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Alae, wings, Legtnninasae, Polygalaceae. 



Alafia Thou. Apocynaceae (n. i). 12 trop. Afr., Madag. 



Alamania La Llave et Lex. (Epidendrum L. p.p. EP. ). Orchid, (n. 6). 

 i Mex. 



Alangiaceae (EP. Cornaceae^.'p.BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Myrtiflorae). 

 Only genus Alangium (q.v.). 



Alangium Lam. Alangiaceae. 22 palaeotrop. Trees or shrubs with 

 cymose infl. of heterochlam., usu. fls. K and C 4 10, A 4 10 or 

 8 20, or more, G i-2-3-loc. with i pend. ov. in each, i -seeded 

 drupe. Endosp. 



Alania Endl. Liliaceae (ill), r Austr. , in Blue Mts. 



Alaternus (Tourn.) Mill. = Rhamnus L. p.p. (Rhamn.). 



Albersia Kunth. = Amaranthus L. p.p. (Amarant.). 



Alberta E. Mey (Ernestimeyera O. Kuntze). Rubiac. (II. i). 

 3 Madag., S. Afr. 



Albertia Regel et Schmalh. Umbelliferae (in. 4). 3 Turkestan. 



Albertinia Spreng. Compositae (i). i Brazil. 



Albertisia Becc. Menispermaceae. i New Guinea. 



Albidus (Lat.), whitish. 



Albinism, disease from absence of normal colour ; albino, plant with a. 



Albizzia Durazz. Leguminosae (i. i). 50 warm % A. Lebbek Benth. 

 (siris, E. Indian walnut) &c. good timber. A. stipulata Boiv. (sau), 

 A. molnccana Miq. &c. as shade for tea cult. &c. (very rapid growth, 

 about 10 ft. in height, and i ft. in girth, a year). 



Albuca L. Liliaceae (v). 30 Afr. Outer sta. often stds. Cult. orn. 



Albumen (-inous), the endosperm of a seed; albuminoids, proteids. 



Alburnum, sap-wood, recently formed wood. 



Albus (Lat.), white. 



Alcamaspinosa Nor. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Alcantara Glaziou. Compositae. Nomen. 2 Brazil. 



Alcea (Tourn.) L. Althaea Tourn. (Malv.) 



Alchemilla L. Rosaceae (in. 5). 40 temp., and trop. Mts. A. arvensis 

 Scop, (parsley piert), A. vulgaris L. (lady's mantle), and A. alpina 

 L. Brit. Fl. Inconspic., apet., with epicalyx ; A 2 or 4, G i 4 each 

 with i ov. Achenes enclosed in dry receptacle. Some are partheno- 

 genetic ; some show a kind of chalazogamy; some have an exudation 

 of water from the 1. 



Alchornea Sw. Euphorbiaceae (A. II. 2). 30 trop. Only the ? of A. 

 (Coelebogyne) ilicifolia Muell.-Arg. is cult., but produces good seed. 

 Adv. embryos form by budding of the nucellus round the embryo-sac 

 (cf. Funkia). 



Alchorneopsis Muell.-Arg. Euphorbiaceae (A. II. 2). 2 S. Am. 



Alciope DC. Compositae (8). 2 S. Afr. 



Alcoceratothrix Niedenzu. Malpighiaceae (n). 2 Brazil, Guiana. 



Alcoceria Fernald. Euphorbiaceae (A. u. 7). i Mex. 



Alcohol (ethyl, the stimulant in drinks) is obtained usu. from sugar, 

 either stored as such in the pi., or obtained by fermentation, whether 

 natural as in the expansion of an infl., or artificial. The chief sources 

 are the fr. of Vitis (grape), tubers of potato and beet, grain of barley, 

 rye, maize, rice, &c. , stem of sugarcane, and young infl. of Agave, 

 Arenga, Borasstis, Caryota, Cocos, &c. Cf. also Bassia, Ceratonia, 



