The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . rs greenish or reddish, axillary, solitary or fascicled,sweetly scented ; calyx tube ovoid, the limb four- or five-lobed; corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, the tube elongated,the limb of four or five equal, spreading lobes; stamens -I, --; .-- \i -^ - . - ALSINE. Included under Arenaria (which see). ALSOMITRA (said to be derived from alsos, agrove, and mitra, a mitre; probably in allusion to theplant crowning the trees). Ord. Cucurbitacese. A smallgenus
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . rs greenish or reddish, axillary, solitary or fascicled,sweetly scented ; calyx tube ovoid, the limb four- or five-lobed; corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, the tube elongated,the limb of four or five equal, spreading lobes; stamens -I, --; .-- \i -^ - . - ALSINE. Included under Arenaria (which see). ALSOMITRA (said to be derived from alsos, agrove, and mitra, a mitre; probably in allusion to theplant crowning the trees). Ord. Cucurbitacese. A smallgenus (three to five species) of large, stove, climbingshrubs, extending from Nepaul through Malaya to NorthAustralia. Flowers white, small, dioecious, in compoundpanicles; calyx and corolla both rotate and five-parted;stamens five. Fruit often large, elongated. Leaveshaving three oblong, entire leaflets. Tendrils simple orbifid. Only one of the species has been introduced. Itthrives in a rich loamy compost and requires an abundanceof water during the period of growth. It may be pro-pagated by seeds, or by cuttings inserted over Fig. 37. atrovirens. four or five; pedicels bracteolate at base. Fruit a purple,ovoid, many-seeded berry. Leaves alternate, rarely oppo-site, petiolate, membranous, linear-lanceolate, ovate, orrhomboid, entire or toothed, with minute tufts of hairs inthe axils of the nerves beneath. A. macrophylla is theonly species introduced to cultivation. It thrives in well-drained, peaty soil, and likes plenty of air and light. Pro-pagated by cuttings of half-ripened growths, inserted undera beU glass. A. macrophylla ilarge-leaved).* fi. in small, axillary clusters,drooping ; corolla dull red, or creamy-white with dull red streaks,the tube cyliudric, funnel-shaped above, the lobes ovate, re-curved, toothed. February. I. 3m. to 6in. long, oblanceolate, acute, entire or seiTated, narrowed into petiolesiin. to Jin. long. h. bi
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