1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT-~ INTRODUCTIONS, 
Asparagus — continued. 
A. trichophyllus (hair-leaved). 7. axillary, usually solitary, on 
long pedicels. fr. pea-like. 2 Ain. to lin. long, stiff, subulate, 
in clusters of twenty to thirty. Stems flexuous, 3ft. to 6ft. long, 
freely branched above; branches haying curved-up spines at 
their base. Siberia and Northern China. Hardy perennial. 
A. umbellatus (umbellate). ”. white, small, fragrant, in 
compact umbels of about a dozen, fr. pea-like. 1. sti , almost 
spinous, triquetrous, sin. long, in clusters of ten to ‘twenty. 
Stems slender, striated, wiry, copiously branched above; 
- branches drooping, thickly clothed with leaves. Canary Islands, 
1828. A nearly hardy sub-shrub. Syn. A. grandijlorus. 
A. verticillatus (whorled). =. small. jr. bright red, like those 
of the common Asparagus. /. hair-like, in. to 2in, long, in tufts 
of two to twenty. Stems jin. thick, woody with age, smooth, 
armed with short, hard spines at the nodes ; branches numerous, 
slender, lft. to 2ft. long. Persia, Siberia, &c., 1752. Hardy. 
ASPARAGUS BEETLE. This pest seems to be 
on the increase, and many cases are on record of 
entire failure of crops in certain districts owing to the 
prevalence of the Beetle. It has already been shown 
(Vol. I.) that the Beetle is sufficiently distinctive not to 
be passed over for any other. The larva, however, is 
not so readily recognised. It is of a bluish-grey colour, 
with black head and legs, and in length varies somewhat 
from in. or a little more to as much as }in. It feeds 
for some fourteen days, at the end of which time it 
assumes the pupal state beneath the soil. The Beetles 
deposit their eggs, which are frequently laid in rows, on 
the shoots and leaves of their food-plants, and though of 
comparatively small size they may readily -be distinguished. 
-The symptoms of attack of the Asparagus Beetle are 
a withering of the shoots, and instead of the plants 
presenting a light green appearance, patches of a brown 
or yellowish colour may be found upon them early 
in the season. Such plants, if examined, will almost 
. invariably be found to harbour the larve of the Beetle 
under notice. These grubs, too, are difficult to dislodge, 
possessing as they do the power of holding on by means 
of the fleshy foot found at the anal extremity. 
Besides the remedial. measures suggested in Vol. L., 
it will be well to go over infested plants while the 
grubs are on the feed, and either squeeze them 
between finger and thumb, or remove them bodily and 
cast them into an insecticide previously prepared. Shoots, 
too, on which eggs have been deposited should be cut 
off and burned. It is useless removing such infested 
portions and then consigning them to the rubbish-heap. 
ASPARAGUS RUST. See Puccinia Asparagi. 
ASPASIA. The half-dozen species of this genus are 
all tropical American, ranging from Brazil as far as 
Central America. To those described on p. 124, Vol. L., 
the following should be added: 
A. principissa (princely). 1. over 2in. across, somewhat resem- 
bling those of an Odontogiossum ; seginents light green, lined 
brown, lanceolate-linear; lip light Duff, broadly pandurate, 
almost lin. long, with two parallel tubercles at the base. 
Veraguas. | 
ASPERELLA (a diminutive of asper, rough; in 
allusion to the scabrous leaves). Also spelt Asprella. Syns. 
Gymnostichum, Hystriz. Orp. Graminex. A monotypic 
genus. The species, A. Hystriv, is a rather tall, hardy, 
annual Grass, native of the Orient, with longer, looser, 
and slenderer terminal spikes than in Elymus (to which 
this genus is closely related), and flat leaves. It is 
largely used on the Continent in bouquets of everlastings, 
and for other purposes. 
ASPERIFOLIZ. Included under Boraginee 
(which see). 
ASPERULA. Of this genus about eighty species have 
been described ; but not nearly that number are distinct as 
such. They extend over Europe, Asia (especially Western), 
and Australia. 
A. azurea is the correct name of A. orientalis. 
A. ealabrica (Calabrian). A synonym of Putoria calabrica. 
ASPHODEL, FALSE. Sve Tofieldia. 
ASPHODEL, SCOTCH. See Tofieldia palustris. 
cy or 
ASPHODELINE. §Syy. Dorydiwm. There are about 
fourteen species of this genus, nativ of the Mediter- 
ranean region and the Orient as far as Persia and the 
Caueasus. To those described on pp. 124-5, Vol. I., the 
following shonld be added. 
A; cretica (Cretan). 
A. imperialis (imperial). jl. veddish-white, large. fr. angular. 
i. forming a magnificent rosette, somewhat prolonged up the 
stem, and not all springing from one base. Stem furnished 
with leaf-scales. h. 8ff. Thyana, Cappadocia, 1897. The largest 
of all the species. (G. C. 1897, xxii., p. 397, f. 116.) 
ASPHODELOPSIS. A synonym of Chlorophytum 
(which see). 
ASPHODELUS. The six or seven described species 
of this genus are reduced by Baker to five; they inhabit 
the Mediterranean region, one extending as far as India 
and the Mascarene Islands. To those described on p. 125, 
Vol. I., the following should be added. See also Aspho- 
deline. 
A. acaulis (stemless). (/. six to twenty in a lax corymb ; perianth 
pale pink, lin. to 14in. long, funnel-shaped ; peduncle very short 
or abortive. May. J. ten to twenty in a dense, radical rosette, 
linear, tapering to enone, 6in. to 12in. long, minutely pubescent. 
Algeria. (B. M. 7004.) 
A. albus is a sub-species of A. ramosus. 
A. comosus (tufted). ., perianth gin. long, the segments white, 
with a green keel; panicle lft. long, with a dense, terminal 
raceme Zin. in diameter, and six or eight small side ones; 
eduncle stout, as long as the leaves. /., radical ones ensiform, 
sft. long, gradually tapering g, acutely keeled at back. North- 
wate Himalayas, 1887. 
A. tenuifolius (slender-leaved). The «correct name _ of 
A. estivus. 
ASPIDIOTUS. Orv. Homoptera. One of the numerous 
genera into which the scales are divided. It belongs to 
the group Diaspina, in which the scales are formed by the 
aid of the cast-skins and a kind of secretion. In this genus 
the scales are almost circular, while the exuvie are central 
or lateral in the male, concealed, covered with a pellicle 
having a raised point in the centre. There is some little 
confusion existing with regard to the nomenclature of this 
genus, and the many synonyms which are from time to 
time employed add to the difficulty. Reference has already 
been made to the fact that A. conchiformis is no longer 
employed by naturalists for the Mussel Seale, but Myti- 
laspis pomorwm, the former now being regarded as a useless 
synonym. The members of this genus are found on a 
variety of plants, both outdoors and under glass, and are 
most undesirable. The chief species found in gardens 
are referred to under Scales and Pear Insects. 
ASPIDISTRA. Syns. Macrogyne and Porpar. 
This genus embraces four species, natives of the Hima- 
layas, China, and Japan. Leaves radical, long, ample, 
contracted into shortly-dilated petioles. To the species, 
&e., deseribed on p. 125, Vol. I., the following should be 
added : 
A. elatior (taller). The correct name of A. Jwrida (of gardens), 
described and figured in Vol. I. 
A, punctata (B. R. 977) is synonymous with A. elatior. 
A. typica (typical). 7. dirty white or greenish, speckled with 
red, dark purple within, numerous, racic: al, gin. in diameter, 
elobose. September. 7. lft. to Isft. long, long-petiolate, 
elliptie- lanceolate; nerves about seven. Rootstock stout, 
creeping. Tonkin (?), 1895. (B. M. 7484.) 
ASPIDIUM. Buckler Fern. Including Melanopteris 
and Phanerophlebia. This cosmopolitan genus embraces 
about sixty species, showing tcemarkable variation as 
regards size, texture, cutting, and venation. To the 
information given on pp. 125-7, Vol. I., the following 
should be added. Several species formerly included here 
will now-be found under Nephrodium. 
Very few, if any, Aspidiums are fastidious in their 
habits. The exotic species found in the group Polystichum 
are particularly robust; and whether adapted to stove 
or to greenhouse treatment, all thrive in a mixture of 
three parts sandy peat and one part fibrous loam. They 
A synonynt of A. fenuior, 
‘also succeed admirably in places where light is not 
