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3. Anthericum Gracum. Leaves flat, channelled ; scape 

 iimple; flowers corymbed ; filamenta woolly. Native of 

 the Levant. 



4. Anthericum Planifoliuin. Leaves flat, channelled; 

 scape and tilaineuta woolly. Native of Portugal, where it 

 llowers in April. 



5. Anthericum Revolutum ; Curled-flowered Anthericum. 

 leaves flat, channelled ; scape branched ; corollas revolute ; 

 tilaineuta generally smooth. Native of the Cape. 



6. Anthericum Ramosum ; Branching Anthericum. Leaves 

 linear-subulate, flat, channelled ; scape branched; peduncles 

 solitary; corollas fl:it ; pistilla straight; filamenta generally 

 smooth. The flowers, which are generally white, watch from 

 seven in the morning to three or four in the afternoon. Na- 

 tive of Sweden, France, Switzerland, and Austria. 



7. Anthericum Elatum; Tall Anthericum. Leaves flat, 

 channelled ; scape branched ; peduncles aggregate ; corollas 

 flat ; filamenta generally smooth. Flowers in a loose spike 

 white, and handsome when fully blown ; they appear in 

 August and September It is a native of the Cape. 



8. Anthericum Triflorum ; Three-flowered Anthericum. 

 Leaves channelled, sword-shaped ; scape simple ; bractes 

 remote, three flowered ; filamenta generally smooth. It 

 flowers in November, and is a native of the Cape. 



9. Anthericum Canuliculatum ; Channelled Anthericum. 

 Leaves rather fleshy, hairy, sword-shaped, triquetrous, chan- 

 nelled on the narrow side ; scape simple ; filamenta gene- 

 rally smooth. It flowers in April. Native of the Cape. 



10. Anthericum Albucoides ; Striped-flowered Anthericum. 

 Leaves linear, channelled, smooth, with a cartilaginous 

 edge; scape simple; filamenta generally smooth. It flowers 

 in August. Native of the Cape. 



11. Anthericum Liliago; Grass-leaved Anthericum. Leaves 

 flat, channelled ; scape perfectly simple ; corollas flat ; pistil 

 bending down ; filamenta generally smooth. Native of 

 Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, and Denmark. 



12. Anthericum Liliastrum ; Savoy Anthericum, or Spider- 

 wort. Leaves flat, channelled ; scape perfectly simple ; co- 

 rollas bell-shaped ; stamina bending down ; filamenta gene- 

 rally smooth. There are two varieties of this plant. It 

 grows wild upon the mountains of Switzerland and Savoy. 



13. Anthericum Spirale. Scape spiral ; filamenta gene- 

 rally smooth. A leafless native of the Cape. 



14. Anthericum Frutescens ; Shrubby Anthericum. Leaves 

 fleshy, columnar; stem shrubby; filamenta bearded. Na- 

 tive of the Cape. 



15. Anthericum Alooides ; Aloe-leaved Anthericum. Leaves 

 fleshy, subulate, flattish ; filamenta bearded. It grows close 

 to the ground. Native of the Cape. 



16. Anthericum Asphodeloides ; Glaucous-leaved Antheri- 

 cum. Leaves fleshy, subulate, semicolumnar, upright and 

 stiff; filamenta bearded ; flowers yellow, growing on long 

 loose spikes. Native of the Cape. 



17. Anthericum Annuuin ; Annual Anthericum. Leaves 

 fleshy, subulate, columnar ; scape subracemed ; filamenta 

 bearded; flowers yellow. It is found at the Cape. 



18. Anthericum Hispidum ; Hairy-leaved Anthericum. 

 Leaves fleshy, compressed, hispid ; filamenta Uearded ; 

 flowers white ; anthera yellow. A native of the Cape. 



>. Anthericum Ossifragum ; Lancashire Anthericum, or 

 Asphodel. Leaves sword - shaped ; filamenta woolly. It grows 

 wild on the bogs of the northern countries of Europe ; and in 

 Lancashire, and other northern counties ; in Cambridgeshire, 

 in Norfolk, on Putney heath ; flowering in July and August. 

 _ 20. Anthericum Caliculatum. Leaves sword-shaped j pe- 

 rianths three-lobed; filamenta smooth ; flowers three-pis- 

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tilled. Grows wild in Lapland, Sweden, 'Denmark, Siberitt, 

 Switzerland, and in several places in Scotland. 



21. Anthericum Japonicum. Leaves sword-shaped, con 

 volute, smooth ; scape branching, angled ; flowers racemed, 

 nodding. Native of Japan, China, and Java. 



22. Anthericum Filiforme ; Thread-leaved Anthericum. 

 Leaves filiform, rather cylindric, rough ; filamenta smooth ; 

 petals lanceolate : perennial. It flowers in April. 



23. Anthericum Flexifolium. Leaves subulate, smooth, 

 flexuose ; stem branching. 



24. Anthericum Muricatum. Leaves fleshy, compressed, 

 muricated, streaked. 



25. Anthericum Latifolium. Leaves fleshy, wide, sword- 

 shaped, smooth; raceme very long; stem simple. 



26. Anthericum Cauda-felis. Leaves channelled, sword- 

 shaped, scape simple ; raceme oblong. 



27. Anthericum Triquetrum. Leaves filiform, triquetrous., 

 shorter than the simple scape ; raceme ovate. 



28. Anthericum Ciliatum. Leaves sword-shaped, fleshy, 

 sublriquetrous, ciliate; scape simple; raceme very long. 



29. Anthericum Falcatum. Leaves fleshy, sword-shaped;, 

 sickled, smooth ; stem branching, racemed. 



30. Anthericum Contortum. Leaves flat, sword-shaped; 

 stem branching; flowers very remote. 



31. Anthericum Scabrum. Leaves triquetrous, serrulate; 

 stern branching, rugged ; fruit-bearing peduncles, recurved. 



32. Anthericum Squameum. Scape imbricate, with mem- 

 branous tumid scales. The above species, from 22 to 31, 

 are all natives of the Cape. 



33. Anthericum Cirratum. Leaves lanceolate, flattish : 

 scape panicled; leaves bearded, bicirrate. Native of New 

 Zealand. 



34. Anthericum Adenanthera. Leaves linear, ensiform, 

 connate at the base ; a gland between the filament andanthcr. 

 Native of New Caledonia. 



Anlhesteria ; a genus of the class Polygamia, order Mo- 

 noecia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix-, glume four-valved, 

 three or four flowered ; valves equal, oblong, flat, blunt, 

 leathery, erect-expanding: hermaphrodite floscule, sessile ; 

 males pedicelled, very like the hermaphrodite. Corolla ; 

 glume two-valved ; valves lanceolate, acute, awnlcss, the outer 

 larger. Stamina : filamenta three, short, filiform ; antherae 

 oblong, erect. Pistil : in the hermaphrodite ; germen ob- 

 long, from the base a twisted awn; styles two; stigmas 

 club-shaped, hairy. Pericarp: none, except the closed calix. 

 Seed: oblong, smooth, marked with a furrow. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Calix : cleft at the base into four equal divi- 

 sions. There is only one species discovered, viz. 



1. Anthesteria Ciliata. Root annual ; culms many, a foot 

 high, branched, jointed, smooth, nodding a little ; raceme 

 terminating, leafy, decompound, nodding. 



Anthoceros-, a genus among the Algae, in the class Cryp- 

 togamia. 



Antholyza ; a genus of the class Triandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: spathes two-valved, 

 alternate, imbricate, separating the flowers, permanent. Cft- 

 rolla : petal one, gradually dilated from the tube into a com- 

 pressed ringent throat ; upper lip straight, slender, very long 

 furnished with two short divisions at the base; under lip 

 shorter, trifid. Stamina: filamenta long, slender, under the 

 upper lip ; anthers acute. Pistil : germen inferior ; style 

 filiform, situation and length of the upper stamina ; stigma 

 trifid, capillary, reflex. Pericarp: capsule roundish, three- 

 cornered, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds: many, triangu- 

 lar. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Corolla: tubular, irregular, 

 recurved. C..psu!e : inferior. Plants of this genus are propa- 

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