Alomia
(from a, not, and loma, a fringe). ORD. Compositae. Allied to Eupatorium. An ornamental half-hardy evergreen plant. Grows freely in sandy loam, and may be propagated by cuttings.
A. ageratoides (Ageratum-like). fl.-heads white, many flowered; involucrum campanulate, imbricate; scales narrow, acute; receptable naked, convex. July. l. opposite, or upper ones alternate, petiolate, denticulated. h. 1 1/2ft. New Spain, 1824.