Alsodeia
(from alsodes, leafy; plants thickly beset with leaves). ORD. Violarieae. Ornamental evergreen stove shrubs. Flowers small, whitish, racemose; petals equal; racemes axillary and terminal; pedicels bracteate jointed. Leaves usually alternate, feather-nerved; stipules small, deciduous. They thrive best in a mixture of loam and sand, and young cuttings root readily under a bell glass if planted in sand, in heat. A. latifolia (broad-leaved).* fl. on dense, glabrous racemes. l. ovate, obtusely acuminated. h. 6ft. Madagascar, 1823.
A. pauciflora (few-flowered). fl. few, somewhat corymbose; pedicels reflexed. l. wedge-shaped, on short footstalks. h. 4ft. Madagascar, 1824.