. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 638 GEONOMA AA. Lvs. pinnate. B. Basal leaf-segments narrow; the upper ones the broadest. •acaiilis, Mart. Acaulescent : lvs. long-petioled, 3-4 It. hiffli ; blade unequally pinnatisect, 22-25-nerved on each si<le
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 638 GEONOMA AA. Lvs. pinnate. B. Basal leaf-segments narrow; the upper ones the broadest. •acaiilis, Mart. Acaulescent : lvs. long-petioled, 3-4 It. hiffli ; blade unequally pinnatisect, 22-25-nerved on each si<le ; basal segments i lines wide, spreading, the middle and upper erect-spreading at an acute angle, %-4 in. wide, the apical very wide. Central Brazil. BB. Broad and narrow segments irregularhf intermingled. c. Blade of leaf C ft. long : petiole 1 ft. long. tPohli&na, Blart. Stem 12-15 ft. high, slender, densely ringed, columnar or reedy : segments very unequal, linear-lanceolate, falcate-acuminate, few-nerved an<l many-nerved intermixed, lG-20 in. long. Trop. Brazil. cc. Blade 2-2% ft.: petiole 4 in. long. tilegans. Mart., var. robusta, Dr. Stem 6 ft. high, 3-4 lines in diam.; segments rarely 3, usually 5-7, 1- nerved, 10-14 in. long, some 4 lines wide, intermixed with broader, many-nerved ones, all long, falcate-acumi- nate. Central Brazil. EBB. Leaf segments all alike {except the connivent apical ones). C. Alternate, remote, linear, scurfy. *Riedeli&,iia, H. Wendl. {G. gracilis, Lind. & Andr^). Habit of Vocos WeddelUana, the whole plant sparsely covered with caducous, brown, shining scales : petiole slender, 1% ft. or more long, terete below, flattened above : rachis triangular, bisulcate above : lvs. spread- ing, drooping at the apex ; segments 10-12 in. long, about 9 lines wide, linear-actite, elegantly recurved, the 2 terminal ones connivent. Brazil. 21:169. cc. Eqtddistant: petiole half as long as the blade. Sohotti4na, Mart. Stem 9-15 ft. high, 1-lH
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