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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING. 
ALSOPHILA. Upwards of ninety species have been 
referred to this genus. To those described on pp. 54-6, 
Vol. I., the following variety should now be added: 
A. atrovirens Keriana (Ker's dark green). sti. 6in. to 8in. 
long, dull brown, muricated. fronds oblong-lanceolate, bipinnate, 
ljin. to liin. long, 6in. broad, firm, pilose on the main veins 
beneath ; pinne lanceolate, the lower ones 3in. to 4in. long, jin. 
to lin. broad, cut down to the rachis into oblong, crenate, obtuse 
pinnules. sori placed at the forking of the veins. 1884. Stove. 
ALYSSUM. This genus comprises from eighty to 
ninety species, natives of Asia Minor, South Europe, 
Persia, North Africa, the Caucasus, and Siberia. To those 
described on pp. 60-1, Vol. I., the following should now be 
added : 
A. pyrenaicum (Pyrenean). jl. white, with chocolate-coloured 
anthers, June to August. J, roundish. Habit dwarf, tufted. 
ALYXIA (said to be the native Indian name of one 
of the species). Syn. Gynopogon. OrpD. Apocynacec. 
A genus embracing about thirty species of stove, often 
glabrous shrubs, inhabiting Eastern tropical Asia, the 
Malayan Archipelago, Ceylon, Madagascar, tropical 
Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Flowers rather 
small, twin or cymose; calyx five-parted, glandless ; 
corolla salver-shaped, with a cylindrical tube and five 
twisted lobes; stamens included. Leaves whorled in 
threes or fours, or rarely opposite, coriaceous, shining, 
penniveined. The best-known species are here de- 
seribed, They thrive in a mixture of sandy loam and a 
little peat. Cuttings of ripened wood will root freely if 
inserted in pots of sand, under glass, and plunged in heat. 
A. bracteolosa (slightly bracteate). jl. pale yellow, with a long 
tube; cymes axillary, many-flowered, shortly pedunculate. J. in 
threes, oblong or sub-lanceolate, obtuse or acuminate at apex 
rounded or acute at base. Fiji, 1887. Climber. 
A. daphnoides (Daphne-like). jl. yellowish-white, sessile, 
axillary and terminal, solitary. April. JU. in fours, obovate- 
oblong, elliptic, or rhomboid, obtuse, shining, }in. to jin. long. 
h. 4ft. Norfolk Island, 1831. (B. M. 3313.) 
A. ruscifolia (Butcher’s-broom-leaved). jl. white, small, sessile, 
in sessile, terminal heads. July. Jl. whorled, broadly ovate- 
elliptic to narrow-lanceolate, acute, with a short, pungent point, 
fin. to likin. long, shortly petiolate, the margins recurved or 
revolute. Australia, 1820. A tall, handsome shrub. (B. M. 
3312; L. B. C. 1811.) 
AMARABOYA (the native name). Orv. Melasto- 
macee. A small genus (three species) of erect, glabrous, 
stove or greenhouse, evergreen shrubs, natives of New 
Grenada. Flowers showy, cymose; petals usually six, 
cordate; stamens twelve to fifteen. Leaves large, oppo- 
site, sessile, with three very prominent nerves, green 
above, reddish-carmine beneath. Branches as thick as the 
thumb, bluntly four-angled. The species will probably 
thrive under the same treatment as that recommended 
for Pleroma (which see, on p. 162, Vol. III.). 
A. amabilis (lovely). /l. white, margined with carmine, large; 
petals broad ; style red, elongated; umbels terminal. J. 10in. to 
12in. long, 8in. broad, opposite, elliptic, canescent beneath, the 
three nerves brownish or reddish. Stems terete, purplish. 1887. 
(I. H. ser. v. 9.) 
A. princeps (princely). fl. of a uniform bright carmine, very 
showy; petals usually six, broadly cordate; stamens white; 
cymes terminal, few-flowered; peduncles stout. J. elliptic, 
sessile, apiculate, 7in. to 10in. long, 3in. to 5in. broad, green 
above, reddish-brown beneath. 1887. (I. H. ser. v. 4.) 
A. splendida erlendia, Jl. 6yin. across, very beautiful; petals 
sub-triangular, din. long, nearly 2sin. broad, at first reddish- 
pink, becoming white in the lower part; stamens yellowish; 
style red, elongated. J. very large, ovate-oblong, green above, 
coppery-pink with three red nerves beneath. 1886. A gorgeous 
plant. (I. H. ser. vy. 34.) 
AMORPHOPHALLUS. Including Hydrosme. This 
genus comprises about twenty-five species, inhabiting 
tropical Asia and Africa, the Malayan Archipelago, and 
the Pacific Islands. To those described on p. 65, Vol. I., 
the following should now be added: 
A. Leopoldianus (Leopold II.’s). #., spathe reddish-violet, 
expanded, shortly pedunculate, the lamina oval-lanceolate, long- 
acuminate, the margins undulated; spadix 2ft. to 2}ft. long, 
cylindrical. J. horizontally spreading, 2}ft. to 3ft. in diameter, 
Amorphophallus—continued. 
trifariously palmately divided, the divisions bisected ; segments 
oblong-lanceolate, loosely and irregularly bi-tripinnatisect, the 
ultimate segments jin, to 2}in. long; petioles about 1}ft. high, 
papa Congo, 1887. Syn. Hydrosme Leopoldiana (1. H. 
ser. v. 23). 
| A. Teuszii (Teusz's). f., spathe green out./de, dark purple-brown 
within, 6in. long, with a short, ovoid tube, and an open, trifid 
limb; spadix rather shorter than the spathe, with a greenish, 
cylindric appendix; peduncle very short. J. solitary, tripartite, 
with bipinnatifid-branched divisions; ultimate segments linear- 
lanceolate. Western tropical Africa, 1884. Syn. Hydrosme 
Teuszii (R. G. 1142). 
A. virosus (venomous). _/i., spathe externally pale green, spotted 
white and margined purple, within purple at the rugose 
base, rich cream in the middle, and purple in the upper part, 
Qin. long, 6in. in diameter; spadix about Tin. long, with a 
brownish or purplish, sub-globose, rugulose appendix. Siam, 
1885. Much like A. campanulatus, but witha smaller inflorescence. 
AMPELOPSIS. bBotanically, this is merely a section 
of the genus Vitis. To the species described on pp. 65-6, 
Vol. I., the following variety should now be added: 
A. Hoggi (Dr. Hoge’s). 
A, tricuspidata. 1888. 
ANACYCLUS (changed from Ananthocyclus, com- 
pounded of a, privative, anthos, a flower, and kyclos, a 
circle; with reference to the circle of ovaries which sur- 
rounds the disk). Orb. Composite. A genus embracing 
about ten species of hardy or half-hardy, annual herbs (or 
with a perennial caudex), inhabiting South Europe, 
North Africa, and the Orient. Flower-heads radiate, 
mediocre, pedunculate at the tips of the branches; in- 
volucre hemispherical or broadly campanulate, the bracts 
in few series; receptacle convex or conical; ray florets 
white. yellow, or purplish, in one series, fertile or sterile, 
sometimes deficient; disk yellow, fertile; achenes obovate, 
glabrous, the outer ones two-winged. Leaves alternate, 
twice or thrice pinnatisect. A. radiatus purpurascens, 
the only plant of the genus in general cultivation, is a 
very attractive and floriferous, hardy annual, thriving 
under ordinary treatment. 
A. radiatus purpurascens (rayed, purplish). /.-heads large; 
ray florets white or yellow above, the under side purplish. 
Summer. J. bipinnatifid, with small, linear segments. 1883. 
(R. G. 1074.) 
ANAGALLIS. This genus embraces about a dozen 
species, inhabiting Europe, North and South Africa, 
West Asia, and extra-tropical South Africa, one being 
scattered over nearly all warm and temperate regions. To 
those described on pp. 68-9, Vol. I., the following variety 
is the only plant calling for addition : 
A. collina alba (hill-loving, white). 1. white, yellow in the 
centre, abundantly produced. April to June. J. small, lanceo- 
late. Stems short, erect, crowded, densely set with leaves, 
1883. A charming little hardy perennial. (R. G. 1125.) 
ANANAS. The five or six species of this genus are 
all tropical American. To those described on p. 69, 
Vol. I., the following should now be added: 
A, crocophylla. /l. green, small, in a compact, spherical head ; 
bracts spiny-edged. J. clear green, spotted and marbled dark 
green; at the flowering period the outer ones assume a beautiful 
rose-colour, while the inner ones retain their ordinary colour, 
Stem 3ft. high. Brazil, 1885. Syn. Chevaliera crocophylla. 
ANDROSACE. This genus embraces about forty 
species, confined to the Northern hemisphere. To those 
deseribed on pp. 72-3, Vol. I., the following should now 
be added : 
A. foliosa (leafy). /l. many in an umbel; corolla pale _flesh- 
coloured, 4in. to }in. in diameter; scape solitary, erect, 3in. to 
Sin. high. May to September. J. 2in. to din. long, elliptic or 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse or acute, hairy. Rootstock woody, with- 
out stolons, sending up one or more very short stems. Western 
Himalaya, 1882. (B. M. 6661.) 
A. rotundifolia macrocalyx (round-leaved, large-calyxed). 
fj. numerous; calyx }in. to Zin. in diameter; corolla pale rose- 
coloured, much shorter than the calyx; scapes slender, longer 
than the leaves. June. J. radical, lin. to 2in. in diameter, 
orbicular-cordate, lobulate; petioles equalling the blades. 
Himalaya, 1882, A softly hairy perennial, without stolons, 
(B. M. 6617.) 
A large-leaved, vigorous-growing form of 
