APHELANDRA 



APICRA 



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tetragdna, Nees (A. cristdta, Lindl. Justicia cristata, 

 Jacq. J. tetragdna, Vahl). An erect or spreading, 

 shrub: sts. terete, woody below, green, tinted with red 

 when young: Ivs. opposite and decussate, petiolate, 

 green, glabrous or nearly so, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 

 acuminate or acute, 6-12 in. long, and 2-7 in. diam., 

 entire or crenate, slightly undulate; petiole as much as 

 6 in. long, slender, hairy: inn. an erect-terminal cluster 

 of spikes, the central one hairy, 6-8 in. long, with shorter 

 ones branching from its base, often, when well grown, 

 bearing from 10-12 lateral spikes of various lengths; 

 fls. bright scarlet, crowded on the spike, and the bulk 

 of them opening together; bracts erect, closely ad- 

 pressed to the rachis, green, ovate, acute, Jiin. long, 

 ciliate; bracteoles lanceolate, hairy; corolla scarlet, 

 \Y in. diam., tube 2 in. long, narrow at the base, 

 broadening upwards, lip reflexed, 1J4 m - I n 6! upper 

 pair of petals hooded, lateral ones reduced to short 

 obtuse lobes. Trop. S. Amer. B.M. 8272. Gt. 40: 

 1354. The finest species in cult.; a magnificent stove 

 plant. 



nitens, Hook. f. An erect herb or sub-shrub: st. 

 terete, green, stout, usually dwarf and compact: Ivs. 

 shortly petiolate, ovate-acute, entire, thick, rich dark 

 olive-green above, bright vinous purple below, highly 

 glabrous on both sides, margins recurved; petiole 

 very short or none, winged: infl. an erect terminal 

 spike, 6 in. or more long; bracts green and erect, 1-13^ 

 in. long, serrate; sepals }-jjin. long, linear-lanceolate; 

 corolla bright vermilion-scarlet, 1-1 J^ in. diam.; lip 

 ovate, larger than the rest of the petals and slightly 

 reflexed; upper pair of petals hooded; tube 1-1 M in. 

 long, yellow. Colombia. B.M. 5741. Gn. 48:122. 

 A fine dwarf-growing stove plant readily prop, by cut- 

 tings and often setting seed if kept in a cooler and 

 drier house when in flower. 



fascinator, Lind. & Andrd. Habit stiff and erect, 

 with fls. opening in succession over a period of some 

 4-6 weeks: st. terete, green, glabrous: Ivs. elliptic, 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 

 shortly petiolate, 6-9 in. long, upper side dark green 

 with narrow band of silvery white along midrib and 

 principal veins, lower side dull wine-red with veins of a 

 darker shade: infl. an erect unbranched terminal spike 

 up to 6 in. long; bracts ovate or elliptic, basal ones an 

 inch long, tapering upwards to J/in. long, covered with 

 short pilose hairs; sepals ^jin. long, lanceolate, glan- 

 dular, green; corolla bright vermilion-scarlet, lj| in. 

 diam. with large and prominent front lobe; tube 

 slender. \Y 2 in. long. B.M. 8398. I. H. 21:164. A 

 beautiful and striking species, well worth growing for 

 its handsome foliage apart from its beautiful fls. It 

 should be kept rather on the dry side as soon as the fls. 

 appear, otherwise the plant is likely to lose all its roots. 



A. alrinirmi, N. E. Br. Dwarf: Ivs. very dark green above and 

 purplish beneath: fls. yellow, 1 in. long. Brazil. I. H. 31:527. A. 

 libonidna, Lind. Dwarf: Ivs. ovate and long-acuminate, with a 

 white rib, green below: fls. deep yellow, small, scarcely exserted 

 beyond the red bracts. Brazil. B.M. 5463. A. macedoniana, Lind. 

 & Kod. Said to be a form of A. atrovirens. Lvs. with white rib and 

 main veins. Brazil. I.H. 33:583. A. Mdrgaritx, E. Morr. Lvs. 

 elliptic-acuminate, barred with white, purple below: fls. yellow, the 

 bracts strong-toothed. Brazil. G.C. III. 2:585. A. orientdlis, 

 offered in Amer., is possibly a form of some well-known species. 

 A. pumila. Hook. f. Less than 1 ft.: Ivs. large, acute: fls. orange, 

 bracts purplish. Brazil. B.M. 6467. A. mrieg&ta. Morel. A near 

 ally of A. Blanchetiana with bright scarlet bracts, and bright yellow 

 fls. Probably not now in cult. B.M. 4899. F.S. 10:981 



L. H. B. 



APHELfeXIS: Helichrvmm. C - P - RAFFILL. 



APHtLLON (Greek, leafless). Orobanchdcex. Two 

 species of small N. American parasitic herbs, now often 

 united with Orobanche, and by others kept distinct 

 under Rafinesque's name, Thalesia. These plants are 

 not cult., but are always interesting to the collector 

 and surprising to one who runs across them in woods 

 or fields. A. unirlorum, Gray, Fig. 231, produces very 



few leafless 1-fld. pale scapes, 3-8 in. high, and 5- 

 lobed, curved, white or violet fls., and known as cancer- 

 root. A. fasciculatum, Torr. & Gray, has the scaly 

 st. rising higher out 

 of the ground and 

 bearing several 

 crowded peduncles: 

 fls. purplish yellow. 

 These plants oc- 

 cur sparingly nearly 

 or quite across the 

 continent. 



APlCRA (not 

 bitter, from the 

 Greek ) . Liliacex, 

 tribe Aloinex. Aloe- 

 like plants, grown 

 with other succu- 

 lents. 



Shortly caules- 

 cent small succu- 

 lents: Ivs. spirally 

 arranged or crowd- 

 ed along the et.: 

 fls. greenish, often 

 striped with white, 

 straight, tubular or 

 prismatic, with 

 short, flat or spread- 

 ing white limb sur- 

 passing the sta- 

 mens. Cape region. 

 Agave house or 

 cactus house; suit- 

 able for rockeries during the summer. Prop, like Aloe. 

 Monogr. by Baker. G.C. II, 11:717 (1879). Joura. 

 Linn. Soc. Bot. 18:216. Berger in Das Pflanzenreich 

 1908, hft. 33. 



231. Aphyllon uniflonim. (XH> 



aspera, 1. 

 bicarinata, 2. 

 bullulata, 3. 

 congesta, 6. 

 deltoidea, 7. 



INDEX. 



foliolosa, 8. 

 imbricata, 4. 

 intermedia, 7. 

 major, 1. 

 pentagona, 3, 5. 



spiralis, 4, 5. 

 spirella, 5. 

 turgida, 7. 

 Willdenowii, 5. 



A. Lvs. warty on the back: fls. smooth. 



1. aspera, Haw. (Aloe aspera, Haw. Hawdrthia aspera, 

 Haw.). St. mostly simple, erect, 4-6 in. high, 1J^ in. 

 diam., including Ivs.: Ivs. half-globose, acuminate, 

 slightly keeled, %in. long, green, smooth on the rather 

 convex upper surface, green-warty on the back, the 

 margin granular: infl. scarcely 1 ft. high, unbranched; 

 fls. somewhat rosy, %in. long, 



twice as long as the pedicels. 

 Cape. Salm, Aloe 2. f. 2. 

 A large form with white-warty 

 Ivs. twice as long, is var. 

 major, Haw. 



2. bicarinata, Haw. (Aloe 

 bicarinata, Roem.). St. erect, 

 6-12 in. high: Ivs. falcately 

 short - ovate, acute, acutely 

 keeled, % x %in., green, 

 smooth on the somewhat con- 

 cave upper surface, irregu- 

 larly white-warty on the back, 

 the margin and keel granu- 

 lar roughened. Cape. Berger 

 40. 



3. bullulata, Willd. (A. pen- 

 tagdna bullulata, Baker. Aide 

 bullulata, Jacq.). St. erect: 

 lys. lanceolate, acute, ob- 

 liquely keeled, %xl>4 in., 



pale, the back unequally 232. Apicra pentagon*. 



