70 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Anastatica—continued. Anchietea—continued. 
which cannot otherwise be fully developed with our pre- root freely under a bell glass if planted in sand, 
carious and sunless summers. and*placed in a moderate heat. 
aol. pyrifolia (pear-leaved). fl. whitish, 
` veined with red at the base, in axillar 
fascicles; lower petal obovate. July. 
alternate, stalked, populara, ovate, acute, 
crenated. Brazil, 1826, 
ANCHOMANES (name of doubt- 
ful origin). ORD. Aroidew. A re- 
markable and beautiful stove tuberous- 
rooted perennial aroid, allied to Amor- 
phophallus, and requiring somewhat 
similar treatment. As soon as the 
leayes die down, the plants should be 
repotted in rich sandy loam and leaf 
mould, with ample drainage. They 
will need scarce any water or attention ` 
until growth commences the following 
spring, when they must have an abund- 
ance of water, and a moist atmos- 
phere. Summer temperature, 60deg. to 85deg.; winter, 
55deg. to 60deg. Propagated by seeds and offsets. 
A. Hookeri (Hooker’s).* fl., spathe pale purplb; appearing before 
the leaf, much expanded ; spadix whitish ; scape prickly, shorter, . 
than the petiole. June. l, T taa: slender, prickly, bearing on its 
summit the horizontal blade, about 3ft. in diameter; this is 
divided into three primary divisions, which are 5 ar cut up inte 
several leaflets, the largest of these belai egticone . oft, Fernando 
Po, 1832. There isa variety with a paler coloured spathe. SYN. 
Caladium petiolatum. 
ANCHOVY PEAR. See Grias cauliflora. 
at 
FIG. 86. ANASTATICA HIEROCHUNTINA. 
A. Hierochuntina of Jericho). ji. small, white, sessile, 
disposed in spikes along the branches; petals obovate. July. 
Jr., or silicle, ventricose, with the valves bearing each an appen- 
bpp. poe at the el 2 nave, = sales ms; : 
pp es too! ran X 
Iattice-wise intoa gio i Bi Siria Eo, 1507. Sup- Fic. 87. ANCHUSA CAPENSIS, showing Flowerand Habit. ~ 
osed by some commentators to a aha thi : 
Whirlwind ” mentioned by Daan. Soe’ Figs. 85 aed het a _ ANCHUSA (from anchousa, paint for the skin; use of — 
ANASTOMOSE. Branching of one vein into another. | Some species). ORD. Boraginacew. Very pretty hardy 
a 
annuals, biennials, or perennials. Flowers in scorpoid 
ANBURY. See Ambury. ; í racemes; corolla funnel-shaped; throat closed by erect, 
ANCEPS. Two-edged; as the stem of an Iris. obtuse processes; nuts four, one-celled, inversely conical, 
ANCHIETEA (in honour of P. Anchietea, a cele- | with a contraction towards the point, fixed to the bottom 
brated Brazilian writer on plants). Syns. Noisettia, | of the calyx, perforated and concave at the base. Of easy 
Lucinaea. ORD. Violaceæœ. An ornamental stove ever- | culture, in ordinary soils, and preferring a sunny situation. 
green climber. Petals five, very unequal, two upper ones | Propagated by seeds, which should be sown in early spring 
smallest, two intermediate ones longer, lowest one | in pots of sandy soil, when most of them will germinate 
largest, with a spur at the base. It thrives well in a | in three or four weeks, some less. The honey-bee is very 
mixture of loam, sand, and peat. Young cuttings will | partial to this genus. ee 
