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ANDROSTEPHIUM 



A. Polifo'lia latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 3. Pink. July. 



olifo'lia latifo'lia ( 

 N. Amer. 1700. 



me'dia (wild rosemary). i. White. July. 



Britain. 1790. 

 ,, mi'nima (smallest), i. Pink. April. Britain. 



1790. 

 oleifo'lia (olive-leaved), i. Pink. April. Britain. 



1790. 

 ., revolu'ta (rolled-back-leaved), i. Pink. April. 



North of Europe. 1783. 

 ,, rosmarinifo'lia (rosemary-leaved). 2. Pink. July. 



N. Amer. 1736. 

 ,, subula'ta, (awl-leaved), i. Pink. July. North of 



Europe. 1783. 

 ,, racemo'sa (branchy). 3. White. June. N. Amer. 



1736. See LEUCOTHOE RACEMOSA. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 3. White. July. Cuba. 



1736. 

 stric'ia (upright). 4. White. July. N. Amer. 



1736. 



STOVE. 



A. buxifo'lia (box-leaved). 2. Pink. July. Mauritius. 



1822. See AGAURIA BUXIFOLIA. 

 fascicula'ta (bundled). 20. White. April. Jamaica. 



1824. See LYONIA FASCICULATA. 

 ,, jamaice'nsis (Jamaica). 6. White. June. Jamaica. 



1793. See LYONIA JAMAICENSIS. 

 rubigino'sa (ruddy). 10. White. July. W. Ind. 



1736. See LYONIA RUBIGINOSA. 



GREENHOUSE. 

 A. elegant? 'ssima (very elegant). See A. JAPONICA 



ELEGANTISSIMA. 



,, formo'sa (beautiful). See PIERIS FORMOSA. 



,, japo'nica (Japan). 3. White. June. Japan. 1806. 

 See PIERIS JAPOXICA. 



,, deganti'ssima (R. H., 1887, 83). 



,, neriifo'lia (oleander-leaved). 3. Crimson. June. 

 Brazil. 1851. See LEUCOTHOE NERIIFOLIA. 



,, ovalifo'lia (oval-leaved). 20. White. June. N. 

 Amer. 1825. See PIERIS OVALIFOLIA. 



Mtym/o'/ia(phillyrea-leaved). i. White. January. 

 W. Florida. 1842. See PIERIS PHILLYRE^EFOLIA. 



,, salicifo'lia (willow-leaved). 4. Pale green. June. 

 Mauritius. 1825. See AGAURIA SALICIFOLIA. 



., sine'nsis (Chinese). 2. Blush. June. China. 1826. 

 See VACCINIUM BRACTEATUM. 



specio'sa (showy). 3, White. August. Carolina. 

 1800. See ZENOBIA SPECIOSA. 



glau'ca (milky-green). 2. Pink. August. Caro- 

 lina. 1800. See ZENOBIA SPECIOSA PULVERULENTA. 



,, ,, ni'tida (shining-leaved). 3. White. August. 

 Carolina. 1800. See ZENOBIA SPECIOSA. 



,, pulverule'nta (dusty-leaved). 3. White. August. 

 Carolina. 1800. See ZENOBIA SPECIOSA PULVERU- 

 LENTA. ' 



spica'ta (spiked). 2. White. June. N. Amer. 

 1800. See LEUCOTHOE RACEMOSA. 



Utrago'na (four-angled), i. White. April. Lapland. 

 1810. Half-hardy. See CASSIOPE TETRAGONA. 



ANDROMY'CIA. See XANTHOSOMA. 



ANDROPO'GON. (From aner, a man, and pogon, a 

 beard. Nat. ord. Graminese.) 



A genus of grasses. Propagated by seeds, and also by 

 division of the roots. The European kind succeed in the 

 open air, if planted in a warm, dry border. 



A. argen'teus. Silver beard glass. Probably a form of 



A. saccharoides, Swartz, of Trop. Amer. 

 ,, formo'sus. March. 1882. 

 ,, furca'tus. N. Amer. 

 ,, halepe'nsis. Tropics. 

 ,, murica'tus. See A. SQUARROSUS. 

 ,, pube'scens. Dalmatia. 



Schcena'ntkus. 2. India. 1786. Syn. A. citratus. 

 ,, squarro'sus. Tropics. 

 stria'tus. Malabar. See ISCH^MUM I.AXUM. 



ANDRO'SACE. (From aner, a man, and sakos, buckler ; 

 in reference to the resemblance of the anther to an 

 ancient buckler. Nat. ord. Primeworts [Primulacesej. 

 Linn. s-Pentandria, i-Monogynia.) 



A favourite family of small alpine plants. All do be*t, 



though hardy, grown in pots, in peat and sandy loam, 

 and carefully watered ; increased by seeds ; and the 

 perennials by cuttings, or root division. All are interest- 

 ing plants for the rock-work in summer, and in winter 

 protected in frame. 



ANNUALS. 



A. donga' ta (elongated), i. White. April. Austria. 



1776. 



,, ,, na'na (dwarf), i. White. April. Denmark. 1803. 

 ., filifo'rmis (thread-like), i. White. May. Siberia. 



1820. 



,, macra'ntha (Gard., 1897, Hi. 434). See A. ALBANA. 

 macroca'rpa (large-capsuled). i. White. July. 



Siberia. 1827. 



,, ma'xima (greatest), i. White. April. Austria. 1797. 

 ,, obtusifo'lia (blunt-leaved), i. Pink. April. Italy. 



1817. 

 septentriona'lis (northern), i. White. May. Russia. 



1755- 



BIENNIALS. 



A. acau'lis (stalkless). i. White. July. Siberia. 1825. 

 ,, alismoi'des (alisma-like). See A. LACTIFLORA. 

 ,, brevifo'lia (short- leaved). See A. SEPTENTRIONALIS. 

 bulleya'na (Bulleyan). See A. COCCINEA. 

 ,, cocci'nea (scarlet). $. Cinnabar-red. S.W. China. 



1908. 



lactiflo'ra (milk-flowered). i. White. August. 

 Siberia. 1806. 



PERENNIALS. 



A. alba'na (G. C., 1892, xii. 399). E. Caucasus. 

 alpi'na. J. Rose, with yellow throat. June. 



Switzerland. 1775. 

 ., arge'niea. See A. IMBRICATA. 

 ,, brita'nnica (W. G. ( 1890, 34). \. White. March to 



May. 



ca'rnea. i. Flesh. July. Switzerland. 1768. 

 ,, carina'ta. See A. CHAM^JASME. 

 ,, cauca'sica (G. C., 1892, xii. 399). Caucasus. 

 ,, Chamezja'sme. i. Pink. July. Austria. 1768. 

 ,, cyli'ndrica (W. G., 1890, 34). 

 folio'sa (B. M., t. 6661). 

 ,, glacia'lis. . Pink. June. Europe. 1775. 

 ,, hedrea'ntha (Gard., 1904, Ixv., 307). Pale purple. 



Thrace. 



,, helve'tica. White, yellow. May. Switzerland. 1775. 

 ,, Henry'i (Gard., 1906, Ixix., Suppl., June 2 [4]). White. 



Central China. 



,, imbrica'ta. \. White. June. Europe. 1826. 

 ,, la'ctea. i. White. July. Austria. 1752. 

 ,, Lagge'ri (GfL, t. 969). Pyrenees. 1879. 

 ,, lanugino'sa. J. Rose, yellow. August. Himalaya. 



1842. 



,, Leichtli'ni. White, with red eye. 

 ,, lineafris. See A. SEPTENTRIONALIS. 

 pube'scens (B. M., t. 5808). June. Central Tyrolese 



Alps. 1869. 

 pyrena'ica. White, with yellow eye. Summer. 



Pyrenees. 



,, raddia'na (Jard., 1897, 378). Caucasus. 

 ,, rotundifo'lia (B. M., t. 6617). Himalaya. 

 ,, sarmento'sa (B. M., t. 6210). Himalaya. 

 ,, sempervivoi des (Gard., 1893, xliv. 466). W. Tibet. 

 ,, spinuli'fera (spine-bearing). | to i. Rose-pink. 



China. 1910. 



,, villa' sa (B. M., t. 743). Syn. A. penicillata.. 

 ,, viialia'na. |. Yellow. Alps. 1787. Syn. Gregoria 



vitaliana. See DOUGLASIA VITALIANA. 

 wulfenia'na (W. G., 1890, 35). Hardy form of A. 



alpina. 



ANDROS^E'MUM. (From aner, man, and haima, 

 blood ; in reference to the juice of the plant. Nat. ord. 

 Tutsans [Hypericaceae]. Linn. i6-Polyaddphia, 8-Poly- 

 andria.) 



A hardy, herbaceous, pretty perennial, readily in- 

 creased by seeds or root division. Does well under the 

 drip of large trees. Now referred to Hypericum. 



A. officina'le (officinal). 2. Yellow. August. Britain. 



ANDROSTE'PHIUM. (From aner. a man, and slephos, 

 a crown. Nat. ord. Liliaceje.) 



