FIG. 10. FLOWER OF ACERAS ANTHROPOPHORA.
A. anthropophora (The Green Man Orchis). fl. greenish, on a long spike, lip longer than the ovary; lip and petals often margined with red. June. l. lanceolate. h. 1ft. See Fig. 10.
ACERATIUM (from a, not, and keras, a horn; the stamens being destitute of the terminal bristles so conspicuous in its near ally, Elæocarpus). ORD. Tiliaceæ. An interesting stove evergreen tree, very closely allied to Tilia. It thrives well in a mixture of loam and peat, and is increased by ripe cuttings, which root readily if placed in sand, under a hand glass, in heat.
A. oppositifolium (opposite-leaved).* fl. white, on terminal three-flowered peduncles. June. l. opposite, elliptic-oblong, furnished with a few mucronated teeth. h. 20ft. Amboyna, 1818.
ACEROSE, ACEROSUS. Needle-pointed, fine, and slender, with a sharp point.
ACETARIOUS. An adjective applied to plants used in salads.
ACEUS. A termination expressing a resemblance to the thing whose name it terminates—foliaceus, leaf-like, of the texture of a leaf or folium.
ACHANIA. See Malvaviscus.
ACHENE. A hard, dry, one-seeded, superior seed-vessel.
ACHERONTIA ATROPOS. See Sphinx Atropos.