Supplement. 



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Alocasia — continued, 



A. Chantrieri (Chantrler's). L about 1ft. long and 6in. broad, 

 oblong-sagittate, peltate, with undulated margins, deep olive- 

 green above, the veins narrowly bordered with silvery white ; 

 under surface deep violet-red ; petioles slightly dilated, with 

 sheathing base, cylindrical, green, lightly barred with olive. A 

 hybrid between A. metallica and A. Sanderiana. (R. H. 1887, 



p. 465.) 



A. emlnens (eminent). Jl,, spathe tube light green, l^in. long, 

 the lamina greenish-white, veiny, 3iin. to 4in. long, leflexed; 

 spadix light green and creamy-white, 3^im to 4iin. long ; 

 peduncles in pairs (? ahvays), 1ft. to lift. long. I. peltate, ovate* 

 sagittate, 20in. to 22in. long, 9in. to' lOMn. broad, dark green 

 above, the under surface purple, with very pale midrib and 

 primary veins ; petioles ^lt. to ^it, long, terete, lin. thick at 

 base, olive-green, with a coppery hue, and barred blackish -green, 

 East Indies, 1887. 



A grandis (large). /., spathe white, marked with carmine linoa 

 on the loutside, having a short, mottled green tube ; peduncles 

 about lOin. long. I. ovate-sagittate, l§ft. to 2ft. long, 1ft. broad, 

 bright green above, blackish-green beneath ; petioles ))Iackiiih, 

 3ft. to 5|ft. long. East Indian Archipelago, 1886. A noble and 

 ornauieutul plant. 



A guttata imperialis (imperial), y/., spathe white, spotted 

 red on the tube. /. elliptic-sagittate, acute, 1ft. to IJft. long, 

 ^ft. to lj.ft. broad, dark green above, with slightly paler spac(.-s 

 between the nerves, purplish beneath. Borneo, 1885. A fine, 

 stove, foliage plant, (t H. 1884, 541.) 



A Linden! (Auguste Linden's). I. Sin. long, 4iin. to 6in. broad, 

 glabrous, green above, with yellowish-white uudrib and principal 

 v<nns, paler beneath, cordate ovate, very long-acuminate at base, 

 the sinus large, triangular ; petioles white or grernish- white, lOin, 

 to 12in. long, Jin. to :Jin. thick, erect, terete, channelled, amplexi- 

 caul, with decurrent sheaths half their length. Malaya, 1886. 

 (L n. 1886, 603.) 



A* Luciani (Lucien Linden's). I. peltate, ovate, cuspidate at apex, 

 obcordate at base, dark green above, with pule cinereous veins 

 and margin.s, purple beneath ; basal lobes ovate-deltoid; petioles 

 very long, thick, pale, dotted and spotted brown. 1887. A hybrid 

 between A, Thibautiana and A, Putzfysi. (L II. ser. v. 27.) 



A Margaritas (Marguerite's). L large, obcordate, peltate, 

 repaiul, rather thick, bullate, highly glabrous above, except on 

 the blackish midrib and primary veins; sinus triangular, the 

 apex at the junction of the petiole ; petioles terete, puherulous, 

 brownisli-purple, .sheathing at base, the sheaths rosy-margined. 

 Java, 1886. (t H. 1886, 61L) 



A marglnata (margined). ;?.. spathe tube green, lin. to Uin. 

 long, the lamina pale greenish- white, usually striped and spotted 

 dull purple at back; spadix white, 6in. to 7in. long. I. Uft. to 

 2ft. long, llin. to 14in. hroad, broadly cordate -ovate, slightly 

 sinuate-margined, rounded into a shortly-pointed apex; petioles 

 2ft. to 3}ft. long, with zigzag marks of blackish -brown, the 

 sheaths broadly margined with blackish-brown. Brazil, 1887. 



A. prtnceps (princely). I. sagittate, the hinder lobes narrow and 

 spreading, forming a triangular, open sinus, the margins deeply 

 sinuate, the upper surface of a metallic olive-green, with darkened 

 midribs and primary veins, the under surface greyish-green, with 

 dark chocolate -brown veins and margin ; petioles slender, greyish- 

 green, heavily marbled chocolate-brown. Malayan Archi- 

 pelago, 1888. 



A Fucciana (Signor Pucci's). I peltate, oval-sagittate, l^ft long, 

 about 9Jn. broad, deep ^reen above, the pure white veins sur- 

 rounded by a silvery-white zone ; under surface glossy purplish ; 

 petioles fleshy, smooth, cylindrical, pale purplish, marked with 

 wavy, irregular zones of dull crimson-red ; in the upper portion 

 these markings disappear. 1887. Garden hybrid. 



A Futzeysi (Putzeys'). L similar in shape to those of A. loii{^' 

 loha, dark green, the midrib, primary and secondary veins, and 

 margins bordered with white; under surface dark purple. 

 Sumatra, 1882. (L H. 445.) 



A Reginse (queen's). Jl., spathe tube ovoid, lin. long, 3in. to 

 4in. in diameter, ivory-white, spotted purple, the blade white, 

 2in. to SJiin. long, reflexe<l; spadix sessile, rather shorter than 

 the spathe. I. ovate-cordate, repand, somewhat fleshy, glabrous 

 above, except the pubescent midrib and veins, dull brownish- 

 purple beneath ; petioles terete, spotted fuscous-purple. Borneo. 

 188S. (L H. 1885, 544.) 



A Sanderiana (Sander's), l deflexed, glossy, an-ow-shaped, 

 with three lateral lobes on each side, peltately affixed, the mid- 

 rib and borders ivory-white, the surface bright green, with 

 metallic-blue reflections; petioles erect, brownish-green, striately 

 mottled. Eastern Archipelago, 1884. 



A sinxiata (sinuate). /., spathe light green, 3in. long; spadix 

 jihorter than the spathe ; peduncle as long as, or longer than, the 

 petioles. I. sagittate, with sinuate margins ; upper side of the 



?^oung ones very dark green along the principal veins, with a 

 ighter green between ; older ones dark green above, the under 

 hide whitish-green. Philippines, 1885. 



A ViUenenvei (Comte de Villeneuve's). ?., blades very unequal ; 

 petioles wholly spotted with brown. Borneo, 1887, Closely 

 aUiedto A, Umgiloba. (I. U. ser. v. 21.) 



• VoMT. 





AIiOE. To the species described on pp. 51-3, Yol. I,, 

 the following should now be added : 



A heteracantha (variable-spined). /. bright coral-red, Ijin, 

 long; spike elongated, dense; flower-stem branching. L in a 

 rosette, lanceolate, acuminate. 6in. to 12in. U>ng, IJin. to 2^in. 

 broad, unarmed, or with a few teeth on the njargins, and with 

 one or two raised lines down the face. Native country unknown, 

 1886. (B. M. 6863.) 



A. Hildebrandtii (Ilildebrandt'fj). /., perianth cylindrical, less 

 than lin. long, the outer segments reil, the inner oiic^ itddish- 

 yellow, with a green keel; panicle lax, Ijft. long; peduuclo 

 short, compressed. I. loosely disposed, spreading, iMureolAte, 

 6in. to lOin. long, IJin. to 2in. broatl at the WaHphig basr*, 

 gradually tapering to an acuuiiuate point, rounili/il at back, tlie 

 margins tootued. Stem simple, erect, l^ft. to 2ft. long. lU^terti 

 tropical Africa, 188Z (B. M. 6981.) 



A Insignia (remarkable). JL racemose, numrrouu; porlanth 

 whitish, lined green towards the ai>ex, straigbt, lifloeu to nix- 

 teen lint s lung ; stamens exserted ; )H'iiuncle 18in. to 20in. high, 

 clothed with whitish bracts, l. thirty tu forty, ascendini;, uficu 

 incurved and slightly falcate, glaucous-green, 7in. to llin, long, 

 l!n. to 1 Jin. hron(Y at base, taporing to a nne point, with tubrrrular 

 points on the convex back. Stem about 3in. bi;;li, 1885. Hyhritl. 

 (G. C. n. s., xxiv., p. 41.) 



A pratonais (mt-;i<1'MV'loving). /., perianth brla^hb red. tipped 

 green, cylin^lrical, Uin. long; jnumts lanceolate, united ttnly at 

 base ; pedicels ascending; racnmr drn^'-o, cylinilrical, bin. to lliin. 

 long ; peduncU^ stout, Rnni>le, Ift. or more long, with c*ipious, 

 empty bracts. I, sixty to eighty In a dense roHctte, oblong-liinceo- 

 late, acuniiuato, the outer ones 6in. to 6in. long, the inner onus 

 Bmallor, liin. broad at base, margined with rtMl-brown spines. 

 Plant stemless. (B. M. 6705.) 



ALPINIA. Of this genua nearly forty speclos kavo 

 been noted ; they aro found in tropical and 8ub-troi)ical 

 Aaia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. To thot?o de- 

 scribed on p. 54, Vol. I,, the following should now be 



added : 



A officinarum (ofticinal). fi, white, si'^sile in a simple s)'lVe; 

 lip oldong, obtuse, entire or emargimite, the dibk uurvud with 

 bfood-reti "Winter, I. narrow-lanceolate, cauilatoacundnate, 

 highly glabrous, narrowed to a aeestle sheath at base ; sheath 

 elongate<l, produced in an erect ligulu. htem tuberous at base, 

 erect, leafy. South China. (B. M. 6995.) 



A. pumila (dwarf), ft, about lin. lontr, in a short, rather dcn^so 

 spike, about two to each bract, sessile, sub erect ; calyx bright 

 red ; corolla pink, the lip recurved or ahnoijfc revolute ; urapo of 

 tlowering stem radical, about 2in. h>iU^- April, l. twu or three 

 together, erect from the rootstock, 4in. to 6in. \*jii&, elliptic 

 or ellipticdanceolate, acuminate, gnm, with whitish Htrijius, 

 -p^y^ green beneath; petioles 2in. to 4in. Jong, sheathing below. 



Lo-fan-Shan .Mountaiiia, China, 1885. (B, M. 6&52.) 



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A zingiberlna ("/ingiber-like). /. erect, lin. long ; calyx about 

 iin. long ; lateral and dorsal lobes of the corolla pale green ; Hp 

 ■white, veined crimson, broadly ovate, obtuse ; panicle n« arly 

 erect, lOin. to 12in. long. July. I. lOin. to 12in. long, 3in. broad, 

 oblanceolate-oldong, acute and abruptly cuspidate, plal)rou». 

 Stems 4ft. to 6ft. high. Rhizomes lin. in diameter, re^mblinff 

 ginger. Siam, 1834. (B. M. 6944.) 



ALSEITOSMIA (from aUoSy a grovo, and euonmxa, a 

 grateful odour; the powerful fragrance of the flowers 

 scents the woods in their native haunts). OiiD, Ca'pru 

 foliacece. A Rmall gcnufi (four Rpccies) of highly glabroufl, 

 polymorphous, greenhouse shrubs, confined to New 

 Zealand. Flowers greenish or reddish, axillary, solitary or 

 fascioledj sweetly scented; calyx tube ovoid, the limb four 

 or fivc-lobedj corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, the tube 

 elongated, the limb of four or five equal, spreading lobua ; 

 stamens four or five ; pedicels bracteolate at base. Fruit a 

 purple, ovoid, many-seeded berry. Leaves alternate, rarely 

 opposite, petiolate, membranouH, linear-lanceolate, ovate, 

 or rhomboid, entire or toothed, with minute tufts of hairs 

 in the axils of the nerves beneath. A. macr(>phylla is the 

 only species introduced to cultivation. It thrivoa in well- 

 drained, peaty soil, and likes plenty of air and light. Pro- 

 pagated by cuttings of half-ripened growths, inserted 

 under a bell glass. 



A macropliylla narge-leavefl).* ft, in small, axillary clusters, 

 drooping ; corolla dullred, or creamy-white-witU dull red streaks, 

 the tube cylindric, funnel-shaped above, the lobss orate, recurred, 

 toothed. February. /. 3in, to 6in. long, elHnticdanoeolate or 

 oblanceolate, acute, entire or serrated, narrowed into petioles Jin. 

 Id iin. long. A. 6ft. to 10ft. 1884. Plant glabron^. (B. M. 

 6951. > 



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