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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Astragalus—continued. - 
A. pannosus (woolly).* fl. rose-coloured, in compact globose 
heads, with aael shorter than the leaves. July. Z. with 
four, five, to nine pairs of ovate-lanceolate leaflets, thickly coated 
with long white woolly hairs. A. 6in. to Gin. Siberia, Perennial. 
A. ponticus (Pontic). fl. yellow ; spikes sessile, almost globose. 
July. Zł. oblong, smoothish; stipules lanceolate. Stem rather 
hairy. k. 2ft. Tauria, 1820. A very showy, erect, border perennial, 
purpureus (purple). fi. purplish blue, disposed in capitate 
spikes ; peduncles longer than the leaves, June. l, leaflets obo- 
vate, bidentate at the apex; stipules connate, eo es the 
leaves. Plant diffuse, procumbent, rather hairy. h. din. to 6in, 
Provence, 1820. Perennial. 
A, sulcatus (furrowed).* fl. pale violet, but with a white keel, 
tipped with brown ; racemes pedunculate, longer than the leaves. 
July. zł. with linear-lanceolate leaflets. Plant erect, glabrous; 
stem furrowed. A. 2ft. to 3ft. Siberia, 1783. Perennial. 
A. Tragacantha (great goat’s thorn).* Gum Tragacanth. fl. 
pale violet, two to five together, axillary, sessile. June. l. with 
eight to nine pairs of linear hispid leaflets ; young stipules connate, 
clothed with silky hairs; adult ones glabrous; petioles perma- 
nent, at length becoming hardened spines, h. 14ft. to 3ft. Levant, 
1640. Evergreen shrub. Tragacanth, a partially soluble gum, 
was formerly supposed to be furnished by this plant. It is, ee. 
ever, now known that A. Tragacantha yields none. Several species 
from mountainous regions in Asia Minor, &c., furnish the gum. 
A. vaginatus (sheathed-stipuled). fl. ae an le, with white- 
Me wings ; calyx rather inflated, covere vith soft white and 
black S; spikes dense. Summer. Jl. impari-pinnate, with 
seven or eight pairs of elongated-oblong leaflets, both surfaces 
covered with short silvery hairs. A.1ft. Siberia. Perennial. 
A. vesicarius (bladdery). fl, upper pa purple, the wings 
yellow, and the keel white, tipped wit pees calyx clothed 
with black adpressed down and long white spreading hairs; 
peduncles longer than the leaves. July. Z with tive a seven 
pairs of elliptic leaflets. Plant diffusely procumbent, hoary from 
adpressed silky down, k. 6in. to 9in. France, 1737. Perennial 
A, vimineus (twìgzy J, upper petal purplish rose, much lor 
A psa ee hp wiley clothed wits ack ars spies 
capitate, than the leaves. June. 
page be iy gee of acute leaflets, beset with 
_ A. virescens (greenish). Synonymous with A. falcata. 
j . * F . 
R eaaa Jap. E sda cane, a 
rather velv: ay A Plant eaer. = o h, 2ft. to 3ft. 
ASTRANTIA (from astron, a star, and anti, in com- 
ition signifying comparison ; in reference to the appear- 
ance of the umbels of flowers). ORD. Umbelliferæ. Orna- 
mental, hardy, herbaceous perennials, natives of Europe and 
Caucasus. Universal umbels irregular, of few rays, sur- 
rounded by variable involucre ; partial umbels regular, and 
containing many flowers, surrounded by many-leaved in- 
volucels. Radical leaves petiolate, palmately lobed ; cauline 
ones few, sessile. Roots blackish. These are suited for 
borders, banks, and woodlands, growing well in any ordi- 
nary garden soil, but preferring a damp position. Easily 
increased by root divisions in autumn or spring. 
A, carniolica (Carniolan).* / white. C RA 
| twelve opr quite Daf Eie erya fie gh 
nae Ene tie middie of adt, tinged via i réd ; radical ones palmate ; 
lobes five ong, a : x 
EE E is yess paia T emed, A 
A, helleborifolia (Hellebore-leaved).* fl. (and involucre) pink, 
edicellate. June. Z. of involucre twelve to thi 
exceeding the umbel a littl 
major (greater).* ji. pinkish, pedicellate. May. l of in- 
twenty, linear-lanceolate, quite nants hardly 
longer than the umbel; radical ones palmate - lobes fiv te 
lanceolate, acute, rather trifid, oethek. Sri 
1506. Very distines and OPMMMMMMI tt. to aft. Ha Ca 
A. maxima (greatest), Synonymous with A. helleborifolia, 
ASTRAPZEA (from astrape, lightning ; alluding to the 
brightness of the flowers). ORD. Sterculiacee. Elegant 
stove evergreen trees. Peduncles axillary, long, bearing on 
their apex an umbel of large sessile flowers, enclosed in a 
_ leafy involucre. Leaves alternate, stalked, cordate, three 
_ to five-lobed. They thrive well in a mixture of loam and 
peat, and require a plentiful supply of water; but the best 
accrue if the bottom of the pot can be stood ina | 
of water. Propagated by cuttings of young 
Astrapzea—continued. 
wood, made in April, placed in a compost of loam and 
peat, or sand, under a bell glass, in heat. 
A. tiliæfiora (Lime-tree flowered). fl. pink. k. 20ft. Isle of 
Bourbon, 1824. 
A. viscosa (clammy). fl. pink. h. 20ft. Madagascar, 1823. 
A, Wallichii (Wallich’s).* fl. scarlet; umbels drooping. July. we 
l. large, cordate, angularly lobed; stipulas leafy, ovate-acumi- 40 |, 
nated ; peduncles long, hairy. A. 30ft. Madagascar, 1820. This t hoes 
eaid species has often been described as being one of the J ^ fid 
finest plants ever introduced into this country ; and, when in full D 
flower, nothing can exceed it in beauty and grandeur. 
ASTROCARYUM (from asiron, a star, and karyon, a 
nut; referring to the disposition of the fruit). ORD: 
Palmee. A genus of very ornamental stove palms, allied 
to Cocos, having the trunk (when present), foliage, fruit- 
stalks, spathes, and sometimes the fruit, covered with 
spines. The flowers develop from the axils of the old decayed 
leaves. _Drupes oval, one-seeded, orange or yellow, in some 
species fragrant. Leaves pinnate, with linear segments, 
dark green above, and often of a silvery white below. The 
species thrive in a compost of two-thirds rich loam and 
one-third vegetable mould ; water may be given copiously. 
Propagation may be effected by seeds, which should be , 
sown in spring in a hotbed; or by suckers, if they are to be 
obtained, 
A, acaule (stemless). l. pinnate, 3ft. to 10ft. long, slender and 
spreading ; pinne narrow, arranged in clusters, pendent, Spines 
very numerous, long, flat, black. h. 10ft. Brazil] 1820, 
A, aculeatum (prickly). A. 40ft. Guiana, 1824. 
A. argenteum (silvery).* Z. arching, hater gy pinnate, 
distinctly plicate, bright green on the upper surface, the under 
Wig well hy covered with a fine white scurf. — 
Columbia, 1875. One of 
ate, with two divergent 
granatense sep Grenadan). Z. pinnate, with oble c on 
nate segments ; Be pop abl 4 the petiole, both o a. 
upper and lower surfaces ; leafstalks brownish, armed with nume- ~ 
rend scattered needle-shaped dark-coloured spines, Columbia, 
A. mexicanum (Mexican), Mexico, 1864. 
A. Muru-Muru (Murumurn). 1. pinnate, 10ft. to 12ft. long; 
leafiets lanceolate, sub-faleate, dark green above, silvery white 
below. Stem 12ft. to 15ft. high, densely clothed with strong 
reflexed black spines, over 6in. long. h. 40ft. Brazil, 1825, 
A. rostratum (beak-sheathed), Z. irregularly pinnate, 3ft. to 8ft. 
long; pinnæ 12in, to 18in. long ; terminal lobe much larger and 
bifid dark green above, silvery white below; petioles broadly 
sheathing at the base, densely armed with black spines, some- 
times 2in. long. Stem slender, densely clothed with long black 
gaa A slow grower, ultimately becoming 30ft. high. B: 
A. vulgare(common). h. 30ft. Brazil, 1825. 
ASTROLOBIUM. See Ornithopus. 
ASTROLOMA (from astron, a star, and loma, a fringe; 
in reference to the bearded limb of the corolla). ORD. 
Epacridacee. Very handsome, little, diffuse, greenhouse, 
evergreen shrubs. Flowers solitary, axillary ; corolla 
tubular, distended above the middle, and with five bundles — 
of hairs in the inside, near its base. Leaves crowded, 
alternate, linear, or obova lanceolate and ‘mucronate. 
They thrive best in an equal mixture of sand, loam, and 
peat, with thorough drainage. Propagated by young cut- 
i which root readily in sandy soil, under a bell glass, 
in a cool house. ` 
denticulatum (finely-toothed . axillary, erect; corolla 
"a e red, with a Daren sen rot Stay to July. l. scattered, 
eon ar ciliated, usually procumbent, but sometimes slightly 
erect. h. lft. New Holland, 1824. i 
umifusum (traili scarlet, similar to the fore; % 
p and June. ar rather convex Peg with 
cilia , Shrub prostrate, much branched, h. lft. New 
ASYSTASIA (meaning not clear). ORD. Acanthacew,  — 
Stove evergreen shrubs. Flowers disposed in axillary or 
