* 
rs 
: A. officinalis (officinal).. i. blue or purple, sessile, imbricate ; 
AN ENCYCLOPÆDIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 71 
Anchusa—continued. a i 
A. Agardhii (Agardh’s). jl. purple, on short pedicels, distant, 
disposed in terminal racemes, which are generally conjugate. 
July. l. linear-lanceolate, tubercled, strigose. h. lft. Siberia, 
1820. Perennial. Rare. de aE 
A, azurea (blue). Synonymous with A. italica. : 
A. Barrelieri (Barrelier’s). fl. blue, with a white tube and 
yellow throat; racemes conjugate, panicled, bracteate, May. 
l. oblong-lanceolate, denticulated, hispid. A. 1ft. to 2ft. South 
Europe, 1820. Perennial. Syns.'Buglossum Barrelieri, Myosotis 
obtusum. 
A. capensis (Cape).* fl. blue; racemes terminal, panicled. July. 
l. linear lanceolate, hispid. Stem simple, hairy. A. 14ft. Cape of 
Good Hope, 1800. Requires greenhouse protection in winter, 
Biennial. See Fig. 87. 
. 
Fig .88. INFLORESCENCE OF ANCIIUSA ITALICA. 
A. italica (Italian). fl. bright blue or purple, in panicled racemes. 
Summer. J, lanceolate, entire, shining ; radical ones sometimes 
2ft. long. h. 3ft. to 4ft. Caucasus, &c., 1810, One of the best. SYNS. 
A, azurea, A. paniculata. See Fig. 88 
A. latifolia (broad-leaved). Synonymous with Nonnea rosea, 
A. myosotidifiora (Myosotideum-flowered), fl. fine blue: throat 
yellow; raceme terminal, panicled, bractless, July. large, 
radical ones on long petioles, reniformly cordate; those of the 
stem sessile, ovate, hairy. h. lft. Siberia, 1825. A pretty plant. 
SYN. Myosotis macrophylla. 
ANDERSONIA (in honour of Messrs. Anderson, sur- 
geons, great promoters of botany). Orp. Epacridaceæ., 
Elegant and delicate little greenhouse shrubs. Flowers 
terminal, solitary, or spicate; corolla sub-campanulate, 
hypocrateriform, five-lobed. The undermentioned, which is 
the only species yet introduced, grows freely ina sandy peat 
with perfect drainage, which latter is most essential. Cut- 
tings from the tips of young shoots may be made in 
autumn, winter, or spring, and planted in sand in a gentle 
heat, with a bell glass placed over them, 
ia-like).* jl. pink, furnished with two 
A. ee ae Mah. ™ L miae nia bese curved in- 
wards, so as to resemble a hood, ending in a fiat point. A. 1ft. to 
3ft. New Holland, 1803. Evergreen squarrose shrub, SYN. 
Sprengelia Andersoni. 
ANDIRA (its Brazilian name). Orp. Leguminose. 
Large ornamental stove evergreen trees, nearly allied to 
Geoffroya (which see for cultivation). Flowers in axillary 
or terminal panicles, Pod drupaceous. Leaves alternate, 
unequally pinnate. 
AE T oparia oaket iria fo A Taa 
late, acute, glabrous on both surfaces. h. 20ft. to S0ft. Jamaica, 
1773. Known as the Tree. 
Ca 
A. racemosa SS Jl. purple, in panicled racemes, l. im- 
-pinnate ; leaflets thirteen, ovate-oblong acumina 
Lm Farrea anag h. 20ft. to 60ft. Brazil, 1818, fe A 
Fic. 89, ANCHUSA SEMPERVIRENS. 
. ANDROCYMBIUM (from aner, a man, and eymbos, 
a cavity ; the stamens are enclosed in a hollow formed by 
the folding of the limb of the petals). ORD. Liliacew. 
A peculiar gteenhouse bulbous plant, requiring a light 
sandy soil, dry atmosphere, no shade, and a season of rest ; 
„auring the latter period, scarcely any water is required. 
Propagated by seeds and offsets. 
A. punctatum (dotted). fi. whitish, few, in a dense sessile 
umbel, surrounded by about four Spreading lanceolate, acuminate 
leaves, which are 5in. to 6in. long, in. to 3in. broad above the 
base, channelled down the centre from base to tip. South Africa, 
. 
ANDRÆŒCIUM. The male organ of the flower. 
ANDROGYNOUS. male and female 
flowers on the same spike. 
ANDROLEPIS (from aner, a man, and lepis, a scale; 
Producing 
Spikes joined by pairs, terminal. June to October, l lanceolate, 
haat radical ones tufted. h. lft. to 2ft. Britain, naturalised 
ra ©. incarnata is a variety with flesh coloured flowers. 
F% paniculata (panicled), Synonymous with A. italica. 
ieikta eee (evergreen). jl. rich blue, in short axillary 
pe A vea y leafy at the base. May. l. broadly ovate, lower 
S fr ong stalks, Stem erect. A. 1}ft. to 2ft. Perennial; 
e and there naturalised in Britain. See Fig. 89. 
meria (dyer's), Alkanet. ji. deep blue, tube blood colour ; 
hispid, 4. 6f y twin, terminal, many-flowered. June, J, oblong, 
. mm. South Europe, 1596. A diffuse perennial. 
ANCYLOGYNE LONGIFLORA. See Sanchezia. 
’ 
referring to the scaly stamens). ORD. Bromeliacee. Stove 
evergreen epiphyte. For culture, see Ze ee 
A. Skinneri (Skinner's). fl. white. A. 1)ft. Guatemala, 1850. 
SYN. Billbergia Skinneri. Bt 
ANDROMEDA (named after the daughter of Cepheus, 
who was rescued from the sea monster by Perseus). 
Orv. Ericacee. A dwarf, hardy shrub, found in peaty 
bogs in the temperate and Arctic regions of the northern 
hemisphere. Sow seeds as soon as ripe in pots or pans, 
very thinly, in sandy peat soil, and place in a cool frame, 
giving plenty of air. Place the young plants out in spring. 
Layers, pegged carefully down during September, will gene- 
rally take twelve months to make sufficient roots to allow _ 
