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Aloes, Aloe] aloe-wood, Cordia Sebestena L.; aloes-wood, Aquilaria 



Agallocha Roxb. 



Aloides Boerh. ex L. =Stratiotes L. (Hydrocharit.). 

 Aloitis Raf. (Gentiana Tourn. p.p.). Gentian, (i). 4 W. and C. N. Am. 

 Alomia H. B. et K. Conipositae (2). 10 trop. Am., Chili. 

 Alona Lindl. Nolanaceae (Convolv. BH.). 15 Chili. 

 Alonsoa Ruiz et Pav. Scrophulariaceae (n. i). 6 trop. Am. 

 Alopecurus L. Gramineae (8). 25 temp. Eurasia. 4 Brit. incl. 



A. pratensis L., foxtail, cult, for pasture. Fl. protog. 

 Alophia Herb. (Herbertia BH.}. Irid. (ll). 7 warm Am. Cult. orn. fl. 

 Aloysia Ort. et Palau ex L'Herit. = Lippia L. p.p. (Verben.). 

 Alpestris (-Lat.), growing at high levels, below the tree line. 

 Alphandia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 5). 2 New Cal. 

 Alphitonia Reissek. Rhamnaceae. 5 Austr., Malaya, Polynesia. 

 Alphonsea Hook. f. et Thorns. Anonaceae (i). 12 trop. As. 

 Alphonseopsis E. G. Baker. Anonaceae (i). i Nigeria. 

 Alpine, at high levels, above the tree line; =rosa, Rhododendron. 

 Alpinia L. Zingiberaceae (i). 140 warm As., Polynesia. K small 



tubular, C with short tube and 3 large teeth, big labellum ; lat. stds. 



much reduced or absent; anther lobes divided by broad connective. 



A. officinarum Hance (China) gives rhizoma galangae. 

 Alsad (Cl.), a grove plant; alsium, a grove formation. 

 Alseis Schott. Rubiaceae (i. 5). 4 trop. Am. 



Alseodaphne Nees (Persea p.p. EP.}. Lauraceae (i). 10 Indomal. 

 Alseuosmia A. Cunn. Caprifoliaceae. 5 N.Z. 

 Alsike, Trifolhun hybridum L. 

 Alsinastrum Schur. = Elatine L. (Elatin.). 



Alsine Scop. (Arenaria L. BH.}. Caryophyll. (i. i). 60 j&, Chili. 

 Alsinodendron H. Mann. Caryophyllaceae (i. i). i Sandwich Is. 

 Alsinopsis Small (Arenaria L. p.p.). Caryophyllaceae (i. i). 10 N. Am. 

 Alsocydia Mart. = Bignonia L., Lundia DC., &c. (Bignon.). 

 Alsodeia Thou. (Rinorea Aubl.). Violaceae. 80 trop., sub-trop. 

 Alsodeiidium Engl. = Alsodeiopsis Oliv. 

 Alsodeiopsis Oliv. Icacinaceae (Olacin. BH.}. 7 trop. Afr. 

 Alsomitra M. Roem. Cucurbitaceae (i). 10 palaeotrop. 

 Alsophila R. Br. Cyatheaceae. j So trop. Large tree ferns with naked 



sori (the only gen. of C. without indusium). The stems yield a sago. 

 Alstonia R. Br. Apocyn. (i. 3). 30 Indomal. L. whorled. Bark tonic. 

 Alstroemeria L. Amaryllidaceae (in). 50 S. Am. L. twisted at base 



so that true upper surface faces down (internal anatomy also reversed). 



Caps, splits explosively. Cult. orn. fl. 



Altamiranoa Rose (Cotyledon Tourn. p.p. EP.}. Crassul. 12 Mex. 

 Altensteinia H. B. et K. Orchidaceae (n. 3). 12 Andes. 

 Alternanthera Forsk. (excl. Mogiphanes Mart. BH.}. Amarantaceae (3). 



70 trop., sub-trop. Cult. orn. 1. 

 Alternate (1.), one at a node. 

 Alternation of Generations, cf. Pteridophyta. 

 Althaea (Tourn.) L. Malvaceae (2). 15 temp. ]*, 2 Brit. incl. A. offi- 



dnalis L., marsh-mallow; A. rosea Cav., hollyhock, cult. orn. fl. 

 Althenia Petit. Potamogeton. (Naiad. BH.}. 2 W. Medit., 5 Austr. 



(Lepilaena]. Drumm.). 



