deep green and purple ribbed. Polyuesia. l.H. 23:240. 

 H.H. 1891, p. 224. Gn. 39, p. 565. A.U. 19: 374. -One 

 of the best. 



.1. Ohabriiri, Hort.; see Elaeodendron.— 4. crassHUia, So- 

 land : see Pseudopanax.— A. Idngipes, Hort. Lvs. digitate, the 

 Ifts. oblong-laueeohitr, nouminato. wavy, N. .\nstral.— A. no- 

 &i7ts, Hort, "A theoi)tir;ist.i-lik(' i»):ini. wiiti cln^ply packed, bold 

 foliage, the lvs. ii\>\<'u_; m!m,\ ,ii. ,,, umih .in , unUulate at the 

 margins." OnceoiiVn ; - h i .. ,, , ii,,rt. Like A. 

 leptophylla. but b.ii! ' ix.-s and veins 



and other genera. 



,' ri.ES' Club. 

 rirkly, 40 ft. 

 above ; Ifts. 

 .iiid nearly 

 I ; veins curv- 

 et m.-s north to 

 • .stout, armed 

 clusters of fls. 



iha • 



compound panicle : >■'/ 



spindsa, Linn. Angelit \ I 

 Devil's Walking-stick. > 

 high : lvs. VA-2i4 ft. lonp, i, 

 ovate, serrate, 2-3}^ in. I-,: , 

 glabrous beneath, mostly d i - 1 : : 

 ing upward before the niarL^in. 

 Tenn. S.S. 5:211. Gn. 50. p. I 

 stems, the large lvs., and the e] 

 give this species a very distinct subtropical appearance. 

 Not quite hardy north. 



Chin^nsis, Linn. (A. Japdnica, Hort. A. Mund- 

 shurica, Hort.). Chinese Angelica Tree. Stems less 

 prickly, 40 ft. : lvs. 2-4 ft. long, usually without prickles ; 

 ifts. ovate or broad ovate, coarsely serrate or den- 

 tate, usually pubescent beneath , nearly sessile, S%-G in. 

 long ; veins dividing before the margin and ending in 

 the points of the teeth. Aug., Sept. China, Japan. — In 

 general appearance very much like the former species, 

 but hardier. Nearly hardy north. Grows well also in 

 somewhat dry, rocky or clayey soil. Var. el4ta, Dipp. 

 {Dimorphdnthus eJAtus, Miq.). St. with few prickles : 

 Ifts. pubescent beneath. The hardiest and most com- 

 mon form in cult. Var. canfeacena, Dipp. {A.canHceiis, 

 Sieb. & Zucc). Lvs. often prickly above; Ifts. gla- 

 brous beneath, except on the veins, dark green above. 

 More tender. Var. Mandahiirica, Rehder (Dimorphdn- 



119, Unsymmetncal Araucaria grown I 



ARAUCARIA 



thus Mandshuricus, Maxim.). St. prickly : Ifts. pu- 

 bescent only on the veins beneath, more sharply and 

 densely serrate than the foregoing var., and hardier. 

 There is also a form with variegated lvs. (I.H. 33:609). 



BB. Unarmed herbs: styles united at the base. 

 c. Umbels numerous, in elonijated puberulous pani- 

 cles : S-10 ft. hiijh. 



racemdaa, Linn. Spikenard. Height 3-6 ft. : glabrous, 

 or sli!;lifly pubescent : lv.s. quinately or ternately de- 

 .■.■mj.MMr'i : leaflets cordate, roundish ovate, doubly and 



' irate, acuminate, usually glabrous beneath, 



-: fls. greenish white. .July, Aug. E. N. 

 ! to Minn, and Mo. B.B. 2: 506. 



Caliioiuica, Wats. Height 8-10 ft.; resembles the 

 preceding : Ifts. cordate, ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 shortly acuminate, simply or doubly serrate : panicle 

 loose ; umbels fewer, larger, and with more numerous 

 rays. Calif. 



cordita, Thunb. (A.idxilis, Sieb. & Zucc). Height 

 4-8 ft.: lvs. ternately or quinately decompound, pinnie 

 sometimes with 7 Ifts.; Ifts. cordate or rounded at the 

 base, ovate or oblong-ovate, abruptly acuminate, un- 

 equally serrate, pubescent on the veins beneath, 4-8 

 in. long. Japan. Gt. 13: 432 as ^.rrtc«»!Os(i, var. Sac7ia- 

 linensis. R.H. 1896, p. 55. A.G. 1892, pp. 6, 7. 



Cachemirica, Deene. [A. Cashmeriana, Hort. Saul 

 1891. A macrophylla, Lindl.). Height .^-S ft. : lvs. 

 quinately compound, pinnse often with 5-9 leaflets ; leaf- 

 lets usually rounded at the base, oblong-ovate, doubly 

 serrate, glabrous or bristly on the veins beneath, 4-8 in. 

 long. Himalayas. 



cc. Umbels several or few on slender peduncles ; 



pedicels glabrous: 1-3 ft. high. 

 Idapida, Vent. Bristly Sarsaparilla. Wild Elder. 

 Height 1-3 ft., usually with short, woody stem, bristly: 

 lvs. bipinnate ; Ifts. ovate or oval, rounded or nar- 

 rowed at the base, acute, sharply and irregularly ser- 

 rate, 1-3 in. long : umbels 3 or more in a loose corymb; 

 fls. white. June, July. From Newfoundland to N. Caro- 

 lina, west to Minn, and Ind. B.M. 1085. L. B.C. 14:1306. 

 nudioaillis, Linn. Wild Sarsaparilla. Small 

 Spikenard. Stemless or nearly so : usually 1 leaf, 1 ft. 

 high, with 3 quinately pinnate divisions ; Ifts. oval or 

 ovate, rounded or narrowed at the base, acuminate, 

 finely serrate, 2-5 in. long : umbels 2 or 3 ; fls. greenish. 

 May, June. Newfoundland 



to N. Carolina, west to Mo. 



B.B. 2:506. 



A. guinquefUHa. Decne. & 

 Planch. =Pauax quinquefolium. 

 — A. '.rifUia. Deone. & Planch. 

 = Panax trifolium. (See also 

 Ginseng.) 



Alfred Rehder. 



ARAUCAKIA (Chilian 



n:inie). Cunlfercf, tribe 

 \ ritiieclriece. About 15 spe- 

 ! s of S. Amer. and the 



\ ustr:ilian reL-imi. grown for 



ilii ir -II il.iiiL' -\ iiimetrical 

 liiiii.: .!■ .1 ;! . ■ • ' iMi; ever- 



t;r. .:.•■■. I '■ i lir S. some 



s|MTii'- \'. ill till ivc in the 



, in the N. all 



larp-pointed, 



iial, hard and 



in diameter. 



.rigantic forest trees in their 



ti'd, the genus includes Co- 



L. H. B. 

 lins in cnltivntion. Most of 



. I ' i I In •-'.50,000 



.1^ :,r.- :inMi:ill.> .-"Id lu the 



U. S. These are nearly :ill iiiiimrtid in a young state 

 from Ghent, Belgium, where the propagation and grow- 

 ing of them is made the leading specialty at many nnr- 



npi 11, wluTo the climate is not too i: 

 are grown under glass only. Lvs. 

 crowded: cones globular or oblong 



nch anil 



