. 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. ng houses. , only in S. Calif.— Pranceschi says it has brownishleaf-stalks and is more tender than the other 2 G. Smith. OEEOPANAX (, mountain Panax). Arali& iii;lity species names have been referred to thisgenus, hvit the number of species is
. 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. ng houses. , only in S. Calif.— Pranceschi says it has brownishleaf-stalks and is more tender than the other 2 G. Smith. OEEOPANAX (, mountain Panax). Arali& iii;lity species names have been referred to thisgenus, hvit the number of species is probably not one-half tills number. In the trade, the species of Oreo-panax are usually known as Aralias, but in the Araliatribe the petals are imbricate in the bud, whereas inOreopanax they are valvate. The Oreopanaxes are tropi-cal American trees and shrubs,with simple or compoundentire or toothed thick Ivs., and fls. in dense headswhich are arranged in racemes or panicles: calyx withminute or obsolete limb: petals 4-7. usually 5, the sta-mens of the same number and with ovate or oblonganthers: ovary 3-7-loculed, the styles rather long andbearing a flat, not thick, stigma: fr. globose and berry-like. Pew species of Oreopanax are known in cultiva-tion. They are hothouse subjects, requiring the treat-. • 1 111 , yMTX-j^1592 Royal Palm, Oreodoxa rcEia ment given tropical Aralias. Harms (Engler & Prantl,Pflanzenfamilien) divides the species into 3 groups.—Ivs. digitate, Ivs. lobed, Ivs. not lobed. The speciesdescribed beyond are those which are now most oftenmentioned in gardening literature, but the writer hasseen only the first in American collections. A. I/vs. all , Decne. & Planch. {ArAlia reticulataWilld.). Pig. 1593. Small tree, with alternate, thickentire, oblauceolate Ivs. 12-18 in. long, somewhat revolute on the margin, strongly alternate-veined and reticulated with shades of green: sphericalnearly or quite an inch in diam. S,Amer.—A h
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