ACACIA 



ACANTHOLIMON 



A. myr/i/o'/ta celastrifo'lia. 6. Yellow. May. Swan 



River. 1842. 



Ne'mu. See ALBIZZIA JULIBRISSIN. 

 ., ni'gricans. 6. Yellow. April. King George's Sound. 



B. M., t. 2188. 



., obli'qua. 6. N. Holland. 1842. 

 .. obscu'ra. 2j. Yellow. Swan River. 1852. Syn. 



A. cycnorum. 



., ole.Tfo'lia. See A. LUNATA. 



.. OxycSdrus. 10. Yellow. May. N. S. Wales. B. 



M., t. 2928. 

 pcnnine'rvisfalcifo'rmis. 6. Yellow. May. Australia. 



1818. Syn. A. falciformis. 

 ,. peniade'nia. 10. Yellow. May. N. S. Wales. B. 



R., t. 1521. 

 platyphyl'la (broad-leaved). 10. Yellow. June. N. 



Holland. 1820. 

 .. podalyriv' folia (G. C., 1906, xxxix. 213). E. Australia. 



(Sir T. Hanbury, La Mortola.) 

 ,, pube'scens. 6 to 10. N. Holland. 1790. 

 pulche'lla gra'ndis. Golden yellow. March. Australia. 



1846. Syn. A. grandis. 

 hispidi'ssima. 3. Yellow. Swan River. 1800. 



B. M., t. 4588. Syn. A. hispidissima. 



., ricea'na. Yellow. May. Tasmania. Maund. Bot., 



,, Richardso'ni (Richardson's). 10. Yellow. June. 



N. Holland. 1822. 

 ., rotundtfo'lia. See A. OBLIOUA. 

 ,, ruscifo'lia. See A. VERTICILLATA LATIFOLIA. 

 .. salici'na. Yellow. March. N. S. Wales. 1818. Syn. 



A. ligulata. 



,. Sf'ntis. 8 to 10. Australia. 

 sali'gna. 6 to 10. N. Holland. 1818. 

 serica'ta (silky). Yellow. April. N. Holland. 1820. 

 Si'msii (Sims's). Yellow. April. N. Holland. 1819. 

 ,, *So'phor<z (sophora-podded). See A. LONGIFOLIA. 

 *specta'bUis (remarkable). Yellow. April. N. S. 



Wales. 1837. 

 sph&roce'phala. Mexico. 



squama' (a (scaly). Yellow. April. N. Holland. 1836. 

 stenophy'Ua (short-leaved). Yellow. March. N. S. 



Wales. 1818. 

 stri'cta (erect-headed). 2. Yellow. March. N. S. 



Wales. 1790. 



strigo'sa. 4. Yellow. W. Australia. Syn. A. ciliata. 

 ,. strombuli'fera (spiral-podded). See PROSOPIS. 

 ,, suave'olens (sweet-scented). 4. Yellow. April. N. 



S. Wales. 1790. 



subula'ia (awl-shaped). 4. Yellow. May. N. Hol- 

 land. 1824. 

 ., sulca'ta (furrowed-leaved). 2. Yellow. July. N. 



Holland. 1803. 



,, *taxifo'lia (yew-leaved). See A. RICEANA. 

 ,, irapezoi'dea (trapezium-leaved). See A. DECIPIENS. 

 trinena'ta (three-nerved). 6. Yellow. April. N. 



Holland. 1820. 



,, tri'stis (dull green-coloured). See A. ARMATA. 

 ., umbella'ta (umbellate). Yellow. April. N. Holland. 



1819. 



,. uncina'ta (hook-leaved). See A. UNDUL^FOLIA. 

 uncinophy'lla. 7. Yellow. April. Swan River. 

 undulafo'lia (wave-leaved). 4. Yellow. May. N. 



Holland. 1824. 

 ., urophy'lla (tail-leaved). Pale yellow. April. Swan 



River. 1836. 

 ,, vernici'flua (varnish-flowing). 6. Yellow. April. N. 



Holland. 1818. 

 *verticilla'ta (whorl-leaved). 10. Yellow. April Van 



Diemen's Land. 1780. 

 angu'sta (narrow-leaved). 10. Yellow. April. 



N. Holland. 1780. 

 ., latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 10. Yellow. April. 



N. Holland. 1780. Syn. A. ruscifolia. 

 ,. vf,ti'ta (clothed). 6. Yellow. June. N. Holland. 



1820. 

 vimina'lis (twiggy). Yellow. April. N. Holland. 



1820. 



,. virga'ta (branchy). See A. VERMCIFLUA. 

 ,, riridira'mis (green-branched). See XEROCLADIA 



ZKYHERI. 

 ., viscfdula. Extra tropical E. Australia. Gfl., t. 



1109. 

 vomerifo'rmis (plough-share-shaped). Yellow. April. 



N. Holland. 1818. 



HALF-HARDY SPECIES. 



A. Julibri'ssin (silk-tree). 20. White. August. Levant. 

 1745. See ALBIZZIA JULIBRISSIN. 



AC JENA. (From akaina, a thorn, in allusion to the 

 slender spines on the calyx.) Ord. ROSACES. Dwarf 

 shrubby plants, propagated from cuttings, as recom- 

 mended for other hardy rock plants, or from divisions of 

 the roots, which should be done early in the spring. 



A. adscSndens (B. T. O., 1888, 331). Rosace*. H. 



Patagonia. 



,, adsu'rgens. 9 in. Hort. 



.. Bucha'nanii. 9 in. Xew Zealand. 



microphy'lla. J. Green. New Zealand. 



,, millefo'lia. Myriad-leaved. 



,, myriophy'lla. 6 in. to i ft. Argentina. 1828. 



,, No'va-Zeala'ndia. 9 in. New Zealand. 



,. ovi'na (B. T. O., 1888, 332). H. Australia. 



.. pinnati'fida. 1828. Chili. B. R.. t. 1271. 



,, pulche'lla. Leaves bronzy. 



,, Sanguiso'rbig. Australia. 



sarmento'sa (B. T. O., 1888, 332). H. per. Tristan 



d'Acunha. 



,, seri'cea (B. T. O., 1888, p. 332). H. per. Mexico. 



., sple'ndtns (B. T. O., 1888, 332). H. Chili. 



ACA LYPHA. A name given by Hippocrates to the 

 nettle, mostly stove or intermediate greenhouse plants, 

 propagated from the terminal shoots, in light sandy soil, 

 potted on in good loam, leaf-mould, and manure. Sandtri 

 (or hispida) is remarkable for the long racemes of crimson 

 flowers, others have inconspicuous flowers and showy 

 variegated foliage. 



A. Chantrie'ri (R. H., 1897, 402). 

 ,, godseffia'na (G. C., 1898, xxiii. 241, f. 87). New 



Guinea. 



hamiltonia'na (Bruant Cat., 1895). 

 his'pida ramo'sa (Jard., 1906, 99). Syn. A. Sanderi 



Hort. New Guinea. 1896. 

 macafeea'na. Rev. Hort., 1882. p. 288. See A. 



WILKESIANA. 



macrophy'lla. 1876. 



,, morifontane'nsis (R. H., 1897, 402). 



,, musa'ica. Polynesia. 1877. 



Cowba'rnii (G. C., 1904, xxxv. 117). 



., obova'ta. South Sea Islands. 1884. 



,, Sande'ri (G. C., 1896, xx. 392). 10 to 15. New 



Guinea. Syn. with A. hispida. 



alba (G. C., 1902, xxxi. 440). Syn of A. hispida. 

 ., to'rta. i to 2. Samoa. 1876. 



triu'mphans (111. H., 1888. 55. t. 55). Solomon Isles. 

 wilktsia'na. New Hebrides. 1866. Syn. A. tricolor. 

 margina'ta. Fiji Island. 1875. 



ACAHPE. (From akampes, inflexible.) Nat. ord. 

 Orchideae ; tribe Vandeae ; sub-tribe Sarcantheas. Epi- 

 phytal orchids which need a stove temperature. For 

 culture, see ORCHIDS. 



A. conge" sta (crowded). Yellow, crimson. E. Ind. 

 denta'ta. Sikkim, Moulmein. 1873. 

 longifo'lia (long-leaved), ij. \ellow, red, white. 



September. E. Ind. 1847. 

 madagascarie'nsis (G. C., 1891, x. 408). 

 multiflo'ra. China. Syn. Vanda multifiora. 

 pachyglo'ssa (thick-lipped). E. Trop. Africa. 

 papHlo'sa. India. B. R., t 1552. Syn. Saccolabium 



papillosum. 

 wightia'na (Wightian). S. India. 



ACANTHO DIUM. See BLEPHARIS. 



ACANTHOLnMON. (Derivation uncertain. Nat. ord. 

 Plumbagineae, allied to Statice.) 



Hardy evergreen perennials, dwarf compact habit, with 

 narrow, sharply- pointed leaves ; succeed best in dry 

 soil ; cuttings early in the autumn or layers in spring. 

 May also be raised from seed. 



A. acero'sum. Armenia. Syn. Statice acerosa. 

 gluma'ceum. J. Pink. Asia Minor. 1851 Fl. Ser., 



t. 677. Syn. Statice Ararati. 

 Hohfna'cken (Hohenacker's). . Red. July. 



Caucasus. 1813. 

 ,, venu'stum. J. Pin 

 1866. p. 451. 



k. Cilicia. 1873. Rev. HorL, 



