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ALTORA. A synonym of Cluytia (which see). 
ALUM. See Symphytum officinale. 
ALYSSUM. Including Anodontea, Berteroa, Meniocus, 
Odontarrhena, Psilonema, and Schivereckia. This genus 
comprises from eighty to ninety species, natives of Asia 
Minor, South Europe, Persia, North Africa, the Caucasus, 
and Siberia, A. calycinwm and A. maritimum being natives 
of the British Islands. To those described on pp. 60-1, 
Vol. I., the following should be added: 
A. gemonense sulphureum (sulphur-coloured). This is the 
most distinct in colour of all the Alyssums, being of a nice pale 
lemon. 
A. D cum (Pyrenean). jl. white, with chocolate-coloured 
anthers. June to August. 7. obovate, attenuated at base, cano- 
tomentose. Stem shrubby; branches unarmed. Habit dwarf, 
tufted. 
A. saxatile citrinum (citron-yellow). 
flowers. 
A. s. flore-pleno (double flowered).* This is a double-flowered 
form of considerable merit. The flowers are bright yellow, and 
borne in sprays. 
A. Ss. nanum compactum (dwarf, compact).* A dwarf 
variety, forming dense tufts, composed of a great number of 
short stalks producing yellow flowers much more freely than 
the type. June to August. An excellent plant for borders 
or for carpet-bedding, popularly known as Gold Dust. 
A. spinosum (spiny). The correct name of Keniga spinosa. 
A, utriculatum (bladder-like). A synonym of Vesicaria greca. 
ALYXIA (said to be the native Indian name cf one 
of the species). Syn. Gynopogon. ORD. Apocynaceex. 
A genus embracing about thirty species of stove, often 
glabrous shrubs, inhabiting Eastern tropical Asia, the 
This has lemon-yellow 
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 described. 
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). #7. yellowish-white, sessile, 
axillary and terminal, solitary. April. /. in fours, obovate- 
oblong, elliptic, or rhomboid, obtuse, shining, sin. to jin. long. 
h. 4ft. Norfolk Island, 1831. (B. M. 3313.) 
A. ruscifolia (Butcher’s-Broom-leaved). l. white, small, sessile, 
in sessile, terminal heads. July. J. whorled, broadly ovate- 
elliptic to narrow-lanceolate, acute, with a short, pungent point, 
Zin. to lin. long, shortly petiolate, the margins recurved or 
revolute. Australia, 1820. A tall, handsome shrub. (B. M. 
3312; L. B. C. 1811) 
. ALZATEA (named after Alzaty, a Spanish naturalist). 
Orv. Celastriner. A monotypic genus. The species, 
A. verticillata, is a greenhouse, evergreen, highly glabrous 
tree, with yellowish flowers, opposite whorled leaves, and 
purple branches. It was introduced in 1824, but is 
probably lost to cultivation. 
AMALIAS. A synonym of Lelia (which see). 
AMARABOYA (the native name). Orv. Melasto- 
macez. A small genus (three species) of erect, glabrous, 
stove or greenhouse, evergreen shrubs, natives of 
Colombia. 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). 
A. amabilis (lovely). #. white, margined with carmine, large; 
— broad ; style red, elongated; umbels terminal. /. 10in. to 
. long, 8in. broad, opposite, elliptic, canescent beneath, the 
three nerves brownish or reddish. Stems terete, purplish. 1887. 
(i. H. ser. v. 9.) 
Vol V. 
Amaraboya—continued. 
A. princeps (foremost). #. of a uniform bright carmine, very 
showy; petals usually six, broadly cordate; stamens white; 
cymes terminal, few-flowered; peduncles stout. 7. elliptic, 
sessile, Spicalnie, 7in. to 10in. long, Sin. to Sin. broad, green 
above, reddish-brown beneath. 1887. (I. H. ser. v. 4.) 
A. splendida (splendid). i. 64in. 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. (1. H. ser. v. 34.) 4 
AMARALIA. This name is kept up by the authors 
of the “ Genera Plantarum”; but according to the “ Index 
Kewensis,” the older name for the genus is Sherhournia 
(which see). 
AMARANTUS [also spelt Amaranthus]. Including 
Euzolus. About forty-five species have been described, 
but many of these have no claim to specific rank; they are 
broadly distributed in both Old and New Worlds. Leaves 
small or minute. To the species, &c., described on p. 61, 
Vol. I., the following should be added : 
A. atropurpureus nanus (dark purple, dwarf). 
A. caudatus. 
A. caudatus atropurpureus nanus. /. in rather long, 
erect, cylindrical spikes. J. of a dark reddish-brown. kh. about 
1sft. 
A. c. gibbosus (swollen). jl. red, clustered in groups about the 
size of a nut and more or less spaced. Plant smaller and 
slenderer than the type, and singular in appearance. 
A. Dussii (Duss’s). jl. and 7. brightly coloured. West Indies, 
1896. A handsome, hardy annual, probably a variety of A. 
spinosus. 
A. paniculatus (panicled), 
(B. M. 2227). 
A. sanguineus nanus (dwarf). 
leaves of an intense red. 
A. spinosus (spiny). fl. greenish; terminal spike elongated, 
bénding, the lower axillary ones short and roundish. July to 
October. JZ. ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, long- 
petiolate, often blotched with purple, spiny in the axils. Stem 
lft. to 3ft. high, stout, succulent, often purplish. United 
States. 
A. splendens (splendid). Joseph’s Coat. 7. regularly variegated 
with brown, dark green, red, and golden-yellow. Branches 
furnished at the extremities with loose panicles of brilliant red 
flowers, surrounded by leaves of the same tint. Stem vigorous, 
erect, and much-branched. A. 3ft. 1885. A garden form. 
A. superbus (superb). J. elliptic, blood-red on the upper 
surface, crimson beneath. 1896. Half-hardy. Probably a 
variety of A. melancholicus. (I. H. 1896, p. 141, f. 15.) 
AMARYLLIS. As mentioned on p. 62, Vol. I, the 
species formerly included here are now classed under 
various genera. The following synonyms and varieties 
may be noted : 
A. aurea (golden). A synonym of Lycoris aurea. 
A. Belladonna. There are numerous handsome varieties in 
cultivation, including alla, carminea, magnifica, O'Brieni, and 
stenopetala. 
A. B. blanda (beautiful).* fl. lighter in colour, larger, and 
opening wider than in the type; segments 3in. to 4in. long, 
lin. to ljin. broad. 7. more sheathing at the base, longer, and 
broader. (B. M. 1450, under name of A. blanda.) 
A. ciliaris (ciliated). A synonym of Buphane ciliaris. 
A. citrina (citron-coloured). A synonym of Sternbergia 
colchicijlora. 
A. crispa (curled). A synonym of Hessea crispa. 
A. disticha (two-ranked). A synonym of Buphane disticha. 
A. hyacinthina (Hyacinth-like). A synonym of Grifinia 
hyacinthina. 
A. stellaris (star-like). A synonym of Hessea stellaris. 
A. tatarica (Tartary). A synonym of Iziolirion tataricum. 
AMASONIA. The correct name of A. punicea (SxN. 
Taligalea punicea) is A. calycina (B. M. 6915). To the 
species described on p. 62, Vol. L., the following should 
be added: 
A. erecta (erect). } 
the segments, hairy, drooping, 
A form of 
The correct name of A. speciosus, 
A dwarf garden variety, with 
jl. white, marked with pink on the inside of 
lin. long, disposed in a racemi- 
form, elongated, terminal panicle; bracts scarlet, golden at 
base, subtending the flowers, ovate or nearly orbicular, 
serrulate. July. J. alternate and somewhat whorled, 4in. to 
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