bU AMPELOPSIS 



aconitifdlia, Bunge. {A. quinquefDUa, var. aconitifdlia, 

 Hort.). L.VS. :(. or 5-cIeft, the middle lobe often pin- 

 nately lobed, shining and nearly glabrous beneath: ber- 

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

 dissecia, Carr. A. affinis, v&r. dissecta, Hort.). Lvs. 

 5-parted, the middle or the three inner lobes pinnatifld. 

 R.H. 188:f, p. 318. Gn. 5, p. 523. -Graceful climber for 

 trellis work. 



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

 or digitate, chartaceous, shining and dark green above, 

 the divisions pinnate, with winged rachis, the pinnas 

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

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



BBB. Lvs. h!pinnnte, leaflets distinctly stalked. 



arbbrea, Koehne ( Fit is bipintiAta, Torr. & Gr. Clssiis 

 stdns, Pers.). St. erect or somewhat climbing: pinna> 

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

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



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A. bipi 



H.ort.=A. tricuspidata.— A. Virginidna, Hort.=A.(iuinquefolia. 

 Alfred Rehder. 

 AMPELOViTIS. See Vitis. 



AMPHICAEPa;A (Greek, alluding to the two kinds 

 of fruits). Le(/Hmindsw. 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. monoica. Nutt., 

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

 comosa and I'\ Pitcheri). Not known to be in cult. 



AMPHICdME(rt)np;n 

 laving a tuft of hair at b 

 lOuse herbaceous rock 



; the seeds 

 limal!,ya", 



Called also 



riinial herbs 



|i:iiiicleso£ 



:iiid June, 



-h rubbery. 



ANACARDIUM 



AMSdNIA (named for Charle^^ Ar 

 Ansouia. Apocyndcete. Tontrlt-'''irk 

 of eastern N. Amer. and Jap., \^ n i, i, 

 blueorbluishnarrow-limbei] -ti 

 the inside of the corolla T\ii" 



Grown in the hardy border, i il 



Prop, mostly by dividing the clumps ; also by seeds 

 and by cuttings in summer. 



TabemaEmontina, Walter ( .1 . latifdlia. Michx. A.sa- 

 lirifdlia, Pursh. Tabermrmontina Amsdnia, Linn.). 

 Glabrous or nearly so, 2-3 ft. : lvs. willow-like, ovate to 

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

 many, with lanceolate spreading lobes, succeeded by 

 slender, milkweed-like follicles or pods 2-3 in. long. 

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

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



angustifdlia, 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 lubes ovate-oblong to linear-oblong. S. 

 .>.tates. l.it. 1S.S3. L. H. B. 



AMYGDAL6PSIS, See Pruntis. 



AMVGDALITS (Greek-made name, referring to the 



furrowed pit). Sosdcew. A name given to the peaches, 

 ajiricots and their kin. Hut here treated as a section of 

 the genus Prunus. which see. 



ANACAMPSEKOS (Greek-made name). PortulacAcece. 

 SinTiilint Ik rl>s. of a dozen species, from the Cape of 

 Good ll<rpe, 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, hy seeds or 

 by cuttings of stems or leaves. 



ANACARDIUM (name refers to the heart-shaped char- 

 " ' ■ "" Eight or ten species 



Amer. tropics, of which one is widely cult. : 

 occident&le, Linn. Cashew. 

 A large, spreading tree, very 

 impatient of frost, and there- 

 fore adaptable only to extreme 

 southern Pla. 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 kernel edible. 

 This nut is borne on a fleshy 



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;-lobjite : lis. at first coi-jinbose : co- 

 ige t calyx lobes short, thick, fleshy. 

 J. 38, p. 458. P.S. 11:1109. 



82. Ampelopsis tiicuspidata. 



receptacle (the cashew apple) which varies from the size 

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

 red, and is acid and edible. Gn. 11, 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 



