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Androsace continued. 



A septentrionalis (northern). Synonymous with A. eoronopi- 

 folia. 



A vlUosa (hairy).* fl- rose or blush, with a deeper coloured eye, 

 and a honey-like perfume, umbellate. May. I. narrow, oblong, 

 covered with soft white down, chiefly on the under surface, in 

 compact tufts. A. 2in. to 4in. Pyrenees, Ac., 1790. When well 

 grown, the flowers are produced in great abundance, almost 

 covering the green cushions. Plant in a sunny fissure of the 

 rockery, in sandy loam and leaf soiL SVN. A. peniciUata. 



FIG. 91. AXDROSACE SARME.NTOSA, showing Habit, and the two 

 kinds of Leaves, Ac. 



A Vltaliana (Vital's).* fL rich yellow, comparatively large; 

 tube inflated at the middle, almost nestling among the leaves. 

 May to July. L linear, acute, greyish. Stems numerous. A. lin. 

 to 2in. Pyrenees. <tc., 1787. When well grown, it produces flowers 

 in abundance, and is the only species in cultivation having yellow 

 flowers. A well-drained, sunny pocket is desirable, with "a cal- 

 careous soil, covering the surface with nodules of sandstone. SYX. 

 Gregoria Vitaliana. 



A Wulfeniana (Wulfen's).* JL rosy or crimson, large. Summer. 

 L oval, acuminated, in dense rosettes. A. 2in. Styria, A very 

 rare species in cultivation in this country. 

 AUDROSJEMTJM. See Hypericum. 

 ANDBOSTEPHIUM (from aner, a man, and stephos, 

 a crown; some of the stamens are barren and petaloid, 

 forming a corona). OED. lAliacea. A very pretty little 

 hardy bulb, of dwarf habit, allied to Brodiaia. It re- 

 quires a rich sandy loam, in a sunny position, and may 

 be propagated by offsets and seeds ; the latter should be 

 sown as soon as ripe in a cold frame. Plant Gin. deep, when 

 it will require no protection in winter. 



A violaceum (violet). /. violet blue, about lin. long, three to 

 six in an umbel, on pedicels about their own length ; 

 fundibuliform, about as long as the spreading 

 half as long. Spring. L four to six, very 

 Texas, 1874. 



AND BY ALA (the meaning of this is unknown). 

 OED. Composites. These are pretty hardy evergreen 

 herbaceous perennials, easily grown in ordinary well- 

 drained garden soiL Increased by seeds and divisions 

 in spring. Two species only are in cultivation. 

 A lanate (woolly).* JL-heads yellow, Hieracium-like. May. L 



white, woolly, thick, oblong-ovate ; radical ones stalked ; upper 

 ones sessile. Stems with a leaf at each joint, A. about 1ft. 

 South Europe, 1732. 



A mogadorensls (Mogador). jLJuadt bright yellow, as large as 

 a half-crown ; disk bright orange. ApriL Morocco, 187L This 

 species is rare in cultivation. 



ANEILEMA (from a, not, and eilema, involucre; 

 in reference to the absence of the involucre). OED. 

 Commelinacece. Greenhouse and stove evergreen peren- 

 nials, with generally a trailing habit. A genus resembling 

 Commelina, from which it is distinguished by the inflores- 

 cence being sub-paniculate, and the peduncles entirely 



Aneilema continued. 



exserted from the bracts at the branching of the panicle. 

 Flowers without any involucre. They thrive in a compost 

 of loam, peat, leaf mould, and sand, well mixed. Increased 

 by seeds and root divisions. There are a large number of 

 species known to botanists. 



jred).* JL blue; floral stalks two-flowered. 

 Stem creeping ; plant smooth. New Holland. 



mun (Chinese), f, pale blue; racemes about seven- 

 i, alternate, placed in a panicle form. May. I. f 



Stems branched, diffuse. A. If t. China,' 1820. 

 house species. 



(from aneimon, naked; in reference to the 

 naked panicles of sporangia). Including Anemidictyon. 

 OED. Filites. A well-marked genus of stove and greenhouse 

 ferns, chiefly confined to Tropical America. Capsules 

 small, very abundant, forming a copiously-branched panicle, 

 quite distinct from the leafy part of the frond. This 

 genus of handsome dwarf-growing ferns is of easy culture, 

 in a compost of fibrous peat, leaf soil, and sand. Several 

 species are exceedingly pretty for fern cases. For general 

 culture, see Ferns. 



A adianttfolia (maidenhair-leaved).* tti. 12m. to ISin. long, 

 firm, naked. frondt, barren portion shortly-stalked, 6in. to 9in. long, 

 4in. to 6in. broad, deltoid, bi- tripinnate; pinnae close, lanceolate, the 

 lowest the largest ; ultimate divisions oblong or linear -cuneate, 

 the outer toothed, with a firm texture ; panicle 3in. to 4m. long, 

 the peduncle lin. to Sin. long. West IndiesT 1793. A very hand- 

 some stove fern. 



A. ciliata (ciliated). Synonymous with A. hirtuta. 

 A. collina (hill), tti. Sin. to 12in. long, firm, erect, densely clothed 

 with fine ferruginous hairs, frond*, barren portion sessile, 6in. 

 to 12in. long, 2m. to Sin. broad, with about twelve sessile pinnae on 

 each side, which are lin. to IJin. long, and about $in. broad, un- 

 equal-sided, obliquely-truncate below, blunt, sub-entire, with a 

 suD-coriaceons texture ; panicle 2in. to Sin. long, close, the pe- 

 duncle 4in. to 6m. long. Brazil, 1829. Very rare stove species. 

 STN. A. hirta. 



A, deltoidea (delta-shape). Synonymous with A. tomentota. 

 ADregeana (Drege's).*rfi. Sin. to!2in. long, firm, slightly villoae. 

 frondt, barren portion sub-sessile, Sin. to 12in. long, 2in. to Sin. 

 broad, about equal in width in the lower half, with eight to twelve 

 pinnae on each side, which are lin. to IJin. long, iin. to }in. broad, 

 ovate-deltoid, unequal at the base, the upper side sub-cordate, 

 the edge inciso-crenate ; panicle 3in. to 4in. long, the lower 

 branches elongated; peduncle same length. NataL Stove 

 species. 



(wavy). Synonymous with A. tomentota. 



A hirsute (hairy), rfi. 6in. to 12m. long, slender, naked, frondt, 

 barren portion 2m. to 6in. long, lin. to Sin. broad, sessile, oblong- 

 deltoid, bipinnatifid ; pinnae in six to eight opposite pairs, lin. to 

 liin. long, Jin. to Jin. broad; varying from oblong, obtuse, sub- 

 entire, truncate at the base on the lower side, to deeply pinna tifitl 

 with narrow divisions ; panicle lin. to 2in. long, close ; peduncle 

 2in. to 6in. long, slender. Jamaica, 1704. Very handsome stove 

 species. SYXS. A. repent and A. ciliata. 



A hirta (hairy). Synonymous with A. eoUina. 



i(Mandioccan).**ti. 6in. to 12in. long, deciduously 



villose. frondt, barren portion lit. or more long, 2in. to 4in. broad, 

 oblong-lanceolate, the lower half about equal in width ; pinnae in 

 twenty or more close pairs, the point narrowed, but scarcely 

 acute; edge finely serrulate, the upper base parallel with the 

 stem, the lower obliquely truncate ; rachis and surfaces finely 

 pilose ; texture sub-coriaceous ; panicle very compound. Sin. to 

 4in. long ; peduncle longer. Brazil A very beautiful and distinct 

 stove species. 



A Phyllitidis (Phvllitis-like).* tti. 6m. to 18in. long, strami- 

 neons, naked, or fibrillose./rorufc, barren portion sessile,4ln. to 12m. 

 long, 2in. to Sin. broad, ovate-oblong, simply pinnate ; pinnae in 

 four to twelve sessile pairs, the lowest the largest, ovate, lin. to 

 6in. long, Jin. to 2in. broad, the apex acute, the edge crenulate, 

 the base rounded or cuneate, or unequal, with a firm texture ; 

 panicle dense, Sin. to 9in. long, the branches short ; peduncles 

 the same length. Cuba, Mexico, Ac. STN. Anemidictyon PhyUi- 

 tidit. Greenhouse species. 



A P. lineate (lined), frondt with a yellowish-green central 

 stripe down the pinnae. South America, 1868. 



A P. plumbea (leaden). Synonymous with A. P. Uttettata. 



A P. tessellata (tessellated). Pinnae dark green, with bright 

 green centre and leaden-grey border. Brazil, 1875. The forms 

 of this species are numerous : fraxinifolia and maerophyUa are 

 names often met with, but only show slight deviations. They all 

 have a more hardy constitution than the other species, and grow 

 well in the greenhouse. SYX. A. P. plumbea. 



A repcns (creeping). Synonymous with A. hirtuta. 



