46 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
ANDROMYCIA (name not explained by its author). 
Orv. Aroidex. A monotypic genus. The species, 
A. cubensis, is the plant described on p. 223, Vol. IV., 
as Xanthosoma helleborifolium. 
ANDROSACE. RockJacmine. This genus embraces 
about forty species, confined to the Northern hemisphere. 
They are alpines of the first water, and in addition to their 
Primula-like flowers the perennials have neat evergreen 
(often woolly) foliage to recommend them. ‘Their culture, 
however, should never be attempted in towns. Once 
they are established they should remain undisturbed, 
as they very quickly resent interference. To those 
described on pp. 72-3, Vol. I., the following should be 
added : 
A. albana (Albanian). fl. pinkish, crowded in  sub-sessile 
umbels; scape erect, three or four times the length of the 
leaves. April to July. /. forming small rosettes, lanceolate- 
s athulate, obtuse, glabrous, deeply toothed, sessile. Eastern 
Caucasus, 1892. 
A. alismoides (Alisma-like). A synonym of A. lactiflora. 
A. britanica (British). /l. white. ”. cin. 1890. A hardy alpine, 
raised by Messrs. Backhouse, of York. 
A. caucasica (Caucasian), jl. bright pink, produced in clusters, 
almost stemless. Summer. J/. narrow, toothed, forming dense 
rosettes. Caucasus, 1892. A pretty species. 
A. eylindrica (cylindrical). 1. pure white, solitary ; peduncles 
pilose, longer than the leaves. 7. densely imbricated, lanceoiate- 
ovate, very obtuse, 4in, long, pilose, persistent and reflexed when 
old. Stems branched. Pyrenees, 1890, Plant tufted. 
A. foliosa (leafy). #. many in an umbel; corolla pale _flesh- 
coloured, 4in. to 4in. 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 
Himalayas, 1882. (B. M. 6661.) 
A. lactiflora (milk-flowered). 1. white or blue; calyx urceolate- 
campanulate; corolla lobes cuneate-ovate, emarginate; scape 
erect, many-flowered. August. JZ. rosulate, linear-lanceolate, 
acute; petioles winged. Stem wanting. Siberia, 1806, Biennial. 
SYN. A. alismoides. 
A. lanuginosa Leichtlini (Leichtlin’s). 7. white, with a 
yellow eye. 1890. 
A. macrantha (large-flowered). jl. pure white, borne in strong 
spikes. 7. produced in rosettes and horned near the tip. 
Armenia, 1897. A distinct species, belonging to the coronopifolia 
group. 
A. Raddiana (Raddi’s). 1. rose-coloured. /, toothed, produced 
in rosettes. Caucasus, 1897. A pretty, biennial species. 
A. rotundifolia macrocalyx (round-leaved, large-calyxed). 
fl. numerous; calyx 4in, 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. Hima- 
meen 1796. A softly hairy perennial, without stolons. (B. M. 
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A. sarmentosa Chumbyi (Chumby’s). From the species this 
differs chiefly in having very short flower-stalks. It is a gem 
for the alpine garden. : 
A. sempervivoides (Sempervivum-like). . bright purple, in 
Jandular-pubescent umbels ; corolla lobes obovate, with rounded 
ips; scape solitary, lin. to 3in. long, stout. May and June, 
l. tiny, in a dense rosette Jin. in diameter, obovate-spathulate, 
ciliated, curled up so as to resemble a cone. Stolons lin. to 14in. 
long. Western Thibet, 1893. A remarkable species. 
A. Vitaliana. The correct name is Douglasia Vitaliana. 
A. Wulfeniana, This is regarded as a variety of A. alpina, 
with leaves less pubescent than in the type. 
ANDRYALA. Syn. Fornewm. There are about a 
dozen species, natives of the Mediterranean region, North- 
west Africa, &c. Flower-heads yellow, homogamous, 
terminal, on long peduncles; inner involucral bracts in 
one or two series, the outer ones few and short. Leaves 
alternate, entire, sinuate-toothed, or pinnatifid. 
ANECOCHILUS. A synonym of Anectochilus 
(which see). 
ANEILEMA. Anilema (of Kunth) and Aphylax 
are synonymous with this genus, which embraces nearly 
sixty species dispersed over the warmer regions of the 
globe. 
ANEIMIA. See Anemia. 
ANEMAGROSTIS. A synonym of Apera (which 
see). 
ANEMIA. Including Coptophyllum. Owing to the 
fertile segments being always wholly contracted and 
having the appearance of flowering spikes, the plants 
of this genus are popularly known as “ Flowering 
Ferns.” 
Although many very interesting species have | at 
different times been introduced, comparatively few have 
survived the effects of the treatment first received after 
their importation; yet, provided heat and plenty of light 
are at the disposal of the cultivator, they are not diffi- 
cult to manage. Anemias will be found to thrive best 
in a mixture of two parts good fibrous peat, one part 
leaf mould, and one part sharp coarse silver sand, the 
plants being kept on a shelf if in a spacious house, or 
near the glass if in a warm pit or low house. Watering 
overhead is very injurious to all of them. They prefer 
being grown in small pots to being planted out in the 
Fernery, and although they are not what may be 
thought the ideal of decorative Ferns, as they cannot be 
used for general purposes on account of their vege- 
tation being too slow, still, when grouped together or 
used in conjunction with other Ferns of dwarf habit 
or of medium size, they present a very striking ap- 
pearance. 
Anemias are usually propagated from spores, which 
germinate very freely, though some species of a naturally 
tufted habit may be increased by division of their 
crowns, an operation which should be performed between 
the middle of March and the end of April. 
To the species described on pp. 73-4, Vol. I. the 
following should be added: 
A. cheilanthoides (Cheilanthes-like). 
A popular name for 
A, tomentosa, 
Fic. 39. ANEMIA COLLINA. 
A. collina. This is a very distinct species, by reason of the 
rusty-coloured hairs which clothe the firm, upright stalks, as 
in Fig. 39. 
A. Dregeana is a South African species, illustrated at Fig. 40. 
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