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ARGEMONE 



AA. Fls. iihite [rarely purple). 



grandiilnra, -^i .' lilabrous and glaucous, 1-3 ft. 

 high.iiliii I |.rickles: Ivs. sinuate-pinnatifld, 



the liil" |,iiicscent: bracts scattered along 



the fl. It.iii' )i' -: ^.i| -ill- valves scarcely crested. S.W. 

 Mex. B.iv. 1^1.4. l^.li.C. 1«:154C. B.M. 3073. 



platyc^ras, Link & Otto. Robust, VA-4 ft., very spiny, 

 the Ivs. glaucous ; Ivs. sinuate-pinnatifld, spiny : fl.- 

 bracts aggregated below the fls. : petals large (rarely 

 purple) : capsule valves crested or spiny. Mex. to Colo. 



Var. hispida, Prain. (.1. liUpida, Gray). Petals 

 rounded : sepals and capsule densely prickly : plant 

 hispid. Wyo. and Ark., W. and S. l. H. B. 



ABGYRfilA ixilrn-ii. referring to the under side of 

 the Iv.s. I. ('„iinih-iilncni\ Tender climbers from the 

 orient, allied t.i Ipoma'a. Lvs. usually large, silvery, 

 tomentose or villcm-; beneath : cymes usually few-fld. 

 They require too much room before flowering to be popu- 

 lar here. A. cuneata is one of the dwarf est and most florif- 

 erous kinds. Light, rich soil. Prop, by cuttings or seeds. 



tilis!61ia. Wight. Lvs. heart-shaped : fls. white and 

 violet. Prop, from seeds. E. Ind.-lnt. 1890 by Peter 

 Henderson & Co. 



AKIA. See Sorbiis. 



ARISSMA (Greek-made name, of no particular sig- 

 nificance). Art'ndeo'. About 60 widely distributed herbs, 

 with tuberous roots, and a spathe rolled in or convolute 

 about the spadix below, and often arched over it : fls. 

 unisexual, the pistillate on the lower part of the spadix, 

 and each consisting of a 1-loculed ovary, and generally 

 ripening into a showy berry. Some species are native, 

 and several of them are hardy in the open ; others are 

 cult, under cover, as recommended for Arum (which see ) . 

 Monogr. by Engler in De Candolle's Monographise Pha- 

 nerogamarum. Vol. 2. 



A. Leaflets 7-11. 



Dracdntium, Schott. Draoon-root. Sending up a 

 solitary leaf 1-2 ft. high, pedately divided into oblong- 



AA. LeaUets S. 

 triph^llom, Torr. Jack-in-the-Pclpit. Indian Tur- 

 :ip. Fig. 137. Usually dioecious : lvs. usually 2, with 

 vate or elliptic-ovate Ifts.: spadix club-shaped and 



V 



138. Aristolochia macrophylla. 



covered bv the arching purplish spathe. Common in 

 ,v(.n,|v i:.\v K -m. D. 281. -Tuber or cnnn tintfis), and 

 bii:-, -, . r, ;mi i.|, .if ten employed as :i >[•■■■<• -i i.' i-. hhiIv. 

 I'.. I , 1 i sliowy, ripening in i .iinnr. 



I'liH . I I list, shady place, th. I - - :, Miiil 



f;[|l : !> II III I ■, |.i.^.'d places they die ilii\'. u . .1! ',. m -um- 

 mcr. This iiiiil the last are very interesting native 

 plants of easy culture, propagated by tubers and by 

 seeds. 



Kmbriitum, Masters. Pkinged Calla. Leaf solitary, 

 the petiole a ft. or less high, sheathed 1h l.i,, ; lii . I.i,i:id- 

 ovate and acuminate, short-stalked : ' . :is 



the petiole, bearing a large, puril. in,-- 



streaked, long-pointed spathe: spadix ■ n im^ n n Imig 

 and gracefully drooping, feather-like ,i|.(., ii.l,i„, . E. 

 Ind. G.C. 11.22:689; III. 15:763. B.M. 7150. Mu.b.59. 

 -A handsome and striking pot-plant, blooming in sum- 

 '. Grow in rich soil. Dry off the tuber when the lvs. 

 urn yellow after flowering, and keep dry in sand or 

 arth until spring. 



Other species are: 4. aa<5maium,Hemsl. Lfts. 3, broad-ovate, 

 inate : spathe small, purphsh and streaked, arching over 

 i..itsi.,i,lix sus;«estsA tiii.lijIluDi M.d.i.iM B 51 7211. 



lanceolate pointed Ifts.: spadix long-pointed and pro- 

 je ting beyond the greenish spathe : scape much shorter 

 than the leaf. Low grounds in E. Amer. — Occasionally 

 grown In borders and rockwork. 



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ARISARUM (I.I I 1.1. . k namel. Ar&idea. Three or 

 four van.il.l. -i.. . n s .,t .\rum-like plants of the Medi- 

 terranean region. DitTers from Arisiema, its nearest 

 ally, in having the margins of the spathe connate rather 

 thau convolute, and in other technical characters. For 

 culture, see Ariaaima and Arum, 



