28 ALLIUM 



Schoenoprasum L. (chives), and 6 others, in Brit. A. Cepa L. (Persia, 

 &c.) is the onion, A. Formm L. (Eur.) the leek, A. ascalonicmn L. 

 (Orient) the shallot, A. sativuin L. (S. Eur.) the garlic. Bulbous 

 herbs with linear (or hollow centric) 1. and cymose umbels of fls. Many 

 have collateral buds in the axils. In many the fls. are replaced 

 by bulbils serving for veg. repr. (cf. Lilium). In A. ursinum, &c. 

 honey is secreted by the septal glands of the ovary; fl. protandr. 



Allmania R. Br. Amarantaceae (2). 3 trop. Am. 



Allocalyx Cordemoy. Scrophulariaceae (ll. 6). i Reunion. 



Allocarpus II. B. et K. =Calea L. p.p. (Compos.). 



Allocarpy, fruiting from cross-fertilised fl. ; -gamy, cross-fert. 



Allocarya Greene (Eritrichium BH.). Boragin. (iv. 2). 35 Pac. Am. 



Allocnrusa Bunge (Acanlhophyllum C. A. Mey, BH.}. ' Caryophyll. 

 (n. 2). i=j W. and S. As. 



AUomorphia Blume. Melastomaceae (i). 15 Malaya, China, Polynesia. 



Alloneuron Pilger. Melastomaceae (i). i Peru. 



Allophylus L. Sapindaceae (i). 100 trop. and subtrop. 



Allophyton T. S. Brandegee. Scrophulariaceae (in. 3). i Mex. 



Alloplectus Mart. (Cranlzia Scop.). Gesner (i). 40 trop. Am. 



AUoschemone Schott (Monstera Adans. BH.). Araceae (n). i Braz. 



Allosorus Bernh. =Cryptograinme, Cheilanthes, Pellaea, &c. (Filices.) 



Allospondias Stapf. (Spondias L. p.p. EP.). Anacard. (2). i Indochina. 



Alloteropsis C. Presl. (Panic n HI L. p.p. EP.}. Gramin. (5). i Calif. 



Allotropa A. Gray. Pyrolaceae. i W. As. 



Allotropous (insects), short-tongued. 



Allseed, Polycarpon, Kadiola. 



Allspice, Pimenta qfficinalis ; Carolina-, Calycanthus floridiis. 



Alluandia Drake (Didierea Baill. p.p. EP.). Didieraceae. 4 Madag. 



Almeidea St Hil. Rutaceae (i). 5 Brazil. 



Almeloveenia Dennst. Inc. sed. i Indomal. 



Almond, Prunits Ainygdalus Stokes; country-, Tenninalia Catappa L.; 

 Java-, Canaiitim commune, L.; -tree (W.I.), Tenninalia Catappa L. 



Alniphyllum Matsumura. Styraceae. 2 Formosa, SW. China. 



Alnus (Tourn.) L. Betulaceae (2). 17 N. temp, and Andes. A. gluti- 

 nosa Medic, (alder), Brit. Cf. Betula. In the Stem, 



axil of each bract of the S catkin are 3 fl. (see fl. fl. fl. 

 diagram of Betula, and cf. other genera) each /3' j8' 



with 4 sta. and 4 perianth 1. The bracteoles a /3 



a, ft, /3', j8' are present. All these 1. are united bract, 



with one another. In the ? catkin only two, the lat., fl. occur, and the 

 same bracts. After fert., the ov. gives a one-seeded nut, under which 

 is found a 5-lobed scale, the product of subsequent growth of the 

 5 leaves. The fl. is chalazogamic. 



Alocasia Neck. Araceae (vi). 45 E. Ind. Herbaceous; monoec. .-/. 

 macrorrhiza Schott and others are cult, for ed. rim. (cf. Colocasia). 



Alocasiophyllum Engl. (Cercestis p.p. EP.). Arac. (iv). i W. Afr. 



Aloe Tourn. ex L. Liliaceae (in). 180 S. Afr., esp. the Karroo 

 desert. Usu. shrubby or arborescent xero., growing in thickness and 

 branching. L. in dense rosettes at ends of branches, very fleshy, with 

 thick epidermis, often waxy, and stomata in pits. They are cut across 

 and the juice evap. to obtain the drug aloes. 



