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ARALIA 



ARAUCARIA 



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

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

 of the best. 



1. Ohabrieri, Hort.; see Elseodendron. A. crassifolia, So- 

 land ; see Pseudopanax. A. longipes, Hort. Lvs. digitate, the 

 Ifts. oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, wavy. N. Austral. A. no- 

 b'dis, Hort. " A theophrasta-like plant, with closely packed, bold 

 foliage, the Ivs. oblong obovate-acuminate, undulate at the 

 margins." Once offered by Saul. A. Osyana, Hort. Like A. 

 leptophylla, but leaflets deeply bifid, and nerves and veins 

 brown. S. S.Isl. A. quercifblia, Hort. Leaflets 3, sinuate ; Ivs. 

 opposite. New Britain. A. rotunda, Hort. Leaf of a single 

 orbicular-cordate leaflet or sometimes 3-foliolate, white-toothed. 

 Polynesia. A. spectdbilis, Hort.= A. filicifolia. A. splendidls- 

 sima, Hort. Lvs. pinnate, the leaflets shiny green. New Cale- 

 donia. A. ternata, Hort. Lvs. opposite, ternate or 3-lobed, 

 the leaflets oblong-lanceolate and sinuate. A. Victorice, Hort. 

 See Panax. Some of the above probably belong to Oreopanax 



and other genera. T TT r> 



Li. ri. D. 



AA. Hardy or true Aralias. 

 B. Prickly shrubs or rarely low trees : Ivs. bipinnate, 



%-8 ft. long : umbels numerous, in a large, broad, 



compound panicle : styles distinct. 

 spinosa, Linn. ANGELICA TREE. HERCULES' CLUB. 

 DEVIL'S WALKING-STICK. Stems very prickly, 40 ft. 

 high : Ivs. lK-2% ft. long, usually prickly above ; Ifts. 

 ovate, serrate, 2-3% in. long, glaucous and nearly 

 glabrous beneath, mostly distinctly petioled ; veins curv- 

 ing upward before the margin. Aug. S. states north to 

 Tenn. S. 8.5:211. Gn. 50, p. 126. The stout, armed 

 stems, the large Ivs., and the enormous clusters of fls. 

 give this species a very distinct subtropical appearance. 

 Not quite hardy north. 



Chin6nsis, Linn. (A. Japdnica, Hort. A. Mand- 

 shtirica, Hort.). CHINESE ANGELICA TREE. Stems less 

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

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

 tate, usually pubescent beneath, nearly sessile, 3%-6 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. elata, Dipp. 

 (Dimorphdnthus eldtiis, Miq.). St. with few prickles : 

 Ifts. pubescent beneath. The hardiest and most com- 

 mon form in cult. Var. canescens, Dipp. (A. cane"scens, 

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

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

 More tender. Var. Mandshurica, Rehder (Dimorphdn- 



129. Unsymmetrical Araucaria grown from a side shoot. 



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 Ivs. (l.H. 33: 609). 



BB. [Inarmed herbs: styles united at the base. 



c. Umbels numerous, in elongated puberulous pani- 

 cles : 3-10 ft. high. 



racemdsa, Linn. SPIKENARD. Height 3-6 ft. : glabrous, 

 or slightly pubescent : Ivs. quinately or ternately de- 

 compound ; leaflets cordate, roundish ovate, doubly and 

 sharply serrate, acuminate, usually glabrous beneath, 

 2-6 in. long: fls. greenish white. July, Aug. E. N. 

 Amer. west to Minn, and Mo. B.B. 2: 506. 



Calif6rnica, 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. 



cordata, Thunb. (A.edulis, Sieb. & Zucc.). Height 

 4-8 ft.: Ivs. ternately or quinately decompound, pinnae 

 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 A. racemosa, var. Sacha* 

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



Cachemirica, Decne. (A. Cashmeriana, Hort. Saul 

 1891. A macrophylla, Lindl.). Height 5-8 ft. : Ivs. 

 quinately compound, pinnae 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. 



Lispida, Vent. BRISTLY SARSAPARILLA. WILD ELDER, 

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

 Ivs. 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. 

 nudicaulis, 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. Quinquefdlia, Decne. & 

 PI anch . =Panax quinquef olium . 

 A. irifblia, Decne. & Planch. 

 = Panax trifolium. (See also 

 Ginseng.) 



ALFRED REHDER. 



ARAUCARIA (Chilian 

 name). Coniferce, tribe 

 Araucdrieoe. About 15 spe- 

 cies of S. Amer. and the 

 Australian region, grown for 

 their striking symmetrical 

 habit and interesting ever- 

 green foliage. In the S. some 

 species will thrive in the 



open, where the climate is not too dry, but in the N. all 

 are grown under glass only. Lvs. stiff, sharp-pointed, 

 crowded: cones globular or oblong, terminal, hard and 

 woody, of some species several inches in diameter. 

 Most of the species become gigantic forest trees in their 

 native haunts. As here treated, the genus includes Co- 

 lumbea and JSutacta. L. jj. B. 



There are some 15 Araucarias in cultivation. Most of 

 these, however, are grown in limited numbers in private 

 and botanical collections. The kinds most popular in 

 this country are A. excelsa and its varieties glauca and 

 robusta compacta. Of A. excelsa, probably 250,000 

 plants in 5-inch and 6-inch pots are annually sold in the 

 U. S. These are nearly all imported in a young state 

 from Ghent, Belgium, where the propagation and grow- 

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



