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aconitifdlia, Runs 

 Hort.). Lv-. :; n, 

 nately \"h,.\. ^liinii 

 riessiiKill. 

 dissecld. ( 



AMPELOPSIS 



Vi I \ 11 aconitifdlia 

 1 II 1 U often pin 

 I 1 1 I ( neath ber 



dissecta Koehne {A 

 I Hert ) Lts 



lu 1 1 lits pinnatifid 



graceful climber foi 



serjaniaefdlia, Bunge. Roots tuberous : Ivs. 3-5-parte<d 

 or digitate, cbartaceous, shining and dark green above, 

 the divisions pinnate, with winged rachis, the pinnte 

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

 Jap., N. China. Gt. 1C:531. R.H. 1870,p. 17. 



BBB. Lvs. bipinnaie, leaflets distinctly stalked. 



arbbrea, Koehne ( Vltis bipinndta, Torr. & Ur. Vlssus 

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

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

 coarsely toothed, V„_iUin. long: berries dark purple. 

 S. states, Mex. 



A. tnpinndta, Mi-i' \ t'.'.'i ) '■ ■ ■: 'i rnhita, 

 Koehne=A. hetei"! ' i li i ct.-ro- 



phylla. — A. I>avi<h<i 'i i ">"■/«, 



Hort.=A. aconilh-. . I ' . 1 h ^A. 



quinquel'iili:! ■. I, /"./.,■■• II : ■, ., , tmiro- 



rum.-.l.// ■/' H-.i! \ .,.,., , 1 ; , - l;„„jje. 



=A.h("lri..:. > . ■ ,! I . ' ■ • . .lata.— 



acoiiitifolia. — A.tuberdaa, Carr.^A. hcrjauia'foliu.— ..i. Viitctii, 

 Hort.=A. tricuspidata.— -A. Firi7mid7io, Hort.=A.quinqiiefolia. 

 Alfred Rehdek. 



AMPELOVlTIS. 



AMPHICARPaiA (Greek, alluding to the two kinds 

 of fruits). Lfi/umindste. A half-dozen little herbaceous 

 vines of E. Amer. and Himalayas, bearing subterranean 

 cleistogamous fls.: lvs. pinnate, of 3 leaflets: fls. small, 

 purplish. Two common species are A. monoica. Nutt., 

 and A. Pilclieri, Torr. & (iray (also known as Falcata 

 ; and F. Pitcheri). Not known to be in cult. 



AMPHIC6ME {amphi, both, and kome, hair ; the seeds 

 bavingatuft of hair at both ends). Bignonittcew, Green- 

 house herbaceous rockery plants from the Himalayas, 

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



A. argitta, Royle. Height 3 ft.: leaflets in 3^ pairs, sessile, 

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

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

 lobes long, awl-shaped. P.M. 6:79.—^. Emddi. Royle. Height 

 lH-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. 



ANACARDIUM 



AMSdNIA in lined for Charles Amst 

 Ansonia ipnci/>iucew Tough barkf 1 

 of eastern N Amer and Jap with ti i 

 blue or bluish nai row limbed small fl 

 the inside of the corolla tube beam 

 Grown in the biu\\ 1 )ulpt riiistl 



osth 



B M 



L BC 



Holds its toll.,, l.te N < 

 :,92 B R lol G W P 48 



angUBtifdlia Michx {A cihdta,VfiL\t ) Villous when 

 young the stem 1-3 ft h s 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. jj. B. 



AMYGDAL6PSIS. See Pntniis. 



AMYGDALUS (Greek-made name, referring to the 

 furrow.il pit), l/nxdcew. A name given to the peaches, 



"Pric 



■lie g 



AN ACAMPSEROS (Greek-made name). Portulac&oeoe . 

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

 by cuttings of stems or leaves. 



ANACARDIUM (name refers to the heart-shaped char- 

 a.'ter .it the nut). Atinrardiiceip. Eight or ten species 

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

 occidentale, Linn. Cashew. 

 A large, spreading tree, very 

 impatient of frost, and there- 

 fore adaptable only 

 southern Fla. in the U. S. : 

 lvs. oval, rounded, or even 

 emarginate at the top ; fls. 

 rosy tinted, fragrant, in pani- 

 aating the young 

 branches : nut kidney-shaped 

 or heart-shaped, the size of a 

 hi.-2:e bean, the kernel edible, 

 borne on a fleshy 



82. Ampelopsis tricuspidata. 



receptacle (the cashew applejwhich 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 



