ABIES 



13. Pinsapo, Boiss. Spanish Fie. Fig. 1. Tree 70-80 

 ft.: trunk 4-G ft. in diam. : Ivs. short, broad, rigid, 

 sharp-pointed, bright green, spreading from all sides of 

 the stiff branchlets : cones cylindrical, slender, gray- 

 brown. 5ii-6 in. long ; bracts shorter than their scales. 

 Mountains of central and southern Spain, often grega- 

 rious. G.C. III. 21:407. — Not very hardy north of the 

 Middle states. 

 AA. yohiles. Leaves blue-green, ofte 



.gla 





xnd 



,ni;liil 0)1 fertile btanches 



lis, Lindl. Eed Fir Tree Io0-2i0 ft 



ft. in diain. : Ivs. on lower branches g 

 rounded and emarginate at the ape\ n 

 drical, purplish or olive-brown 4-1)111 I i- 

 longer, thin and covering the sl il n 

 palegreen. Cascade and CoastMount un f 

 and Oregon, of ten gregarious bS 12 Oli 

 O. C. III. 20: 275. -There is a -lar glauca 

 in the trade. 



15. magrnlSica, A. Murr. Red Fir Fig 

 2, /. Tree 200-250 ft. : trunk 6-10 ft in 

 diam.: Ivs. quadrangular, bluntlj pointed 

 on sterile and acute on fertile bianche 

 cones oblong-cylindrical, purpli h Ijiown 

 6-9 in. long; bracts much shorter thin the 

 scales. Sierri Nevada of California gie 

 garious and forming great foiests S s 

 12:618. Gn.V p 591 — Woodocea lomlh 

 manufactured into lumbei Le s haid) 

 in the eastern states than A tiobili 



Var. Shastfinsis Lemni cf siutheni 

 Oregon and northern Califoin: 

 somewhat smaller -with braits as lonf, 

 or longer than the scales b S 620 



A. Albertiana Murr =Tsugi heteio 

 phylla.— A. Saborensis Let Lvs d uk 

 silvery below \ ery numerous J^-l in 1 ng 

 cones 4 or 5 together leaching 7 oi 8 in 

 long and 1 in diim N Afrit 

 p. 106.- A. bifida Sieb 

 & Zucc.= A firma - A 

 bractedta. Hook & Arn 



adensiSy Michx = Tsugi 

 Canadensis. — A firma 

 Sieb. & Zuco =A M 

 Sieb. Lvs. thick and rigid 

 lia.long:conescyhndrieal 

 often ein.long with keeled 

 scales,. Japan Promising 

 for S.— A. Sookenana 

 Murr.=»Tsuga Wertensi 

 ana. — A.lastocarpa ^utt 



Lvs. blue-green and glaucous cones Tin long with very bioid 

 spineless scales Western U v, &ng 4 3 3 S b 1' 611 -A macn 

 cdrpo, Vasey=Ps6udotsuga macrocarpa —A Manesu Mast 

 Small tree with crowded bi anches and short dark foliage which 

 is pale below cones large darkpurple N Japan —A Merten 

 sidrea, Lindl =TsugaheterDphj 11a —A Numldica DeLannoy 

 =A. Baborensis — A Plndrow Spach isaformof A Webbiana 

 buthaslongerleaves and smaller cones Himalayas — A Reg\ 

 :A. Cephalonica, var. Appolinis. — A. religibsa, 

 slender, drooping branches: lvs. silvery below: 



ABUTA 6 



ABROMA (from a, not, and broma, food). Sterculid- 

 cetp. Greenhouse evergreen trees. Prop, by seeds or by 

 cuttings in spring from half-ripened wood under glass. 



A.atffjusta, Linn. f. Lower lvs. cordate. 3-.'i-lobed: upper lvs. 

 ovate-lanceolate. Trop As. B.K. .'.IK.-A./osdiosa, R.Br. Lower 

 lvs. cordate. 5-lobed; upper lvs. ovate: lis. dark purple. Trop. 



ABRdNIA (from abi-os, delicate, referring to involu- 

 cre). Nyctaginhcem. Trailing plants, with fragrant ver- 

 bena-like flowers suitable for baskets and rockeries; 

 commonly treated as hardy annuals. Mostly tender 

 perennials from Calif. Height 6-18 in. For early and 

 continuous summer bloom, seeds may be sown in pots 

 ot sandv soil the previous autumn and "wintered in a 

 frame Peel off the husk before sowing seed. Cf. Sereuo 

 Watson Bot Calif. 2 : .3-5. 



A. Floivers yellow. 



. 3. Plant very viscid -pubescent: 

 lvs. thick, broadly ovate or reni- 

 form, obtuse, on distinct petioles: 

 root stout, fusiform. A. are- 

 ndria, Menzies, is probably the 

 s:iin.-, but is considered distinct by 

 .-111.. n,M.i;:,4r,. G.C. II. 



umbellata, Lam. Whole plant 

 •liscid-puberulent : lvs. typically 

 narrower than the above, oval 

 or oblong : fls. pink. F. S. 

 P.M. 16:36. Var. gran- 

 diSldra, Hort., has larger fls. and 

 broader lvs. 



villdsa, Watson. Smaller and 

 slenderer than the last and covered 

 with a glandular-villous pubes- 



latlS61ia Esch Fie 



cence Iv rarelv 1 in long: 



Not common in cult Int IS 



AAA Flow 



melUfera Dougl fetoute 





longer and narrower. B.M. 2879. 



imalk 

 Lindl. Lor„ 



„ Mex. 'B.M.67o3. — A.Sachalinensis,Uast. Tall 

 tree, with pale bark, white buds, and long, slender, dark green 

 lvs,: cones 3 in. long. E. Asia. — A. si(6a?phm, Engelm.=lasio- 

 enrpa. — A.vejtitsta, Koch. Lvs. acuminate, dark yellow, green 

 above and silvery below : cones 4 in i-nc 'Aiiii |mi _■ .It-n- 

 der bracts. California. 8, S. 1- : til''. • ' I' ■■ i " — -L . 



Webbiana, Jjindl. Lvs. l-2>oin. long, llni , iies 



cylindrical, 6 or 7 in. long. Himalay:i 

 nensis, alba, Alcockiana, Engelman 

 miniata, Morinda, nigra, obovata, or 

 pungens, Schrenkiana, Smithiana. S 

 "^^"sa. C. S. Sargent. 



ABdBRA (Brazilian name) 

 house climber, cult, for 

 grows rapidly, and may be planted out in summer. The 

 tuberous roots are stored like dahlias. Prop, by seeds or 

 rarely by soft cuttings. 



viridifldra, Naudin. Height 10-15 ft.: lvs. much di- 

 vided: fls. small, pale green, fragrant: fr. a scarlet gourd. 

 Brazil. R.H. 1862: 111. 



Int 1891 



frigrans, Nutt. Lvs. larger than in A. umbellata, 

 broader at the base and more tapering: fls. night-bloom- 

 ing. B.M. 5544. 



A.pulckella, Nicholson, Fls. pinkish rose,— A. rosea, Hart- 

 weg.^umbellata ? w„ jyj, 



ABRUS (from abros, soft, referring to leaves). Legu- 

 minbsm. Deciduous greenhouse climber, or used S. 

 outdoors for screens. Roots have virtues of licorice. 

 Needs strong heat for indoor culture. Prop, by seeds 

 or by cuttings under glass in sand. 



preoatdrius.Linn. Crab's-ete Vine. Weather-plant. 

 Height 10-12 ft. : leaflets oblong, in numerous pairs: fls. 

 varying from rose to white: seeds bright scarlet, with a 

 black spot, used by Buddhists for rosaries, and in India 

 as standards of weight. Tropics. -The absurd claims 

 made for its weather-prophesying properties are exposed 

 by Oliver in Kew Bull. Jan. 1890. 



ABtlTA (native name) . MenispermAeew . Greenhouse 

 evergreen climber. Prop, by cuttings under glass with 

 bottom heat. -4. rw/^scens, Aubl. Lvs. ovate: fls. dark 

 purple within. S.Am. Unimportant. 



