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ANTHEM IS 



ANTHOLYZA 



AA. Rays white. 

 B. Perennial; cult. 



nobilis, Linn. CHAMOMILE. Half-spreading and 

 much-branched herb, downy, the Ivs. very finely dis- 

 sected: pappus wanting, chaff of the receptacle blunt. 

 Var. grandifldra, Hort., is larger-fld. than the 



type, and sometimes 

 yellow-fid. A pleas- 

 ant-scented herb, 

 sometimes escaped 

 from cult. It yields 

 the medicinal chamo- 

 inile fls. of com- 

 merce. For medici- 

 nal purposes, the 

 heads (the single pre- 

 ferred) are cut as soon 

 as fully expanded, 

 and dried. Cult, also 

 as a hardy border 

 plant; often double. 



BB. Biennial or an- 

 nual; weeds. 

 arvensis, Linn. 

 Pubescent, not ill- 

 scented: Ivs. rather 

 coarsely 1-2 pin- 

 nately parted: pap- 

 pus a minute border: 

 heads 1 in. or more 

 across; the involucre 

 with broad, blunt 

 scarious marginal 

 edges; rays pistillate, 

 spreading, 2-toothed. 

 Not common and 

 rather coarse. 



C6tula, DC. MAY- 



219. Anthemis Cotula. (XH) WEED. DoO FENNEL. 



Fig. 219. A common 



weed along roadsides, ill-scented, growing 1-2 ft. high, 

 with finely dissected Ivs., neutral rays and many aster- 

 like fls. 1 in. across. 



A. AizAon, Griseb.=Achillea ageratifplia. Gn. 24:342. A. 

 ardbica, Linn.=CIadanthus. A. coron&ria, Hort.=Chrysanthe- 

 mum coronarium. A. floribiinda, Hort. Dwarf: Ivs. much dis- 

 sected: fl.-heads pure white. A. Biebersteini&na, Koch, is 

 found in some catalogues. It is an alpine plant with pinnate 

 Ivs., which are silvery, and yellow fls. Can be cult, only in the 

 alpine garden. L H B 



ANTHER: Flower. N - TAYLOR, f 



ANTHERICUM (Greek, flower hedge). Includes Pha- 

 langium. Liliacex. Non-bulbous liliaceous plants grown 

 in borders and cool greenhouses. 



Herbs, with tuber-like rhizomes, and racemes of 

 rather small, white, deep-cut fls.: perianth rotate; 

 anthers attached between their basal lobes, and the 

 locules many-ovuled in these characters differing 

 from Paradisea. Some 50 species, mostly African, but 

 a few in the western hemisphere. 



The anthericums are useful for lawn vases, for borders 

 that are protected in winter at the North, for green- 

 houses and also for growing under benches. Propaga- 

 tion naturally by stolons; increased also by division 

 and seeds. Of easiest culture. Give plenty of water 

 when in bloom. 



Liliago, Linn. ST. BERNARD'S LILY. Figs. 220, 221. 

 St. simple, 2-3 ft. high, bearing an open raceme of open- 

 spreading fls. 1 in. or less across, the segms. linear- 

 oblong: Ivs. long and narrow. S. Eu. and N. Afr. B.M. 

 914. Var. major, Sims, is larger in all its parts. B.M. 

 1635. 



ramdsum, Linn. St. branched : fls. somewhat smaller. 

 Eu. B.M. 1055. 



A. Bichetii, Hort. Lvs. flexible, variegated with white; elegant 

 habit. W. Trop. Afr. A. califtirnicum, Hort.=Chlorogalum 

 pomeridianum. A. Hdffmannii, Englcr. Free-flowering: TVS. 1 

 ft., 1 % in. broad, shining green : fls.-sts. scarcely exceeding the Ivs. : 

 fls. in dense panicles, star-shaped, white. E. Afr. A. Liliastrum, 

 Linn.=Paraaisea Liliastrum. A. picturatum, A. variegatum and 

 A. vitt&tum are garden names for Chlorophytum elatum. 



L. H. B. 



ANTHOL^ZA (name from the Greek, referring to 

 fancied shape of flower). Iridacex. Cormous plants of 

 the gladiolus kind, grown in the open for summer 

 bloom; red and yellow. 



Perianth long-tubular, curved, dilated above, the 

 uppermost segms. largest; stamens 3; style branched; 

 ovary 3-loculed. About 14 or more Cape and Trop. 

 African plants, with linear or sword-shaped Ivs. and 

 bright fls. in 2-sided spikes. Cult, the same as gladioli, 

 being taken up in the fall. The tubers are often started 

 in a frame or in the house before planting in the open. 



A. Perianth red; segms. very unequal. 



Cunonia, Linn. Corm small, globose: st. simple, 

 1 l/^ ft.: Ivs. about 4, linear, 1 ft. or less long: fls. 

 4-6, in a lax spike, bright red, tube an inch long, the 

 stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segm: seeds 

 discoid, winged. Cape. L.B.C. 20:1971 (as Anisanthes). 



caffra, Ker. Corm large, globose, long-necked: st. 



2 ft. or less: Ivs. narrow-linear, 1 ft.: fls. 12-20, in a lax 

 spike, bright red, tube 1-1 J^ in. long, stamens not 

 quite reaching tip of upper segm.: seeds 3-angled, 

 narrowly winged. Cape. Has been hybridized with 

 gladiolus. 



AA. Perianth red and yellow; segms. less unequal. 



asthiopica, Linn. (A. ringens, Andr.). Corm large, 

 globose: st. branched, 3-4 ft.: Ivs. several, sword-shaped, 

 1 in. broad and 1-1% ft. long: spikes 6-9 in. long, 

 rather dense; fls. 1^-2 in. long, red-yellow; stamens 

 reaching to the tip of the upper segm.: seeds turgid, 

 not winged. Cape. B.M. 561. Var. minor, Lindl. 

 (A. Ucolor, Gasp.). Dwarf: Ivs. narrow: fls. red at top, 

 pale yellow below. B.R. 1159. Var. vittigera, Baker, 

 (var. ringens, Nichols.). Tall as the type: fls. bright 

 yellow, striped red. B.M. 1172. Var. immarginata, 

 Baker. Fls. red, with dull yellow. 



paniculata, Klatt. Corm large, globose: st. stout, 

 much branched, 3-4 ft.: Ivs. lanceolate, oblique, 2 ft. 

 or less long, to 3 in. broad: spikes dense, many-fld., 

 with wavy rachis; fls. bright 

 red-yellow, tube curved, to 

 1% in- Jong, upper segm. 

 ligulate. Natal. Var. major, 

 Hort. A form with larger 

 Ivs. and fls. 



crocosmioides, Hort. 

 Said to be a hybrid of A. 

 paniculata and Crocosmia: 



3 ft.: spikes branching; fls. 

 brilliant orange-red, shaded 

 to gold. 



A. abysslnica, Brongn. Corm 

 globose, 1 in. diam.: st. 2 ft. 

 or less: Ivs. 3-4, linear, 1 ft. 

 long: spike simple, few-fld.; fls. 

 bright red, the curved tube 1 in. 

 long. Abyssinia. A. quadrangu- 

 l&ris, Burm. (Gladiolus quad- 

 rangularis, Ker.). Corm large, 

 globose, plant stoloniferous: st. 

 slender, 2-3 ft.: Ivs. 2-3, narrow: 

 spike very lax, 2-4 fld. ; fls. bright 

 red and yellow, tube 2 in. long. 

 Cape. A. Schweinfiirthii, Baker. 

 St. terete. 1 ft. to spike: Ivs. 5 to 

 6, grass-like, 6 in. long: spike 

 simple and lax, many-fld. ; fls. 

 bright red shading to yellow, 

 about 1 Yi in. long, the tube 

 curved and dilated. Abyssinia. 

 B.M. 7709. 



L. H. B. 220. Anthericum Liliago. 



