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1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, 
Aristotelia—continued. 
The points of the shoots are frequently damaged by light 
frosts, and in severe winters the growths are cut down 
almost to the ground. Aristotelias well deserve a place 
against a wall. 
To the species described on p. 118, Vol. I., the follow- 
ing should be added: 
A. Braithwaitei (Braithwaite’s). This is described as a beau- 
tiful plant, having large flowers with (white ?) aa oe petals. 
It is said to be intermediate in character between Elc@ocarpus 
and Aristotelia, haying the floral characteristics of the former, 
aoe foliage and inflorescence of the latter. New Hebrides, 
A. racemosa (racemose). jl. small; racemes panicled, many- 
flowered, axillary. J. on long petioles, membranous, pubescent, 
3in. to Sin. long, ovate-cordate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 
deeply and irregularly serrated, often red: or purple beneath. 
h. 6ft. to 20ft. New Zealand, 1873. 
ARM. A large branch of a Vine, trained horizontally. 
ARMADILLO VULGARIS. See Oniscide. 
ARMED. Furnished with prickles, spines, or thorns. 
ARMENIACA MUME. Anothername for Prunus 
Mume (which see). 
ARMERIA. Syn. Statice (in part). According to 
some authors, the number of species is upwards of fifty: 
while others reduce the number to six or seven, The genus 
is mostly represented in Europe, North Africa, and Western 
Asia. 
The value of the Thrifts lies chiefly in their compact 
tufted habit, in their adaptability for sunny situations, 
and their utility for edgings, A. alpina, A. maritima alba, 
and A. m. Laucheana being the best for the purpose. 
A. latifolia is commonly known as the Giant Thrift, and 
is very free, the flowers being large and of a nice rosy- 
erimson. The form Rose Beauty is, however, superior 
generally to the type. These last make nice pot-plants. 
To the species described on pp. 113-4, Vol. I., the 
following should be added : 
A. alliacea (Allium-like). A synonym of A. dianthoides. 
A. alpina (alpine). A synonym of A. vulgaris. 
A. ceespitosa (tufted). jf. pale lilac, in small heads; involucral 
leaflets brownish ; scape pubescent. Summer. J. very short, 
narrow-linear, triquetrous, rigid, recurved. ih. lin. to 2in. 
Roots forming dense tufts. Mountains of Spain, 1885. The 
smallest of the Thrifts. (B. M. 7596; R. G. 1192, f. 2.) 
A. latifolia (broad-leaved).* jl. disposed ina large, globose 
head; petals pale rose-colour, obovate; involucral bracts pale 
brown; scape tall. April. J. 3in. to Sin. long, narrow- 
oblanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, gradually narrowed 
to the petioles, glaucescent. Portugal. (B. M. 7313.) A. lati- 
folia is not synonymous with A. cephalotes, the correct name 
of which is A. mauritanica. 
A. undulata (wavy). jl. white, with white bracts, borne in a 
large head on a tall scape. Summer. J/., lower ones lanceolate 
or lanceolate-linear, often sinuate-toothed, three-nerved; the 
rest linear or bristle-like, acute. Greece, 1888. Plant highly 
glabrous, tufted. 
ARMERIASTRUM. A synonym of Acantholimon 
(which see). 
ARMILLARIA MELLEA. See Agaricus. 
ARMORACIA. Included under Cochlearia (which 
see). 
ARMY WORM (Leucania unipuncta). The insect 
known popularly in the United States by the above name 
is the larva of a Moth 1tin. in wing expanse, and of a 
yellowish colour dotted with black. It is very rarely seen 
in this country. In America and elsewhere, however, it 
is one of the greatest pests with which the agriculturist 
has to contend. Like the rest of its congeners it is a 
Grass-feeder, thofigh none of them are over-fastidious. 
The name Army Worm has been applied on account of 
the enormous numbers which in certain seasons swoop 
down upon the Grass crops. Fortunately the pest is kept 
in check by a host of insect parasites, or the consequences 
would be still more disastrous. Applications of Paris 
Green, and the digging of deep trenches in the fields are 
both successfully employed. So far as can be traced it 
has not done any damage in this country. 
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ARNEBIA. Syns. Dioclea, Meneghinia, Stenoso- 
lenium, Strobila, Toxostigma. About a dozen species, 
natives of North Africa and Western and Central Asia, 
are included in this genus; they are mostly hardy, 
annual or perennial, hispid herbs. Flowers yellow 
or violet, sub-sessile, in simple racemes or branched 
cymes ; calyx five-cleft or five-parted ; corolla tube straight, 
the five lobes imbricated, spreading; stamens included. 
Leaves alternate. Roots tinged with red. To the species 
described on p. 114, Vol. I., the following should be added : 
A. cornuta (having horns). /l. ed yellow, having at first five 
black spots at the base of the lobes, which change to brown 
and finally disappear; raceme erect, leafy. 7. lanceolate, dark 
cet, hairy; lower ones obtuse; upper ones acute. h. 14ft. 
fghanistan, 1888. A pretty annual. 
A. macrothyrsa (large-thyrsed). jl. yellow, produced in dense 
trusses, 7. 4in. to 7in. long. h. lft. to 14ft. Armenia, 1891. 
A fine, showy perennial. 
ARNICA. There are about ten species of this genus, 
natives of Hurope, Asia, and North America. Flower- 
heads yellow, large, radiate, heterogamous, borne on long 
peduncles ; involucral bracts in one or two series, acuminate. 
Leaves usually crowded at the base of the stem, opposite, 
entire or toothed. Seealso Aster, Doronicum, ind Mairia. 
A. montana is a very choive plant for the rockery or 
for the front of the mixed border. It is one of those 
Composites which are best grown in a sunny spot, when 
its orange-yellow flower-heads will be plentifully produced. 
ARNOPOGON. A synonym of Urospermum 
(which see). 
AROMIA MOSCHATA is the name by which 
the elegant Musk Beetle is 
known to science. In Vol. 
Il. of this work the insect 
is fully described, and this 
description, together with 
the illustration (Fig. 79), 
will enable the gardener to 
readily identify the insect. 
It affects tree-trunks in the 
daytime, but gets more 
active as evening § ap- 
proaches. These wood- 
feeding insects are very 
objectionable by reason of 
the fact that the larve 
remain in that condition 
considerably longer than is 
the case with insects gener- 
ally. When captured these 
Beetles emit a noise which 
has been translated into a 
squeak, but which in reality 
is the result of friction, as 
already noted. If these 
Beetles are left in undis- 
turbed possession, they will ; 
in time so tunnel the tree 2 4 
in every direction that little a peer ae re 
of the heart-wood remains. (Natural size.) 
See also Musk Beetle. 
ARRACACIA is the correct name of Arracacha. The 
genus embraces about a dozen species of perennial herbs, all 
American. Flowers white; involucral bracts leafy or 
wanting. Leaves pinnate or pinnately decompound. 
ARSENITES. Two of the most valuable Arsenites 
of Copper and of Lime respectively are at the present 
day employed as insecticides in the form of Paris 
Green and London Purple (which see). Both com- 
pounds are virulent poisons. 
ARTABOTRYS. This genus includes about fifteen 
species of sarmentose or climbing, stove shrubs, natives of 
tropical Asia and Africa. Flowers solitary or fascicled ; 
sepals three, cohering at base; petals six, free; stamens 
numerous; peduncles often hard, hooked. 
