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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Aster—continued. 
lanceolate, acute, slightly amplexicaul, bright green. h. 2ft. to 
3ft. North America. A garden plant. ‘There is a variety 
ceruleus with flowers of a bluish-lilac. 
A. roseus (rosy). /l.-heads nearly 2in. across, disposed in a large 
corymb ; ray florets of a beautiful bright rose ; disk golden-yellow. 
1. lanceolate, sessile, pubescent, greyish-green. North America. 
Probably a variety of A. Nove-Angliw. (R. H. 1893, p. 108.) 
‘A. rotundifolius (round-leaved). The correct name of Agathaa 
coelestis. 
A. Stracheyi (Strachey’s). /l.-heads pale lilac-blue, Zin. to 14in. 
in diameter ; involucral bracts reddish-brown ; ray florets linear, 
the tips minutely notched ; scapes rich dark brown, 2in. to Sin. 
high. May. J., radical ones lin. to 14in. long, shortly petiolate, 
Blancealee or obovate, pale beneath ; those on the stolons much 
smaller and more sessile; those on the scapes few, linear or 
linear-obovate. Western Himalayas, 1885. (B. M. 6912.) 
A. tanacetifolius (Tansy-leaved). jl.-heads }in. high; ray 
florets bright violet, numerous; involucral bracts narrow-linear. 
July. J., lower ones twice or thrice pinnately parted; upper- 
most ones simply pinnatifid or those on the flowering branch- 
lets entire; lobes short, setulose-mucronate. h. lft. to 2ft. 
North America, 1851. A pubescent, often rather viscid annual. 
Syns. A. coronopifolius, Dieteria coronopifolia, Macheranthera 
tanacetifolia (B. M. 4624). 
A. tenuifolius (slender-leaved). jl.-heads about in. high; ray 
florets violet, showy ; involucre turbinate, its bracts very acute. 
August. J, thickish, almost fleshy, linear, tapering to both 
ends, acute; lower ones with a long, tapering base; upper 
ones subulate-attenuated. Stem simple or  paniculately 
branched above, lft. to 2ft. high. North America, 1723, 
A. tenuifolius (of Willdenow). A synonym of A, ericoides. 
A. Thomsoni (Thomison’s). /i.-heads pale lilac, 14in. to 2sin. in 
diameter, few, on long peduncles; involucral bracts linear- 
lanceolate ; pappus reddish. August to October. J. sub-sessile, 
2in. to 4in. long, lin. to lJin. broad, broadly-ovate, acuminate, 
coarsely serrated, half-amplexicaul at base. h. lft. to 3ft. 
Western Himalayas. Increased by seeds or cuttings; it should 
not be divided. 
A. tricephalus (three-headed). (jl.-heads one to three, large and 
showy; ray florets purple. Autumn. J., radical ones obovate- 
spathulate, on long, winged petioles, entire, glabrous or hairy; 
cauline ones oblong, half-amplexicaul. Stems puberulous. 
h. 13ft. Sikkim (10,000ft. to 14,000ft.), 1886. 
A. trinervis (three-nerved).* jl.-heads blue; ray florets longer 
than those of the disk ; involucral scales lanceolate; pedicels 
rigid. August. J. lanceolate-linear, mucronate-acute, entire, 
three-nerved, scabrous beneath and on the margins. Stems 
erect, corymbose at apex. kh. 2ft. South of France, 1818. 
SYN. Galatella rigida. 
A, trinervius (three-nerved). j.-heads tin. to sin. in diameter, 
corymbose; ray florets white, narrow ; involucral bracts linear. 
Late autumn. J. sessile or petiolate, lin. to 4in. long, lanceolate, 
coarsely serrated, very variable. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Himalayas, &c., 
1891. (R. H. 1892, p. 396.) 
A. umbellatus (umbelled). 
linus. 
A. Vilmorini (Vilmorin’s). j.-heads 4in. across, solitary or in 
pairs, at the top of a long, naked stalk; ray florets bluish- 
purple. J. 4in. to 6in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, entire. 
Stems simple. h. 1ft. to 24ft. Western China, 1896. 
A. vimineus (twiggy).* (fl.-heads very small, usually crowded 
along the branches ; ray florets usually pure white; disk some- 
times turning purple. September. J/. linear or narrowly lanceo- 
late, entire, or the lower ones with a few serratures, the longer 
cauline ones 3in. to Sin. long. Stem 3ft. to 5ft. high, slender, 
eee with numerous flowering branches. North America, 
The correct name of A. amygda- 
A. v. foliolosus (rather leafy). 
Soliosus. 
ASTER, WHITE-TOPPED. See Sericocarpus. 
ASTERACANTHA. This in now included by 
Bentham and Hooker under Hygrophila (which see), 
and the correct name of A. longifolia is H. spinosa. 
ASTERANTHEMUM. A synonym of Smilacina 
(which see). 2 
ASTERIAS. A synonym of Gentiana (which see). 
ASTERIDIA. A synonym of Athrixia (which see). 
ASTERISCUS (of Mench). A synonym of Odonto- 
spermum (which see). 
ASTERISCUS (of Schultz 
synonym of Pallenis (which see). 
ASTEROMA VAGANS. See Syringa Fungi. 
The correct name of A, 
“ Bipontinus ”’). A 
ASTEROPTERUS. A 
(which see). 
ASTEROSPERMA. A synonym of Felicia (which 
see). 
ASTEROSTIGMA. Included under Staurostigma 
(whch see). 
ASTILBE. Syw. Holeia. There are about half-a- 
dozen species of this genus, natives of the Himalayas, 
Java, Japan, and Eastern North America. To those 
described on pp. 140-1, Vol. I., the following should be 
added : 
A. chinensis (Chinese).* jl. white, with a rose or purplish tinge, 
densely clustered on rather short spikes. July. Stem branched. 
h. 14ft. to 2ft. China, 1892. In habit this species resembles the 
well-known A. japonica, but the inflorescence is more loosely 
branched. Syn. A. odontophylla. 
A. japonica foliis-purpureis (purple-leaved). 
mental variety having purple leaves and stems. 
A. j. variegata is known in gardens as Spirwa reticulata. 
A. Lemoinei (Lemoine’s). fl. pinkish-white, in very loose 
panicles. A garden hybrid between A. Thunbergi and a variety 
of Spircea astilboides. 1895, (R. H. 1895, p. 567, f. 185.) * 
A. odontophylla (having toothed leaves) A synonym of 
A. chinensis. - 
ASTIRIA (from a, not, and steiros, sterile; in 
allusion to the absence of barren stamens). Orp. Stercu- 
liacex. A monotypic genus. The species is a stove, 
evergreen, stellate-tomentose tree, thriving in a compost of 
sandy loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings, inserted in 
sand, under a bell-glass. 
A. rosea (pink). jl. pink, disposed in axillary, pedunculate 
cymes; bracteoles three; calyx five-parted; staminal cup 
truncate, bearing at the apex twenty stamens, all fertile. May. 
l. large, entire, palmately nerved, deeply cordate. Bourbon, 
1843. (B. R. 1844, t. 49.) 
ASTRAGALUS. Upwards of 600 species have 
been referred to this genus, three of which are indigenous 
in Britain. To those described on pp. 141-2, Vol. I., the 
following should be added: 
A. Gilgeanus (Gilge’s). jl. deep violet. 7. silvery. Asia Minor, 
1896. Perennial. 
A. hamosus (hooked). /. pale yellow; calyx matted with hairs ; 
heads six- to twenty-flowered, much shorter than the leaves. May 
to July. fr., pods sin. to lin. long, cylindrical, much recurved. 
1, 3in. to 6in. long ; leaflets distinctly stalked. South Europe, &c., 
1683. A curious-looking, trailing perennial. (S. F. G. 728.) The 
variety macrocarpus has large fruit. 
ASTRANTHUS. Included under Homalium (which 
see). 
ASTRANTIA. Four or five species, natives of 
Europe and Western Asia, are included in this genus. 
To those described on p. 142, Vel. I., the following should 
be added: 
a Poterophy ua (variable-leaved). A synonym of A. hellebori- 
Olid. 
A. minor (lesser). fl. and involucre white, the leaves of the 
latter about equalling the umbel. May and June. J. palmate; 
segments seven to nine, lanceolate, acute, deeply and sharply 
Poona os 6in. to 9in. Europe, 1686. There is a variegated 
orm of this. 
ASTRAPZA. This genus is now included under 
Dombeya (which see). « 
A. tilizfiora should be A. tiliwfolia (Lime-leaved), and its 
correct name,is Dombeya acutangula, 
A. viscosa. The correct name is Dombeya cannabina. 
ASTROCARYUM. About thirty species, all natives 
of tropical America, have been enumerated. To those 
described on p. 142, Vol. I., the following should “be 
added : 
A. aculeatum (prickly). ., females sessile; calyx, as well as 
the rather longer corolla, densely prickly. fr. sub-globose, 
unarmed, J., leaflets linear, premorse. Stem tall. Guiana, &c. 
A. Ayri (native name). l., spadices often many onthe same stem, 
erect, nearly 2ft. long, simple, at first included in a fusiform, 
densely prickly spathe. fr. 1sin. long, obovate, rostrate, densely 
bristly. 7. dense, 8ft. or more in length ; leaflets narrow-lanceo- 
late, long-acuminate, silvery beneath, 2ft. or more in length, lin. 
broad. Stem 20ft. to 30ft. high, 10in. to 12in. thick. Rio de 
Janeiro, &c. 
synonym of Leyssera 
An orna- 
