ALPINIA 



niltans, Roscoe. Shell-flower. Striking plant, reach- 

 ing 10-12 ft., with long, lanceolate glabrous long-veined 

 Ivs.: tls. orchid-like, yellow with pink, sweet-scented, in 

 a long, drooping, terminal, spike-like raceme. E. Ind. 

 G.C. III. 19:301. I.H. 43:259. B.M. 1903. P.M. 13:125. 

 H.H. 1861, 51.— Fine for foliage masses, and an old 

 favorite. 



vittata, Hook. {Amdmum vittatum. Hort.). Lower: 

 Ivs. in tufts, lanceolate, with whitish bars or stripes be- 

 tween the nerves : fls. red, in axillary spikes. South 

 Sealsland'i A F 8-787. Gn. 4, p. 25. 



41bo line4ta,Hort A plant 



^»j ', 3—1 ft high with broad bands 



*^ * of white and p lie green on 



** the elliptic lanceolate Ivs 



"^ ' Probibly a form of some 



otlifi species 



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ALSTRCEMERIA 



53 



ALSEUOSMIA (Hsos 

 grove and tuosme fra 

 grance) Capufoltflcew 

 Tender greenhouse shrub 

 from New Zealand 



A. macrophylla, A. Cunn. 

 Lvs. 3-6 in. long, elliptic or ob- 

 lanceolate, acute, serrate; fls. in 

 small axill.iry clusters, droop- 

 ing, Ij^in. long, creamy with 

 dull red streaks ; corolla lobes 

 fimbriate. B.M. 6951. 



AIiS6FHILA (Greek, grove-loving). Cyaihedcece. A 

 genus of tropical tree ferns, with simple or forked free 

 veins, round sori, and no indusia. Numerous species are 

 found in the tropical regions of both hemispheres. 



Of the different species of Alsophila, only one is in 

 general commercial use. A. ouslralis is a-vciy sracetul 

 and rapidly growing tree fern, with finely divided fronds 

 of a pleasing shade of light green, with the stipes thickly 

 covered with light brown, hairy scales. It is grown from 

 spores, which can only be obtained from old and large 

 specimens, and which, like the spores of most coranier- 

 cial ferns, will germinate very freely if sown on a com- 

 post consisting of finely screened soil, leaf -mold .and sand 

 in equal parts. To develop a good crown of fronds in 

 old specimen plants which may look starved, the stem 

 may be covered to any thickness consistent with good 

 apiiearance with green moss, which may be attached 

 ■with thin copper wire, and which, if kept continually 

 moist, will soon be thickly covered with fine roots. AI- 

 sonhilas should be grown in a temperature of 60° F., 

 and the soil should never be allowed to become very dry. 

 Cult, by NiCHOL N. Bruckner. 

 A. Lvs.iipinnate; rachises merely fibrillose. 



RehSooae, F. Muell. Lvs. ample, from a caudex 8 in. or 

 so high: pinnEB 12-15 in. long, with 20-30 pinnules on 

 each side, which are 2-3 in. long and serrate or crenate 

 throughout. Australia. 

 AA. Zvs.triphiiiafifiil nr tn'pinnate ; rachises armed 



lunuiata, E. Br. Lvs. rather thick herbaceous, from 



smooth rachises; pinnules close, 5-6 in. long, with 20-30 



pairs of segments, which are finely serrate throughout. 



BB. Segments yiin.or less long. 



australis, B. Br. Fig. 71. Rachises straw-colored ; 

 lvs. ample, with primary pinnae 18 in. long, 6-10 in. wide; 

 pinnules deeply pinuatifid, with segments broadest at 

 the base, ovate-oblong and sharply serrate. Tasmania 



■nil . 



Us tapering 



Qd Aus 



ffirox, Pre^l. ( 

 ish ; pinna> 1 _'- 1 s 

 %-Xm. wide, w I 

 narrow and sliu'l 



. Sm.). Rachi; 



brown- 

 n. long, 

 I's of segments, which are 

 Trop. Amer. 

 AAA. Li-s. qiiadripinnatifid. 

 oligocirpa, Fee. Fig. 72. Rachises smooth, grayish 

 straw-colored ; pinnules lK-2 ft. long, the segments 

 ligulate, deeply pinnatifid, with blunt lobes; sori median, 

 L. M. Underwood. 



4-6 on the lo 



•lobes. Columbia. 



ALSTdNIA (Dr. Alstou, 

 Edinburgh). Apoeiindrnr. 

 of trees or shrubs i>i I.. In 

 white fls. in terniin:il ■ 

 whorls or opposite. I 

 tree or Pali-m ara of 1 1 1 i i i , 

 nal. Trees yield eaoutcliipv 



ALSTKCEMfiRIA 



professor of botany at 

 ween 30 and 40 species 

 .1 \u-<tralia, with small 



Alst 



or less luni;! ii|iarativelv narrow, wiili 6 segments, 



parted nearly or quite to the ovary, often irregular; 

 stamens mostly declined ; stigma 3-cleft ; sts. slender 

 and leafy, weak, or even disposed to climb. Monogr. by 

 Baker, Handbook of the AmaryllidesB. 



Some of the Alstrcemerias have survived the winters 

 in Washington of late years only when a heavy mulch 

 has been given, as JL.au ran(i"aca and its form A.aurea, 



-^b&sX: 



A. Chilensis and its £.>ims Eviili ntly among the hardi- 

 est are Jl ButsiUum^ and J. ;)H?i/ieHa, although some 

 of the othei s have not been tried. For outdoor planting, 

 Alstroemenas are at their best in a partly shaded posi- 



