ANDROSACE 



ANEMIA 



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AA. Lvs. sessile or nearly so, spalulate or linear, nearly 



or completely entire. 



B. Fls. in umbels or umbellate heads. 



c. Plant stout: scape 4 "'• or more high. 



D. Foliage woolly or i>illous. 



2. lanuginosa, Wall. Whole plant densely white- 

 villous; sts. leafy: lvs. small, ?4in. or less long, lance- 

 ovate, arute: scapes axillary, about 4 in.; Hs. rose-col- 

 ored, in a dense umbel. Himalaya. B.M. 4005. 



3. sannentosa, Wall. Creeping by brownish stolons: 

 h's. clustered, all basal, more or less woolly, lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 1)2 in. or less long: scapes 

 often 4 in. long; fls. many, rose-colored. Himalaya. 

 Var. Chiimbyi, Hort. (.-1. chumyiense, Hort.). Rosettes 

 dense, and the plant very cespitose: lvs. densely 

 woolh". 



DD. Foliage bristly. 



E. The lvs. not in rosettes, crowded al base of st., narrowed 



into petiole. 



4. folidsa, Duby (-4. sarmenlbsa var. folibsa. Hook. 

 f.). Stolons thick, brownish, naked: lvs. all basal, 

 obovate or ovate, sessile but base attenuated, mucro- 

 nate or acute, ciliate, 1}^ in. or less long: scape pilose, 

 much exceeding lvs. ; fls. flesh-colored becoming whitish. 

 Himalaya. B.M. 6661. 



EE. The lvs. in rosettes, long-pelioled, 'usually cordate. 



5. spinulifera, Knuth. Not stoloniferous, densely 

 hairy : lvs. linear-obovate, 3 in. or less long with petiole, 

 spinulose at apex: scape 10 in. or less; fls. numerous, 

 densely capitate, purple. China. 



6. Aizoon, Franch. Lvs. 1 in. or less, rosulate and 

 imbricated, leathery and glaucous, spatulate, not 

 spinulose: scape 1 ft. or less, many times exceeding the 

 lvs., the bracts glandular; fls. 6-10, flesh-colored or red. 

 Himalaya. Var. coccinea, Franch. {A. Bulleyana, 

 Hort.). Not glandular: fls. red or intense scarlet. 



cc. Plant slender: scape seldom 4 in. high: lvs. all 



rosulate {in rosettes). 



D. The lvs. with hairy margins. 



7. villosa, Linn. (^4. odoralissima, Schreb.). Entire 

 plant densely white-hairy, loosely cespitose: lvs. hnear- 

 lanceolate or lance-ovate, sessile, entire: scape 2 in. or 

 less; fls. white or rose with yellow-red throat, corolla 

 equaling the calyx-lobes, the corolla-lobes obovate, 

 entire or slightly emarginate. Eurasia. Very variable. 

 Var. arachnoidea, Knuth (A. arachnoldea, Schott). 

 More cespitose: lvs. oblong-ovate, densely webby-white: 

 Bcape verj' short. Var. robusta, Knuth. Plant robust: 

 lvs. lance-ovate, often densely congested, white-silky. 

 Var. Jacquemontii, Knuth (A. Jacquemdntii, Duby). 

 Lvs. crowded, imbricated, ovate, obtuse, the hairs 

 white to brown: scape long; fls. flesh-colored, the 

 corolla-lobes obtuse and entire. 



DD. Tlie lvs. glabrous, or only obscurely ciliate. 



8. hedrasantha, Griseb. Cespitose: lvs. Hin. or less 

 long, lance-oblong, obtuse, leathery, not crowded at 

 base of st: scape very short (about 1 in.); fls. .5-10 in 

 each umbel or head, violet-red or pale purple, the 

 corolla-lobes obovate. Balkans. 



9. camea, Linn. (A. Reverchbnii, Jord. A. rdsea, 

 Jord. & Fourr.). More or less densely cespitose: lvs. 

 linear or subulate, 3-4 in. or less long: scape 3 in. or 

 less; fls. 3-7, rose-colored or whitish, the throat yellow. 

 Eurasia. L.B.C. 1:40. Var. Halleri, Linn. Lvs. twice 

 longer than in tjTse, recurved at apex, shining green, 

 sparsely hairj% Var. Laggeri, Knuth (A. Liiggeri, 

 Huet.). Lvs. acimiinatc, spreading, deep green: scape 

 verj' short: denseh' cespitose. Gn. 63, p. 333. Var. 

 brigantiaca, Knuth (A. hrigotdiaca, Jord. & Fourr.). 

 Lvs. narrowly linear, short, slightly denticulate at 

 apex: scape to 5 in.: little cespitose. 



10. lactea, Linn. {A. pauciflbra, VilL). Cespitose, 

 glabrous or nearly so: lvs. rosulate, membranous, hnear 

 or linear-lanceolate, obtusish, sparsely ciliate, 1 in. or 

 less long: scape 5 in. or less; fls. snow-white. Eurasia. 

 B.M. 868, 981. Var. eximia, Hook. Lvs. less rigid, 

 strongly recurved: fls. larger (3iin. across). Switz. 

 B.M. 5906 (as .4. camea var. eximia). 



BB. Fls. solitary. 



11. imbricata. Lam. Cespitose, stellate-pubescent: 

 lvs. J4in. long, linear-spatulate and obtuse, in densely 

 superimposed imbricated rosettes. Alps. 



AA.\. Lvs. scarcely petioled, oblong or linear, entire or 

 dentate: fls. nmbellate: annual. 



12. lactiflora. Pall. {A. angustifblia, Andr. A. 

 coronopifbiia, Andr.). Glabrous, 1 ft. or less high: lvs. 

 2 in. or less long, rosulate, linear-lanceolate or linear- 

 spatulate, acute, toothed: fls. milk-white, large. Asia. — 

 A handsome little armual, often self-seeding. 



A. VUaliana, Lapeyr., listed aa the only yellow-fld. Androsace, 

 is Douglasia Vitaliana. It is oftea catalogued as Aretia Vitaliana. 



L. H. B. 



ANDR6s.ffiMnM: Hypericum. 



ANDROSTEPHIUM (Greek-made name, referring 

 to the corona). Liiidcese. Babies' Breath. Outdoor 

 bulbous plants, allied to the brodieas. 



Small genus of S. W. and Cent. U. S., with funnel- 

 shaped, spreading-limbed, 6-lobed perianth, 6 stamens, 

 and 3-angled ovary, and a corona or crown at the 

 mouth: lvs. linear, radical: scape simple, leafless. — 

 Plant in a sunny place in sandy soil, placing the bulbs 

 4-6 in. deep; protect in winter. Prop, by division of 

 the bulbs and by seeds. The name "babies' breath" 

 or "baby's breath" is commonly applied to Gypsophila. 



violaceum, Torr. (A. cseriikum, Greene). Slender, 

 6-10 in.: umbel 2-7-fld., the fls. blue, 1 in. long, sup- 

 ported on a stout (J^in.) pedicel; crown exceeding the 

 anthers. — Blooms in spring; pretty. n. Taylor. t 



ANEILEMA (Greek, no involucre). Sj-n., Aphylax. 

 CommcUnace^e. Sixty tropical perennials, allied to 

 Commehna, from which it may be distinguished by its 

 sub-paniculate infl. A. biflbrum, R. Br., and A. sinicum, 

 Lindl., are sometimes cult, in Old World hothouses 

 and in American botanic gardens. These species are 

 blue-fld., diffuse or trailing plants with their fls. hav- 

 ing no involucral bracts. Culture as in Dichorisandra. 



N. TAYLOR.t 



ANEMIA (Greek, naked; without indusia). Schizsa- 

 cex. Tropical ferns, with 1-3 pinnate lvs. with the 

 lower pair of pinna; erect, elongate and bearing the 

 sporangia in panicles at their extremities. — Of the 40 

 species, 2 are found in the southern states, and a few 

 are occasionally in cult. 



Anemias are dwarf, compact ferns, suited for shelves, 

 or for growing near the glass in warm pits or low 

 houses. They prefer being grown in small pots to being 

 planted out in the fernery. Their growth is too slow to 

 make them popular decorative ferns for general pur- 

 poses. Propagation is by spores, which germinate 

 freely; tufted kinds by division between March 15 and 

 April 30. — Schneider, Book of Choice Ferns. 



A. Lf. 2-3-jnnnate, with narrow divisions. 

 adiantifSlia, Swartz. Lf.-blade 6-9 in. long on a 

 stalk often twice as long, the ultimate divisions oblong 

 or linHar-ouneate, with the outer margin toothed. S. 

 Fla. and tropics. 



AA. Lf. only once pinnate with broad pinnx. 

 B. Veins free. 

 mexicana, Klotzsch. Lf.-blade 6-9 in. long, with 4-6 

 pinni3E on either side, which are distinctly stalked, ovate- 

 lanceolate and rounded on both sides at the base: 

 fertile pinnae 3-4 in. long, dense. Texas and Mex. 



