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Aquilegia—continued. 
A. olympica flore-pleno (double-flowered). 7. blue, with a 
white centre, very large. . 
A. oxypetala (sharp-petaled). A synonym of A. oxysepala. 
A. oxysepala (sharp-sepaled). This is closely allied to A. 
vulgans, but has very narrow and very acute sepals and larger 
leaves. Siberia, 1890. Syn. A. oxypetala. 
A. sibirica flore-pleno (double-flowered). jl. blue, large, 
very double; petals bordered with white, sometimes turning 
yellowish. There are other colour varieties. 
A. Skinneri (Skinner’s).* . drooping; petals with the limb 
yellowish-green and rounded, prolonged at base into a very 
long, tubular, lively red spur. Summer and autumn. J. mostly 
radical, glaucous, on long petioles, biternate ; leaflets petiolulate 
and cordate, deeply three-lobed. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, panicled 
above. Guatemala.- (B. M. 3919.) The variety flore-pleno (R. G. 
1885, p. 57) has double flowers. 
A. Stuarti (Stuart’s).* 7. 3in. or more «cross, erect ; sepals dark 
bluish-purple, ljin. long, large, regular; petals pure white, 
shading to bright blue at the base. 1894. A garden hybrid 
2s a A. glandulosa and A. vulgaris Wittmanniana. See 
ig. 75. 
A, transilvanica (Transylvanian). A synonym of A. glandulosa, 
“sh on atrata (dark). A form with dark violet flowers. 
A. v. flore-pleno (double-flowere:l). jl. variously coloured and 
very double. The form variegata has lilac sepals and the limb of 
the petals white. 
AQUILICIA. A synonym of Leea (which see). 
ARABIS. Including Stevenia and Turritis. Upwards 
of 130 species have been referred to this genus, of which 
probably not more than sixty are entitled to rank as 
such; they are broadly dispersed, but most plentiful in 
Europe and North America. Six species are included 
in the British Flora, viz., A. ciliata, A. hirsuta, A. per- 
foliata (Tower Mustard), A. petrea (Noithern Rock Cress), 
A, stricta (Bristol Rock Cress), and A. Turrita (Tower 
Cress, Tower Rockcress). 
In very dry places the various kinds of Arabis are 
amongst the best of spring flowers. Used, too, in con- 
junction with the Alyssums they are very effective, 
especially as edging plants, where the variegated forms 
of A. albida and A. procwrrens come in useful. These 
plants are not very compact of growth, and some little 
eare is required to keep them neat-looking. This is 
best done by pegging down the stems.. When employed 
for the decoration of the borders it is not unusual to 
plant them upon a mound. 
To the plants described on p. 102, Vol. 1., the following 
should be added : 
A. alpina oes tee (double-flowered). An_ interesting 
garden variety with very double, white flowers. 1898. 
A. muralis (wall-loving). /l. white; petals oblong; pedicels 
twice as long as the calyx; racemes erect, feamtinay: May. J. 
pubescent, toothed; radical ones spathulate,. obtuse; cauline 
pane ovate, acute. Branches hairy. A. 4in. to 6in. Etruria, 
c. : 
A. ie ld (naked-stemmied), A synonym of Parrya nudi- 
caulis, 
A. Stelleri (Steller’s). . white; petals cuneate-oblong, twice 
as long as the calyx; raceme corymbose. June. /., lower ones 
oblong-spathulate ; upper ones half-amplexicaul, oblong, toothed, 
Kamtschatka. A capital little plant for the rock-garden. 
A. Sturii (Stur’s). An especially vigorous and compact 
garden variety, with large, pure white flowers. 1897, 
ARACHNANTHE (from arachne, a spidér, and anthe, 
a flower; in allusion to the shape of the flower). Syn. 
Arachnis. Including Esmeralda. Orv. Orchidew. A 
genus comprising about half-a-dozen species of stove, 
epiphytal Orchids; one is Himalayan, and the rest inhabit 
the Malayan Archipelago. Flowers showy; sepals and 
petals free, spreading, rather thick; lip articulated at 
the base of the coluinn, erect or spreading, neither 
saceate nor spurred at base, the lateral lobes erect or 
rarely obsolete, the middle one fleshy, polymorphous, often 
gibbous or with a very short spur at back; column short, 
thick; pollen masses two; peduncles lateral, elongated, 
simple or branched. Leaves distichous, fleshy-coriaceous, 
obliquely bilobed at apex. 
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Arachnanthe—continued. 
sometimes very long, sometimes shorter or faleate, often 
Four species call for descrip- 
tion here. For culture, see Aérides. 
A. bella (pretty). 7., sepals and pods light ochre, barred cinna- 
mon, straight, cuneate-oblong; lip white, the lateral segments 
striped purplish-brown, the middle one very broad, tumid, 
the basilar, roundish callus white, spotted brown ; raceme four- 
flowered. ¢@. Sin. long, lin. broad, shining, unequally bilobed at 
apex. 1888. SyN. Esmeralda bella. 
A. Cathcarti (Cathcart’s). The correct name of the plant de- 
scribed on p. 133, Vol. IV., as Vanda Cathcarti. 
A. Clarkei (Clarke's). #. much as in A. Cathcarti; sepals and 
petals dark brown, barred ochre, yellow inside, cuneate-oblong, 
obtuse ; lip whitish, marked brown, three-lobed, with a conical, 
acute spur, the front lobe cordate, oblong-elliptic, with a rough, 
lobulate border, and seven to nine whitish keels; the mouth of 
the spur covered by two retrorse crests, with another crest in 
front. Himalayas, 1886. (B. M. 7077.) Syn. Vanda Clarkei. 
A. Lowii (Low’s). The correct name of the plant described on 
p. 283, Vol. III., as Renanthera Louvi. (R. 139, 71.) 
A. L. Rohdeniana (Rohden’s). jl. brighter-coloured than in 
the type, the four lower yellow ones being separated from 
the rest by an interyal of Yin. to 12in. J. narrower and shorter. 
Borneo, 1891. 
A. moschifera (musk-bearing). . creamy-white or Jemon- 
colour, spotted purple, large, ep et a spider, delicately 
scented like musk. Java. A peculiar and rare plant. The old 
spike produces flowers for a long time, and should, therefore, not 
be cut. Syns. Epidendrum Flos-aéris, Renanthera Arachnites, 
R. Flos-aéris. 
ARACHNIS. A synonym of Arachnanthe (which 
see). 
ARACHNITES. In part synonymous with Ophrys 
(which see). 
ARALTIA. Bentham and Hooker include Dimorphanthus 
here. Of the thirty species comprised in this genus, six 
are North American, one is Mexican, and the rest inhabit 
Eastern or tropical Asia, from Japan and Mandschuria 
as far as the Himalayas and the Indian Archipelago. 
See also Dizygotheca. 
Many of the Aralias are amongst the most decorative 
of plants used to furnish the outside garden. A species, 
however, which is not as often seen as it might be is 
A. cachemirica. This may be most ‘effectively grown in 
large beds, in the shrubbery border, or as a lawn plant, 
where its noble appearince and beautiful foliage stand it 
in excellent stead. Aralia spinosa is another species of 
equal value for such purposes as suggested in connection 
with the lesser known A. cachemirica. 
To the species and varieties described on pp. 104-5, 
Vol. I., the following should be added: 
A. Balfouriana (Balfour's). /. abundantly produced; leaflets 
three on each side, sub-orbicular, emarginate at base, the medial 
one very large, all irregularly toothed and spotted with white 
on the borders. New Caledonia. A branched, tufted tree. 
(R. H. 1898, p. 229.) 
A. cachemirica (Cashmere).* jl. white; umbels in elongated 
panicles sometimes lft. long, but many smaller; bracts some- 
times leaf-like and lsin. long. J. pinnate to tripinnate, the 
ultimate pinna with five to nine leaflets; leaflets 34sin. by 1tin., 
elliptic, shortly acuminate, often cordate at base. h. Sft. to 
eis Cashmere, 1888. A stately, hardy herb. Syn. A. macro- 
phylla. 
A. Chabrieri (Chabrier’s), of gardens. 
dendron orientale. 
A. chinensis elata (tall). The correct name of Dimorphanthus 
mandschuricus. 
A. ¢. foliis aureo~variegatis (having golden, varie- 
gated leaves). A form, described by its name, introduced in 
A synonym of Elo- 
A. Gemma (jewel). J. graceful, bipinnate ; pinnules with small 
lateral leaflets and a large terminal one, all irregularly lobed or 
toothed, olive-green above, greyish-violet beneath when young. 
MTy Caledonia, 1883. An ornamental stove shrub. (I. H. 1883, 
A. leptophylla is now known as Dizygotheca leptophylla. 
A. macrophylla (large-leaved). A synonym of A. cachemirica. 
A aT (Manchurian). A synonym of A. chinensis 
elata. 
