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ATHANASIA 



A. pauciflo'ra (few-flowered). 

 1820. 



White. July. Sicily. 



ASTRAP^A. (From astrape, lightning ; in reference 

 to the brightness of the flowers in India. Nat. ord. 

 Sterculiace*. ) 



Stove evergreen trees ; cuttings of young wood in 

 April, in sand, under a bell-glass, in heat ; loam and peat. 

 Summer temp., 65 to 80 ; winter, 55 to 65. All are 

 now referred to Dombeya. 



A. tHieefo'lia (lime-tree-leaved). See DOMBEYA ACUT- 



ANGULA. 



visco'sa (clammy). See DOMBEYA CANNABINA. 

 W alii' chit (WalUch's). See DOMBEYA WALLICHII. 



ASTROCA'RYTJIL (From astron, a star, and karuon, 

 a nut ; referring to the disposition of the fruit. Xat. 

 ord. Palms [Palmaceas]. Linn. zi-Moncecia, 6-Hexattdria.) 



Allied to Cocos. Stove palms ; seed in hotbed, in 

 spring ; rich loam. Summer temp., 65 to 75 ; winter, 

 55 to 60. 



A. acau'le (stemless). 10. Brazil. 1820. 

 aculca'tum (prickly). 40. Guiana. 1824. 

 arge'nteum (silvery). See A. MALYBO. 

 campe'stre (field). 10. Brazil. 1826. 

 deco'rum (Bull. Cat., 1879, 3). Colombia. 

 fila're (thready). Colombia. 1875. 

 granate'nse. Colombia. 1875. 

 ,, Ma'lybo. Colombia. 1875. 

 mexica'num. Mexico. 1864. 

 ., Murumu'ru (Murumuru). 40. Brazil. 1825. 

 rostra' turn (beak-sheathed). 10. White. Bahia. 

 ,. mtlga're (common). 30. Brazil. 1825. 



ASTROLO'BIUM. United to Ornithopus. 



ASTROLOMA. (From astron, a star, and loma, a 

 fringe ; in reference to the bearded fringe on the flowers. 

 Nat. ord. Epacrids [Epacridaceae]. Linn. $-Pentandria, 

 i-Monogynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings, firm 

 at their base, in sand and peat in close frame ; sandy 

 loam and turfy peat. Winter temp., 40* to 48. 



A. denticula'tum (finely-toothed). See A. HUMIFUSUM. 

 ,, divarica'tum (divaricate). 2. Pink. Australia. 

 humifu'sum (trailing), i. Scarlet. July. New 



South Wales. 1807. 



longifto'rum (long-flowered). Red. April. Australia. 

 pimfo'lium (pine-leaved). 6. Scarlet. June. 



Australia. 1811. 



ASTROPHYTUM MYR10STI GMA. See ECHINOCAC- 



TVS MYRIOSTIGMA. 



ASTYDAMIA. (Derivation uncertain. Nat. ord. 

 UmbelliferaB.) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Seeds ; cuttings. Fibrous 

 loam, leaf -mould, and sand. 



A. canarie'nsis (Canary), ij. Yellow. July. Canaries. 



1780. 

 ,, latifo'lia (broad-leaved). See A. CANARIENSIS. 



ASTY'RIA. See ASTIRIA. 



ASYSTA SIA. (From a, without, and stachys, a spike ; 

 the inflorescence, not in spikes, as is often the case in 

 Acanthads. Nat. ord. Acanthads [Acanthaceae]. Linn. 

 H-Didynamia, z-Angiospermia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs ; cuttings of young shoots in 

 April, in sandy soil, in close frame ; leaf-mould and loam, 

 with a little sand, and, when vigour is required, a little 

 dried cowdung. Liquid manure may also be given. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 50 to 55. 



A. be'lla. 4 to 6. White striped or netted red. Natal. 



1869. Syn. Mackaya bdla. 



chelonoi'des (Chelone-like). 3 to 4. India. 1871. 

 ., coromandelia'na (Coromandel). Purple. September. 



India. 1845. 



macrophy'tta. 8 to 20. June. Fernando Po. 1867. 

 tca'ndens. 6. Sierra Leone. 1845. Syn. Henfreya 



scandens. 



va'ria (G. C., 1892, xii. 760). Zululand. 

 vicla'cea. i to 2. India- 1870. 



ATACCIA. SeeTACCA. 

 A. a'spera. See TACCA INTEGRIFOLIA. 

 ,, crista'ta. See TACCA CRIST ATA. 



ATALANTA. See CLEOME. 



ATALA'NTIA. (A classical name, after Atalanta. 

 daughter of Schcenus, King of Scyrus. " She being 

 wearied with the importunities of her suitors, consented 

 to have the man that could outrun her. Hippo'menes 

 did so by the help of Venus's golden apples. He cast 

 three before her, and she lost ground in gathering them." 

 The fruit is golden-coloured. Nat. ord. Citronworts 

 [Rutaceae]. Linn. lo-Decandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Stove evergreen shrub ; cuttings in close propagating 

 pit with bottom-heat ; sandy loam and peat. 

 A. monophy'lla (one-leaved). 4. White. July. E. Ind. 



1777. 

 buxifo'lia (box-leaved). 2-3. White. May. China. 



ATAMASCO-LILY. Zephyr a' nthes Atama'sco. 



ATELA'NDRA. (From atalos, soft, and aner, an 

 anther. Nat. ord. Labiates or Lipworts [Labiate]. 

 Linn. i^-Didynamia, i-Gymnospermia. Allied to Wes- 

 tringia.) Now included with Hemige'nia, which see. 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened wood in sand and loam in dose frame, with a 

 little bottom-heat ; loam and peat. Winter temp., 

 40 to 45. 



A. inca'na (hoary). Slate. Swan River. 



ATHALIA SPINARUM. The Turnip Saw-fly. " The 

 grub of this insect known as the Black Caterpillar, 

 Black Canker, Black Palmer, Negro, and Nigger, or Black 

 Grub sometimes destroys thousands of acres of our 

 turnips. Its body is cylindrical, as thick as a crow-quill, 

 about hah* an inch long, greenish-black, with a darker line 

 down the back ; then a line of dull, yellowish-grey, and 

 a third of dark slate. Underneath, the body is paler ; 

 it is wrinkled, and the head is black. When alarmed, 

 this grub curls itself together in a somewhat spiral form. 

 They feed on the leaf of the turnip, leaving nothing but 

 its largest ribs, from the middle of August until about the 

 same period of October. They never attack the Swedish 

 turnip. When full grown, the grubs bury themselves 

 just below the surface of the earth, each forming a small, 

 oval cocoon of earth, formed into a paste with a gummy 

 moisture from its mouth. It remains in the chrysalis 

 state until July, when the perfect insect, or Turnip Saw- 

 fly, comes forth. Our drawing represents it magnified, 

 the natural size being shown by the cross lines. It is 

 the Alhalia centi folia of some, and A. spinarum of other 

 naturalists. Its colour is bright orange, head black, 

 upper lip pale yellow, antennas black, thorax has two 

 large dark spots, and other dark marks are about the 

 body and wings. On small plots of turnips the black 

 grub may be easily removed by hand-picking, and from 

 larger breadths by turning upon them some broods of 

 ducks." (Cottage Gardener, iii. 149.) 



ATHAMA'NTA. (From Mount Athamas, in Sicily. 

 Nat. ord. Umbelliferaj.) 



Remarkable for its pretty foliage ; hardy herbaceous 

 plant ; grows freely in any ordinary garden soil ; may be 

 propagated from seeds or divisions. 

 A. Matthi'oli. i to 2. White. Summer. Alps of 

 Carinthia. 



ATHANA SIA. (From a, not. and thanatos, death ; 

 in reference to the flowers being what is called " ever 

 lasting." Nat. ord. Composites [Composite]. Linn. 

 ig-Syngenesia, i-&qualis.) 



Greenhouse evergreens; all natives of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Cuttings of half-ripe wood in spring, in 

 sand, peat, and loam, in close frame ; pot in loam, peat, 

 and leaf-mould. Winter temp., 40 to 45 ; summer, 

 60* and upwards. 



A cane'scens (hoary). 3. Yellow. July. 1820. 

 capita'ta (headed), if Yellow. March. 1774. 

 crena'ta (scolloped). z. Yellow. July. 1816. 

 crithmifo'lia (samphire-leaved). 2. Yellow. July. 



1723. 



cuneifo'lia (wedge-leaved). 2. Yellow. July. -816. 

 denta'ta (toothed), ij. Yellow. July. 1759. 

 filifo'rmis (thread-shaped). 2. Yellow. August. 1787. 



