ANGIANTHUS 



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ANGRECUM 



ANGIA'NTHUS. (From aggos, vessel, and anthos, a 

 flower. Nat. ord. Composites [Compositac]. Linn. ig-Syn- 

 genesia, $-Segregata.) 



Pretty greenhouse herbaceous plants ; division of 

 the root ; seed, and cuttings in close frame. Summer 

 temp., 50 to 70 ; winter, 40 to 50. 



A. au'reus (golden). See A. TOMENTOSUS. 

 pitsi'llus. Dark straw-coloured. July. Australia. 



1858. Syn. Chrysocoryne angianthoides. 

 ,, tomento'sus. i. Yellow. July. N.Holland. 1803. 



ANGIO'PTERIS. (From aggeion, a vessel, and pteris, 

 a wing. Nat. ord. Ferns [Filices]. Linn. z^-Cryptogamia 

 i-Filices.) 



A stove Fern, cultivated like Acropteris. 



A. eve! eta. (tall). June. Brown. Island of Luzon. 

 ., pruino'sa. Java. 

 ,, teysmannia' na. Java. 



ANGO'PHORA. (From aggos, a vessel, and pkoreo, to 

 bear ; in reference to the shape of the fruit. Nat. ord. 

 Myrtleblooms [Myrtacea?]. Linn. i2-Icosandria, i-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



This is the most natural order of plants, and no blue 

 flower has yet been found to belong to it. Greenhouse 

 evergreen shrubs ; propagate from cuttings in loam, sand, 

 and peat in close frame ; may be grown in the open 

 during summer. 



A. cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). 6. Yellow. August. N. 



Holland. 1789. 



lanceola'ta (lanceolate-teaz;^). 6. Yellow. August. 

 N. Holland. 1816. 



ANGR^E CUM. (From angurek, the Malayan term for 

 air-plants. Nat. ord. Orchids [Orchidacea?]. Linn. 20- 

 Gynandria, i-Monandria.) 



By offsets in spring, sphagnum moss, and broken pot- 

 sherds, and pieces of wood ; kept moist and hot when 

 growing in summer ; cool in winter ; hot and dry when 

 coming into bloom. Summer temp., 70 to 85 ; winter, 

 55 to 60. 



A. apicula'tum (small-pointed). . White. Sierra 

 Leone. 1844. 



dormania'num (G. C., 1886, xxiv. 456). 



arcua'tum. . White. Natal. Syn. Listrostachys 

 arcuata. 



armeni'acam (apricot-coloured- flowered). Yellowish- 

 pink. Sierra Leone. 1838. 



,, articula' turn. White. Madagascar. 1872. 



ashante'nse (Ashantee). $. Cinnamon. June. 

 Ashantee. 1843. 



Augu'sti (August's). Pure white. N.E. Rhodesia. 

 1908. 



., avicula'rium. $. White. 1887. 



,. bi'lQbwn (two-lobed). A. White. September. Cape 

 Coast. 1841. 



Ki'rkii (G. C., 1882, xviii. 488). Zanzibar. 



bisto'rtum (K. B., 1893, 65). Allied to A. arcuatum. 



Buysso'ni (G. M., 1907, 885). White. Madagascar. 



,. calli'gerum (G. C., 1887, ii. 552). 



,, cauda'tum (tail-lipped), ij. White, green. August. 

 Sierra Leone. 1834. 



,, caule'scens (stemmed). SoeMYSTACioiuMCAULESCENS. 



cephalo'tes. White. Trop. Africa. 1873. Syn. 

 Listrostachys cephalotes. 



., chaillua'num. White. Gaboon. W. Africa. 1866. 



christya'num (G. C., 1880, xiii. 806). Whitish. 



,, citra'tum (B. M., t. 5624). Cream. Madagascar. 



clandesti'num (concealed- flowered). . Green, white. 

 September. Sierra Leone. 1835. 



,, cry'ptodon (G. C., 1883, xix. 307). White. Mada- 

 gascar. 



desce'ndens (G. C., 1882, xvii. 558). 



di'stichum (tvro-rovfed-leaved). $. White. Sep- 

 tember. Sierra Leone. 1834. 



ebu'rneum (ivory-lipped). i|. White. January. 

 Madagascar. 1826. 



vi'rens (lip green in centre). 



eichleria'num (W. G., 1882, 434, f. 102). Light green, 

 lip white. Loango. W. Africa. 



., FMi'sii. i. White, buff. Madagascar. 1870. 



expa'nsum (expanded). White. Mascarene Islands. 

 1909. 



A. falca'tum (B. M., t. 2097). Pure white. Japan. 1815. 



Syn. Limodorum falcatum. 

 fastuo'sum (G. C., 1881, xvi. 74. 844). White. 



Madagascar. 

 florule'ntum (G. C., 1885, xxiii. 787)- Comoro 



Islands. 



,, Fournie'rtz (R. H., 1896, 256 f.). 

 ,, fournieria'num (G. C., 1894, xv. 808 ; xvi. 43, f. 7). 



Allied to A. eichlerianwn. Madagascar. 

 fra'grans (B. M., t. 7161). Pure white. Bourbon and 



Mauritius. 



,, funa'le (B. M., t. 4295). See DENDROPHYLAX FUNALIS. 

 fusca'tum (G. C., 1882, xviii. 488). Ochre, white. 



Madagascar. 1881. 



germinya'num (B. M., t. 7061). Madagascar. 

 gladiifo'lium (B. R., 1840, t. 68). White. February. 



Bourbon. 

 glomera'tum (G. C., 1886, xxiv. 678). White. Sierra 



Leone. 1884. 

 ,, grandidieria'num (R. H., 1887, 42, f. 9). Ivory-white. 



Comoro Islands. SeeAERANTHUSGRANDIDIERIANUS. 



henriquesia'num (G. C., 1878, ix. 725). St. Thomas' 

 Island, W. Africa. 



Hildebra'ndtii (G. C., 1878, ix. 725). Yellow-orange. 

 Comoro Islands. 



Humblo'tii (Humblot's). f. Ivory-white. Comoro 

 Islands. 1885. 



,, hyaloi'des (G. C., 1880, xiii. 264). Whitish. Mada- 

 gascar. 1880. 



ichneumo'neum (G. C., 1887, ii. 681). Ochreous-white. 

 W. Trop. Africa. 



imbrica'tum (G. C., 1887, i. 15). Creamy-white, lip 

 orange and yellow. W. Trop. Africa. 



,, infundibula're (funnel-shaped). Greenish- white. 

 W. Trop. Africa. 1904. 



,, kimballia'num. See A. POLYSTACHYS. 



Ko'tschyi (Veitch Cat., 1881, 5, 14). Ivory-white. 

 E. Trop. Africa. 



,, micra'nthum (small- flowered). . White. Sierra 

 Leone. 1834. 



mode'stum (B. M., t. 6693). White. April. Mada- 

 gascar. 



,, moorea'num (G. C., 1897, xxi. 210). Salwin. 



obrienia'num (G. C., 1892, xi. 816). 



,, odorati'ssimum (very sweet-scented). White. Sierra 

 Leone. 1832. 



ophiople'ctron (G. C., 1888, iv. 91). Greenish-yellow, 

 with white lip and reddish ochre spur. Allied to 

 A. curnowianum. 



ornithorhy'nchum(b]id.'s-bea.l<.). White. Brazil. 1840. 



pa'llidum (G. and F., 1890, 78). White. W. Africa. 



,, pellu'cidum (transparent). . White. November. 

 Siarra Leone. 1842. 



,, pertu'sum (broken). J. White. October. Sierra 

 Leone. 1836. 



,, pescatorea'num. White. Bourbon. 



,, polysta'chys. Whitish-green. 1889. Syn. A. Kim- 

 ballianum. 



,, polysta'chyum (many-spiked). Peru. 1840. 



,, primuli'num (G. C., 1890, vii. 388). Madagascar. 



,, ri'ngens. Yellowish-white. Cameroons. 1878. Syn. 

 Listrostachys. 



,, rostella're (G. C., 1885, xxiii. 726). Comoro Islands. 



rothschildia'num (G. C., 1903, xxxiv. 131, f. 51). 

 White. Uganda. 



sanderia'num (G. C., 1888, iii. 168, 395). White. 

 Comoro Islands. 1888. 



,, Scheffle'ri. Reddish-brown. 



,, ,, vi'rens (Orch., i. 70). German E. Africa. 



scottia'num (G. C., 1879, x. 556). White. Comoro 

 Islands. 1878. 



,, Sede'ni. E. Trop. Africa. 1878. Syn. Listro- 

 stachys Sedeni. 



sesquipeda'le (B. M., t. 5113). 2. White. Mada- 

 gascar. 1857. 



Smith' ii (K. B., 1895, 37). Brownish. Kilimanjaro, 

 E. Trop. Africa. 



,, stylo'sum (K. B., 1895, 194). Allied to A. apiculatum. 

 Madagascar. 



,, subula'tum. White. Sierra Leone. 1832. 



,, supe'rbvm. Green ; lip white. Madagascar. 



tefnue (G. C., 1852, p. 390). Syn. A. purpurascens. 



teretifo'liwn. White. Sierra Leone. 



., tridactyli'Us (G. C., 1888, iv. 34). Buff. Sierra 

 Leone. 1888. 



