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Argemone—continued. 
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Fic. We INFLORESCENCE OF ARGEMONE OnANDINLbbi. 
A. mexicana (Me Toa pn Devil's Fig. , yellow ; pupae 
four to six. To -sin eds blotched 
amie, A S Re piny, 
Hardy ann 
wish-white te).* jl. pale yellow, ha petals 
oundly sinuated matiñd, 
p Angust, Sioa eae gore Bg bloteh edith w A eiee; 
exi "1827. 
peim Bire A palo colour ‘resembling 
silver. 
ARGOLASIA. See Lanaria. 
ARGYREIA (from argyreios, silvery; in reference to 
the silvery undersides of the leaves). Silver-weed. ORD. 
Convoljulacee. An elegant genus of greenhouse and 
stove climbers. Sepals five; corolla campanulate. Shrubs 
for the most part silvery, put sometimes silky and tomentose. 
The greater number of the species are robust, extensive 
twiners or climbers, usually requiring plenty of room to 
run, before they will flower. A. cwneata, and one or two 
thers, are of dwarf habit, and produce their splendid 
occas iicabundance. All the species grow well in 
rich soil, or a mixture of peat, loam, and sand. 
‘ings root readily if planted in sand, with a hand glass 
pinood over them, in a little bottom heat. 
A. capitata (headed be corolla lin. to 2in. long, rose coloured 
or purple, hairy ou uncles exceeding the petioles. July. 
l. cordate-ovate, neu , Zin, to Sin. long, and lin. to šin. 
broad, hairy on surfaces ; a ular at the base. 
Plant clothed wit otek strigose hairs.” ilhet, 1823. 
-leaved).* corolla arze, of a beautiful deep 
bright purple ; heir manahang PER shorter than leaves, three to 
ares Vihan l. obovate-cuneate, e gs iie, oee 
abov beset short crowded hairs 
late. Stem clothed with 
powdery down: at top A Ait ot 
Argyreia—continued. 
A. cymosa (cyme-flowered).* fl., corolla pale pink, tubularly 
funnel- Coes villous eera peduncles as long or longer than 
the leaves, leafy at top, and cymosely many-flowered. l. roundish- 
cordate, or reniformly-cordate, obtuse, terminated by a very short 
prickle, glabrous on both surfaces, or cl with pr 
down. Malabar (mountains), 1823. 
A. malabarica (Malabar). ji. rather small; bottom of the bell 
deep patie: throat eg with the edges paler, almost white, 
and slightly ten-lob peduncles as long or longer than_ the 
leaves, many-flowered at the apex. June. l roundish-cordate, 
acute, glabrous, or furnished with a few scattered hairs on both 
surfaces. Coromandel, 1823. 
A. pomacea (Apple-fruited). fl. large, rose coloured ; peduncles 
villous, exceeding the eg a little, cymose, many-flowered. 
Berry size of a cherry, yellow. 1. vate-elli tic, obtuse, clothed 
with cinerous, velvety oai on both s 
aces, but ape 
_ beneath, sometimes sub-emarginate at apex. Mysore, 1 
A. speciosa (showy).* fl., corolla nearly 2in. long, of a deep 
colour; peduncles about ie in rg ong h to the petioles, um- m 
bellately capitate. Ti r k . long, and 
broad, cordate, acu eg bites at above, or rarely villous, noe 
nerved beneath, andelo hed with silky, silvery down. India, 18. 
A. splendens  (splendid).* , corolla tubularly campanulate, iin 
chow geo ous outsi e, pale red; 4 peduncles exceeding the 
(hoary 
tioles, corymbosely many-flowered. November. L 
ovate-oblong or ovate- Poy i entire or durately sinuated, 
sometimes somewhat three-lobed, smooth a bred but clothed with 
silvery, silky down beneath, 6in. long, acuminated. India, 1820. 
ARGYROXYPHIUM (from argyros, silver, and 
wyphion, a corn-flag; in allusion to the Gladiolus-like, 
silvery leaves). ORD. Composite. An ornamental green- 
house herbaceous perennial. Involucre campanulate ; re- 
ceptacle conical; heads pedunculate, racemose, or in 
thyrsoid panicles. Leaves alternate; lower ones close, 
elongated, thick, on both sides silver-lined. Stems simple 
or slightly branched. It thrives well in rich sandy loam - 
and leaf mould. Propagated by seed-heads. 
C. sandwicense (Sandwich Islands). jl.-heads purplish. l. linear 
a imbricate, clothed as well as the stems with silvery 
hairs. ? 3ft. Sandwich Islands, 1872. Syn. Argyrophyton 
Danke 
ARIA. See Pyrus Aria. 
ARISZMA (from aron, Arum, and sana, a standard; 
in reference to the close alliance to Arum). ORD. Aroidee. 
Small tuberous rooted greenhouse (except where stated 
otherwise) herbaceous plants. Spathe rolled round the 
spadix at the base ; spadix bearing unisexual flowers below, 
and rudimentary flowers in the upper part. Leaves peltate, — 
pedate, palmate, or simple. For culture, &c., see Arum. 
A. concinna (neat).* /.,spathe convolute, tubular at the base ; 
upper portion bent over at the mouth, wed 
into a tail-like a : 
plant longi x y ith w and green, the latter 
our bei blue-purple in the end June. l 
soli at dhe base, and made up of ten or twelve 
Janceo!) 
t green h radiate from the top 
of the rere the pard tan lft. to 2ft. high. Sikkim, 1871.  * 
A. curvatum (curved).* jl. crowning a scape which overtops the 
foliage ; tube a cylindrical, green, obscurely striped with 
white; ‘the elli or tng arches forward, green on the inner sur- 
face, and brownish-red on- outer ; ’spadix prodi into a 
urplish-red tail, about lf mg. April. l. pedate. The large 
bruts, which sheath the of the stem, are beautifully 
marbled with dark olive ereen, red, and light green. A. 4ft. 
Himalayas, 1871. SYN. A. helleborifolium. 
A. eata (helmeted).* f., spathe about 4in long; tube and 
cylindrical side of spathe green, tinted Dna at base, with 
many longitudinal white lines ; inside of the tube Purple. Jul: 
l. solitary, trifoliate; middle leaflet 6in. lon Le pin În: broad ; 4 
lateral ones Tin. long and nearly 4in. broad. A. 1ft. 
Sikkim, 1879 : 
A, Griffithi (Griffith’s).* /.; spathe large, boag -like, brown-violet, 
with green veins ; spadix brown-violet, and the barren end at the 
base above the flowers has a disk-like ike appe Storia oe g“ oe 
extremity is prolonged into a long th a 
l. with bold roundish leaflets. A. 1ft. g 
Hardy ; very handsome. Syn. A. ee 
A. helleborifolium (Hellebore-leaved). _ A synonym of A. curva- 
um. 
A. Hookerianum (Hooker's). A synonym of A, Grifithi. 
A,n above th 
inguish it from € 
lola: Spring. |. 
