OKEODOXA 



A. Leaf-segments not wrinkled or wtivi/. 



B. Trunk swollen at or above the middle. 

 rtgia, HBK. Royal Palm. Pig. 1592. t'audex 40-60 



ft. high : leaf segments 2X ft. long, 1 in. or less wide, 

 linear, acuminate: fr. ovoid. Kin. Everglades of Fla., 

 Cuba. Antigua. G.F. 9:1.=)5. S.S. 10:505. U.C. 111. 

 17:239; 27:297. A.F. 12:311. G.M. supp. Oct. 1, 1892. 

 BB. Trunk not swollen at the middle. 



olorftcea.Mart. (.dreca olerAcea,Jaeq.). Cabbage Palm. 

 Caiidex 100-120 ft. high: leaf -segments lanceolate-linear, 

 acuminate, 3 ft. long, Vi in. widi-: fruit oliovoid-ob- 

 long, ^4in. West Indies. Cult, in S. Fla, 



aa. Leaf-se(fmetit>i /n-inkl"! n >nJ iravij. 



Sancdna, HBK. Stem 12ii-l.W ft., smu.ptli. glabrous, 

 grayish black : Ivs. pinnate; Ifts. membranaceous : 

 wood very hard, used in building houses. Colombia. 

 Cult, only in S. Calif. — Franceschi says it has brownish 

 leaf-stalks and is more tender than the other 2 species. 

 Jared G. Smith. 



OREOPANAX (i.t , mountain Panax) AraliAcece. 

 Some eighty species names ha\e bttn referred to this 

 genus, but the number of spei ii s i- jr lut h n< t one- 

 half this number. In the trade Tli , t t < treo- 

 panas are usually known as \rili i r \i ilia 



tribe the petals are imbruato m ili h i in 



Oreopanax they are ^ alvate Tin dr | ui \ i ii)pi- 

 cal American trees and shrubs with ^\i\i\ n i iii[ und 

 entire or toothed thii k h s ind fls iii den-e heads 

 which are arranged in rattmes or panich s caUx with 

 minute or obsolete limb petals 4-7 usualU ') the sta- 

 mens of the same juuuher and with ovate or oblong 

 anthers: ovarv 3-7 1o(ukd the st\les ratliei long and 

 bearing a flat, 'not thnk stignu fr globose and berry- 

 like. Few species )f ()riopini\ aie known iii (ultiva- 

 tion. They are hothouse suliints lequiiiug the treat- 



OEIGANUM 



A. Lvs. all simple. 



reticulatum, Decne. & Planch. {ArAVu 

 Willd.). Fig. 1593. Small tree, with .iltt 

 entire, oblanceolate lvs. 12-18 in. long. sr>n 

 lute on the margin, strongly alternate v. 

 ticulated with shades of green: " 

 nearly or quite an inch in diam. 

 Amer. — A handsome plant for foliage. 



AA. Some of the lvs. strongly digi- 

 tately lohed or angled, 



Sanderiinum, Henisl. Shrub or small 

 tree, with habit of Fiitsiii iiapyrifero : 

 lvs. glabrous, thick 



stalked, triangulii 

 ovate in outline, ( 



ering plants cordate 

 and entire: fls. mi- 

 nute, in small, glo- 

 bose heads, which are 

 arranged in racemose 

 panicles. Guatemala. 

 G.C. III. 13:451. A. 

 F. 8:1283. 

 AAA. Some or all of 



the h-s. digitate. 



Epremesmlianum, 

 Andr^. Shrub of striking habit 

 Ivs. large, long-stalked, digitate, 

 the leaflets 7-9, oblong or lanceo- 

 late and usually tapering at 

 either end, the middle ones deep- 

 lobed: fl. -heads in a spike. Ori- 

 gin unknown; perhaps a garden 

 form of O. dactiilifnliiim. Hort., 

 in which each of the 7 lobes is 

 usually lobed. R. H. 1884, pp. 

 .■i20, 321. Gn. 29, pp. 354, 355; 30. 

 p. 447. -Named for Count Epri5- 

 mesnil. Dieppe, France. Well- 

 grown jilants resemble Fatsia 

 Jaj>„i,!,;i {Aralia Sieboldii). 



Andreinum, Jlarchal. Shrub, 



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4^'^ 



1592. Royal Palm Oreodoxa regia 



ment given tropical \ialias Harms (Lngler i Prmtl, 

 Pflanzenfamilien) dnides the species into i groups. — 

 lvs. digitate, lvs. lobed hs not lobtd llii spfcies 

 described beyond are thost whuh art now most often 

 mentioned in gardening literature, but the writtr has 

 seen only the first in American collections 



ORIGANUM (ancient Greek name said to meandelight 

 of iiiKiintttiiis). Lubiatw. This includes several plants 

 known as Marjoram which are fully described below 

 from the popular ami br.rtieultnral points of view. 



but the fls'. .0 M ■■ I. .,1111- 111 li.a.l~ surrounded 



Origanum is a genus of about 25 species of subshnibs 

 and herbs mostly natives of the Mediterranean region. 

 Whorls 2-fld., rarely 6-10-fld., crowded into globose or 

 oblong spikelets: bracts cokired and larger than the 

 calyx, or green and sniallrr than the calyx; calyx va- 

 rious, 5-toothed or 2 lii'i"'! ■ i-"r'>Il:i 2 lipped. 



Authorities dilTera- 1 . xv li. iIm r i iir eominon Pot Marjo- 

 ram is O.vuliinre or ('."/. '. . . \ limwiin's Vegetable Gar- 

 den holding to the tirst <_ipinioii, w hile Nicholson's Dic- 

 tionary of Gardening and .7. M. Thorbum&Co. take the 

 latter. The two plants are very distinct, as the following 



