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AMPELOPSIS 



ANACARDIUM 



aconitifdlia, Bunge. {A. quinquefdlia, var. aconififdlia, 

 Hort.). Ijvs. 3- or 5-cleft, the middle lobe often pin- 

 nately lobed, shining and nearly glabrous beneath : ber- 

 ries small, yellow. N. China. Var. diss6ota, Koehne {A. 

 dissecla, Ca.rr. A. affinis, var. (Jissecto, Hort. ). Lvs. 

 5-parted, the middle or the three inner lobes pinnatifld. 

 B.H. 1883, p. 318. Gn. 5, p. 523.-Graoeful climber for 

 trellis work. 



81. Ampelopsis 



tricuspidata. 



Showing a yoimg leaf and the disks on the tendrils by which 

 the plant is attached to walls. 



seijaniseidlia, Bunge. Roots tuberous : lvs. 3-5-parted 

 or digitate, chartaeeous, shining and dark green above, 

 the divisions pinnate, with winged rachis, the pinnse 

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

 Jap., N. China. Gt. 16 : 531. B.H. 1870, p. 17. 



BBB. Irvs. bipinnate, leaflets distinctly stalked. 



arbdrea, Koehne ( Vltis bipinncita, Torr. & Gr. Cissits 

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

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

 coarsely toothed, X-IK in. long : berries dark purple. 

 S. states, Mex. 



A, bipinndta, Michx.=A, arborea. — A. brevipedunculdta, 

 Koehne=A. heterophylla, var. — A.citrulloides, Hort.=hetero- 

 phylla. — A. Bavididna, Mottet=Vitis Pagnneci. — A. dissecta, 

 Hort.=A. aconitifolia, var. dissecta. — A. hederacea, I)C.=A. 

 quinauefolia— A. hederacea, Hort.=A. quinquefolia, var. muro- 

 rum.— ji.fl(3^fl't,Hort.=A. tricuspidata. — A.humulifblia,'B\xn.ge. 

 =A. heterophylla var. — A.inc6n8tan8, Miq.=A. trlciisj)idata. — 

 A, Japdniea,'ii-OT:t.=A. tricuspidata. — A. litcida, Carr.=A. aco- 

 nitifolia. — A .napifdrmis , Carr.=A.serjani£efolia. — A.orientdlis, 

 Planch. Allied to A. arborea. Petioles longer ; Ivs.ovate-ellip- 

 tie, quite glabrous: petals and stamens 4. Orient. — A. Bdylei, 

 Hort.=A. quinquefolia, var. latifolia or A. tricuspidata. — A. ru- 

 brioaiUis, Carr.=A. aconitifolia. — A. sempervirens, Hort.^Cis- 

 sus striata. — A.Si&boldi, Hort.=A. heterophylla, var. elegans. — 

 A. tripartita, Carr.^A. aconitifolia. — A, trilobdta, CaiT.=A. 

 aconitifolia. — A.tuberbsa, Carr.=A. serjanirefolia.— J.. YHtchi, 

 Hort.^A. tricuspidata.— A. Fir/7imana, Hort.^A. quinquefolia. 



Alfred Rehdee. 



AMPELOVlTIS. See Vitis. 



AMPHICARP.ffi;A (Greek, alluding to the two kinds 

 of fruits). Leguminbsm. A half-dozen little herbaceous 

 vines of B. Amer. and Himalayas, bearing subterranean 

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

 purplish. Two common species are .4. monoica, Nutt., 

 and A. Pitcheri, Torr. & Gray (also known as JPalcata 

 eomosa and J''. Pit-cheri). Not known to be in cult. 



AMFHICOME {amphi, both, and home, hair ; the seeds 

 havingatuftofhairat both ends). Bignonidceai. Green- 

 house herbaceous rockery plants from the Himalayas, 

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



A. argiita, Royle, Height 3 ft.: leaflets in 3-4 pairs, sessile, 

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

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

 lobes long, awl-shaped. P.M. 6:79. —.4.. .Emddi, Royle. Height 

 1^-3 ft. : leaflets in &-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. 



AMSOITIA (named for Charles Amson). Called also 

 Ansonia. Apocyndcece. Tough-barked perennial herbs 

 of eastern N. Amer. and Jap., with terminal panicles of 

 blue or bluish narrow-limbed small fls. in May and June, 

 the inside of the corolla tube bearing reflexed hairs. 

 Grown in the hardy border, mostly with shrubbery. 

 Prop, mostly by dividing the clumps ; also by seeds 

 and by cuttings in summer. 



Tabemasmontina, Walter (A. latifolia, Michx. A.sa- 

 licifblia, Pursh. Tabei-nmmontdna Amsdnia, Linn.). 

 Glabrous or nearly so, 2-3 ft. : lvs. willow-like, ovate to 

 lanceolate, acuminate, alternate, short-petioled : fls. 

 many, with lanceolate spreading lobes, succeeded by 

 slender, milkweed-like follicles or pods 2-3 in. long. 

 Holds its foliage late. N. C. to Tex. B.M. 1873. L.B.C. 

 592. B.B. 151. G.W.F. 48. 



angustifdlia, MiahK. (A, eilidta, Walt. ) . Villous when 

 young, the stem 1-3 ft. : lvs. linear to lance-linear, an 

 Inch ortwo long, much crowded, margins becomingrevo- 

 lute : corolla lobes ovate-oblong to linear-oblong. S. 

 states. Int. 1883. L. H. B. 



AMYGDALOPSIS. See Prunus. 



AMY GDALUS (Greek-made name, referring to -the 

 furrowed pit). JBosdcece. A name given to the peaches, 

 apricots and their kin, but here treated as a section of 

 the genus Prunus, which see. 



ANACAMFSEROS (Greek-made name). Portulacdcem. 

 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. 



ANACAEDIUM (name refers to the heart-shaped char- 

 acter of the nut), AnacardidceCB. Eight or ten species 

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

 occidentaie, Linn. Cashew. 

 A large/spreading tree, very 

 impatient of frost, and there- 

 fore adaptable only to extreme 

 southern Fla. in the U. S. : 

 lvs. oval, rounded, or even 

 emarginate at the top ; fls. 

 rosy tinted, fragrant, in pani- 

 cles terminating the young 

 branches : nut kidney-shaped 

 or heart-shaped, the size of a 

 large bean, the kernel edible. 

 This nut is borne on a fleshy 



82. Ampelopsis tricuspidata. 



receptacle (the cashew apple) which 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 



