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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Aconitum— continued. 
the greater part of Europe and Central Asia, very few 
species being found in North America. A. dissectwm is 
the only addition calling for mention. 
A. dissectum (dissected). This plant has much in common with 
A. Napellus, but it is more hairy ; the principal difference is ex- 
hibited in tue narrower helmet of the flowers. Himalayas, 1885. 
(R. G. 1886, p. 226, f. 16.) 
ACROSTICHUM. ‘The species number upwards of 
180. To those described on pp. 18-20, Vol. I., the following 
should now be added: 
A, Lechlerianum (Lechler’s). shiz, woody, wide-scandent, scaly. 
sti. 6in. to 12in. long, firm, erect, scaly downwards. fronds Sft. to 
4ft. long, lin. to Ijin. broad, the barren one quadripinnatifid ; 
lower pinnz 6in. to Yin. long, 4in. to 5in. broad; pinnules close, 
lanceolate ; segments oblong, deeply lobed; rachises pubescent ; 
fertile pinnules narrower, distant, the segments oblong-cylindrical, 
with a space between them, the lower ones rather beaded. Peru 
and Ecuador, 1886. Stove. SYN. Polybotrya Echleriana (G. C. 
n. s., Xxv., pp. 400-1). 
A. magnum (large). riz. sub-erect, the basal pale small, 
nearly black. sti. tufted, those of the barren fronds 3in. to 4in. 
long. barren fronds 2ft. to 3ft. long, 14in. to Zin. broad, narrowed 
gradually to both ends, the pale of the upper surface numerous, 
minute, whitish, those of the under side ferruginous. British 
Guiana, 1880. Stove. Syn. Elaphoglossum magnum. 
ADENOCARPUS. This genus embraces eight species, 
natives of Mediterranean and South-western Europe, North 
and tropical Africa, and the Canary Islands. To those 
peered on p. 23, Vol. I., the following should now be 
added: 
A. decorticans (barkless).* fl. bright yellow, Pea-like, in short, 
compact racemes. J. densely set, two or three-foliolate ; leaflets 
linear, soft, dark green. Spain, 1883. A beautiful, half-hardy, 
evergreen shrub, having the general aspect of Furze. (G.C.n.s., 
xxv., p. 725; R. H. 1883, p. 156.) 
ADESMIA. About 110 species have been referred 
to this genus, but scarcely more than eighty are entitled 
to rank as such. ‘To those deseribed on p. 24, Vol. I., the 
following should now be added: 
A, balsamieca (balsamic). jl. golden-yellow, Zin. in diameter ; 
racemes terminal, effuse, three to eight-flowered. March. J. lin. 
to ldin. long, shortly petiolate, pinnate ; leaflets ten to thirteen 
pairs, sio. to tin. long, sessile, dark green, oblong or cuneately 
obovate. . Branches very slender, leafy. Chili, 1887. A nearly 
glabrous, excessively branched shrub, covered with balsamic 
glands. (B. M. 6921.) 
ADIANTUM. Tropical America is the head-quarters 
of this genus, which embraces about eighty species. To 
the species and varieties described on pp. 24-9, Vol. I., the 
following should now be added: 
A, assimile cristatum (crested). 
1887. Garden variety. 
A. Birkenheadii (Birkenhead’s). fronds tripinnate, about 2}ft. 
long and 1ft. broad, deltoid, acuminate ; pinnie alternate. distant 
and long-stalked towards the base, closer together and sessile 
near the apex, the lower ones bipinnate, the upper ones pinnate ; 
pinnules obtusely oblong-trapezoid, cut on the upper edge into 
shallow lobes. 1886. A fine garden Fern, of tufted habit. 
A, Bournei (Bourne's). A variety of A. cuneatwm. 
A. Burnii (J. B. Burn’s). sti. smooth, ebeneous. fronds ever- 
green, glabrous, broadly ovate, acuminate, tri- or quadripinnate ; 
pinnee ovate, the lower ones with a long stalk, the upper ones 
almost sessile; pinnules stipitate below, the basal one 2in. to 
2sin. long, narrowly ovate, the basal pinnulets compound, the 
upper ones still narrower because less divided at the base.  sovi 
numerous, roundish-reniform, seated at the base of a notch at 
the apex of the lobes. Garden hybrid. Stove. 
A. Capillus-Veneris digitatum ((igitate). jronds not sym- 
metrical, but with a tendency to become unequally ovate, 
dwarfish, smooth, evergreen; pinnw and pinnules unequal and 
irregular, the more perfect pinnules rhomboid, with a rounded 
apex, deeply furcate-lobed, the edges marginate. sori wanting. 
A curious variety. 
A. C.-V, grande (large). A very handsome variety, larger, denser, 
and more bushy in habit than the type. 1886. Hardy. 
A. C.-V. imbricatum (imbricated). s/i. and rachises glossy 
ebeneous. fronds ovate, 6in. long, densely imbricated, bi-tri- 
pinnate, evergreen ; pinnze crowded, 2in. to 2}in. long, 1din. wide ; 
pinnules large, much overlapping, the lateral ones rhomboid, 
din. long and jin. broad, the terminal ones broadly flabellate, 
lin. or more in width. sori elongate-oblong, 
A. C.-V. obliquum (oblique). fronds, pinne very large, oblique. 
1885. (I. H. 1885, 546.) ta : Sp atat 
fronds elegantly crested. 
Adiantum—continued. 
A. Collisii (Collis’). sti. black, slender, 1ft. to 1)ft. long. fronds 
triangular, lft. to 2ft. across ; pinnules small, rhomboid, truncate 
on the inner and lower sides, and slightly toothed on the outer 
and upper margins. 1885. A beautiful, decorative, stove 
Maidenhair, of garden origin. 
A. cuneatum Bournei (Bourne's). sti. long. fronds dense, 
triangular. 1882. A garden variety in the way of A. Pacottii, but 
less refined in growth. 
A, c, deflexum (eflexed). 
Jronds triangular, three or four times 
pinnate ; pinnules deflexed, lobed; lobes crenate-toothed. 1884. 
A garden hybrid between A. Bausei and A. cuncatum, Stove. 
A. c. elegans (elegant). sf/. glossy, 6in. long. fronds triangular, 
about 9in. long and broad; pinne ovate-triangular, with rather 
distantly-set, cuneate pinnules, which are jin. long and jin. 
broad. Gardens, 1885. Stove. 
A, c, grandiceps (large-headed). A crested variety, of drooping 
habit, well adapted for basket culture. 
A, c. strictum (upright). /ronds erect, four times pinnate ; pinne 
ascendiog, arranged somewhat spirally. 1884. Stove. 
A. cyclosorum (circular-sorused), sti. stoutish, glossy black, 
8in. to 10in. long. /vonds 1}ft. to 2ft. long, triangular, tripinnate, 
glabrous ; pinne spreading, ovate, stalked ; pinnules five to nine 
lines long, rhomboid. sori eight to ten to a pinnule, circular, 
marginal. Ecuador, 1887. A handsome and well-marked, 
deciduous, stove species. 
A. Daddsii (J. Dadds’). sti. glossy ebeneous, about 8in. long. 
Jtronds above 1ft. long, fertile throughout, deltoid, decompound, 
evergreen, glabrous ; pinnze triangular-ovate, stipitate, furnished 
with numerous but not crowded pinnules; ultimate segments 
very numerous, quite small, distinct, everywhere pedicellate, the 
terminal ones cuneate with two or three lobes at the apex, the 
intermediate ones rhomboid-cuneate, more or less deeply lobed 
on the anterior side, the basal ones roundish or oboyate, 
narrowed into the pedicels. sori roundish-reniform, situated 
in anotch at the apex of the marginal lobes. A supposed hybrid. 
Greenhouse. 
A. elegans (elegant). sti. blackish-purple. fronds triangular- 
ovate, quadripinnate; pinnie distant, long-stalked, ovate or 
deltoid, with stalked pinnules ; pinnulets very small, two or three- 
lobed, roundish, the larger ones slightly trapezoid, the terminal 
ones shortly cuneate. 1886. A graceful, greenhouse, evergreen 
Fern, of garden origin. 
A, Fergusoni (Ferguson’s).* sti. long, glossy purplish-black. 
Jronds triangular-ovate, tripinnate, stiffly erect; pinne long- 
stalked, spreading; pinnules variable, mostly large, bluntly 
ovate, truncate at base, with a pair of large basal lobes, and 
three or four smaller lobes above, the pedicels continuous with 
the rachis, not articulated, all the lobes again lobulate, and, 
where sterile, finely toothed. sori oblong, at the tops of the 
ultimate lobes. Ceylon, 1884. Stove. (G.C. ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 
469.) 
A. festum (pleasant). sti. 8in. to Yin. long, purplish-ebeneous. 
fronds lft. long, glabrous, evergreen, decompound, drooping, 
triangular, acuminate; pinne deltoid, spreading; pinnules of 
ultimate segments small, crowded, cuneate or rhomboid-cuneate, 
larger towards their extremities, the terminal ones symmetrically 
or unequally cuneate, bipartite, with deeply lobed divisions, the 
rest lobed on their anterior edge. sori roundish-reniform, placed 
in a sinus of the lobe. Greenhouse hybrid. 
A. fragrantissimum (very fragrant). sti. 5in. to 6in, long, 
glossy ebeneous. fronds 1ft. to 1}ft. long, deltoid, quadripinnate, 
glabrous, evergreen ; pinnie ovate, spreading, the basal ones long- 
stalked; ultimate pinnules or pinnulets large, on long, slender 
pedicels, cuneate, the terminal ones equally lobed at the apex, 
the lateral ones more or less obliquely cuneate, lobed. sori 
roundish-reniform, placed in a sinus at the apex of the lobes. 
Probably a hybrid. Stove. Reason for specific name not stated. 
(G. C., ser. iiil., vol. ii., p. 199.) 
A. hians (gaping). sti. black. fronds about 10in. long, tri- 
angular-ovate, tripinnate ; pinne ovate, the upper ones stalked, 
the lower ones almost sessile; pinnules variable, roundish, 
balloon-shaped, transversely oblong, or rhomboidal, the end 
rounded, bearing one or two large, broadly gaping sori. South 
Pacific Islands. An ornamental, stove Maidenhair. 
A. macrophyllum bipinnatum (bipinnate). This handsome 
variety differs from the type in having the fronds twice-pinnate 
in the lower part, and with smaller pinnules. Jamaica, 1885. 
A, Mairisii (Mairis’). fronds triangular, quadripinnate ; pinne 
ovate, on rather long stalks ; pinnules cuneate-trapezoid, with an 
irregular, truncate apex, those near the ends of the pinn larger, 
with a lobate margin, the fertile ones cut into oblong, concave 
sinuses, giving a bluntly cornute aspect to the principal pinnule. 
1885. Stove. Garden variety; perhaps a hybrid between 4. 
Capillus-Veneris and A. cuneatum. 
A. novze-caledoniz (New Caledonian).* cau. tufted. sti. and 
rachis blackish-purple, the latter clothed with dark brown hair- 
scales. fronds pedately pentagonal in outline, tripinnate at the 
basal part, bipinnate above; pinnae narrow-lanceolate, the larger 
ones caudate; pinnules irregular in size and form, coarsely 
