ARCHONTOPHCENIX 



A. Leaf segments whitish underneath. 



Alex4ndre£B, H. Wendl. & Drude ( Ptychospirma Alex- 

 dndrew, F. Muell.). Trunk 70-80 ft.: Ivs. several ft. 

 long ; rachis very broad and thick, glabrous or slightly 

 scurfy; segments numerous, the longer ones IH ft. 

 long, J^-1 in. broad, acuminate and entire or slightly 

 notched, green above, ashy glaucous beneath. Queens- 

 land. P.S. 18:1916. 



AA. Leaf segments green on both sides. 



Ciinninghamii, H. Wendl. & Drude (Pti/chnsperma 

 Cunniiighamii, H. Wendl.). Trunk and general habit 

 like the preceding, but the segments acuminate and 

 entire or scarcely notched. Queensland and N. S. W. 

 B.M. 4961 as Seaforthia etcgans. j^^^^ ^^^ g^^^^^_ 



ABCTIUU (from Greek word for bear, probably al- 

 luding to the shaggy bur). Compbsita. Burdock. A 

 few coarse perennials or biennials of temperate Eu. and 

 Asia, some of them widely distributed as weeds. Invo- 

 lucre globular and large, with hooked scales, becoming 

 a bur : receptacle densely setose : pappus deciduous, of 

 bristles : Ivs. large and soft, whitish beneath : plant not 

 prickly : fls. pinkish, in summer. 



L&ppa, Linn. {Lappa nutjor, Gaertn.). Common Bik- 

 DOCK. The Burdock is a common and despised weed in 

 this country, although it is capable of making an excel- 

 lent foliage mass and screen. In Japan it is much cult, 

 for its root, which has been greatly thickened and ame- 

 liorated, affording a popular vegetable. It is there 

 known as Gobo (see Georgeson, A.G. 13, p. 210). 



ARCTOSTAPHYLOS (Greek, Sen r and grape). EricA- 

 eea. Manzanita. Shrubs or small trees : Ivs. alternate, 

 evergreen, usually entire, rarely deciduous : Us. small, 

 ureeolate, mostly white, tinged red, in terminal, often 

 panicled racemes, in spring : fr. usually smooth, a red 

 berry or rather drupe, with 1-10 l-seeded, spimrate or co- 

 herent cells. About 30 species in N. and Cent. Amer., 

 2 species also in N. Eu. and N. Asia. Handsome ever- 

 green shrubs, though generally with less conspicuous fls. 

 and frs. than those of the allied genus Arbutus. Some 

 Cent. Amer. species, however, as A.arbutoideSy arguta 

 and polifolia are beautiful in flower, and well worth a 

 place in the greenhouse or in the garden in temperate 

 regions ; of the American species, A. Pringlei, viscida 

 and bicolor are some of the handsomest. Only the trail- 

 ing species are hardy north. For culture, see Arbutus. 

 Includes Comarostaphylis. 



tfva-tJrsi, Spreng. Bearberry. Lvs. obovate-ob- 

 long, tapering into the petiole, retuse or obtuse at the 

 apex : fls. small, about Kin. long, white tinged with 

 red. Northern hemisphere, in N. Amer. south to Mex. 

 Em. 2:431.— Hardy trailing evergreen shrub, like thi- 

 following valuable for covering rocky slopes and sandy 

 banks. Cuttings from mature wood taken late in sum- 

 mer root readily under glass. 



Nevadfensis, Gray. Lvs. obovate or obovate-lanceolate, 

 abruptly petioled, acute or mucronate at the apex : fls. 

 in short-stalked clusters, white or tinged with red. 

 Calif., in the higher mountains. 



AA. Erect shrubs : lvs. usually 1-2 in. long : fls. in 



mostly many-fid. panicled racemes. 



B. Lvs. glabrous, rarely minutely pubescent. 



c. Pedicels glabrous. 



ptingens, HBK. From 3-10 ft.; glabrous or minutely 



pubescent : lvs. slender-petioled, oblong-lanceolate or 



oblong-elliptic, acute, entire, green or glaucescent : fls. 



in short, umbel-like clusters : fr. glabrous, about Kin. 



broad. Mex., Low. Calif. B.R. 30:17. B.M. 3927. 



Manzanlta, Parry {A. piinffeHS, Authors). Fig. 134. 

 Shrub or small tree, to 30 ft. : lvs. ovate, usually obtuse 

 and mucronulate at the apex, glabrous, dull green : fls. 

 in prolonged panicled racemes : fr. glabrous, H-K in. 

 broad. W, N. Amer., from Ore. south. G.F. 4:571. 



ARDISIA 91 



cc. Pedicels glandular. 



glai^ca, Lindl. From 8-25 ft. : lvs. oblong or orbicular, 

 obtuse and mucronulate at the apex, glaucescent or pale 

 green : fls. in prolonged panicled racemes ; pediceljf 

 glandular : fr. minutely glandular. Calif. Int. 18'JI. 



vlacida. Parry. From 5-15 ft. : lvs. broad ovate or el- 

 liptic, abruptly mucronulate, acute or rounded at the 

 base, glaucous : fls. in slender and spreading, panicled 

 racemes ; pedicels viscid ; corolla light pink : fr. de- 

 pressed, about Sin. hro.id, smooth. Ore. to Calif. 



134. Manzanlta — Arctostaphylos Manzanita. 



BB. Li'S.more o> less pubei, ei I li i 11 Li mostly 

 bristly hauy 



tomentdsa, Dougl From 2-6 ft lvs oblong-lanceo- 

 late or ovate acute, sometimes serrulate pubescent be- 

 neath, pale green fls in rather dense and short, usu- 

 ally panicled racemes ; pedicels short . fr. puberuloua, 

 glabrous at length. W. N. Amer. B.R. 21:1791. B.M. 

 3320. -The hardiest of the erect species. 



Fringlei, Parry. Shrub : lvs. broad-ovate or elliptic, 

 usually abruptly mucronulate, pubescent, sometimes 

 glabrous at length, glaucous : panicled racemes pedun- 

 cled, usually leafy at the base, many-fld. ; slender pedi- 

 cels and calyx glandular-pubescent : fr. glandular his- 

 pid. Calif., Ariz. 



bicolor, Gray. From 3-4 ft.: lvs. oblong-oval, acute at 

 both ends, revolute at the margin, glabrous and bright 

 green above, white-tomentose beneath : fls. in nodding, 

 rather dense racemes ; pedicels and calvx tomentose ; 

 coiolla }j in long, rose colored fr smooth Calif 



A alp\na Spreng Prostrate shrub hs deciduous obo\ate, 

 serrite i icemes f ew tld fr blsck Arr'tic refrioTis and moun 

 tims of northern hemisphere — -I inhiir uh\ Hunsl Fi\eto 

 6 tt hs lanceolite olil"iig ternuit in it lieneath 



pinirles erect luose duittm I i "' ' Zuec 



(\ nitida Bentli I Fivt to b tt .lite ser 



I em. s Mex 



=1. Rehii 



ARCTdTlS (Greek for bearS ear, alluding to the 

 akene). Lompisitai. Herbs with long-peduucled heads 

 and more or less white-woolly herbage, of 30 or more 

 African species : akenes grooved, with scale-like pappus : 

 involucre with numerous imbricated scales : receptacle 

 bristly. One species, treated as an annual, is sold in 



brevisc4pa, Thunb. {A. leptorli)sa, var. breviscdpa, 

 DC). Stemless or nearly so (6 in. high), half-hardy, read- 

 ily iirop. from seeds, and to be grown in a warm, sunny 

 place. Lvs. usually longer than the scape, incised-den- 

 tate : scape hirsute, bearing one large fl. with dark cen- 

 ter and orange rays. 



ABDlSIA (pointed, alluding to the stamens or corolla 

 lobes). Myrsindcece. Large genus of tropical trees and 

 shrulis, with 5-parted (sometimes 4- or 6-parted) rotate 

 corolla, 5 stamens attached to the throat of the corolla, 

 with very large anthers and a 1-seeded drupe the size of 



