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AMPELOPSIS 



ANACARDIUM 



aconitifdlia, Bunge. (A. quinquefolia, var. aconitifolia, 

 Hort.). Lvs. 3- or 5-cleft, the middle lobe often pin- 

 nately lobed, shining and nearly glabrous beneath: ber- 

 ries small, yellow. N.China. Var. dissecta, Koehne (A. 

 dissecta, Carr. A. affinis, var. dissecta, Hort.). Lvs. 

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

 R.H. 1883, p. 318. Gn. 5, p. 523. Graceful climber for 

 trellis work. 



81. Ampelopsis 



tricuspidata. 



Showing a young leaf and the disks on the tendrils by which 

 the plant is attached to walls. 



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

 or digitate, chartaceous, shining and dark green above, 

 the divisions pinnate, with winged rachis, the pinnae 

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

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



BBB. Lvs. Mpinnate, leaflets distinctly stalked. 



arbdrea, Koehne ( VUis bipinndta, Torr. & Gr. Cissus 

 stdns, Pers.). St. erect or somewhat climbing: pinnae 

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

 coarsely toothed, %-!% in. long : berries dark purple. 

 S. states, Mex. 



A. bipinndta, Michx.=A. arborea. A. brevipedunculdta, 

 Koehne=A. heterophylla, var. A . citrulloldes, Hort.^hetero- 

 phylla. A. Davididna, Mottet=Vitis Pagnucci. A. disseeta, 

 Hort.=A. aconitifolia, var. dissecta. A. hederdcea, DC.=A. 

 quinquefolia A. hederdcea, Hort.=A. quinquefolia, var. muro- 

 rum. A.HoggijUort.^A. tricuspidata. A .humulifolia,'Bii-nge. 

 =A. heterophylla var. A.incmistans, Miq.=A. tricuspidata. 

 A. Japonica, Hort.=A. tricuspidata. A. lucida, Carr.=A. aco- 

 nitifolia. A .napiformis , Carr.=A.serjanisefolia. A.orientalis, 

 Planch. Allied to A. arborea. Petioles longer; Ivs. ovate-ellip- 

 tic, quite glabrous: petals and stamens 4. Orient. A.Roylei, 

 Hort.=A. quinquefolia, var. latifoliaor A. tricuspidata. A. ru- 

 bricaulis, Carr.=A. aconitifolia. A. sempervirens , Hort.=Cis- 

 sus striata. A.Sieboldi, Hort.=A. heterophylla, var. elegans. 

 A. tripartlta, Carr.=A. aconitifolia. A . trilobdta, Cam==A. 

 aconitifolia. A.tuberbsa, Carr.-=A. serjaniaefolia. A.' V&rtchi, 

 Hort.=A. tricuspidata. A. Virginidna, Hort. =A. quinquefolia. 



ALFRED REHDER. 



AMPELOVlTIS. See Vitis. 



AMPHICARP2EA (Greek, alluding to the two kinds 

 of fruits). Leguminosce. A half-dozen little herbaceous 

 vines of E. Amer. and Himalayas, bearing subterranean 

 cleistogamous fls. : Ivs. 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 J' 7 . Pitcheri). Not known to be in cult. 



AMPHICOME (amphi, both, and kome, hair ; the seeds 

 havingatuftof hair at both ends). Eignonidcece. Green- 

 house herbaceous rockery plants from the Himalayas, 

 with large, rosy, funnel-shaped, 5-lobed fls. 



A. arguta, Royle. Height 3 ft.: leaflets in 3-4 pairs, sessile, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, deeply serrate : fls. in terminal racemes, 

 fewer than in the next ; corolla tube not orange-colored ; calyx 

 lobes long, awl-shaped. P.M. 6:79. A. Emodi, Royle. Height 

 1/^-3 ft. : leaflets in 5-7 pairs, cordate-ovate, obtuse, shortly 

 petiolulate, margin crenate-lobate : fls. at first corymbose ; co- 

 rolla tube and throat orange ; calyx lobes short, thick, fleshy. 

 B.M. 4890. Gn. 8, p. 25. Gn. 38, p. 458. F.S. 11:1109. 



AMSONIA (named for Charles Amson). Called also* 

 Ansonia. Apocyndcece. Tough-barked perennial herbs 

 of eastern N. Amer. and Jap., with terminal panicles of 

 blue or bluish narrow-limbed small fls. in May and June, 

 the inside of the corolla tube bearing reflexed hairs. 

 Grown in the hardy border, mostly with shrubbery. 

 Prop, mostly by dividing the clumps ; also by seeds- 

 and by cuttings in summer. 



Tabernaemontana, Walter (A. latifdlia, Michx. A. sa- 

 Ucifdlia, Pursh. Taberniemontdna Amsdnia, Linn.). 

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

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

 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.F. 48. 



angustifolia, Michx. (A.cilidta, Walt.). Villous when 

 young, the stem 1-3 ft. : Ivs. linear to lance-linear, an 

 inch or two long, much crowded, margins becoming revo- 

 lute : corolla lobes ovate-oblong to linear-oblong. S. 

 states. Int. 1883. L. H. B. 



AMYGDAL6PSIS. See Primus. 



AMlTGDALUS (Greek-made name, referring to the- 

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

 apricots and their kin, but here treated as a section of 

 the genus Prunus, which see. 



ANACAMPSEROS (Greek-made name). Portulacdceoe . 

 Succulent herbs, of a dozen species, from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, but not grown in this country except in bo- 

 tanic gardens. They are greenhouse plants, with ovate 

 fleshy Ivs., fls. expanding in the sun ; prop, by seeds or 

 by cuttings of stems or leaves. 



ANACARDIUM (name refers to the heart-shaped char- 

 acter of .the nut). Anacardidcece. Eight or ten species, 

 native to the Amer. tropics, of which one is widely cult. : 

 occidental, Linn. CASHEW. 

 A large, spreading tree, very 

 impatient of frost, and there- 

 fore adaptable only to extreme 

 southern Pla. in the U. S. : 

 Ivs. 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 



82. Ampelopsis tncuspiaata. 



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 



