. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. BUMELIA 269 probably hardy farther north. They have small broadly spreading 4- to 6- parted flowers and 1-seeded berry-like drupes which remain on the plants over a year. Red-bekried Akdisia (459) — Ardisia crenuia,ta — is a neat compact shrub Vfith peculiar wavy-margined alternate leaves and drooping clusters of very ornamental coral-red, berry-like drupes which hang on for a year or more. The small flowers are red or Fig. 466. —American Storax. Fig. 466. — Four-winged Silver Bell. White-berried Akdisia — Ard
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. BUMELIA 269 probably hardy farther north. They have small broadly spreading 4- to 6- parted flowers and 1-seeded berry-like drupes which remain on the plants over a year. Red-bekried Akdisia (459) — Ardisia crenuia,ta — is a neat compact shrub Vfith peculiar wavy-margined alternate leaves and drooping clusters of very ornamental coral-red, berry-like drupes which hang on for a year or more. The small flowers are red or Fig. 466. —American Storax. Fig. 466. — Four-winged Silver Bell. White-berried Akdisia — Ardisia japdnica — has whorled serrated leaves, white flowers on red stems, and drooping white berry-like drupes. While more hardy than the former, it is not nearly so beautiful. [Seeds.] Bum^lia. The Bumelias are popularly called Buckthorns and are thorny, shrubs or trees with alternate clustered entire-edged nearly or quite evergreen leaves. This genus contains no species of any great ornamental value and is rarely found in cultivation. The species most frequently met with, False Buckthorn — Bumelia lanuginbsa, — has densely hairy evergreen leaves 1 to 2J inches long. The fruit is a black beny nearly ^ inch long usually with one shining seed. The flowers are minute, vrhite, clustered in the axils of the leaves in summer. This, though usually shrubby, can grow to the height of 50 feet. Southern Buckthorn (460) — Bumelia lycioides — differs in having less hairy, thinner, more. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908; Draycott, Ada (Apgar). New York, Cincinnati [etc] American Book Company
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