AMORPHOPHALLUS 



KiviM, Dur. Devil's Tongue. Snake Palji. Fig. 79. 

 Scape (sent up in early spring) preceding the Ivs., 3-4 ft., 

 darii colored and speckled with light red: If. often 4 ft. 

 across, pedately decompound, the petiole mottled, stand- 

 ing OD-a stalk like an umbrella ; spathe 

 rosy, calla-like, with a long-project- 

 ing and slender dark red slightly 

 curved spadix, the whole "flower" 

 often measuring ;f ft. long. Cochin 

 China. R.H. 1871, p. 573. -The best 

 known species in Amer. gardens. 

 Has a strong and disagreeable otli'V 

 campanul4tU3, Blume. Stani.i:\ - 



less) spathe nearly or quite 2 ft. 



broad and 15 in. high, with a hori- 

 zontal, spreading fluted bor- 

 der! not calla-like), red-purple 



' on the margin and grayish, 



spotted white lower down, and 



becoming purple in the cen- 

 ter : spadix 10-12 in. high, 



lb7i 1720, 1721 ; 111. 5:755. 



glgantSus, Blanc. "Fl. larger 

 than A. campamtlatns (often 2 

 ft ncross) and much more pleas- 

 in.^ in color, shading from deep 

 red to cream color towards the 

 center. The club-shaped spadix 

 is dark maroon, with yellow and 

 red b;i-r. Affcf flowering, the 

 foln_n- M.iii .ipiirars.- a stout 

 stem .'1 ^Iri |. ^1, . II ,-..lur, mottled 

 with f.'riiy. All. r -r.iwing at the 

 . rate of sevi-rai ; i • i . - n dm . it .-x- 



of a rich, dark green color, often mill- ^ -s.-' 



Blanc, 1892, received "under this iiaiip irin hi.iiii. .1. 

 campanulatus / Probably not the ,i. ;/>;/. i/i/., is i.i Bhmie. 



Simlense, Blanc. "Fl. 15 in. long, the inside of peculiar 

 golden color, spotted purple; the back is metallic brown. 

 Fine palm-like foliage." The rut in Blanc's catalogue 

 shows a spathe produced inf" :i I-'hl- t'oliiifr-rms summit, 



and a long, slender, recum -' - ' ' I '•■■luhly of some 



other genus : very likely nt. - 



A. Af-rfa, Hort. fCni-ynoii!,:ii ,,i ~ v., i, ^ li'H ' - Hydrosrae 

 l,prtnPT)sis — ^ F'o-hh'ri HiHik 1. >p;a;iL .: iii.;iM..iss.piirpleaud 

 \v!i:i.. -I :..;:.'.-:■ M ; : - 1 , , iliick, lirowii : If. single, much di- 

 \ \ :. : -.1 . Zacourtf, Linden. (Pseudodra- 



'■■'■■ I. ' !: Pi-tioles barred withyellow: blades 



i.hi.:, ,,,i -I., I, -I- Aliitf. Cochin China. I.H. 2.t: 316.— 



A. i-L / .':/' I.. >. -\ ; iii .. a Hydrnsnie T.fnpnldiaiia. Masters). 



AMPELOPSIS 



59 



79 Inflorescence and 



Amorphophallu 



I.H.W:23 ;' 



able plants knowu. Tuber 5 ft. iiniir.: If.- stalk 111 ft. i If. -blade 

 45 ft. in ch-c. : spathe 3 ft.in diam.: spadix 6 ft. high. Bloomed 

 at Kew in 1890, the tuber dying thereafter. Sumatra. B.M. 

 7153-5. G.C. 111. 5:748. L. H. B. 



AMPEL6PSIS (Greek ampeJos. vine, and -./..m'.s. like- 

 ness). Vit&ce(p. Shrubs, climbing by tendrils opjin.siti- 

 the Ivs.: Ivs. alternate, petioled, di^ritati-. lii|iiniiati- or 

 simple : corymbs opposite the Ivs. or tirminal : ris. jur- 

 fect, greenish and small ; petals and stamens u.sually 5 ; 

 fr. a 1-4-seeded berry. Allied to Vitis, but easy to dis- 

 tinguish, even in the winter state, by its bark bearing 

 lenticels and the white pith of the branches, while Vitis 

 has a shredding bark and brownish pith. About 20 spe- 

 cies in N. Amer., E. Asia and Himal. Hardy and orna- 

 mental climbing vines, thriving in almost any soil. 

 Prop, by seeds and by hardwood or greenwood cuttings. 

 A. quinqnefolia is usually increased by hardwood cut- 

 tings, while A. tricuspidata grows best from seeds 

 planted under glass or out-of-doors ; also from green- 

 wood cuttings in spring or early summer, under glass. 

 Layers also'root readily. All species may be prop, by 



cuttings with a good eye placed in sandy soil under hell- 

 glass,.s i., <,.j,t ■\foiiogr. by Planchon"in De Candolle, 

 JI"ii'_-' .iii!,i |M, , II. rogamarum, 5:447-463. Cf. Cissus. 

 a. / . I 'lisk-bearing : berries dark purple 



■ ' ' ''"oiii, pea-sized. (Parthenocissiis.) 

 quinquefdlia, Jlichx. (A.hederdcea, DC. Vitis guinque- 

 fdlia,lj&m.). Virginia Creepek. Fig.80. High-climbing: 

 Ivs. digitate ; Ifts. usually 5, elliptic or oblong-obovate, 

 coarsely serrate. X.Anier. Em. 2: 535. Var. radicantls- 

 sima, Te 111. i . Y.i,:i- in m. li. s and Ifts. beneath pubes- 

 • . ii : I . I , iiiitications and well devel- 



.: \ 1.1 .1. r . :, l;elider. (^. 7iederdcfa, var. 



//'■.. ,. . I I el and «!i(r(57is, Hort.). In- 



11..1 1 -. . li. . iiii.l i.h.iiiis i I, ., the former ; Ifts. glaucous 

 anil ;,'lai. Hills iirii, aili. N'ar. Engelmanni, llort. Similar 



latiJblia, I M]ii.. i .1 /,'..' ./^ /. llort. i. i if viL.'or..us growth : 

 Ivs. very large, shilling. Var. Graebneri, Helnler. Pubes- 

 cent, intense scarlet in fall. Gt. 48: 14U2. Var. viticea, 

 Knerr. Aerial roots none, and the tendrils scarcely disc- 

 be;vring : berries large and early. Mich, to Kans. Does 

 not cling to walls. — A very valuable climber of vigorous 

 ^ r .... ih. ..h -ring bright scarlet in autumn ; the varieties 

 ■ i;i a and niiirorHm well adapted for covering 

 i-iiig firmly, growing more straight upward 

 1 iiiiii 111' i.illowing species. 



tricuspidata. Si.l,. & Zucc. (^1. Veitchi, Hort. A. 

 Ji'ii;'//. ■. ll.iit. V I ;i iiic6nstans, Miq.). Japanese Ivv. 

 BosT.ix I\v. li-s. 81,82. High-climbing, with short 

 and lUsriienius i.tnlrils : Ivs. 3-lobed or 3-foliolate, 



both sides : ne'em.--' sh.irf-sralke.l. i 'Inna, .lap. K.B. 

 1877:11. Qns.'. 4::;.-.:i. li:;7:i.-.\ hanly an.i vel■^ u-eful 

 climber, clinij:in:.' iiriiil\' and ...i\iri!iir \\alls .len-rly ; 

 the glossy foliage stands .Inst and smoke well, and turns 

 to a brilliant orange and scarlet in fall. Probably the 

 favorite of all hardy vines in cities. 

 AA. TendriU ivitlwut disks: not climbing very high. 

 B. LfS. not Inh, J nr nn; h) fririispidate. 



cordata, Michx. ( \"f,-< ,„,/,,;,,„, wiiid. cissus Am- 

 peldpsis, Peru.). Nearl\ -lalir.iii- : Ivs. cord.atp. round- 

 ish-ovate, acuminate, aeuielv serrate : berries bluish or 

 greenish. From 111. and Ohio south. 



BB. Lvs. 3-^-lobed or divided. 



heterophylla, Sieb. & Zucc. Lvs. cordate, slightly 3- 

 or deeply 3-5-lobed, nearly gliibrous and shining be- 

 neath, lobes serrate or incised : berries light blue, punc- 



A^ 



tate. E.Asia. B.M. 5682. Gt. 1873: 765. -Well adapted 

 for covering rocks and low trellis work ; handsome in 

 autumn, with its freely produced light blue berries. 



Var. 61egaii8, Koch lA. tricolor, Hort.). Lvs. 

 blotched and striped with white, flushed pink when 

 young : slow-growing and tender. Gn. 54, p. 5, 



