. 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. Gardening. ARCHONTOPHCENIX AKDISIA 91 A. Leaf segments whitish underneath. Alex&ndreee, H. Wendl. & Drude (Ptychospirma Alex- dndrem, P. Muell.). Trunk 70-80 ft.: Ivs. several ft. long ; rachis very broad and thick, glabrous or slightly scurfy ; segments numerous, the longer ones 1% ft. long, i4-l in. broad, acumi
. 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. Gardening. ARCHONTOPHCENIX AKDISIA 91 A. Leaf segments whitish underneath. Alex&ndreee, H. Wendl. & Drude (Ptychospirma Alex- dndrem, P. Muell.). Trunk 70-80 ft.: Ivs. several ft. long ; rachis very broad and thick, glabrous or slightly scurfy ; segments numerous, the longer ones 1% ft. long, i4-l in. broad, acuminate and entire or slightly notched, green above, ashy glaucous beneath. Queens- land. 18:1916. AA. Leaf segments green on both sides. Ctinninghamii, H. Wendl. & Drude (Ptychospirma Cunniughamii, H. Wendl.). Trunk and general habit like the preceding, but the segments acuminate and entire or scarcely notched. Queensland and N. S. W. 4961 as Seaforthia elegans. _ „ r. Jared G. Smith. ABCTIUM (from Greek word for bear, probably al- luding to the shaggy bur). Gompbsita. Burdock. A few coarse perennials or biennials of temperate Eu. and Asia, some of them widely distributed as weeds. Invo- lucre globular and large, with hooked scales, becoming a bur : receptacle densely setose : pappus deciduous, of bristles : Ivs. large and soft, whitish beneath: plant not prickly : fls. pinkish, in summer. L&ppa, Linn. (Ldppa mdjor, Gsertn.). Common Bur- dock. The Burdock is a common and despised weed in this country, although it is capable of making an excel- lent foliage mass and screen. In Japan it is much cult, for its root, which has been greatly thickened and ame- liorated, affording a popular vegetable. It is there known as Gobo (see Georgeson, 13, p. 210). AECTOSTAPHYLOS (Greek, bear and grape). EricA- cece. Manzanita. Shrubs or small trees; Ivs. alternate, evergreen, usually entire, rarely deciduous : fls. small, urceolate, mostly white, tinged red, in terminal,
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