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Anagf allis — mnHnued. 



A. Webblana (Webb's), fi. blue ; petals with their tops slightly 

 denticulated. June to August. l. several, verticillute. h. 4iu. 

 Portu-iil, 1323. 



AlfAGYRIS (from ana^ backwards, and gifrosty a circle : 

 the pods are onrvod backwards at their extremities). Ord. 

 Legit7nino::(r. An ornamental greenhouse or half-liardy 

 shrab, havingf the two stipules placed opposite the loaves. 

 It thrives in a mixture of loam, sand, and peat in equal 

 proportions. Young- cuttings should bo planted in July in 

 a pot of sand, and placed under a hand g-lass. 



A. foetida (ffi'tid). Jl yellnw, hairy, like those of the T^ilmniuin ; 

 racemes slinrt. .M;iy. I. tiifuliute ; leaflets lanceolate, acnti', 

 entire, h. 6ft. to 8ft. South Europe, 1750. This shrub is fiitid 

 in every part wlien bruised. 



ANALOGY. Kesembling- a thingr in form but not in 



function; or rirr. vfrtta. Corresponding witli a tiling'- in 



many jioiiits, but differing in more, or in points of more 

 importance. 



ANANAS (from vanas. the South American name 

 for the Pino Apjde). Syn. Amniassa. Pine Apple. Ord. 

 BrnwvJitrreir. Wtovo herbaceous perennials, having the 

 berries collected with the bracts into a compound fruit. 

 Leaves rigid ; edges spiny. The variegated form is a 

 useful plant for decorative purposes, and may be employed 

 without tiie usual harmful consequences attending stove 

 plants generally, l»ut it must not be subjected to cold 

 draughts. Tlie soil .should consist of two parts ftbrous 

 loam, one of peat, one of dung and leaf mould, and another 

 of sand. Tiio.-^e propagated from suckers, which should 

 be laid by a day or two and then inserted in a strong heat, 

 have, as a rule, longer and lighter-coloured leaves. Offsets 

 are often produced at tlie base of the fruit, and make stout 

 plants, with higli-coloured foliage. When the plants arc 

 potted in spring, plunge them in bottom heat, to liasten 

 tlieir growth J but this is not absolutely necessary. Should 

 it be desired to fruit the variegated form, the plants may 

 be submitted to the same process of culture as detailed 

 under Pine ApjDle (which see). 

 A. bracamorcnsis (Ilracamora). Brazil, 1879. 

 A.Jbracteata (bracted). /. crimson. April. h. 3ft. Brazil, 



H. pink. April, h. 3ft. South America, 



1820. 



A. lucida (shininp;). 

 1820. 



A. macrodonta (large-toothed).* Jt. reddish, tinted buff; spilie 

 elongate- ovoid, ^\ith imbricating dentate bracts. Jr. conical, 

 about Sin. long and 4in. wide, with conspicuous bracts, and hii;hly 

 perfumed. I. with conspicuous teeth. 1878. Syn. linmnliu 

 •wiiiiiihilii. 



A. Mordilona {.Mordilona; native name), /r. large, with a fine 

 aroma. /. distinguislied in being without spines. Columbia, 

 18b9. 



A* Porteana (Porter's).* I. armed on the margins with sharp 

 .spines, deep olive gieen, with a broad band of pale yellow nnming 

 down the centre fri»ni i)ase to apex. This .species has a somewhat 

 erect habit of growth, Philippines, 1866. 



A. saliva (cultivatctl). Pine Apple. For culture, sec Pine Apple. 



As. variegata (varie;;ated).* I. rosulate, finely arched, ^ft. or 

 ott. lony, ;>i.-rnited on the edges ; centre briy;ht green, sniiictnues 

 with a few lines of white, broadly margined with rich creamy- 

 yellow, tinged with red towards the margins. A very elegant 

 variegated plant fur vases, ^tc. 



ANANASSA. Nc Ananas. 



ANANTHERIX (from n, without, and nnfherix, an 

 awn ; there are no hum-formed processes from the base of 

 the leaflets of the corona, as in Aaclepias, to which it is 

 closely allied). Oivi>. Attclepiadece. A small genus of 

 pretty, hardy herbs. A. viridis is of easy culture in an 

 open situation, and light soil. Increased by division of 

 the root ; or by seeds, whicli ripen in abundance. 

 A. viridis (green). Jl. purplish-green, large; corolla .snh-cani- 



pauulate, tive-deft; umbels proceeding from the stem, snh- 



panicled, few-Howered. August. I. opposite, sessile, obovate- 



oblnuir. pointed, suio-.thish. k. 1ft. North America, 1812. 



ANAPELTIS. Included under Pohjpodium. 



ANAKRHINUM (from a, without, and rhin, a 

 snout ; the corolla being without a spur, or furnishe<l with 

 a very short one). Obi>. ScrophidarinecB. Klegant little 



Anarrhiniim — conthiued. 

 half-hardy biennials or perennials allied to Antirrhiimrn. 

 Flowers small, droojnng, in long spike-formed, twiggy, and 

 interrupted racemes. Radical leaves usually in a rosette ; 

 stem and branch leaves palmate-parted, or toothed at the 

 apex ; superior ones quite entire. They are of easy culture 

 in ordinary garden soil ; seed may be sown outside in 

 spring, or they can bo increased by growing cuttings, but 

 tlu:'v rer^uire protection during nevere weather. 

 A. bcllidifolium (Daisy-leaved).* jl. white, or pale blue ; racemes 

 slender, elongated. June. I. radic^d ones spathulate or obovate- 

 lanceolate, deeply toothed ; branch leaves deeply three to seven- 

 parted, k. 2ft. South Kuiope, 1629. 

 A, Duriminium (I>t>uro), A .syiumym of A. Mrs^diim. 

 A. fruticosnm (shrubby). /. white, without a spur. July. L 

 lower ones mostly tridentate at the ai>ex ; superior ones oblong, 

 (luite entire. A. 2'ft. to 3ft. S(tuth Kurope, 1826. Shrubby. 

 A, hirsutum (hairy). /. whitish, a little larger than tho.se of 

 A. bcllidifolium^ of which it is, perhaps, only a downy variety. 

 /(. 1ft. to 2ft. Portugal, 1818. Syn. A. Duriminium. 



ANASTATICA (from anasfasis, resurrection; plant 

 recovering its origimil form, however dry it may be, on 

 immersion in water). Ord. Crueiferm. A very curious 

 and interesting little annual, the leaves of which fall off 

 from the plant after flowering, the branches and branchlets 

 then become dry, hard, and ligneous, and rise upwards and 

 bend inwards at their points. This plant has the remark- 



FiG. 85. DuY FRurriNu Plant of A.\ast.\iica 



IIllCKOdlUNTlNA. 



able property of resuming vitality on being placed in water, 

 after being kept in a dry state for numy years. Seeds should 

 be -sown in heat, in tlie spring, and the plants afterwards 

 potted off and plunged again in heat to hasten their growth, 



