness). Vit Aceiv. Shrubs, climbing by tendrils opposite 

 the lvs.: lvs. alternate, petioled, digitate, bipinnate or 

 simple : cor5'mbs opposite the lvs. or teniiiiuil ; lis. per- 

 fect, greenish and small ; petals an.l -i: - k -ii;il!y .'> ; 



fr. a 1-4-seeded berry. Allied to Vi: i '.dis- 



tinguish, even in the winter state. I ning 



lenticels and the white pith of the IjiMnr,,. -, >ii :m \iiis 

 has a shredding bark and brownish piih. Al.out Jii spe- 

 cies in N. Amer., E. Asia and Himal. Hurdy aud orna- 

 mental climbing vines, thriving in almost any soil. 

 Prop, by seeds and by hardwood or greenwood cuttings. 

 A. qiiinqnetolia is usually increased by hardwood cut- 

 tings, while A. trinispi'hitn urows best from seeds 

 planted under glass ,.r (.ui of dodrs ; also from green- 

 wood cuttings in spiiiiu or . .,rly summer, under glass. 

 Layers also root readily. All species may be prop, by 



tate. E.Asia. B.M. 5682. Gt. 1873: 765. -Well adapted 

 for covering rocks and low trellis work ; handsome in 

 autumn, with its freely produced light blue berries. 



Var. Slogans, Koch (A. trlcolo)-, Hort.). Lvs. 

 blotched and striped with white, flushed pink when 

 young : slow-growing and tender. Gn. 54, p. 5. 



