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ANAQALLIS. 



AXAKRHICAR 



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Actions in the face of persons standing over the fume. ; Uio kerne 

 U a wall-known wholesome article of food In the Wett Indies it i 

 Md u an ingredient in pudding* is raton raw, and u roaited for th 



Dvratta irpndrni. 



1. Mile flower. 2. Hermaphrodite do. 3. Back of do. 



4. Fruit. 3. Section of do. AU (lightly magnified. 



purpose of mixing with Madeira wine, to which it is thought to 

 communicate a peculiarly agreeable flavour. In this country the 



Cuhew Not (AxafarJium orridnlalt'}. 



Caihew Nut oerer flower*, and can only be cultivated a> a tender 

 tore-plant. 



The SfKmdiat, or Hog Plum, which i* the type of the order 

 fipottdiaccir, u referred by Lindley to this order. [SPOKDIACKB ; RHUS.] 



ANAOA'LLIS, a genui of planU of the natural order Primulacra; 

 among which it U known by it* flat or wheel-shaped corolla* and by 

 iU capsule opening into two halve*, of which the upper fit* the under 

 lik* the lid of a box. A very common species u the Pimpernel, or 



Poor Man's Weatherglass, so called because it* flower* generally open 

 at eight in the morning and close in the afternoon, .and also refuse to 

 expand in rainy weather. It is a little trailing plant with brick-red 

 flowers, very abundant in corn-fields ; it was once thought useful in 

 oases of madness, especially such as arose from the bite of rabid 

 animals, but it is hi no esteem at the present day. There is a purple 

 variety called by Sir J. K. Smith A. nrruUa. A far more beautiful 

 species is iheAnayaUii InttUa (Bog Pimpernel), which grows in the drier 

 parts of marshes, along with Pntguic*la and Drottra ; it has delicate 

 flesh-coloured flowers, in the centre of which grows a cone of stamens 

 covered all over with glittering transparent hairs; these and iU 

 peculiarly neat appearance, entitle it to be called the queen of British 

 wildflowers. Some botanists regard it as a distinct genus, and describe 

 it under the name of frtuetia. One or two foreign species, with large 

 blossoms, are cultivated in greenhouses. 



ANALCIME, also called Cubieite and&rroftfe, is a mineral belonging 

 to the group of hydrous silicates of alumina. It contains according 

 to analyses by Rose and Connell, the following constituents : 



How. Coanrli: 



Silica 55-12 65-07 



Alumina 22'99 22'23 



Soda 13-58 18-71 



Water 8-27 > J'.' 



99-91 99-23 



It is found crystallised, the primary form being a cube. The cleavage 

 is parallel to the face of the cube, but is obtained with difficulty. It 

 has an uneven undulating fracture. It scratches glass, but not readily. 

 It is brittle, and is of a white colour with a shade of red. The streak 

 is white, and it has a vitreous but not brilliant colour. It is either 

 transparent, translucent, or opaque. The specific gravity is 2-068. It 

 melts into a clear glassy globule by the blow-pipe on charcoal. It 

 gelatinises in hydrochloric acid. It is principally found in the Basaltic 

 and Amygdaloidal rocks of Scotland, Ireland, the Tyrol, and other 

 countries. 



ANAMIRTA, a genvis of plant* belonging to the natural order 

 Mrnupmnactcr, including some of the species of the old genus 

 Cocciiltu. [COCCCLUS.] 



ANAMOKPHO'SIS. (Botany.) [METAMORPHOSIS OP ORGANS.] 

 ANANASSA, a genus of plant* belonging to the natural order 

 Bromrliacdr, found wild in the woods of South America, and now 

 commonly cultivated in the gardens of rich Europeans. It is 

 distinguished from the Bromelia, to which it was once referred, by its 

 succulent fruit collected in a compact head. 



Of AnanaMa latii-a, the Common Pine-Apple, a great number of 

 varieties are known, of which the Moscow and Common Queen, the 

 lilack Jamaica, and the Antigua Queen are the best for summer use, 

 .he Enville and the Trinidad the largest, the Black Jamaica the best 

 "or winter use, and the Blood-Red the worst for any purpose or 

 (MO. 



The fruit is a mass of flowers, the calyxes and bracts of which are 

 leshy and grow firmly together into a single head ; it is the points of 

 ";hese parts that together form what gardeners call the pips, that is to 

 ny, the rhomboidal spaces into which the surface is divided. When 

 wild, Pine-Apples bear seeds like other plants; but in a state of 

 cultivation, generally owing to the succulence of all the parts, no seeds 

 are produced, and consequently the plants can only be multiplied by 

 uckers, or by their branches, which gardeners call the gills and 

 crown. The latter, which surmounts the fruit, is in reality the end of 

 he branch round which the flowers are arranged, and if it has any 

 tendency to ramification, as sometimes happens, it becomes what is 

 called double. 



The Pine-Apple was undoubtedly unknown before the discovery of 

 America; its incomparable flavour soon however caused it to be 

 introduced into Africa and Asia, where, in a suitable climate, it 

 imltiplied so rapidly as to acquire as firm a footing in those countries 

 s then- aboriginal plant*. In Asia it has even improved so much in 

 uality, that the Birmese Pinex, which have never yet reached 

 England, are said to be the finest in the world With this except i< .n 

 t is believed that we already possess the beat varieties that exist ; and 

 : is undoubted that, except in the kingdom of Birma, the most 

 rliriiiiiH specimens of the fruit are produced in England. Within a 

 recent period Pine-Apples have been imported largely into England 

 rom the West India Islands, where the cultivation has in consequence 

 jeen more carefully attended to, the quality greatly improved, and 

 Ilia branch of commerce largely extended. [PlNE-ApPLS, in ARTS 

 ND Sc. Div.] 



ANA N i ' 1 1 Y 'T KS (Lamarck), a fossil genus of Echinockrmata, found 

 bundantly in the Chalk. 



ANA'KRHICAS, a genus of Acanthopterygious Osseous Fishes, 

 established by Linnams, and retained by subsequent ichthyologist*, 

 hey are very nearly allied to the Blennies, so that Cuvicr remarked 

 <ht be regarded as Bleunies without ventral fins. They have 

 round smooth blunt heads; elongated bodies, covered by minute 

 scales ; a single long dorsal fin, and an extended anal fin, both sepa- 

 rated from the caudal ; no ventrals; the mouth armed with formidable 

 teeth of two kinds, conical incisors and flat grinders. One species, 

 he Wolf-Fish, Sea-Cat, or Cat-Fish (Anarrhicat Lupui of Limucus), U 



