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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Anastatica continued. 



which cannot otherwise be fully developed with our pre- 

 carious and sunless summers. 



Anchietea continued. 



root freely under a bell glass if planted in 

 and placed in a moderate heat. 



sand, 



. pyrifolia (pear-leaved), fl. whitish 

 veined with red at the base, in 

 fascicles ; lower petal obovate. 

 alternate, stalked, stipulate, ovate, acute, 



fascicles ; lower 

 stalke 

 Brazil, 182&. 



axillary 

 July. I. 



ANCHISTEA. Included under 

 Woodwardia (which see). 



ANCHOMANES (name of doubt- 

 ful origin). ORD. Aroidece. A re- 

 markable and beautiful stove tuberous- 

 rooted perennial aroid, allied to Amor- 

 phophallus, and requiring somewhat 

 similar treatment. As soon as the 

 leaves 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 abundance of water, and a 

 moist atmosphere. Summer temperature, 60deg. to 85deg. ; 

 winter, 55deg. to 60deg. Propagated by seeds and offsets. 

 A. Hookeri (Hooker's).* Jl., spathe pale purple, appearing before 

 the leaf, much expanded ; spadix whitish ; scape prickly, shorter 

 than the petiole. June. I., petiole slender, prickly, bearing on 

 its summit the horizontal blade, about 3ft. in diameter ; this is 

 divided into three primary divisions, which are again cut up into 

 several leaflets, the largest of these being toothed. A. 3ft. Fernando 

 Po, 1832. There is a variety with a paler-coloured spathe. bYN. 

 Caladium petiolatum. 

 ANCHOVY FEAR. See Grias cauliflora. 



FIG. 86. ANASTATICA HIEROCHUNTINA. 



A. Hiorochuntina. Rose of Jericho. /. small, white, sessile, 

 disposed in spikes along the branches ; petals obovate. July. 

 fr., or silicle, ventricose, with the valves bearing each an appen- 

 dage on the outer side at the end. I. obovate, with stellate hairs ; 

 lower ones entire, upper ones slightly toothed Branches crowded 

 lattice-wise into a globular form. h. 6in. Syria, &c., 1597. Sup- 

 posed by some commentators to be the " rotting thing before the 

 whirlwind " mentioned by Isaiah. See Figs. 85 and 86. 

 ANASTOMOSE. Branching of one vein into another. 

 ANBURY. See Ambury. 



ANCEFS. Two-edged; as, for instance, the stem 

 of an Iris. 



ANCHIETEA (named after P. Anchietea, a Brazilian 

 writer on plants). ORD. Violariece. An ornamental, stove, 

 evergreen climber. Petals five, very unequal, two upper 

 ones smallest, two intermediate ones longer, lowest one 

 largest, - with a spur at the base. The species thrives 

 in a mixture of loam, sand, and poat. Young cuttings 



FIG. 87. ANCHUSA CAPENSIS, showing Habit and detached Flowers. 

 ANCHUSA (from anchousa, paint for the skin ; use of 

 some species). ORD. Boraginece. Very pretty hardy 

 annuals, biennials, or perennials. Flowers in scorpoid 

 racemes; corolla funnel-shaped; throat closed by erect, 

 obtuse processes ; nuts four, one-celled, inversely conical, 

 with a contraction towards the point, fixed to the bottom 

 of the calyx, perforated and concave at the base. Of easy 

 culture, in ordinary soils, and preferring a sunny situation. 

 Propagated by seeds, which should be sown in early spring 

 in pots of sandy soil, when most of them will germinate 

 in three or four weeks, some less. The honey-bee is very 

 partial to this genus. 



