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AMMOPHILA ARUNDINACEA. A synonym of 
Psamma arenaria (which see). 
AMOMUM. About fifty species are included in this 
genus ; they are mostly found in tropical Africa and Asia, 
but extend as far as Australia and the Pacific Islands. To 
those described on pp. 64-5, Vol. I., the following should 
be added: 
A. Clusii (Clusius’). fs ee ea lateral lobes spreading, 
lanceolate-subulate, the dorsal one longer; lip broadly obovate- 
spathulate, the margins entire; scape radical, few-flowered. 
December. J. linear-_or oblong-lanceolate, long - acuminate. 
Fernando Po. (B. M. 5250.) 
A. C. purpureum (purple). The correct name of A. Danielli. 
A. hemisphzricum (hemispherical). j. green, with the ex- 
ception of the lip, which is reddish-brown margined with yellow, 
borne in a dense, capa head; peduncle short, rising from the 
rootstock among the stems. J. distichous, oblong-lanceolate, lft. 
or more in length, Sin. broad. Stems 10ft. to 12ft. high. 
1898. Greenhouse. (B. M. 7592.) 
jl. deep purplish-red, shorter 
A. a cum (magnificent). 
than the bracts, cylindrical; bracts deep rose-red, narrowly 
margined with white, the outer ones often reflexed, Sin. to 4in. 
long ; scape Sft. to 6ft. high, leafless, July and August. J. few, 
oblong, acute. Stems 10ft. to 12ft. high, rigid. Mauritius, 1830. 
Syn. Alpinia magnijsica (B. M. 3192). 
A. Melegueta minor (lesser). J., kip orbicular; bracts ap- 
pressed, convolute. Western Tropical Africa, 1869. Plant smaller 
than the type in all its parts. (B. M. 5987.) 
AMOORA (Amoor is the Bengali name). Svyns. 
Andersonia, Aphanamiwzis. ORD. Meliacer. A genus 
embracing about ten species of stove, evergreen, often 
tall shrubs, natives of tropical and sub-tropical Asia and 
Australia. Flowers small, polygamo-dicecious, the males 
paniculate, the females often spicate or racemose; in- 
florescence axillary. Leaves imparipinnate. Two species 
—A. cucullata and A. Rohituka—have been introduced. 
but they are probably lost to cultivation. 
AMORPHOPHALLUS. Bentham and Hooker in- 
elude hereunder Brachyspatha, Conophallus, Coryno- 
phallus, Proteinophallus, and Tapeinophallus; but 
Brachyspatha and Corynophallus have been kept distinct 
in Vol. I. This genus comprises about twenty-five 
species, inhabiting tropical Asia and Africa, the Malayan 
Archipelago, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. 
These curious plants should not be planted out until all 
danger of severe frost is past. April is usually early 
enough, and 6in. is none too great a depth at which to 
insert the roots. A. Rivieri, an illustration of which 
appears in Vol. I.,is frequently potted up and used as a 
room plant; its stout white-spotted scape, rose-marbled 
leaf stalk, and large leaves, make a very effective whole. 
Equally decorative are they as foliage plants in the 
greenhouse. 
To those described on p. 65, Vol. I., the following 
should be added : 
A. Afzelii (Afzelius’). A synonym of Corynophallus Afzelii. 
A. bulbifer (bulb-bearing). l., spathe dirty green, spotted with 
rose on the outside, red within but yellowish-green towards the 
apex, about Sin. long; spadix green and pink; peduncle 10in. to 
iin. long. 2. tripedatisect, bearing tubers at the ramifications of 
the ribs ; primary segments Sin. to 12in. long; petiole 3ft. long. 
Tuber sub-globose. dia. (R. G. 1871, t. 688.) Syn. Arum 
bulbiferum (B. M. 2072, 2508). 
A. dubius (doubtful). ., spathe tube green, 3in. long, the limb 
ovate, 3in. to Sin. in diameter, waved, the disk dark purple with 
@ green border; spadix 4in. long, the appendage chestnut- 
brown, lin. in diameter; peduncle very short. J. one or two, 
lft. to 3ft. broad; segments simple or forked; leaflets oblong, 
acute. Malabar and Ceylon, 1857. (B. M. 5187.) 
A. Eichleri (Eichler’s). #., spathe dirty white, liin. high and 
across, the limb d reddish-brown, waved and crenate or 
lobulate ; spadix 6in. long, erect ; eduncle very short. April. 
1. trisected ; divisions shortly petiolulate, Sin. long, the lateral 
ones bisected, the middle one trisected, the seginents pin- 
natifid; leaflets two or three pairs, sessile, elliptic-ovate, the 
terminal one 3in. to 4in. long. Western tropi Africa, 1882. 
(B. M. 7091.) ; 
A. Elliottii (Elliott's). ., spathe pink and green, with blotches 
~ and zones of brownish-purple, short, broad-hooded, with a small 
aperture ; spadix purple, shorter than the spathe; peduncle lft. 
high. J. acs ot lft. high. Tuber fleshy. Sierra 
Leone, 1894. (B. M. 7549.) 
Japan, 
Amorphophallus—continued. 
A. glabra (smooth). /l., spathe olive-green outside, mottled with 
brown, white within, about 6in. long, rather closely rolled round 
the spadix in the cylindrical part; = shorter, sulphur-yellow, 
Pia sered ; peduncle upwards of lft. in height. Queensland. 
A. Lacourii. The correct name is Pseudodracontium Lacourii. 
A. Leopoldianus (Leopold I.’s). j., spathe reddish-violet, 
expanded, shortly pedunculate, the lamina oval-lanceolate, long- 
acuminate, the margins undulated; spadix 2ft. to 2ift. long, 
cylindrical. J. horizontally spreading, 25ft. to 3ft. in diameter, 
trifariously palmately divided, the divisions bisected ; segments 
oblong-lanceolate, loosely and irregularly bi-tripinnatisect, the 
ultimate segments ljin. to 24in. long; petioles about 13ft. high, 
terete, dotted. Congo, 1887. Syn. Hydrosme Leopoldiana ain 
ser. v. 23). 
A. Mulleri (Muller's). 1., spathe pale fuscous-yellow and spotted 
with white outside, yellow within, 10in. long ; spadix about 12in. 
- long ; peduncle marked with white. J. olivaceous, white-spotted, 
measuring (together with the petioles) 15ft. high; segments 
variable in ehaye. undivided or bifid, often dimidiate. Java, 
1875. (R. G. 1875, t. 842.) 
A. et) (swollen-leaved). (fl., spathe tube whitish, 
streaked and al with green, din. long, the limb dull reddish- 
purple blotched with yellow, 8in. long, Sin. broad; spadix 8in. to 
18in. long, the appendage creamy-yellow ; peduncle lft. to lift. 
long. J. 35ft. broad ; leaflets 6in. to 8in. long ; petioles 2ft. to 3ft. 
long, blotched with greenish-white. Tuber 5in. to Qin. in 
diameter, bulbilliferous. India, 1893. Odour very disagreeable. 
(B. M. 7327.) 
A. Teuszii(Teusz’s). j., spathe green outside, 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. variabilis (variable). A synonym of Brachyspatha variabilis. 
A. virosus (venomous). fl. fetid; spathe large, green, suffused 
with purple and with large pale spots. outside, lurid-purple 
within ; spadix having a thick, conical, dark purple appendix ; 
peduncle short and thick. J. trisected, 6ft. across; segments 
dichotomously en or bipinnatifid ; pinnules very unequal ; 
petioles 4ft. high, 3sin. thick. Siam (?). (B. M. 6978.) 
A. zeylanicus (Cingalese). A synonym of Synantherias 
sylvatica. 
AMPELANUS. A synonym of Enslenia (which 
see). 
AMPELIDEZ. A natural order of mostly climbing 
shrubs, with jointed stems and leaf-opposed tendrils; they 
are chiefly found in the tropics of both hemispheres, none 
being indigenous in Europe. Flowers usually green, 
minute, regular, hermaphrodite or unisexual ; petals four or 
five ; stamens opposite the petals ; inflorescence paniculately 
cymose, racemose, or rarely spicate, leaf-opposed. Fruit a 
berry, often watery, five- or six-celled. Leaves alternate, 
petiolate, simple or digitately three- to five-foliolate, or 
pedate, or rarely bipinnate. The Grape Vine (Vitis 
vinifera) is the most important plant of the order; 
V. discolor, Vitis (Ampelopsis) quinqguefolia (Virginian 
Creeper), and Vitis inconstans (A. tricuspidata, Veitch’s 
Creeper) are other well-known species in gardens. The 
Ampelidex number about 250 species, and in the “ Genera 
Plantarum ” of Bentham and Hooker are classified in three 
genera. 
AMPELOPSIS. Botanically, this is merely a section 
of the genus Vitis. ‘To the information given on pp. 65-6, 
Vol. I., the following should be added. See also Ampelo- 
vitis. 
A. Hoggi (Dr. Hogyg’s). This name is given in gardens to the 
Japanese form of Rhus Toxicodendron. 
A. muralis (wall-loving). A self-clinging climber, of quick 
growth, and having brilliantly-coloured leaves. 
A. sempervirens (evergreen) A garden synonym of Vitis 
striata. 
A. tricuspidata. The correct name is Vitis inconstans. 
AMPELOVITIS (from Ampelopsis and Vitis). For 
culture of the following, see Ampelopsis. 
A. Davidi (David's). fr. black, borne in loose bunches. 1. either 
simple, lobed, or digitate, shining green above, glabrous and 
Geer beneath ; [age short, red, glabrous. North China, 
889. Hardy. (R. H. 1889, p. 204.) 
