1900 SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, &C. 
Astrocaryum—continued. 
A. Borsignyanum (Borsigny’s). 
grandifolia. 
A. Malybo (Malybo). The correct name of A. argenteum. 
A. mexicanum (Mexican).* /l., spathe shining chestnut-colour, 
terete, slightly prickly; spadix spicate. jr. sessile, fusiform, 
straight or slightly curved, rostrate, densely setose-prickly. 
1., leaflets alternate, broadly linear, acute, straight; petioles 
tetragonal, channelled. Caudex cylindrical, 4ft. to 6ft. high. 
Mexico, 1864. (R. H. 1878, p. 148.) 
A. pictum (painted). A garden name for Stevensonia grandifolia. 
A. vulgare (common). /l., spadix persistent, between the 
leaves ; peduncle lft. or more in length, terete. jr. scarlet, 
ovate-globose, lin. or more in length. /. eight or ten, rarely 
morey very slightly curved, 8ft. to 10ft. long; leaflets lanceolate, 
long-acuminate, white beneath. Stem 20ft. to 40ft. high, Sin. to 
8in. thick, fuscous-greyish. Brazil. 
ASTROLOMA. Sce also Stenanthera. A. 
florum is the correct name of 8S. ciliata. 
ASYSTASIA. Syn. Henfreya. Under this genus 
Bentham and Hooker include Dicentranthera and Mackaya, 
but the latter has been kept distinct on pp. 311-2, Vol. I., 
of this work. Asystasia embraces about a score species, 
natives of tropical and South Africa, the East Indies, and 
the Malayan Archipelago. Leaves membranous, entire. 
To the species described on pp. 142-3, Vol. I., the following 
should now be added : 
A. bella (pretty). The correct name of Mackaya bella. 
A. coromandeliana (B. M. 4248). The correct name is 
A, violacea. 
A. macrophylla. This is figured as Dicentranthera macrophylla 
in B. M. 5696. > 
A. Thyrsacantha. According to the authors of the ‘“ Genera 
Plantarum,” this is the correct name of Thyrsacanthus indicus ; 
but C. B. Clarke, in Hooker's ‘‘ Flora of British India” (iv. 497), 
classes it under Lranthemum indicum. 
A. varia (varying). /. mauve and brown, disposed in short, 
axillary racemes ; corolla tubular. J. ovate orlanceolate. Stems 
quadrangular. kh. less than lft. Zululand, 1892. 
A. violacea (B. M. 5882). The correct name is A. coro- 
mandeliana. 
ATALANTHUS. Included under Sonchus (which 
see). 
ATALANTIA. Syn. Chilocalyx (of Turezaninow). 
Bentham and Hooker include Severinia under this genus. 
ATELANDRA. Included under Hemigenia (which 
see). 
ATHALIA SPINARUM. This is a species of 
Sawfly whose larva are very destructive to Turnips. 
They are whitish when first hatched, afterwards assume a 
dirty green colour, and eventually are black. It is this last 
colour which is responsible for the numerous popular 
names by which they are known to farmers and gardeners : 
Black Palmer, Black Canker, Black Slug, Blacks, and 
Niggers. See also Turnip Sawfly. 
ATHALMUS. Asynonym of Pallenis (which see). 
ATHANASIA. About forty species, all strongly 
scented and glandular, are included in this genus. Flower- 
heads yellow, homogamous, discoid, usually rather small 
and densely corymbose; involucral bracts imbricated, in 
several rows. Leaves alternate, often crowded or small, 
entire, toothed, incised, or pinnatisect. To the species 
described on p. 143, Vol. I., the following should be 
added : 
A. crithmifolia (Crithmum-leaved). l.-heads numerous, in a 
compound corymb, sometimes paniculate. July. J. lin. to 24in. 
long, glabrous when adult, three- to five-cleft to the middle, 
rarely shortly three-cleft or entire; lobes linear, elongated. 
h. 2ft. to 3ft. 1723. 
ATHEROPOGON. 
(which see). P 
ATHLIANTHUS. A synonym of Justicia (which 
see). 
ATHOUS. Orb. Coleoptera. Another of the genera 
furnishing the objectionable ‘“‘ Wireworms.” The most 
destructive species is A. hemorrhoidalis, an elongated 
downy brown Beetle, from }in. to }in. long, usually found 
A garden name for Stevensonia 
longi- 
Included under Bouteloua 
eal 
Athous— continued. 
in the perfect state upon Hazels and Birches. The larvae, 
however, when hatched, are very destructive to pastures 
and to cornfields. All the members of this genus are not, 
however, vegetarians ; one species at least, and that a British 
one, is carnivorous, feeding upon several kinds of other 
Beetles. Unfortunately’ it is a rare insect, though 
occasionally found in decaying Ash and Beech. See 
Wireworms. 
ATHRIXIA. Syn. Asteridia. This genus comprises 
about fifteen species of stove or greenhouse herbs or 
under-shrubs, natives of South and tropical Africa, Mada- 
gascar, and Australia. Flower-heads yellow, heterogamous, 
solitary at the tips of the branches or sometimes forming 
a loose, leafy corymb; receptacle flat, naked. Leaves 
alternate, entire, tomentose beneath. 
ATHROTAXIS. To the species described on p. 143, 
Vol. I., the following should be added: 
A. Gunneana (Gunn's). /. fin. to 4in. long, arranged spirally, 
spreading, slightly curved upwards, rigid, linear-lanceolate, 
widest at base, tapering to a spiny point, sessile; lower surface 
glossy-green, convex; upper surface flat or slightly concave, 
frequently covered with glaucous powder. Tasmania, 1869. A 
large, tolerably hardy bush, closely allied to A. selaginoides. 
(R. H. 1869, p. 114.) 
ATHRUPHYLLUM. A synonym 
(which see). 
ATIMETA. 
see). 
ATRAGENE. Bentham and Hooker 
genus under Clematis (which sce). 
ATRAPHAXIS (the old Greek name given by 
Dioscorides, &c., to Orache). Including Tragopyron. 
Orv. Polygonacex. A genus embracing about seventeen 
closely-allied species of hardy, rigid, much-branched 
shrubs, natives of Central and Western Asia. Flowers 
often fascicled at the nodes, hermaphrodite, four- or five- 
parted, the two outer segments often smaller; stamens 
six to eight, rarely nine. Leaves alternate or fascicled 
at the nodes, narrow or rather small. The species here 
described are interesting plants. They should be grown 
in well-drained heath or sandy soil. Very little pryning 
will be required. Propagation may be effected by 
cuttings, or by layers. 
A. buxifolia (Box-leaved). fl. white, nodding, produced in long 
racemes. July. jr. red. J. deciduous, obovate, obtuse, tipped 
with a short mucro, light green, about lin. in diameter, the 
lateral margins undulated. h. 2ft. Siberia, 1800. SyNs. Poly- 
gonum crispulum (B. M. 1065), Tragepyron buxifolium. 
A. lanceolata (lanceolate). (l. pink, in terminal, loose racemes, 
leafless above. J. lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or 
mucronulate, attenuated at base, penninerved, the margins 
recurved. h. 2ft. Russia, 1778. 
A. 1. latifolia (broad-leaved). A synonym of A, Muschketowi. 
A. Muschketowi (Muschketow’s). fl. white, about 4in. broad, 
with red anthers and ovary ; perianth five-parted, the two outer 
segments reflexed; raceme terminal, the flowers chiefly in 
whorls. May and June. /. lin. to 1sin. long, oblong, acute, 
crenulate, shortly petiolate. Central Asia, 1895. (B. M. 7435.) 
Syn. Tragopyrum lanceolatum latifolium (R. G. 1894, t. 1344, 
f. . 
of Myrsine 
Included under Rhodospatha (which 
include this 
A. spinosa (spiny). jl. white, tinged pink. August. 7. glaucous, 
din. long or Nese ovate, acute, sub-evergreen, on short petioles. 
Branches ascending, horizontal, or deflexed. h. 2ft. to dft. 
Levant, 1732. (W. D. B. 119.) 
ATRIPLEX. About 100 species of herbs and shrubs 
are included in this genus; they inhabit temperate and 
sub-tropical region’. Flowers monecious or dicecious, 
glomerate. The following species should be added to that 
given on p. 144, Vol. I. : 
A. halimoides (Halimus-like). /. white, all axillary, the males 
few in the upper axils, surrounded by females. J. sin. to lin. long, 
mostly lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, on long petioles. 
Stems diffuse or procumbent, 6in. to 12in. or more in height. 
Australia. Plant softly mealy-tomentose. The variety monu- 
mentalis is a seedling form, growing 9ft. to 10ft. high. 1890. 
(RB. G. 1890, p. 105, f. 24.) Syn. A. nummuaria monumentalis. 
A. Halimus (Halimus). /. purplish, small. July and August. 
1. alternate or opposite, rhombic-oblong. Ah. 5ft. to 6ft. 
