8 THE DICTIONARY OF 
ACHANIA. A synonym of Malvaviscus (which see). 
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS. Sce Death’s-Head 
Moth. 
ACHETA. This was the old generic name for the 
Crickets, of which there are four representatives in this 
country, and three of them injurious to field and garden 
produce. The more modern names for the Crickets 
are Gryllus domesticus (House Cricket), Gryllus cam- 
pestris (Field Cricket), Nemobius sylvestris (Small Field 
Cricket), and Gryllotalpa vulgaris (Mole Cricket). See 
Crickets and Mole Cricket. 
ACHILLEA. Yarrow. Upwards of 100 species have 
been described by botanists (but according to the authors 
of the “Genera 
Plantarum,’ the 
number may be con- 
siderably reduced) : 
they inhabit Europe 
and Western Asia, 
A. Ptarmica (Sneeze- 
wort) and A. Mille- 
folium being indige- 
nous in Britain. 
Leaves alternate. 
The Achilleas are 
all sun-lovers, and 
though, as stated in 
Vol. I., many are 
coarse-growing, yet 
there are a few 
which are really 
choice, hardy peren- 
nials, decorative in 
the borders, and ex- 
tremely useful for 
furnishing cut-flower 
material. The best 
for this are A. mon- 
golica and the double-flowered forms of A. Ptarmica, like 
The Pearl (see Fig. 7) and Snowball. To the species 
described on pp. 11-12, Vol. I. the following should 
be added : 
A. ageratifolia (Ageratum-leaved). The correct name of 
Anthemis Aizoon ; it is also called A. ageratoides in gardens. 
A. micrantha (small-flowered), j-heads yellowish, in a com- 
pound, fastigiate corymb ; ray florets five, obtusely three-toothed 
atapex. Summer. /. pinnatisect, with pinnatipartite segments ; 
lobes linear, entire, acute. Stems erect. Cappadocia, &e. A 
decorative, hairy perennial. 
A. rupestris (rock-loving).* .-heads white, greenish towards 
the centre, pedicellate, sin. to Zin. broad ; corymbs lin. to 12in. 
in diameter. May. /. on the shoots rosulate, jin. to 4in. long, 
linear-spathulate, entire ; cauline ones similar, scattered, spread- 
ing. Rootsteck tufted. Southern Italy, 1886. (B. M. 6905.) 
ACHIMENES. Syns. Cyrilla (of L’Héritier), 
Trevirana. Including Dolichoderia, Eucodonia, Kernickia, 
Locheria, Mandirola. About a score species, all tropical 
American (from Brazil to Mexico), are included in this 
genus. To the species and varieties described on pp. 12-14. 
Vol. I., the following should be added: 
A. amabilis (lovely). A synonym of Negelia multiflora. 
A. argyrostigma (silvery-spotted). A synonym of Kellikeria 
argyrostigma. 
A. candida. The correct name is Dicyrta candida. 
A. cupreata. The correct name is Episcia cupreata. 
A. gloxinizfiora. The correct name is Gloxinia glabrata. 
A. Jaureguia (Jaureguia). A variety or synonym of 
A. longijlora. . 
A. lanata (woolly). /., corolla pinkish-lilac, swelling from the 
base, the lobes purple-veined and denticulate, the throat white, 
with orange dots ; peduncles axillary, one-flowered, nearly four 
times the length of the petioles. October. /. broadly ovate, 
obtuse at both ends, crenulate, roughly veined on the upper 
surface. Stem (and foliage) more or less whitish-hairy. A. 6in. 
Mexico, 1856. Syn. Scheeria lanata (B. M. 4963). 
A. ocellata, The correct name is Isoloma ocellatum. 
Fic. 7 
ACHILLEA (TILE PEARL). 
GARDENING, 
Achimenes—continued. 
A. picta (painted). The correct name is Isoloma bogotense. 
jl. purplish or bluish; calyx hairy; 
puberulous 
A. Scheerii (Scheer's). : ] 
corolla funnel-shaped, pubescent-hairy outevide, 
within. August. 7. 
opposite, petiolate, 
ovate, acuminate, ser- 
rated, groanishunenle 
beneath. Stems erect, 
hairy. A. 9in. Mexico, 
1850. Syn. Scheeria 
mexicana (B. M. 4743). 
A. tubifiora (tubular- 
flowered).* fl. pure 
white; corolla tube 
4in. long, a little en- 
larged and curved up- 
wards, with a broad 
ibbosity at base, the 
imb isin. broad, 
equally five- lobed; 
pedicels 2in. long ; 
panicle several-fiow- 
ered. Summer. /. 
opposite, oblong, acu- 
minate, reticulated, 
downy, obscurely cre- 
nate; petioles short 
and thick. Buenos 
Ayres. See Fig. 8. 
Syns.  Dolichoderia 
tubijlora, Gloxinia 
tubiflora (B. M. 3971 ; 
B. R. 1845, 3). 
VARIETIES. In 
addition to those 
given in Vol. I. the 
following may be 
named : 
ARCTURUS, deep red; 
BRILLIANT, scarlet ; 
CELESTIAL, white. 
violet-tinged, large 
flower; CHELSONI, 
dark blue, very free; 
COQUETTE, violet-pur- 
ple, beautifully ringed 
at throat; EDMUND 
BOISSIER, white, 
a ig lilac; ESTELLE, 
violet, white centre; 
Lapy LYTTELTON, 
violet - purple, with 
yellow throat; SIR 
TTREHERNE THOMAS, 
rose-purple, very free ; 
VIOLETTA, violet-pur- 
ple, darkly veined at 
throat. 
ACHIMENES 
(of Vahl). A syn- Fic 8. FLOWERING BRANCH OF 
onym of Artanema ACHIMENES TUBIFLORA. 
(which see). 
ACHRAS (from Achras, a kind of wild Pear). 
Syn. Sapota. Orp. Sapotacex. A monotypic genus. 
The species is the plant described in Vol. Ill. as 
Sapota Achras. See also Sideroxylon. 
ACHROANTHES. A synonym of Microstylis 
(which see). 
ACIDANTHERA (from akis, a cusp, and anthera, an 
anther; the anthers are cuspidate). Syn. Spherospora. 
Orv. Iridex. A genus consisting of seventeen species of 
stove and greenhouse perennials, natives of tropical and 
South Africa. Flowers few, loosely spicate ; perianth- 
tube usually long, cylindrical, slightly dilated upwards, the 
segments sub-equal; stamens unilateral, inserted at or a 
little below the throat; spathe-valves like those of 
Gladiolus, green, long, lanceolate. Leaves linear. Root- 
stock a tunicated corm. 
A. bicolor is one of the three species at present intro- 
duced which is upon the market. Although not quite 
hardy, still in favoured soils and situations in the south 
of England its culture may be attempted, treating it 
