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ASCLEPIAS 



A. sagittifo'lium (arrow-leaved). See UROSPATHA. 



sarmento'sum (runner-bearing). Brazil. 1835. 



spira'le (spiral). See CRYPTOCORYNE. 



., triloba'tum (three-lobed). See TYPHONIDM DIVARI- 



CATUM. 



,. ., auricula' turn (eared). 



veno'sum (veiny-purple-flowered). See SAUROHATUM 



GUTTATUM. 



ARUM LILT. See RICHA'RDIA AFRICA'NA. 



ARUNDINA RIA. (From Arundo, a reed). A genus 

 of handsome hardy Bamboos. Nat. ord. Grasses 

 [Gramineae]. 



A. a'nceps. Origin unknown. 

 ,, arista' 'ta. N. E. Himalaya. 

 ,, auri'coma. 2 to 3. Japan. Syn. Bambusa. Forlunei 



aurea of gardens. 



,, ckrysa'ntha. 3 to 4. Japan. 1894. 

 ., falca'ta. 4 to 6. Himalaya. Syn. Bambusa falcata. 



Half-hardy. 

 Falcone'ri. 4 to 6. Himalaya. Syn. Tkamnoca- 



lamus Falconeri. 



Fortu'nei. i. Japan. Syn. Bambusa For tunei varie- 

 gate. 



Hi'ndsii. 10. Japan. 

 ,, ,, grami'nea. 3. Japan. 

 hookeria'na. Sikkim. 

 hu'milis. i. Japan. 

 ., japo'nica. 10. Japan. Syns. Bambusa M etake and 



B. japonica. 



Koka'ntsik. 3. Japan. 

 Kumasa'sa. 4. Japan. Syns. Arundinaria metallica 



and Bambusa palmata. 

 Laydeke'ri. 1894. 



macrospe'rma. Large Cane. N. Amer. 

 te'cta. Switch Cane. 

 ., Maximowi'csii. See SIMONI VARIEGATA. 

 Meta'ke. See A. JAPONICA. 

 ,, ni'tida. 8 to 10. Central China. 1881. Syn. A. 



khasyana. 



no'bilis. Origin unknown. 

 pu'mila. Japan. 



Pygma'a. i. Japan. Syn. Bambusa pygmaa. 

 racemo'sa. N. Ind. 

 Simo'ni. 12 to 20. China. 

 ., Chi'no. 

 variega'ta. Leaves striped creamy-white. Syn. 



A. Maximovnczii. 

 ,, Vei'tchii. 2. Japan. 



ARU'NDO. Reed. (A word of doubtful derivation ; 

 perhaps from the Latin word arundo, a reed. Nat. ord. 

 Grasses [Gramineae]. Linn. 3'Triandria, 2-Digynia.) 



Seeds and divisions ; common soil. 



A. conspi'cua. See CORTADERIA. 

 Do'nax (donax). 10. Apetal. July. S. Europe. 



1648. 

 versi' color (striped). 3. Apetal. July. S.Europe. 



1648. 

 madagascarie'nsis (K. B., 1893, 341). 10 to 20. 



Feathery panicles. Asia, Africa, and Madagascar. 

 ., maurita'nica. See A. PLINIANA. 

 .. plinia'na. Greenhouse. Mediterranean Regions. 



ARYTE'EA. See RATOXIA. 



ASAFCE TIDA. See NARTHEX ASAFCETIDA. 



ASARUM. Asarabacca. (From a, not, and saron, 

 feminine ; the application not obvious, but perhaps 

 because too violent a medicine for women. Nat. ord. 

 Birthworts [Aristolochiaceae]. Linn. n-Dodecandria, i- 

 Monogynia.) 



A. europce'um is called cabaret in France, and is said 

 there to be used by frequenters of pot-houses to produce 

 vomiting. Hardy herbaceous plants, more curious than 

 pretty. Divisions of the plant ; common border ; if 

 with a little leaf-mould, all the better. 



A. albive'nium. Green, purple ; leaves white- veined. 



Japan. 1864. 

 anfo'lium (arum-leaved), i. Brown. June. N. 



Amer. 1823. 

 canade'nse (Canadian), i. Brown. June. Canada. 



1713- 

 cauda'tum. Brownish-red. California. 1880. 



A. caudi'gcrum (G. C., 1890, vii. 422). Dwarf arum-like 



plant. 



,, e'legans. Purple, green. Japan. 1863. 

 ,, europa'um (European), x. Purple. May. England. 

 geo'philum (B. M., t. 7168). Red-purple, spotted 



white, edged golden-yellow. 

 grandifo' Hum (large-leaved). i. Brown. May. 



N. Amer. I 1820. 

 ,, macra'nthum (B. M., t. 7022). Pale brown, yellow, 



purple. Kelung, Formosa. 1877. 

 ,, ma'ximum (G. and F., 1895, 133). Maroon- purple, 



with white blotch. 

 ., parviflo'ra. See A. ELEGANS. 

 ThunbSrgii. |. Purplish-green. May. Japan. 



1839. Syn. Heterotropa asaroides. 

 virgi'nicum (Virginian), i. Brown. May. Virginia. 



1759- 



ASCARI CIDA. (From ascaris, an intestine worm, 

 and c<zdo, to kill ; referring to its virtue in medicine. 

 Nat. ord. Composites [Compositae]. Linn. ig-Syngenesia, 

 i-.Equalis.) 



Now referred to Vernonia. Stove annuals ; seeds in 

 March, in heat ; common soil. Temp., 60 to 75. 



A. anthelmi'nthica (worm-killing). See VERNONIA. 

 ,, tripline'rvia (triple-nerved). See BACCHARIS. 



ASCLE PIADA'CEZE. A numerous order of, for the 

 greater part, lactescent, climbing shrubs. Flowers sub- 

 umbellate, fascicled, or racemose, interpetiolar ; pollen 

 collected in the form of waxy masses, adhering to the 

 cells of the contiguous anthers ; follicles two. Leaves 

 entire, generally opposite. 



ASCLETIAS. Swallowwort. (The Greek name of 

 jEsculapius of the Latins. Nat. ord. Asclepiads [Asclepia- 

 daceae]. Linn. $-Pentandria, 2-Digynia.) 



All hardy herbaceous and sub-shrubby perennials, 

 except when otherwise specified. The hardy species, 

 chiefly by division of the root in April ; the s'tove and 

 greenhouse kinds, by the same process ; and cuttings of the 

 young shoots, when they begin to grow, in heat ; and 

 also seeds, kept over, and sown in heat, in February. 

 Loam, leaf -mould, and manure, but most of the loam. 

 The stove species will stand the winter if the tempera- 

 ture is not below 48. 



A. acumina'ta (long-pointed). See A. KLAPROTHIANA. 

 amce'na (pleasing). See A. PURPURASCENS. 

 ,, amplexicau'lis (stem-clasping). 2. Red. July. N. 



Amer. 1816. 

 angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 3. White. July. 



Mexico. 1817. 



arbore'scens. See GOMPHOCARPUS. 

 ,, atrosangui'nea au'rea. Blood-red, corona yellow. 



Bolivia. 1881. 



, campe'stris. White. July. Brazil. 1818. Stove. 

 , cine'rea (grey). 2. Brown. July. N. Amer. 1825. 

 , citrifo'lia (citron-leaved). See A. CAMPESTRIS. 

 , conni'vens. See ASCLEPIODORA VIRIDIS. 

 , Cornu'ti. See A. SYRIACA. 

 , curassa'vica (Curassoa). 3. Scarlet. July. S. Amer. 



1692. Stove herbaceous. 

 a'lba (white), x. White. July. S. Amer. Stove 



herbaceous. 



decu'mbens (decumbent). See A. TUBEROSA. 

 Dougla'sii (Douglas's). See A. SPECIOSA. 

 exalta'ta (lofty). See A. SYRIACA. 

 gigante'a. See CALOTROPIS. 



,, Ha'llii (G. C., 1900, xxviii., 183, f. 53). California. 

 hy'brida. See A. PURPURASCENS. 

 ,, incarna'ta (flesh-coloured). 2. Purple. July. N. 



Amer. 1710. 

 puflchra. Purple. 



Klaprothia'na. 2. Red. July. N. Amer. 1826. 

 laurifo'lia. See A. RUBRA. 

 Lina'ria (toad-flax-/at,'f). 2. White. July. 



Mexico. 1802. Greenhouse herbaceous. 

 linifo'lia (flax-leaved). 3. \Vhite. July. Mexico. 



1818. Greenhouse herbaceous. 

 longifo'lia (long-leaved). 2. Pale purple. July. N. 



Amer. 1816. 

 mexica'na (Mexican). 3. White. July. Mexico. 



1821. Greenhouse evergreen. 



,, Michau'xii. N. Amer. Syn. A. angustifolia. Ell. 

 ,. ni'vea (snowy). See A. PHYTOLACCOIDES. 



