. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. HOT-HOUSE OE STOVE PLANTS. 12r A. Jablosa.—A strong-growing- climLer, having large uniform cordate leaves; the flowers are fur- nished \^'ith a short sac at the base, and a large spreading limb; ground-colour yellowish-gi'een, reticulated with purple lines. Summer months. Brazil. A. odoratissima.—Similar to the preceding in habit, but leaves less uniform. Flowers very large, with a large speading lip, upwards of six inches across; ground-colour yellowish, reticulated with flowers solitary, springing from the joints and sup- ported on bright red peduncl
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. HOT-HOUSE OE STOVE PLANTS. 12r A. Jablosa.—A strong-growing- climLer, having large uniform cordate leaves; the flowers are fur- nished \^'ith a short sac at the base, and a large spreading limb; ground-colour yellowish-gi'een, reticulated with purple lines. Summer months. Brazil. A. odoratissima.—Similar to the preceding in habit, but leaves less uniform. Flowers very large, with a large speading lip, upwards of six inches across; ground-colour yellowish, reticulated with flowers solitary, springing from the joints and sup- ported on bright red peduncles; the tube pale and curved, and spreading upwards into an open limb more than an inch across, which on the lower part is split into three long tails, some four inches or more long; limb dull red outside, deep purplish-red in- side. Summer months. Chiapas, Eastern Mexico. A. trilobata.—A most singular flower, though not brilliantly coloured ; it is of scandent habit, with small three-lobed leaves, which are of a deep shining. Asparagus PLrsiosus >'axus. purple. This fine species is agreeably perfumed. Summer months. Jamaica. A. ringens.—A somewhat slender-growing scandent plant, to be found in some collections under the name of A. rj ranch flora. The roots of this species are in much repute as a cure for the bite of venomous snakes. The whole plant is smooth, with large reniform, oi> nearly round leaves, which have a broad depression between the lobes ; they are light green on the upper side, glaucous beneath. Flowers six to nine inches long, yellowish-green, beautifully tessellated with deep purple. Summer and autumn months. New Grenada. A. tricaudata.—This is not a scandent but an arborescent plant, with thick-jointed zig-zag stems: leaves oblong-acute, some eight inches long; deep green above, paler and strongly nerved beneath; green above, but paler and strong!}- nerved below: flowers solitarA", supported on long peduncles ; tubu- lar, the base much in
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