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Anigpozantlins — ron tin ued. 

 elongated, woolly. Leaves linear ensiform. The species 

 thrive in a turfy compost of peat and loam, three parts 

 of the former to one of the latter; the whole intermixed 

 vfith sand to make it porous. In the growing season 

 they must be kept well watered, and somewhat dry 

 during their period of rest in winter. They are very 

 easily propagated by dividing the roots in spring. 



A. coccineus (scarlet).* Jl. scarlet ; perianth svellinff towards the 

 summit, liairv, se.iiinents a little reflexed ; disposed in dichoto- 

 mously-forked panicles ; pedicels rather long. .June. /. lanceolate, 

 deep green. Stem ciliated, h. 5ft. Swan Eiver, 1837. 



Tnfloresce.vce and Leaf of Anigozanthus FLAvmrs. 



Anigozanthus — ctmiinved. 



A. tyrianthinus (purple).* ft. pm-ple and white: panicle clothed 

 with purple tomentum. May. I. Imear, stiff, straight, glabrous. 

 Stem tall, ternate, panicled, clothed with hoary tomentum 

 below. It. 3ft. Swan River, 1844. 



AITIL. See Indigofera Anil. 



ANIMZ: BESIN. '■^ >■ Hymenaea Courbaril. 



ANIMATED OAT. S '"■ Avena sterilis. 



ANISANTHUS. Upp Antholyza. 



AITISZ! {Pimpinella Anisum). A hardy annual, oc- 

 casionally u^ed for garnishing or seasoning. Sow seed, 

 in ordinary garden soil, on a warm sunny border, 

 in May. where it is intendedfor the plants to 

 remain. 



ANISEED TKEE. See Illicium. 



ANISOCHIIiUS (from anisos, unequal, and 

 clicUoi^.ii lip; in reference to the inequality of 

 both liprt of calyx and corolla). Ord. Lnhiafce. 

 A very ornamental genus of stove perennials or 

 biennials. Whorls of flowers densely imbricate 

 into oblong cylindrical spikes ; corolla with an 

 exserted. dcfracted tube, infiatod throat, and bila- 

 biate limb. They thrive in any light rich soil. 

 Cuttings will root in a sandy soil under a bell 

 glass, in heat ; seeds may be sown in February 

 in heat. 



A. carnosum (fleshy), ft. lilac ; whorls densely imbri- 

 cate into oblong cylindrical pedunculate spikes. June 

 to September. /." petiolate, ovate-roundish, obtuse, 

 creuated. cordate at the base, tliick, fleshy, tomentose 

 on both surface^. Stem erect, h. 2ft. East Indies, 

 1788. 



ANISOMEIiES (from aniitos, unequal, and 

 melos, a member ; in reference to the anthers of 

 the longer stamens being halved). Oed. Lahiatae. 

 Ornamental greenhouse or evergreen stove 

 shrubs, herbaceous perennials, or annuals. 

 Whorls sometimes densely many-flowered, at 

 others few, and loose ; corolla with upper lip 

 ereot, oblong, entire ; lower lip larger, spreading, 

 and lateral lobes ovate, obtuse. They are 

 of very easy culture in light rich soil; young 

 cuttings strike freely in spring, in heat, under 

 a bell glass. 'A. fiircafu requires little or no 

 artificial heat, but the protection of a bell glass 

 is beneficial. Seeds of A. ovata may be sown in 

 spring, in heat, and, after due hardening off, the 

 seedlings may be planted outside in May. 



A. ftircata (forked).* /. small, elegantly variegated 

 ■with white, red, and purple, in loose many-flowered 

 racemose cj'mes. July. /. petiolate, ovate, acumi- 

 nated, crenated, cordate at the base, hispid on both 

 surfaces, h. 4ft. to 6ft. Nepaul, 1824. 



A. malabarica (M.alabar). ft. purplish ; whorls dis- 

 tant, many-flowered, dense. July. I. oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 2in. to 4in. iu length, obtuse, serrately crenated 

 in the upper part, quite entire at the base. h. 2ft. 

 to 6ft. l"i'opical Asia, in humid places, 1817. Shrub. 



A. ovata (ovate-leaved).* ft. purple ; lower lip of a 

 deeper cohmr ; whorls many-flowered, lower ones dis- 

 tant, upper ones interruptedly spicate. August. L 

 ovate, obtuse, broadly crenated. h. 2ft. to 3ft. 

 Nepaul, 1823. An annual. Habitat similar to last. 



ANISOMEROUS. Unequally-parted; un- 



B'-Tumetrieal. 



A. flavidus (yellowish-greeu-flowered).* /. yellowish green, 

 panicled ; scapes long. May. I. lanceolate, smooth, as is also the 

 stem ; down of branches deciduous- li. 3ft. New Holland, 1808. 

 There is a scarlet and gi'een-flowered variety of this species. See 

 Fig. 103. 



A. Manglesil (Mangle's). rt. gi-een ; stigma capitate, projecting 

 htviiii'l till' tube, in a short terminal spiked raceme. May. Stem 

 erert, i^.tlu'd with short thick crimson persistent velvety down. 

 /(. oft. Swan River, 1833. 



A. pnlcherrimus (beautiful),* ft. yellow; panicles much 

 branched, clothed with rufous bristles. May. (. equitant, 

 linear falcate, covered with stellate tomentum. h. 3ft. Swan 

 Eiver, 1844. 



ANIS0FETAI.U1VI. See Bulbophyllum. 



ANNUAXiS. All plants whicli spring from the seed, 

 flower, and die within the coni'se of a year. A number of 

 things, however, which are not strictly of annual duration, 

 but which are sown every year in preference to housing 

 the roots before they are killed by late autumn or winter 

 frosts, are generally classed, for tlie sake of convenience, 

 under the head of Annuals. Hardy Annuals are those 

 which require no artificial aid to enable them to develop, 

 but grow and flower freely in the open air. These axe 



