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Androsace—continued. 
A. septentrionalis (northern). Synonymous with A. coronopi- 
folia. — 
A. villosa (hairy).* Ji. rose or blush, with a deeper coloured eye, 
and a honey-like perfume, umbellate. May. J. narrow, oblong, 
covered with soft white down, chiefly on the under surface, in 
compact tufts. A. 2in. to 4in. Pyrenees, &c., 1790. When well 
grown, the flowers are produced in great abundance, almost 
covering the green cushions. Plant in a sunny fissure of the 
rockery, in sandy loam and leaf soil, Syn. A. penicillata. 
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i Tic. 91. ANDROSACE SARMENTOSA, showing Habit, and the two 
inds of Leaves, &c. 
"A. Vitaliana (Vital’s).* fl. rich yellow, comparatively large ; 
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tube inflated at the middle, almost nestling among the leaves. 
May to July. l. linear, acute, greyish. Stems numerous. A. lin. 
to Zin. Pyrenees, &c., 1787, When well grown, it produces flowers 
in abundance, and is the only species in cultivation having yellow 
flowers. A well-drained, sunny pocket is desirable, with a cal- 
careous soil, covering the surface with nodules of sandstone. Syn. 
Gregoria Vitaliana. * 
A. Wulfeniana (Wulfen’s).* fl. rosy, or wS large. Summer. - 
-l oval, acuminated, in dense rosettes. h. 2in. Styria. A very 
rare species in cultivation in this country. 
ANDROSÆMUM. See Hypericum. eo 
 ANDROSTEPHIUM (from aner, a man, and stephos, 
a crown; some of the stamens are barren and petaloid, 
forming a corona). ORD. Liliacew. A very pretty little 
hardy bulb, of dwarf habit, allied to Brodiwa. It re- | 
quires a rich sandy loam, in a sunny position, and may 
be propagated by offsets and seeds; the latter should be 
sown as soon as ripe ina cold frame. Plant Gin. deep, when 
it will require no protection in winter. 
A. violaceum (violet). fl. violet blue, about lin. 1ng, three to 
six in an umbel, on pedicels about their own length ; tube in- 
fundibuliform, about as long as the spreading segments ; corona 
half as long. Spring. J. four to six, very narrow. h. 6in. 
Texas, 1874. : 
ANDRYALA (the meaning of this is unknown). 
ORD. Composite. These are pretty half-hardy evergreen 
herbaceous perennials, easily grown in ordinary well- 
“wpe drained garden soil. Increased by seeds and divisions 
A. M 
= in spring. Two species only are in cultivation. 
Bs: A, lanata woolly).* jl.-heads yellow, Hieracium-like. May. l 
white, woolly, i an oe dear i radical ones stalked ; upper 
ones le. ems with a leaf at each joint. h. about lft. 
South Europe, 1732, 7 
ador). jl.-heads bright yellow, as large as 
a hal “Drea orn . April. roto, 1871. nis 
i (from a, not, and eilema, involucre; 
Con y the absence of the involucre). ORD. 
iaki with ew. _ Greenhouse and stove evergreen peren- 
Coma th generally a trailing habit. A genus resembling 
mie a. from hich it is distinguished by the inflores- 
T eing sub-paniculate, and the peduncles entirely 
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Aneilema—continued. j 
exserted from the bracts at the branching of the panicle. 
Flowers without any involucre. They thrive in a compost 
of loam, peat, leaf mould, and sand, well mixed. Increased 
by seeds and fdot divisions. There are a large number of 
- species known to botanists. % 
A. biflora (two-flowered).* fl. blue; floral stalks two-flowered. 
July. l. lanceolate. Stem creeping ; plant smooth. New Holland, 
1820. Greenhouse species. 
A. sinicum (Chinese). fl. pale blue; racemes about seven- 
flowered, alternate, placed in a panicle form. May. J. ligulate, 
acuminate. Stems branched, diffuse. k. 1ft. China, 1820. Green- 
house species. P ° 
ANEMIA (from aneimon, naked; in reference to the 
naked panicles of sporangia). Including Anemidictyon. 
ORD. Filices. A well-marked genus of stove and greenhouse 
ferns, chiefly confined to Tropical America. Capsules 
small, very abundant, forming a copiously-branched panicle, 
quite distinct from the leafy part of the frond. This 
genus of handsome dwarf-growing ferns is of easy culture, 
in a compost of fibrous peat, leaf soil, and sand. Several 
species are exceedingly pretty for fern cases. For general 
culture, see Ferns. 
(maidenhair-leaved).* sti. 12in. to 18in. long, 
irm, naked, fronds, barren portion shortly-stalked, 6in. to 9in. long, 
4in. to 6in. broad, deltoid, b ee: næ close, lanceolate, the 
lowest the est; ultimate divisions oblong or linear. y 
the outer toothed, with a tirm texture; cle in. to 4in. long, — 
the peduncle lin. to 3in. long.. West Indies, 1793. A very hand- 
some stove fern. ` — ; 
A. ciliata (ciliated). Synonymous with A. hirsuta. ; 
A. collina (hill). sti. 8in. to 12in. long, firm, erect, densely clothed 
with fine ferruginous hairs. fronds, barren portion sessile, 6in. 
to 12in. long, 2in. to 3in. broad, with about twelve sessile pinnz on 
each side, which are lin. to ljin. long, and about jin. broad, un- 
equal-sided, obliquely-truncate hglow, blunt, sub-entire, with a 
. sub-coriaceous texture’; panicle . to šin. long, close, ¢he pe- 
duncle 4in. to 6in. long. Brazil, 1829. Very rare stove species. 
Syn. A. hirta. @ = 
A. deltoidea (deltoid-like). Synonymous with A. tomentosa. 
A. Dregeana (Drege’s).* sti. 8in. to 12in. long, firm, slightly villose. 
fronds, barren portion sttb-sessile, 8in. to Tin. long, 2in. to 3in. 
broad, about equal in width in the lower half, with eight to twelve 
pinne on each side, which are lin. to 1}in. long, jin. to fin. broad, 
ovate-deltoid, unequal at the base, the upper side sub-cordate, 
the edge inciso-crenate; panicle šin. to 4in. long, the lower 
branches elongated; peduncle same length. Natal. Stove 
species, í 
A. flexuosa (wavy). Synonymous with A. tomentosa. 
A. hirsuta (hairy). sti. 6in. to 12in. long, slender, naked. fronds, 
barren portion 2in. to 6in. long, lin. to Sin. broad, sessile, oblong- 
deltoid, bipinnatifid ; pinnæ in six to eight opposite pairs, lin. to 
ljin. long, jin. to jin. broad, varying from oblong, obtuse, sub- 
entire, truncate at the base on the lower side, to deeply pinnatifid 
with narrow divisions; panicle lin. to 2in. long, close ; peduncle 
2in. to 6in. long, slender, Jamaica, 1704. Very handsome stove 
species. SYNS. A. repens and A. ciliata. 
A. hirta (hairy). Synonymous with A. collina. 
mandioccana (Mandioccan).* sti. 6in. to 12in. long, deciduously 
villose. fronds, barren portion lit. or more long, 2in. to 4in. broad, 
oblong-lanceolate, the lower half about equal in width; pinne in 
twenty or more close pairs, the point narrowed, but scarcely 
acute; edge finely serrulate, the upper base parallel with the 
stem, the lower obliquely truncate ; rachis and surfaces finely 
ilose; texture sub-coriaceous; panicle very compound, 3in. to 
in. long; peduncle longer. Brazil. A very beautiful and distinct 
stove species. 
A. Phylilitidis (Phyllitis-like).* sti. 6in. to 18in. long, strami- 
neous, naked, or fibrillose. fronds, barren portion sessile, 4in. to 12in. 
long, 2in. to 8in. broad, ovate-oblong, simply pinnate ; pinnz in — 
four to twelve sessile pairs, the lowest the la: ovate, lin. to 
bin. long, jin. to 2in. broad, the apex acute, the edge erenulate, 
the base rounded or cuneate, or unequal, with a 1 texture 
panicle dense, 3in. to Sin. long, the branches short ; peduncles 
the same length. Cuba, Mexico, &c. SYN, Anemidietyon Phyl 
tidis. Greenhouse species. A A oe a 
A. P. lineata (lined). fronds with a yellowish-green central 
stripe down the pinne. South America, | ‘eS 
A. P. plumbea (leaden). Synonymous with A. P. tessellata. 
A. P, tessellata (tessellated). “Pim raire pen een, with bright 
green centre and leaden-grey border. Brazil, 1875. The forms- 
have a more hardy constitution than the other species, a 
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names often met with but only show slight deviations. They all 
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well in the greenhouse. SYN. A. P. plumbea. a 
| A. repens (creeping). -Synonymous with 4. hirsuta. 
of this species are erous : fraxinifolia and macrophylla are 
