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L. (the bird's nest fern) is an interesting epiphyte of the Old World 

 tropics. It bears a rosette of leaves forming a nest in which humus 

 collects; the roots ramify in this and obtain food and water. A. rhi- 

 zophylhun Kunze is the walking fern, so called because the leaf-tips 

 when they touch the soil bud into new individuals, and thus the plant 

 spreads to some distance. 



Asprella Schreb. = Leersia Sw. (Gramin.). 



Assai palm, Euterpe edulis Mart. 



Assegai wood, Curdsia faginea Ait. 



Associations, plant, the grouping of pi. which occupies any definite 

 uniform area and kind of land. 



Assurgent, ascending. 



Astartea DC. (Baeckea L. p.p.)- Myrtaceae (n. i). 5 Austr. 



Astelia Banks et Soland. Liliaceae (vi). 15 Polynes. Dioec. Cult, 

 orn. fl. 



Astelma R. Br. Hdichrysum, Helipterum (Compos.). 



Astelma Schlecht. Asclepiadaceae"(n. 3). i New Guinea. 



Astemma Less. Compositae (5). i Ecuador. 



Astemon Regel. Labiatae (inc. sed.). i S. Am. 



Astephania Oliv. Compositae (4). 2 E. Afr. 



Astephanocarpa Baker. Compositae (4). i Madag. 



Astephanus R. Br. Asclepiad. (n. i). 12 Madag., trop. Afr., warm Am. 



Aster Tourn. ex L. Compositae (3). 400 Am., As., Afr., Eur. ; 2 on 

 Brit, coast (Michaelmas daisy), somewhat fleshy halophytes. Style 

 sta. typical of 3. The China aster of gardens (A. chinensis L.) 

 is a Callistephus. Many cult. orn. fl. 



Aster, China, Callistephus hortensis Cass. 



Asteracantha Nees (Hygrophila BH.}. Acanth. (iv. A), i palaeotrop. 



Asteraceae = Compositae. 



Asterales (BH.}. The 2nd cohort of Dicotyledons (Gamopet.). 



Asteranthe Engl. et Diels (Asteranthopsis). Anon. (i). i Zanzibar. 



Asteranthera Hanst. Gesneriaceae (i). r Chili. 



Asteranthopsis O. Ktze. Anonaceae (i). i Zanzibar. 



Asteranthus Desf. Lecythidaceae. i Venezuela, N. Brazil. 



Asteriastigma Bedd. (Hydnocarpus p.p. EP.}. Flacourt. (3). r India. 



Asteriscium Cham, et Schlecht. Umbelliferae (I. 2). 27 Mex., S. Am. 



Asteriscus Moench = Odontospermum Neck. (Comp.). 



Asterocephalus (Vaill.) Arlans. =Scabiosa L. p.p. (Dipsac.). 



Asterochaete Nees. Cyperaceae (n). 4 Masc., S. Afr. 



Asterochlaena Garcke = Pavonia Cav. (Malv.). 



Asterogyne H. Wendl. Palmaceae (iv. i). 2 C. Am. 



Asteroid, star-shaped. 



Asterolasia F. Muell. Rutaceae (i). 7 Austr. 



Asterolinon Hoffmannsegg et Link. Primulaceae. 2 Medit., Abyss. 



Asteromaea Blume (Bottonia BH.}. Compositae (3). 3 E. As. 



Asteropeia Thou. Theaceae (Samyd. BH.}. 5 Madag. 



Asterophorum Sprague. Tiliaceae. i Ecuador. 



Asteropsis Less. (Podocoma Cass. BH.}. Compositae (3). i S. Brazil. 



Asterostemma Decne. Asclepiadaceae (n. 3). i Java. 



Asterostigma Fisch. et Mey. (Staurostigma H.) . Arac. (vn). 5 Brazil. 



Asthenochloa Buese. Gramineae (inc. sed.). i Java. 



