ANIGOZANTHOS 



THE BULB BOOK 



ANOIGANTHUS 



places in deep, turfy peat, or loam 

 and leaf -soil, into which it roots deeply 

 and forms strong clumps. It is 

 increased by dividing the root-stocks 

 or from seeds. 



A. ranunculoides (Yellow Wood 

 Anemone). AS. European plant, 

 growing 4 to 6 ins. high, with three- 

 to five-parted leaves having deeply 

 toothed trifid segments. The clear, 

 golden-yellow flowers, with five or six 

 elliptic sepals, appear in March either 

 singly or in pairs. There is a Pyrenean 

 variety with purple flowers, and one 

 named pallida with sulphur-coloured 

 ones. 



This charming little plant is occa- 

 sionally found naturalised in English 

 woods, and likes a rich, sandy soil 

 with a little chalk or lime. Increased 

 by division or seed. 



ANIGOZANTHOS (anoigo, to open 

 anthos, flower ; in reference to the 

 branching expansion of the flower- 

 stalks). Nat. Ord. Haemodoraceae. 

 A genus having eight species of 

 herbaceous plants, natives of S.W. 

 Australia, with thickish, horizontal 

 rhizomes, radical leaves usually 

 narrow and sword-shaped, but some- 

 times terete or distichous. Flowers 

 large, borne on simple or branched 

 dichotomous stalks, with an elongated, 

 woolly perianth. 



These plants are not particularly 

 well known, and are never likely to 

 become popular, except in botanical 

 collections. They require to be grown 

 in a cool greenhouse with a winter 

 temperature about 45 to 50 F. They 

 may be potted in a compost of 

 three parts peat and one part sandy 

 loam. During growth water is given 

 when required, but during the 

 dormant winter season practically 

 no water need be given. The plants 

 are easily increased by dividing the 

 root-stocks in spring when growth 



begins. The following species may 

 be noted : 



A. bicolor . 3 f t. S carlet and green . 

 May. 



A. coccineus. 5 ft. high. Flowers 

 crimson in June. 



A. flavidus. 3 ft. Yellowish green. 

 May. (Bot. Mag. t. 1151 ; Red. Lil. t. 

 176.) This species has been con- 

 fused with coccinea, grandiflora, and 

 Mangiest. 



A. Mangles!. 3 ft. Green. May. 

 (Sot. Mag. t. 3875.) Green and red 

 in the variety angustifolia, figured in 

 the Eot. Reg. t. 2012. 



A. pulcherrlmus. 3 ft. Yellow. 

 May. (Bot. Mag. t. 4180.) 



A tyrianthlnus. 3 ft. Purple and 

 white. May. (Bot. Mag. t. 4507.) 



All the species mentioned above are 

 natives of the Swan River region. 



ANOIGANTHUS (anoigo, to open ; 

 anthos, a flower). Nat Ord. Amaryl- 

 lideae. There is only one species in 

 this genus, namely : 



A. breviflorus (Cyrtanthus brevi- 



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FIG. 50.Anoiganthus brtviflarut. 



florus). A native of the mountains 

 of Natal, the Transvaal, and Cape 



