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Anacardium L. Anacardiaceae (i). 8 trop. Am.; A. occidental L. 



(cashew-nut) largely cult. Fl. polygamous. Each has i cpl. yielding 



a kidney-shaped nut with hard acrid coat. The nut (promotion nut, 



coffin-nail) is ed. Under it the axis swells up into a pear-like body, 



fleshy and ed. The stem yields a gum like arabic. 

 Anacnaris Rich. = Elodea Michx. (Hydrochar.). 

 Anacolosa Blume. Olacaceae (Olacin. BH.\. :o Indomal. 

 Anacyclus L. Compositae (7). 15 Medit. Some offic. (radix pyrethri). 

 Anadendrum Schott. Araceae (i). 6 Indomal. 

 Anadenia R. Br. = Grevillea R. Br. p.p. (Proteac.). 

 Anaectocalyx Triana. Melastomaceae (i). 2 Venezuela. 

 Anagallis (Tourn.) L. Primulaceae. 18 Eur., As., Afr., S. Am., 



2 Brit, (pimpernel). The fl. of A. ai-vensis L. (poor man's weather 



glass) closes in dull or cold weather. 

 Anaglypha DC. Compositae (4). 2 S. Afr. 

 Anagosperma Wettst. Scrophulariaceae (ill. 3). i N.Zealand. 

 Anagyris L. Legum. (m. 2). 2 Medit. A. Lour. = Ormosia Jacks. 

 Analogous (organs), agreeing in function, but not in descent, mode of 



origin, nor position; e.g. the r.-like 1. of Salvinia are analogous to r. 

 Anamirta Colebr. Menispermaceae. 7 Indomal. The achenes of A. 



Coccnlus Wight et Am. (Cocculus indicus) are used to adulterate 



porter. In the angles between the big veins of the 1. are little 



cavities covered by hairs and inhabited by mites (acaro-domatia). 

 Anamomis Griseb. = Eugenia L. p.p. (Myrt.). 5 W.I. 

 Ananas Tourn. ex L. (Ananassa Lindl.). Bromeliaceae (4). 5 trop. 



Am., incl. A. sativus Schult., the pine-apple, largely cult, in Sandw. 



Is., Singapore, &c. Stem short and leafy, terrestrial, bearing a term. 



infl., which after fert. forms a common mass, fr. bracts, and axis, 



while the main axis grows beyond and forms a tuft of 1. the crown 



of the pineapple. Some vars. cult. orn. 1. 

 Anandrous, without sta. 



Ananthaeorus Underw. et Moxon ( Taenitis p.p.) Polypod. i trop. Am. 

 Anantherix Nutt. = Asclepiodora A. Gray (BH. ) - Asclepias L. p.p. 

 Anapeltis J. Sm. =Polypodium L. (Filic.). 

 Anaphalis DC. Compositae (4). 40 As., Eur., Am. Hairy. 

 Anaphrenium E. Mey. (Heeria Meissn. EP.}. Anacard. (3). 7 Afr. 

 Anaphyllum Schott. Araceae (iv). 2 S. India. 

 Anarrhinum Desf. (Simbulda EP.). Scroph. (n. 3). 12 Medit. 

 Anarthria R. Br. Restionaceae. 6 S.W. Austr. 

 Anarthrophyllum Benth. Leguminosae (in. 3). 12 Andes. 

 Anartia Miers (Tabernaemontana L. p.p.). Apocyn. (i. 3). 7 trop. 



Am. 

 Anastatica L. Cruciferae(4). i E. Medit., A. hierochuntina L. (rose 



of Jericho). While the seeds are ripening in the dry season the 1. 



fall off and the branches fold inwards, reducing the pi. to a ball 



of wickerwork, which rolls about with the pods closed until it reaches 



a wet spot, or the rainy season begins. 

 Anastomosis, reunion of branches. 



Anastrabe E. Mey. Scrophulariaceae (n. 4). i S. Afr. 

 Anastraphia D. Don. Compositae (12). 10 W. Ind. 

 Anastropnus Schlecht.-Paspalum L. p.p. (Gram.), i U.S. 



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