ACALYPHA 



ACANTHOLIMON 



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top one. Tliis is tlic best method for general purposes. 

 Cuttings may also be taken below the joints when the 

 shoots are half mature. The cuttings require mild bot- 

 tom heal. For greenhouse ornament in fall and winter, 

 e.xcellent specimens ma\' be secured from cuttings made 

 in summer from such stock plants. 







78. Acalypha Wilkesiana var. Macafeana. ( X J-s) 



The acalyphas are subject to mealy-bug, scale and 

 red-spider. For the first two, fumigate with hydro- 

 cyanic acid gas. The red-spider can be kept in check by 

 syringing or spraying. 



A. Annual. 

 indica, Linn. An erect hairy plant 1-3 ft.: Ivs. 

 broad, ovate, the petiole longer than the blade: fls. 

 greenish, the spikes 1-2 in. long. Old World tropics. — 

 Not showy. The hort. name A. Miltoniana may belong 

 here. 



AA. Perennial. 

 B. Fl.-cluslers much exceeding the Ivs. 



hispida, Burm. f. (A. Sdnderi, N. E. Br.). Red- 

 hot Cat-tail. Fig. 77. Cult, chiefly for its long reii, 

 amarantus-like .spikes of fis. which are much longer 

 than the Ivs.: Ivs. green. E. Indies. Burm. Fl. Ind., 

 p. 303, t. 61, f.l. .\.F. 13:1285. A.G. 19:453, 827. 

 F.E. 10:.554. G.C. III. 23:248. Gt. 47:276; 48:1465. 

 Gn. .54:62. Gng. 6:279. B.M. 7632. R.H. 1898:4.56. 

 — A very striking garden plant. Called by various 

 names, as Chenille Plant, Philippine Medusa, and 

 others. Var. ramosa, Hort., has upper spikes branched 

 or compound. Var. alba, Hort., spikes creamy white. 



BB. Fl.-cluslers shorter than, and usually half hidden by 

 the li's.: branches not spiny. 

 Wilkesiana, Muell. Arg. (.4. Irirolnr. Hort. ex Seem.). 

 Lys. ovat(»-acuniin.itc, bronzy green, variously mottled 

 with red: fls. usually .some shade of red. inconspicuous. 

 S. Sea Isls. Var. Macafeana, Hort. Fig. 78. Lvs. red, 

 marked with crim.son and bronze. — Perhaps the com- 

 monest variety. R.H. 1882:288. Var. macrophylla 

 (.1. macrophylla, Hort., not HBK.). Lvs. cordate, 

 ovate, russet-brown. Var. marginata, Hort. Lvs. with 

 marked crim.son margin. F..\I. 1S75: 1.56. Gn. 7, p. .521. 

 LH. 24:275. V.ar. muslica, Hort. Lvs. green, with 

 orange and red markings. Var. obovata, Hort. Lvs. 

 obovate, green, edged white when young, changing to 

 bronzy green with rosy pink margins. \'ar. triumphans, 

 Hort. (.4. triumphan.s, Lind. & Rod.;. Lvs. large. 



spotted with crimson, green, and brown. LH. 35:. 55 

 (1888). 



integrifolia, Willd., not Bojer (A. colorala, .Spreng. 

 A. Cunimcrsoniana, Baill.). Shrub, 4-6 ft.: lvs. oblong- 

 fiddle-shaped, variable in size, crenate or entire, green 

 above, purplish beneath : fls. small, the clusters shorter 

 than the lvs. Mauritius and Madagascar. 



Godseffiana, Mast. Low-growing shrub of dense 

 bushy habit: lvs. short-petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, cordate, acuminate, coarsely toothed, green with 

 a prominent cream-colored margin: fis. inconspicuous, 

 greenish-yellow, the clusters shorter than the lvs. Apr., 

 May. New Gumea. G.C. III. 23:242. Gng. 6:278. 

 F.E. 10:. 5,54. A.F. 13:1286. Var. heterophylla, Hort. 

 Lvs., especially the lower, linear-lanceolate, irregularly 

 repand. 



BBB. Fl.-clustcr as in bb, but branches spiny. 



Var. eremorum, Muell. Of peculiar habit and with 

 spiny branches: lvs. green, short-petioled, crenate: fls. 

 in spikes, the clusters shorter than the lvs. Austral. — 

 Coolliouse plant, chiefly interesting botanically. 



.4. Chanlrieri, Hort.=^.A. Hamlltoniana X Wilkesiana var. ma- 

 crophylla. — .1. marginata, Hort., not Spreng. ;=A. Wilkesiana 

 var. marginata. — .4. obovata, Hort., not Benth.^.'V. Wilke.siana var. 

 obovata. Other trade names are .4. Haniiltoniana, Hort. Bruant 

 1895. Lvs. bright green, the rounded teeth yellow-margined. — A. 

 Miltoniana, Hort. Intro. 1911. A. mort/onlani^n.si.'i, Hort. =A, 

 Hamiltoniana X Wilkesiana var. marginata. .4. torta, Hort. Lvs. 

 dark green, the margins cut into blunt oblong segms. Samoan Isls. 



N. Taylor, t 



ACAMPE (named from the brittle nature of the 

 flower). Orchidacese. Greenhouse epiphytes. 



.4. longijdlia, Lindl. (Vanda longifolia, Lindl.). E. Indies. A 

 plant of no decorative value, and rarely, if ever, seen in cull, 



ACANTHEPHlPPIUM: .icanthophippium. 



ACANTHOCEREUS (Greek, thorn and cereus). 

 Cactaccse. An erect or clambering night-flowering 

 cactus, the sts. elongated, usually 3-angled, but young 

 shoots very diverse and sometimes 8-ribbed, never pro- 

 ducing aerial roots; areola- remote, bearing prominent 

 spines: fls. large, funnelform: fr. a berry, sometimes 

 with spines; fle,sh red; seeds black. — Perhaps several 

 species, but some authors recognize only one species. 



pentagonus, Brit, it Rose (Cactus pcntagonus, Linn. 

 Cereals prlnceps, Pfeiff. C. baxaniensis, Karw. C 

 variabilis, Engelxn.). Half 

 erect, 3-20 ft. high: spines 

 4-6, the longer 13 2 in. long: 

 fls. 7-8 in. long. Trop. 

 Amer. — This species grows 

 wild in S. E. Texas and does 

 well there as a garden plant. 

 It is also a connnon green- 

 house plant where it does 

 well, often growing to con- 

 siderable size. It blooms 

 freely, but the fls. are not 

 very attractive. 



J. N. Rose. 



ACANTHODIUM: Blepharis. 





79. AcanthoUmon glumaceum. 



ACANTHOLIMON 



(akaiitho.'i, spine, and limon, 

 sea lavender). Syn., .Irmer- 

 iAstrum. Phimbaginacew. 

 PnicKLY Thrift. Hardy 

 evergreen perennials, some- 

 times a little woody. 



Leaves stiff, linear, round or slightly 3-angled, the 

 angles channeled, the apex nearly always sharp- 

 pointed: scape and peduncle nearly always simple, 

 sometimes a little branched: fls. usually between and 

 half hidden by the numerous bracts of the tightly com- 

 pressed heads, spikes or racemes; corolla rose or white, 



