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AIiSOPHILA. Upwards of ninety species haye been 

 referred to this genus. To those described on pp. 54-6, 

 Vol. I., the following variety shonld now be added: 



A. atrovlrens Kerlana (Ker^s dark green), sti. 6in. to Sin. 

 long, dull brown, rauricated. frondi^ oblong-lanceolate, bipinnate, 

 liin. to IJin. long, 6in. broad, tirm, pilose on the mam veins 

 beneath ; pinnse lanceolate, the lower ones 3in. to 4in. long, fin. 

 to lin. broad, cut down to the rachis into oblong, crenate, obtuse 

 pinnules, *ori-placed at the forking of the veins. 1884. Stove. 



AIiySSITM. This genus comprises from eighty to 

 ninety species, natives of Asia Minor, Sonth Europe, 

 Persia, North Africa, the Caucasus, and Siberia. To those 

 described on pp. 60-1, Vol. I., the following should now be 

 added : 



A, pyrenalonxa (Pyrenean\ fi. white, with chocolate-coloured 

 anthers. Juuu to August. L roundish. Habit dwarf, tufted. 



(said to be the native Indian name of one 



of the ■pociea), Stn. Gynopogon, Ord. Apocynacem, 



A gcuuB ornbraciug about thirty species of stove, often 

 glabrons shrubs, inhabiting Eastern tropical Asia, the 

 Malayan Archipelago, Ceylon, Madagascar, tropical 

 Australia, and the Paci&o lalaTids. Flowers rather 

 small, twin or cymose ; calyx five-parted, glandless ; 

 corolla salvor Aaped, with a cylindrical tube and five 

 twisted lobes; stamens inoludod. Leaves whorled in 

 threes or fourB, or rarely opposite, coriaceous, shining, 

 pennivoinod. The best-known species are here do- 

 BcrlLud. They thrive in a mixture of sandy loam and a 

 little peat. Cuttings of ripened wood will root freely if 

 inserted in pots of .-and, undor glass, and plunged in heat. 



A braotoolosn (slightly bracteate), Jl. pale yellow, with a long 

 tube; cynii'^ axillary, many-flowered, Hhortly pedunculate. I. in 

 threes, oblong or .sub-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate at apex 

 rounded vi ucutc at baae. Fiji, 1887. Climber. 



A daphnoldes (T>aphno-like). Jl, yollowish-white, senslle, 

 axUtary uiui tt^ruunal, solitary. April. I. in fonra, obovate- 

 obiong, elliptic, or rhomboid, obtuse, shining, ^in. to Jin. long. 

 A. 4ft. Norfolk IslaTid, 1831. (B. M. 3313.) 



A mscifolia (Bntcher'8-broom-leaved). ft. white, small, sessile, 

 in sessile, terminal hcadn. July. I. whorlod, broadly ovate- 

 f'lliptic to narrow -lanceolate, acute, with a short, pungent point, 



> lin, to l^in. lonff, shortly petiohiLo, the margiiiii recurved or 

 revolnte. Australia, 1820. A tail, hand;^ome shjub. (B. M. 

 5312 ; I^ B. C. 1811.) 



AMABABOYA (the native name). Okd. Melasto- 

 macecB, A small genus (three species) of erect, glabrona, 

 stove or* greenhouse, evergreen shrnbs, natives of New 

 Grenada. Flowers showy, cymose; petals nsually six, 

 cordate; stamens twelve to fifteen. Leaves large, oppo- 

 site, sessile, with three very prominent nerves, green 

 above^ reddish-carmine beneath. Branches as thiols as the 

 thumb, bluntly four-angled. The species will probably 

 thrive under the same treatment as that recommended 

 for Pleroma (which see, on p. 162, Vol. III.). 



A amabiUs (lovely). JL white, margined with carmine, large ; 

 pptr^ls broad ; style red, elon^ted ; umbels terminal, t lOin. to 

 l2in. long, 8in. broad, opposite, elliptic, cauesccnt beneath, the 

 three nerves brownish or reddish. Stem» terete, purplish. 1887. 

 (L H. ser. v. 9. ) 



A. prinoepa (princely), fi, of a uniform bright carmine, very 

 showy; petals usually six, broadly cordate; stamens white; 

 eymes terminal, few-flowort- 1 ; peduncles stout. I, elliptic, 

 sessile, apicnlate, Tin. to lOin. lomr, 3in. to 5in. broad, green 

 above, reddish-brown beneath. 1887. (I. H. aer. v. 4.) 



A splendlda (splcudld). Jl, tl'ui acros*^, very beautiful; petals 

 snb-triancrntar, Sin. lonir. nejirly 2^in. broad, at first reddish- 

 pink, V iiiing whitf' ill the lower part; stamens yellowiah ; 

 style red. elon&r.ited. L very large, ovate-oblong, green above, 

 coppery-pink with three red nerves beneath. 1886. A gorgeous 

 plant (I. H. aer. v. 34.) 



AMORFHOPHAIiItUS. Including Hydrosme, This 

 genus comprisos about twenty-tive species, inhabiting 

 topical Asia and Africa, the Malayan Archipelago, and 

 the Pacific Islands. To those described on p, 65, Vol. I., 

 the following shonld now be added : 



A IfCopoldionUS (Leopold II. 'a), yf., spathe reddi.sh-vio1et, 

 expanded, shortly pedunculate, the lamina oval-lanceolate, loug- 

 acumiuat& the m:\rgins undulated; spadix 2ft. to 2ift. long, 

 cylindrical. L horizontally spreading, 2Jft. to 3ft. in diameter, 



AmorplioplialluB — cont iaued. 



trifariously palmately divided, the divisions bisected ; segments 

 oblong-lanceolate, loosely and irregularly bi-tripinnatisect, the 

 ultimate segments liin. to 2iin. long ; petioles about l}ft. high, 

 terete, dotted. Congo, 1887. Syn. Hydrosme Leopoldiana fl. H. 

 ser. V. 23). 



A. Teuszii (Teusz's). ^., spathe green outside, dark purple-brown 

 within, 6in. long, with a short, ovoid tube, and an open, trifid 

 limb; spadix rather shorter than the spathe, with a greenish, 

 cylindric appendix ; peduncle very short. L solitary, tripartite, 

 with bipinnatifld-branched divisions ; ultimate segments linear- 

 lanceolate. Western tropical Africa, 1884. Syn. Hxfdrosme 

 Teuszii (R. G. 1142). 



A virosus (venomous). Ji., spathe externally pale green, spotted 

 white and margined purple, within purple at the rugose 

 base, rich cream in the middle, and purple in the upper part, 

 9in. lone:, 6in. in diameter; spadix about 7in. long, with a 

 brownish or purplish, sub-globose, rugulose appendix. Siam, 

 1885. Much like A, campaniUatus^ but with a smaller inflorescence. 



AMPEIiOFSIS. Botanically, this is merely a section 

 of the genus Viti^, To the species described on pp. 65-6, 



Vol. I., the following variety should now be added : 



A Ho^gl (Dr Hogg's). A large-leaved, vigoronsgrowlng form of 

 A. tncusjridata. 1888. 



ANACYCIiUS (changed from AnanthocycluSy com- 

 pounded of a, privative, anthoSj a flower, and kycloSj a 

 circle ; with reference to the circle of ovaries which sur- 

 rounds the disk). Obd. Comjpositm. A genus embracing 

 about ton species of hardy or half-hardy, annual herbs (or 

 with a perennial caudox), inhabiting South Europe, 

 North Africa, and the Orient. Flower-heads radiate, 

 mediocre, pedunculate at the tips of the branches; in- 

 volucre hemispherical or broadly campanulate, the bracts 

 in few series ; receptacle convex or conical ; ray florets 

 white, yellow, or purplish, in one series, fertile or sterile, 

 sometimes deficient; disk yellow, fertile; achenes obovate, 

 glabrous, the outer ones two-winged. Leaves alternate, 

 twice or thrice pinnatisect. A. radiatus j>iirpurascen8, 

 the only plant of the genus in general cultivation, is a 

 very attractive and floriferons, hardy annual, thriving 

 under ordinary treatment. 



A radiatttS pnrpnrascens (rayed, purplish), jl -heads large; 

 ray florets white or yellow above, the under side purplish. 

 Summer. I, bipinnatitid, with small, linear segments. 1885. 



(R. G. 1074.) 



ANAGAIiXiISi This genus embraces about a dozen 

 species, inhabiting Europe, North and Sonth Africa, 

 West Asia, and extra-tropical South Africa, one being 

 scattered over nearly all warm and temperate regions. ^ To 

 those described on pp. 68-9, Vol. I., the following variety 

 is the only plant calling for addition : 



A OOUina alba (hill-loving, white). JL white, yellow in the 

 centre, abundantly produced. April to June. I. small, lanceo- 

 late. Stems .^hort, erect, crowded, densely set with leaves. 

 1883. A charming little hardy perennial. (R. G. 1125.) 



ANANAS. The five or six species of this genus are 

 all tropical American. To those described on p. 69, 

 Vol. I., the following should now be added : 



A. crocophylla, fl. green, small, in a compact, spherical head ; 

 bracts spiny-edged. I. clear green, spotted and marbled dark 

 green ; at the flowering period the outer ones assume a beautiful 

 rose-colour, while the inner ones retain their ordinary colour. 

 Stem 3ft. high. Brazil, 1885. Syn. Chetaliera crocophylla, 



ANDROSACE. This genua embraces about forty 

 species, confined to the Northern hemisphere. To those 

 described on pp. 72-3, Vol. I., the following should now 

 be added : 



A foliosa (leafy). Jl, many in an umbel; corolla pale flesh- 

 coluured, ^in. to ^in. in diameter ; scape solitary, erect, 3iu. to 

 5in. high. Miy to September. I 21n. to 3in. long, elliptic or 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse or acute, hairy. Rootstock woody, with- 

 out stolons, sending up one or more very short stems. Western 

 Himalaya, 1882. (B. M. 6661.) 



A rotnndlfolla maorocalyic (round leaved, large-calyxed). 

 ft, numerous ; calyx Jin. to ^in. in diameter ; corolla pale rose- 

 coloured, much shorter than the calyx ; scapes slender, longer 

 than the leaves. June. L radical, lin. to 2in. in diameter, 

 orbicular-cordate, lobulate; petioles equalling the blades. 

 Himalaya, 1882, A softly hairy perennial, without stolons. 

 (B. M. 6617.) 



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