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ACHIMENES 



ACINETA 



sometimes tinted beneath : fls. solitary, the corolla sal- 

 ver-shaped, with a long and graceful tube; the limb 

 very large and widely spreading, violet-blue and whit- 

 ish beneath, the lowest segm. sometimes divided. 

 Guatemala. B.M. 3980. P.M. 9:151. A popular blue 

 type. Var. dlba maxima, Hort. Fls. large, white. 



grandifldra, DC. Fig. 107. Lvs. mostly larger than 

 in last, rusty below: fls. often more than one from 

 an axil, very large, distinctly red-tinged. Mex. B.M. 

 4012. A popular red or wine-colored type. 



patens, Benth. Height 1-1 > ft.: Ivs. unequal, 

 ovate-acuminate, hispid and serrate: fls. violet-blue, 

 with downy calyx, tube shorter than spreading crenate 

 limb. Var. major, Hort. Large-fld. Mex. 

 AA. Fls. pure white, the tube 3-4 times the length of the limb. 



tubifldra, Nichols., Suppl. p. 483 (Gloxinia tubiflora, 

 Hook. Dolichodeira lubiflora, Hanst.). St. short, with 

 opposite oblong- 

 acuminate, crenate, 

 short-petioled Ivs. : 

 fls. 4 in. long, 

 curved, gibbous at 

 the base, the tube 

 downy, the pedicels 

 opposite and 2 in. 

 long. Argentina. B. 

 M. 3971 Tubers 

 solid, much like a 

 potato. 



A. amdbilis, Decne.= 

 Nfiegelia multiflora. 

 .1- atrosangutnea, Lindl. 

 ==A. foliosa. A. cdn- 

 dida, Lindl. = Dicyrta 

 Candida. A. cupreata, 

 Hook.=Episcea cupre- 

 ata. A. folidsa, Morr. 

 Lvs. cordate, unequal: 

 fls. crimson, with sac- 

 cate tube 1 in. long, 

 with narrow limb. Gua- 

 temala. A. gloxinioe- 

 flttra, Forkel. =Gloxinia 

 glabrata. A. hirsuta, 

 DC. Loose grower: st. 

 bulbiferpus: fls. rather 

 large, with swollen tube 

 and oblique limb, rose, 

 with yellow and spotted 

 throat. G u a - 

 temala. B.M. 

 4144. P.M. 12: 

 7. Once popu- 

 lar. A. Kleti, 

 Past. Dwarf: 

 fls. pink -pur- 

 ple. P.M. 16: 

 289. Form of A. 

 longi flora. A. 

 UtnAta, Hanst. 

 (Scheeria lan- 

 ata, Hanst.). 

 Woolly or 



white-hairy: fl. pinkish or lilac, large and showy. Mex. B.M. 4963 

 . (alt. to 4954). A. multiflAra, Gardn. Hairy: Ivs. broad-ovate: fls. 

 blue, fringed. Brazil. B.M. 3993. A. plcta, Benlh.=Tydea picta. 

 A. Ttism, Lindl, Fls. pink or rose, the peduncles many-fld. 

 Guatemala. A. fichetrii, Hemsl. (Scheeria mexicana. Seem.). 

 Erect, with purple or blue, large and showy fls. Mex. B.M. 4743. 

 A. Skinneri, Gord.,=A. hirsuta. Garden forms and hybrids are 

 A. floribunda, A. intermedia, A. J&yii, A. Mountfdrdii, A. ntege- 

 lioides, A. n&na, A. wniista (P.M. 15:121), A. VerachaffeUii. 



L. H. B. 



ACHLYS (the goddess of obscurity). Berberidacex. 

 Hardy herbaceous perennial allied to the may-apple, 

 and sometimes so called where wild. Lvs. all radical, 

 with 3 Ifts.: fls. minute, apetalous, numerous, spicate, 

 on a slender scape: fr. very small, at first pulpy but 

 becoming dry. Species 2, one of them Japanese. 



triphylla, DC. Rootstock terminated by a strong, 

 scaly winter-bud: Ivs. 1 or 2, on petioles 1 ft. or more 

 long; Ifts. fan-shaped, sinuate-dentate, 2J^x5 in.: 

 scape 1 ft. long: spike 1 in. long. Spring. Calif, to 

 Brit. Col., in shady woods. An interesting and delicate 

 plant. Intro. 1881. 



107. Achimenes grandiflora. ( X K) 



ACHRAS: SapodiUo. 

 ACHYRANTHES: Iresine. 



ACIDANTHERA (from akis, a cusp, and anthera, 

 an anther, in allusion to cuspidate anthers). Iridacex. 

 Tender herbaceous perennials. 



Leaves many, linear, ensiform, 1-1 J^ ft. long: spikes 

 3H5-fld., simple, lax: fls. long-tubed, the tube slightly 

 dilated upwards; stamens unilateral, inserted at or 

 below the throat: corms roundish, flattened, covered 

 with a matted fiber. Natives of Trop. and S. Afr., 

 and intermediate between Gladiolus and Ixia. 



The propagation is by seed or by the numerous corms. 



tricolor, Hochst. Fig. 108. St. 15-18 in.: fls. cranny 

 white, blotched chocolate-brown within, fragrant: 

 corms Y<f-\ in. diam. Abyssinia. G.F. 1:48(5, 487 

 (adapted in Fig. 108). Gn. 47:343. G.C. III. 20:393. 

 Mn. 8:11. Requires a somewhat stiff er soil than the 

 tender species of gladiolus. May be grown in a tub 

 outdoors during summer, and flowered within during 

 Oct. Several corms in a large pot give good results. 

 Corms should be dried as soon as lifted, to prevent rot. 



A. aii[uinocliAlis, Baker. St. 3^ ft., stout, stiffly erect: Ivs. 

 strongly ribbed: fls. about 6 in a distichous spike, the tube 5-6 in. 

 long, white, blotched crimson or purple within: corms large. 

 Sierra Leone. B.M. 7393. May be a stronger-growing and more 

 tropical form of the above. Requires warmhouse culture. A. 

 cdndida, Rendle. A slender, erect, leafy herb: fls. white, very sweet- 



scented. Trop. E. Afr. B.M. 7879. 



N. TAYLOR.! 



ACINETA (immovable, referring to the jointless lip). 

 Orchidacex. Epiphytic hothouse orchids. 



Pseudobulbs conic or ovate, with the large plicate- 

 veined Ivs. articulated to the summit: fls. fleshy, 

 borne in pendulous racemes on lateral leafless scapes; 

 sepals broad, equal, finally somewhat spreading; 

 petals similar to the sepals but smaller; lip fleshy, 

 continuous with the base of the column, the middle 

 lobe continuous or articulated, entire or 3-lobed; 

 pollinia 2. About 10 species, distributed from Mex. 

 to northern S. Amer. 



These plants require a warm house and plenty of 

 moisture during the growing season, with a decided 

 rest, to make them flower. They need to be culti- 

 vated in wooden baskets and suspended from the roof 

 of the house, as the flower-spikes are always produced 

 from the base of the bulbs and there should be no 

 hindrance in the way of crocks to prevent their egress. 

 The rooting material may be peat fiber only, and not a 

 great quantity under the plants, but plenty around 

 them. With basket culture of orchids, it is very neces- 

 sary, once a week in the growing season, to take the 

 plants down and give a soaking by immersion, in addi- 

 tion to the ordinary spraying overhead from day to 

 day; in this way alone can one be sure of the proper 

 growing conditions. In winter, much less water is 

 required. Propagation is by division of the plants in 

 spring. (Orpet.) 



B4rkeri, Lindl. (Peristeria Bdrkeri, Batem.). Fig. 109. 

 Pseudobulbs conic, 4-5 in. long, usually bearing 3 or 

 more Ivs. 2-3 ft. long: fls. yellow, striped with red- 

 brown, 12 or more, in pendulous racemes. Mex. B.M. 

 4203. I. H. 2:44. Gn. 54, p. 332. P.M. 14:145. G.M. 

 40:697. 



Humboldtii, Lindl. (Peristeria Htimboldtii, Lindl. 

 A. superba, Reichb.). Pseudobulbs ovate, about 3 

 in. long, bearing 3 or 4 Ivs. about 1 ft. long: fls. choco- 

 late, spotted with crimson, 6 or more, in pendulous 

 racemes. Mts. of N. S. Amer. Gn. 3:11; 32, p. 157; 

 25, p. 482. Var. Cdlmanii, Hort. Fls. profusely spotted 

 with purple. 



A. chrysdntha, Lindl. Fls. golden yellow, the lip whitish, and 

 the column purplish or crimson. Mex. A. dfnsa, Lindl. (A. War- 

 scewiczii, Klotzsch). Fls. in a dense raceme, pale yellow, externally 

 spotted with reddish brown, fragrant; lip yellow, marked with 

 crimson. Costa Ilica. B.M. 7143. A. Hrubyana, Reichb. Fls. 

 white, the lip spotted with purple. Colombia. A. MotMrei, 

 Rolfe. Fls. straw-colored, sub-globose, thickly brown-spotted; 



