ALPINIA 



nutans, Roscoe. Shell-flowek. Strikingplant, reach- 

 ing 10-1'2 ft., with long, lanceolate glabrous long-veined 

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

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

 G.C. III. 19:301. I.H. 43:259. B.M. 1903. P.M. 13:I2,>>. 

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

 favorite. 



Vlttita Hook (Amdmtim ttttdtum Hort ) Lower: 

 Ivs in tufts lanceolate with whitish bais or stripes be- 

 tween the nerves lis red in a\illii\ spikes South 

 Sea Islands A P 8 7S7 ( n 4 p _ 



albo lineata H >it A plant 

 .Si!^ -t tt In^li M itli biodd bands 



ALSTRCEMERIA 



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ALSdPHILA (Greek, grove-loving). Ci)athecice(r. A 

 genus of tropical tree ferns, with simple or forked free 

 veins, round sori, and no indusia. Numerous s]iccies art 

 found in the tropical regions of lM)th Iiciiiisplin-fs. 



Of the different species tit VNnj.liih,, .uilv ■ is m 



general commercial use. .1 . .ms'/ -(/,s i, ;i \ . i \ L-iar, tui 

 and rapidly growing tree fi-iii, h iili liiu 1\ dn nli il linn.ls 

 of a pleasing shade of light Ki-ccii, w ith tiie stiiu'S thi.kU 

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

 spores, which can only be obtained from old and hirge 

 specimens, and which, like the spores of most ccunniei 

 cial terns, 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 m 

 old specimen plants which may look starved, the stem 

 may be covered to any thickness consistent with good 

 appearance with green moss, whic-h may be attached 

 with thin copper wire, and which, if kept ctjntinually 

 moist, will soon be thickly covered with line roots. Al- 

 eophilas should be grown in a temperature of 60° P., 

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

 Cult, by NicHOL N. Bruckner. 

 A. Lvs.bip innate; rachises merely fibrillose. 



Beb6ccse, F. Muell. Lvs. ample, from a caudex 8 in. or 

 so high; pinnSB 12-15 in. long, with 20-30 pinnules on 

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

 throughout. Australia. 

 AA. Lvs. tripinnatifid or tripinnate ; riichises armed 



B. Segments long,stronqti/ '-tirrf 

 to a slender po, 

 Lvs. coriaceoi; 



ile.-i tapering 



exc61sa, R. 



woolly rachises; pinnae G-10 in. wide, with crowded pin- 

 nules, which are provided with about 20 pairs of seg- 

 ments, which are strongly curved and more or less 

 enlarged at the ends. Norfolk Is. — Said to have a trunk 

 60-80 ft. high. 



Codperi, Hook. Smaller than the last: rachises with 

 pale brown scales : pinnse spear-shaped, with linear 

 pinnules 4-5 in. long. Queensland. 



luuuiata, R. 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. 



austriliB, R. Br. Fig. 71. Rachises straw-colored ; 

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

 pinnules deeply pinnatifld, with segments broadest at 

 the base, ovate-oblong and sharply serrate. Tasmania 

 and Australia. 



ferox, Presl. (A. aciileAta, J. Sm.). Rachises brown- 

 ish; pinnfB 12-18 in. long; pinnules narrow, 3-4 in. long, 

 'A-%m. wide, with 15-18 pairs of segments, which are 

 narrow and slightly serrate. Trop. Amer. 

 AAA. Lis. ,iii,uhiiiiiniiilifid. 



oligoc^rpa. Fee. Fiu'. 7_'. Iv.i'lii^. s smooth, grayish 

 straw-colored; pinnuhs \y_-'l 1i. \"u\x, the segments 

 ligulate, deeply pinnatilid, with blunt lubes; sorimedian, 

 4-0 on the lower lobes. Columbia. , ,, „ 



L. M. Underwood. 



ALSTONIA (Dr. Alston, once professor of botany at 

 Kdinburgli). Apocy»Aee<p. Between 30 and 40 species 

 of trees or shrubs of E. Ind. and Australia, with small 



whorls or opposite. A. scholdris, R. Br., is the Devil- 

 tree or Pali-mara of India, the bark of which is medici- 

 nal. Trees yield caoutchouc. 



macrophylla, Wall. A tall tree, with milky juice, spar- 

 ingly cult, in S. Pla., and perhaps in S. Calif. 



ALSTR(EM£EIA (Baron Alstroemer. friend of Lin- 

 ti.E-iisi A mtirgllidctceoi. Coolhouse and stove plants, 

 wiih tuliciiius roots, treated as bulbs. Pis. small (2 in. 

 nr h ^s long}, comparatively narrow, with 6 segments, 

 |.aiti-.l 111 -irly 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 Amaryllideae. 



Some of the Alstroemerias have survived the winters 

 in Washington of late -seais only whi n a heavy mulch 

 has been gn en, as ..4 oM>a»/(aC(f and its form J- autea, 



A. Chtlensis and its forms EMdenth among the hardi- 

 est are A.Brasiliensii and A. piikhtlla, although some 

 of the others have not been tried. For outdoor planting, 

 at their best in a partly shaded posi- 



