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Anchusa conrintted. 

 A. Agardhii (Agardh's). JL purple, on short pedicels, distant, 



disposed in terminal racemes, which are generally conjugate. 



JulyT^ 1. linear-lanceolate, tubercled, strigose, A. 1ft Siberia, 



1820. Perennial. Bare. 



A. azurea (blue). Synonymous with A. italiea. 

 A. Barrelleri (Barrelier's). JL blue, with a white tube and 



yellow throat ; racemes conjugate, panicled, bracteate. May. 



1 oblong-lanceolate, denticulated, hispid. A. 1ft to 2ft South 



Europe, 1820. Perennial. SYNS. 'Buglotsum BarreKeri, Myototit 



obtufum, 



' <??)! . A blQ S : ~ me ? tep^J*'** 1 -- Jnl y-. 



L capensls (Cape).* JL blue ; racemes terminal, pa 

 L linearlanceolate, hispid. Stem simple, hairy, A. IJft 

 Good Hope, 1800. Requires greenhouse protection in 

 Biennial See Kg. 87. 



Cape of 

 winter. 



ANDERSONTA (in honour of Messrs. Anderson, sur- 

 geons, great promoters of botany). OBD. Epacridacetz. 

 Elegant and delicate little greenhouse shrubs. Flowers 

 terminal, solitary, or spicate; corolla sub-campanulate, 

 hypocrateriform, five-lobed. The undermentioned, which is 

 the only species yet introduced, grows freely in a sandy peat 

 with perfect drainage, which latter is most essential. Cut- 

 tings from the tips of young shoots may be made in 

 autumn, winter, or spring, and planted in sand in a gentle 

 heat, with a bell glass placed over them. 

 . sprengelloIdes(Sprengelia-like). JL pink, furnished with two 

 small bracteas, spicate. March. L spreading, bases curved in- 



1ft to 

 SYS. 



wards, so as to resemble a hood, ending in a flat point A. 

 3ft New Holland, 1803. Evergreen squarrose shrub. 



ANDIRA (its Brazilian name). *OsD. Leguminosae. 

 Large ornamental store evergreen trees, nearly allied to 

 Geoffroya (which see for cultivation). Flowers in axillary 

 or terminal panicles. Pod drupaceous. Leaves alternate, 

 unequally pinnate. 



(unarmed). JL purple, on short pedicels ; panicles ter- 

 iL J. impari-pinnate ; leaflets thirteen to nfteen, ovate-lanceo- 

 acute, glabrous on both surfaces. A. 20ft to 30ft Jamaica, 

 Known as the Cabbage Tree. 



L im- 



acuminated, glabrous 

 Brazil, 1818. 



a (branchy). JL purple, in panicled 



; leaflets thirteen, ovate-oblong, acu 



pari-pinnate , 



on both surfaces. A. 20ft to 60ft 



FIG. 88. INFLORESCENCE OF ASCHUSA ITALIC*. 



A. italloa (Italian). JL bright blue or purple, in panicled racemes. 

 Summer. L lanceolate, entire, shining ; radical ones sometimes 

 2ft long. A. 3ft to 4ft Caucasus, Ac., 1810. One of the best SYNS. 

 A. azurea, A. paniculata. See Fig. 88. 



A. latifolia (broad-leaved). Synonymous with Nonnea rotea. 



A. myosotidiflora (Myosotidium-flowered). JL fine blue ; throat 

 yellow; raceme terminal, panicled, bractless. July. L large, 

 radical ones on long petioles, reniformly cordate ; those of the 

 stem sessile, ovate, hairy. A. 1ft Siberia, 1825. A pretty plant 

 SYN. ifyosotis maerophyUa. 



A officinalis (officinal). JL blue or purple, sessile, imbricate ; 

 spikes joined by pairs, terminal June to October. L lanceolate, 

 hispid ; radical ones tufted. A. If t to 2ft Britain, naturalised 

 here and there. 



A. o. incarnate is a variety with flesh coloured flowers. 



A. paniculate (panicled). Synonymous with A. italiea. 



A sempervirens (evergreen). JL rich blue, in short asillary 

 spikes, generally leafy at the base. May. L broadly ovate, lower 

 ones upon long stalks. Stem erect A. IJft to 2ft Perennial ; 

 here and there naturalised in Britain. See Fig. 89. 



A. tinctorla (dyers'). Alkanet JL deep blue ; tube blood-colour ; 

 racemes usually twin, terminal, many-flowered. June. L oblong, 

 hispid. A. 6in. South Europe, 1596. A diffuse perennial 



ANCYCLOGYNE. A synonym of Sanchezia. 

 ANCYLOCLADUS. A synonym of Willughbeia. 



FIG. 89. AXCHUSA SEMPERVIRE.NS. 



ANDROCYMBITTM (from aner, a man, and cymbot, 

 a cavity ; the stamens are enclosed in a hollow formed by 

 the folding of the limb of the petals). OBD. LiHaceae. 

 A peculiar greenhouse bulbous plant, requiring a light 

 sandy soil, dry atmosphere, no shade, and a season of rest ; 

 during the latter period, scarcely any water is required. 

 Propagated by seeds and offsets. 



A. pnnctatnm (dotted). JL whitish, few, in a dense sessile 

 umbel, surrounded by about four spreading lanceolate, acuminate 

 leaves, which are 5in. to 6in. long, Jin. to Jin. broad above the 

 base, channelled down the centre from base to tip. South Africa, 

 1874. 

 ANDRCBCIUM. The male organ of the flower. 



ANDROGYNOUS. Producing male and female 

 flowers on the same spike. 



ANDROLEPIS (from aner, a man, and lepis, a scale ; 

 referring to the scaly stamens). OBD. Brometiacece. Stove 

 evergreen epiphyte. For culture, see .Zchmea. 

 A. Skinneri (Skinner's). JL white. A. IJft Guatemala, 1850. 



SYS. iUt*ryia Skinneri. 



ANDROMEDA (named after the daughter of Cepheus, 

 who was rescued from the sea monster by Perseus). 

 OBD. Ericaceae. A dwarf, hardy shrub, found in peaty 

 bogs in the temperate and Arctic regions of the northern 

 hemisphere. Sow seeds as soon as ripe in pots or pans, 

 very thinly, in sandy peat soil, and place in a cool frame, 

 giving plenty of air. Place the young plants out in spring. 

 Layers, pegged carefully down during September, will gene- 

 rally take twelve months to make sufficient roots to allow 



