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is needed, and small insects are usu. caught, as may be seen in 

 gardens. Seeds hairy (wind carriage). 

 Apodanthera Arn. Cucurbitaceae (2). 20 warm Am. 

 Apodanthes Poit. RafflesTac. (Cytinac. BH.). 5 trop. S. Am. 

 Apodiscus Hutch. Euphorb. (A. I. i). i French Guiana. 

 Apodocephala Baker. Compositae (i). 2 Madag. 

 Apodolirion Baker. Amaryllidaceae (i). 6 S. Afr. 

 Apodytes E. Mey. Icacinaceae. 14 S. Afr. to Malaya. A. dimidiata 



E. Mey. (S. Afr., white pear), good timber. 

 Apogon Ell. (Serinia Raf.). Compositae (13). 3 N. Am. 

 Apollonias Nees. Lauraceae (n). 2 Canaries, Madeira. 

 Aponogeton L. f. Aponogetonaceae (Naiad. BH.). 15 palaeotrop., 

 and S. Afr. Water pi. with sympodial tuberous rhiz. and basal L, 

 usu. floating. Submerged 1. occur in some, e.g. A. (Otivirandra) 

 fenestrale Hook. f. The whole tissue between the veins breaks up as 

 the 1. grows, leaving a network of veins with holes between. The 

 interior does not contain the usual intercellular spaces. 



The $ reg. fl. project above the water in spikes, sometimes divided 

 longitudinally into 2 or 3 ; spathe early thrown off. P usu. 2, some- 

 times 3 or even i, as in the much cult. A. distachyum Thunb. (Cape 

 pondweed), where it is attached by a broad base, and looks like a br. 

 In this sp. A oo , G 3 6, but usu. A 3 + 3, G 3, with 2 or oo ov. in 

 each, anatr., erect. Fr. leathery. Embryo straight. 

 Aponogetonaceae (f.; Naiadcae p.p. BH.}. Monocots. (Helobieae). 

 Only genus Aponogeton (q.v.}. Distinguished from Potamogetonaceae 

 by coloured P and straight embryo, from Scheuchzeriaceae by P and 

 sympodial structure. 



Apopetalum Pax. Rosaceae (i. i). i Bolivia. 

 Apophyllum F. Muell. Capparidaceae (n). i N.E. Austr. 

 Apoplanesia C. Presl. Leguminosae (in. 6). i Mex. 

 Aporocactus Lem. (Cerats Mill. p.p.). Cactaceae (in. i). 2 N. Am. 

 Aporosa Blume. Euphorb. (A. i. i). 35 Indomal. 

 Aporosella Chodat. Euphorb. (A. I. i). i Paraguay. 

 Aporrhiza Radlk. Sapindaceae (i). 3 Centr. Afr. 

 Aporuellia C. B. Clarke. Acanth. (iv. A). 2 Malay Pen., Sumatra. 

 Aporum Blume (Dendrobiuin Sw. p.p. BH.). Orchid, (n. 15). 12 



trop. As. 



Aposeris Neck. (Hyoseris L. p.p. H.). Compos. (13). i C. Eur. Mts. 

 Apostasia Blume. Orchidaceae (i. i). 8 Indomal. Fl. almost reg. 



with 2 sta. ; ovary 3-loc. 



Appendicula Blume. Orchidaceae (n a. in.). 40 Malaya, Polynesia. 

 Appendiculana O. Ktze. =next. 

 Appendiculate, with appendages. 

 Appendicularia DC. Melastomaceae (i). i Guiana. 

 Apple, Pyrns Mains L. ; alligator-, Anona pahistris L. ; balsam-, 

 Momordica bahamina L. ; custard-, Anona squamosa L., reticulata L. ; 

 elephant-, Feronia Elephantum Correa ; kangaroo-, Solamim avicu- 

 lare Forst. ; Kei-, Aberia caffra Harv. et Sond. ; love-, Lycopersictim 

 escidentum Mill. ; Malay-, Eugenia malaccensis L. ; mammee-, 

 Mammea americana L ; May-, Podophyllum pehatnin L. ; pine-, 

 Ananas salivus Schult. f. ; rose-, Malay ; star-, Chrysophylluin 



