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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Adiantum— continued. 
A. Weigandii (Weigand’s). fronds triangular, tripinnate, 
glabrous, about 1ft. long, forming a neat, tufted mass; pinnz and 
pinnules long-stalked, the latter ovate from a broad base, lobed, 
with narrow sinuses. sor? large, numerous, nearly circular, one 
ortwo on eachlobe. America (garden origin), 1884. Greenhouse. 
ZECHMEA. Including Macrochordium. This genus 
comprises about sixty species, and is restricted to South 
America. To those described on p. 30, Vol. I., the 
following should now be added : 
#. amazonica (Amazons). A synonym of Karatas amazonica. 
#. Barleei (Barlee’s). /l. distichous ; calyx witha globose, mealy 
tube ; corolla pale yellow ; lower bracts red, upper ones green ; 
stem central, paniculately branched. J. eight or nine in a rosette, 
lorate-ensiform, green, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 2in. broad, thinly white- 
lepidote, prickly on the margins. British Honduras, 1883. 
A. brasiliensis (Brazilian). _/l., calyx, bracts, and rachis scarlet ; 
petals blue, erect, emarginate-rounded at base; panicle con- 
tracted, oblong, 5in. long, highly glabrous, the branchlets sessile, 
short, two to six-flowered. Jl. recurved-spreading, ligulate-linear, 
much dilated at base, rigid, channelled, the margins spiny- 
poatned; acuminate, 17ft. to 3ft. long. Rio Janeiro, 1885. (R. G. 
1202.) 
ZB, Cornui (Professor Cornu’s). /l., calyx and bracts carmine-red ; 
corolla yellow; inflorescence rather shorter than the leaves ; 
scape red, with sparse, white tomentum. J. broad, ligulate, 
truncate and mucronate at apex, green, spotted brown towards 
the base and apex, the margins toothed, Brazil, 1885. A dwarf, 
robust species. (R. H. 1885, p. 36.) 
#®. ferruginea (rusty). (fl. rosy-lilac, small, glomerulate; in- 
florescence paniculate. J. spreading, broad, ligulate, obtuse, den- 
ticulate, bright green, irregularly spotted with dull green. 1883. 
A large and robust species, SYN. Hohenbergia ferruginea (R. H. 
1881, p. 437). 
4E, flexuosa (flexuous). /l. distant, sessile, erecto-patent ; calyx 
pale pink, }in. to gin. long ; petals bright red, lingulate, shortly 
protruded; panicle ovate, bipinnate, 1ift. to 2ft. long, 6in. to 8in. 
in diameter, the lower branches 3in. to 4in,. long ; peduncle erect, 
stout, 1}ft. long ; bracts pale, erect. Winter. J. twenty to thirty 
in a dense rosette 3ft. to 4ft. in circumference, lanceolate from a 
dilated base, bright green, horny, din. broad, channelled, with 
scattered, whitish spots. Native country unknown. 1886. Plant 
acaulescent. 
#, Lalindei (Lalinde’s).* ji., calyx green, ellipsoid, pink at the 
tips; corolla not exserted; spike dense; bracts crimson, large, 
acute, reflexed; stem tall. P 3ft. to 4ft. long, broad, concave, 
acute, denticulate, green. New Grenada, 1883. A handsome 
plant. (I. H. 481.) 
7®. macrantha (large-flowered). jl. yellowish, fading to black, 
sessile, in a small, globose head; peduncle white-woolly, shorter 
than the leaves, with long, narrow bracts. Jl. long, recurved and 
bent, spiny-toothed, dark, shining green above, densely white- 
punctate-striate beneath. Brazil, 1886. A tine Bromeliad. Syn. 
Macrochordiwm macranthum (R. G. 1886, p. 297, f. 54). 
7. mexicana (Mexican). //l. on erecto-patent pedicels jin. long ; 
calyx green, jin. long; petals bright crimson, connivent, pro- 
truding 4in. from the calyx ; panicle oblong-cylindrical, 1ft. long, 
4in. to 5in. broad, the lower branches 2in. to 3in. long ; peduncle 
stout, 1ft. long; bracts colourless, erect. Winter. J. twenty to 
thirty in a dense rosette, lorate, with a deltoid-cuspidate tip, 
above 2ft. long, 3in. broad, the dilated base 4in. to Sin. broad, 
pale green, with darker green spots; prickles small, the lower 
ones tipped with brown. Mountains of Orizaba, 1886. 
78. myriophylla (many-leaved), 1. distichous ; calyx bright red ; 
corolla pink, fading to lilac ; scape lift. high, panicled above, 
and, as well as the bracts, bright red. 1. forming a dense rosette, 
narrow, channelled, attenuated, 2ft. to 24ft. long, lin. broad, dull 
green, sprinkled with silvery scales on the back, the margins 
aoe with close, brown prickles. Tropical America, 1887. (B, M. 
6939.) 
#. paniculigera (panicle-bearing). . disposed in a large, com- 
pound panicle lft. to 2ft. long; sepals rose-coloured ; petals deep 
bright purple; scape several feet high, reddish-purple, clothed 
with white down. West Indies, 1887. 
ZE. Weilbachii leodiensis (Weilbach’s, Liége).* 7. violet-rose, 
changing to dark red; bracts scarlet, mixed with violet and 
green; scape shorter than the leaves. Jl. about forty in a rosette, 
the basal half armed with larger and more crowded spines than 
in the type, the upper surface dark olive and bright green, the 
basal part beneath washed violet-brown and spotted blood-red. 
Brazil, 1887. 
AERANTHUS. = This genus embraces about six 
species. To those described on p. 31, Vol. I., the following 
should now be added : 
A. Curnowianus (Curnow’s). jl. yellowish-white; sepals and 
petals ligulate, acute ; lip cuneate-obovate, retuse, with a median 
apiculus ; spur filiform, five times as long as the lip. 1. ligulate, 
Prine iat, fleshy, dark, dull green, rather rough. Madagascar, 
Aéranthus—continued. 
A. Grandidierianus (Grandidier’s). 
Grandidierianum. 
A. Leonis (Leon Humblot’s).* 7. ivory-white, comparable to those 
of Angrecum sesquipedale, but having a much shorter spur, which 
is funnel-shaped at the base, then filiform and bent abruptly 
upwards. ld. numerous, sword-like, stout, faleate, 8in. to Yin. 
long. Comoro Islands, 1885. A grand plant. (G. C. n. s., Xxiv., 
pp- 80-81; W. O. A. 213.) Syn. Angreewm Leonis. 
A. trichoplectron (hair-spurred). /. white; sepals lanceolate, 
acuminate ; petals linear, acute; lip broad, nearly conchoid at 
base, acuminate at top; spur long, filiform; peduncle one- 
flowered. February. J. Sin. long, in. wide, soft, linear, bidentate 
at apex. Madagascar. 
AERIDES. To the species described on pp. 31-3, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added : 
A. Ballantinianum (Ballantine’s). fl. variable; dorsal sepal 
and petals somewhat toothed ; lateral sepals white, with a purple 
eye-blotch at the top ; lip white, with orange or self-coloured side 
lobes, or marked with purple streaks and transverse bars, the 
side lobes equal to, or shorter than, the mid-lobe, which is 
toothed at the sides and bidentate at the top. JU. rather short, 
bilobed. A fine species. 
A. Bernhardianum (Bernhard’s). /l., side lobes of the lip over- 
lapping each other, the front lobe covering both in front ; raceme 
having the appearance of that of A. quinquevulnerum. Ll. narrow, 
strap-shaped. Borneo, 1885. A distinct and fine species. 
A. Burbidgei splendens (Burbidge’s splendid). 1. rich purple ; 
side lobes of the lip ochre, spotted with brown; tip of the spur 
ochre. 1885. 
A. Emericii (Emeric Berkeley’s). fl. pale pink, with darker tips 
to the perianth segments and purple mic-lobe of the lip, numerous, 
sin. in diameter; perianth segments short, incurved, with 
rounded tips ; lip funnel-shaped, passing into the stout, incurved 
spur; raceme axillary, Sin. to 6in. long, shortly pedunculate. 
May. J. distichous, nearly 1ft. long, lin. to liin. broad, linear, 
SorCeOUR, deeply bifid at apex. Andaman Islands, 1882. (B. M. 
6728.) 
A. expansum (expanded). #l., sepals and petals creamy-white, 
with purple markings; lip fully expanded, having amethystine 
blotches on the lateral lobes and on the sides of the middle lobe, 
the broad anterior portion of which is deep purple, and the spur 
greenish; racemes elongated. Juneand July. /. broader than in 
A, faleatum, and light green. India. SYN. A. falcatwm expansum. 
A. e. Leoniz (Mrs. Leonie Allan Goss’). jl., side laciniz blunt, 
retuse, even dolabriform. 1882. 
A. faleatum compactum (compact). <A variety differing from 
the type principally in its shorter inflorescence, shorter and 
broader leaves, and thicker and stronger stems. 
A. f. expansum (expanded). A synonym of A. expanswin. 
A. formosum (beautiful). jl. white, spotted, disposed in graceful, 
pendent spikes; lip trifid, beautifully coloured with amethyst. 
1882. A handsome hybrid, supposed to have been bred between 
A. faleatum and A, odoratum. 
A. Godefroyanum (Godefroy’s). jl. light rosy-white, streaked 
and spotted with amethyst on the sepals and petals, comparable 
with those of A. maculosum; lip triangular, with a retrorse, 
hooked, solid tooth, and a very small, angular spur, the disk 
rich amethyst. Cochin China, 1886. 
A. illustre (illustrious). jl. resembling those of 4. maculosum, 
but larger; sepals and petals broader, with a lilac hue over the 
white, the few blotches mostly on the inner side of the petals ; lip 
rich amethyst-purple, with the basal markings of A. maculoswm ; 
racemes unbranched. J. broad, dark-spotted, India (supposed 
to be a natural hybrid). 
A. Lawrenceanum (Sir Trevor Lawrence’s). jl. white, large, 
with a bold, convex, scoop-shaped lip of a bright magenta-rose ; 
spikes drooping. Jl. rather narrow-linear. 1882. 
A. Lawrenciz (Lady Lawrence’s). fl. nearly as large as those of 
A, crispwm; sepals and petals white, changing to yellowish, 
tipped rosy-purple; lip having its side lobes high, oblong-dola- 
briform, its central lobe tipped rosy-purple, two purple lines 
running back to the mouth of the spur, which is conical, 
acute, entire; racemes 2ft. long, bearing upwards of thirty 
flowers. Tropical Asia, 1882. (W. O. A. vi. 270.) 
A. Leeanum (WW. Lee’s). . amethyst-coloured, with a green 
spur, sweet-scented ; racemes short and dense. Winter, An 
Indian species, allied to A. quinquevulnerum. 
A. lepidum (charming). . white, as large as those of A. ajine ; 
sepals and petals tipped with purple; lip having the projected 
anterior part purple ; spur cylindrical, curved ; racemes ascending, 
many-flowered. J. lorate, obtusely bilobed. India. A pretty 
species. 
A. Lobbii Ainsworthii (Ainsworth’s). /1. 
than in the type; spikes about 2ft. long. 
variety. 
A. maculosum formosum (beautiful). /l. large and numerous ; 
sepals and petals white, marked with numerous rose-purple spots ; 
lip white at base, marked on the crests and auricles with rose 
A synonym of Angraecum 
brighter-coloured 
Moulmein. A fine 
