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in June of the second year, they flower, 

 when they must be cut down, which 

 causes them to sprout again ; and, if this 

 is carefully attended to, they will con- 

 tinue for three or four years ; but, if per- 

 mitted to run to seed, they perish soon 

 after. 



ANGE'LICA-TKEE. Ara'lia spiiw'sa. 



ANGELO'NIA. (From any f Ion, its local 

 name in South America. Nat. ord., Fig- 

 worts [Scrophulariaceffi]. Linn., l-Didy- 

 namla 2-Anyiospermia. Allied to Hemi- 

 meris.) 



Pretty stove herbaceous plants; seed in heat, 

 sown in February ; division of the roots of seve- 

 ral kinds, and cuttings of young shoots in April, 

 inserted in sand under a bell-glass; must not be 

 kept too damp ; loam :md peat. Summer temp., 

 i'rora 60 to 70 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 A. angustfo'lia (narrow-leaved). l. Deep 

 violet. June. Mexico. 1846. 



corni'gera (horn-bearing). 1. Purple. August. 



Brazil. 183Q. 



floribu'nda (many-flowered). 1. Purple. 



August. Brazil. 1839. 



Gardne'ri(Mr. Gardner's). 1. Purplish-white. 



May. Pernarnbuco. 1838. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 1. Purplish- 



white. May. Pernambuco. 183S. 



minia'ta (crimson). 1. Purplish- white. May. 



Pernambuco. 1838. 



salicaricefo'lia (willow-leaved). 1. Light blue. 



August. S. Amer. 1818. 



ANGIA'NTHUS. (From ayyos, vessel, and 

 anthos, a flower. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [AsteraceaB]. Linn., \Q-Syngenesia 5-Se- 

 yreyata.) 



A pretty greenhouse herbaceous plant ; division 

 of the root ; seed, and cuttings under a bell-glass. 

 Summer temp., 50 to ?0 ; winter, 40 to 50. 

 A. a'urens (golden). 1. Yellow. July. N. 

 Holland. 1803. 



ANGIO'PTERIS. (From ayyeion, a vessel* 

 and pteris, a wing. Nat. ord., Ferns [Po- 

 lypodiacese]. Linn., 2<L-Cryptoyamia ]- 

 Filices.} 



A stove Fern, cultivated like Acropteris. 

 A. eveftica (evetic). June. Brown. Island of 

 Luzon. 



ANGO'PHORA.. (From agyos, a vessel, 

 and phero, to bear ; in reference to the 

 shape of the fruit. Nat. ord., Myrtle- 

 blooms [Myrtacese]. Linn., 12-Icosandria 



This is the most natural order of plants, and 

 no blue flower has yet been found to belong to it. 

 Greenhouse evergreen shrubs ; cuttings under a 

 bell-glass; loam and peat. Summer temp., 50 

 to 65 ; winter, 45. 

 A. cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). 6. Yellow. August. 



N. Holland. 1789. 



lanccola'ta (lanceolate-feanec!). 6. Yellow. 

 August. N. Holland. 1816. 



ANGKJE'CUM. (From angurele, the Ma- 



layan term for air-plants. Nat. ord., Or- 

 chids [Orchidaceee]. Linn., 20-Gynandria 

 l-Monandrta.) 



By offsets in spring, sphagnum moss, and 

 broken potsherds, and pieces of wood ; kept moist 

 and hot when growing in summer ; cool in win- 

 ter ; hot and dry when coming into bloom. 

 Summer temp., 70 to 85; winter, 55 to 60. 

 A. apiculu'tum (small-pointed). . White. Sierra 

 Leone. 1844. 



armeni'acam (apricot-coloured-./?OMweeZ) Yel- 



lowish-pink. Sierra Leone. 1 838. 



Ashante'si (Ashantee). $. Cinnamon. June. 



Ashantee. 1843. 



liilo'bum (two-lobed). . White. Septem- 



ber. Cape Coast. 1841. 



cnuda'tum (tail-lipped). l. White, green. 



August. Sierra Leone. 1834. 



caule'scens (stemmed). l. Green, white. 



September. India. 1834. 



clandesti'num (concealed-flowered). . Green, 



white. September. Sierra Leone. 1835. 



di'stichum (tvfo-rowed-lenved). . White. 



September. Sierra Leone. 1834. 



ebu'rneum (ivory-lipped). 1$. White. Ja- 



nuary. Madagascar. 1826. 



micro! nthum (small -flowered). \, White. 



Sierra Leone. 1834. 



odorati'ssimum (very sweet-scented). White. 



Sierra Leone. 1832. 



ornithorhy'nchum (bird's-beak). White. 



Brazil. 1840. 



peilu'cidum (transparent). A. White. No- 



vember. Sierra Leone. 1842. 



pertu'sum (broken). . White. October. 



Sierra Leone. 1836. 



polysta'chyum (many-spiked). Peru. 1840. 



subula'tum (awl-shaped). White. Sierra 



Leone. 1832. 



tcretifo'lium (straw-leaved). White. Sierra 



Leone. 



ANGUILLA'BIA. (From anyuilla, an eel; 

 in reference to the twisted seeds. Nat. 

 ord., Melanths [Melanthacere]. Linn., 0- 

 Hexandria 3-Trv>ynia. Allied to Vera- 

 trum.) 



Herbaceous plants, requiring a little protection 

 in winter; division of roots, and cuttings, under 

 a hand-light; peat and loam. 

 A. biglandttlo'sa (two-glanded). 1. Purple. 

 May. N. Holland. 1826. 



dioi'ca (u'icecious). 1. Purple. May. N. S. 



Wales. 1826. 



I'ndica (Indian), l. Dark purple. June. 



Tranquebar. 1818. 



ANGULO'A. In honour of Angulo, a Spa- 

 nish naturalist. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchi- . 

 dacere]. Linn., 2Q-Gyuandria 1-Monogy- 

 n ia. ) 



Stove orchids, requiring the same culture as 

 Angrtecom. 



A. Clowe'sii (Clowes'). Ij. May. Yellow and 

 white. Columbia. 1842. 



flo'ribus fla'vis (Clowes' straw-coloured). 



I^. May. Pale yellow. 1845. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 1. July. S. 



Amer. 1823. 



Ru'ckeri (Rucker's). 14. May. Yellow and 



crimson. 1345. 



