in Extra-Tropical Countries. 33 



saccliaratus may be only an extreme form of A. Sorghum. In Cen- 

 tral Australia it ripens within three months (Rev. H. Kempe). A 

 kind of beer called " Merisa " is prepared from the seed. Many 

 others of the numerous species of Andropogon, from both hemispheres, 

 deserve our attention. 



Anemone Pulsatilla, Linne". 



Europe and Northern Asia. On limestone-soil. This pretty 

 perennial herb is of some medicinal importance. 



Angophora intermedia, De Candolle. 



South-Eastern Australia. This is one of the best of the 

 Angophoras, attaining a large size, and growing with the rapidity of 

 an Eucalyptus, but being more close and shady in its foliage. It 

 would be a good tree for lining public roads and for sheltering plan- 

 tations. Exudes much kino. The Rev. J. Tennison- Woods states, 

 that it is not rarely over 150 feet high, that the wood is hard and 

 very tough, bearing dampness well, but that the many kino-veins 

 lessen its usefulness. Carefully selected, it can be employed in car- 

 penters' and wheelwrights' work. Mr. Kirton observes, that a single 

 tree of this species or of A. lanceolata, will yield as much as two 

 gallons of liquid kino. Timber useful, when extra-toughness is to 

 be combined with lightness (Reader). A lanceolata (Cavanilles) of 

 the same geographic region is a closely allied species. Flowers of all 

 Angophoras much frequented by the honey-bee (Ch. French). 



Angophora subvelutina, F. v. Mueller. 



Queensland and New South Wales. Attains a height of 100 feet- 

 The wood is light and tough, soft while green, very hard when dry, 

 used for wheel-naves, yokes, handles and various implements; it burns 

 well and contains a large proportion of potash (C. Hartmann). 



Anona Cherimolia, Miller. 



Ecuador to Peru. One of the " Custard-Apples." This shrub or 

 tree might be tried in frostless forest- valleys, where humidity and rich 

 soil will prove favorable to its growth. It is hardy in the mildest coast- 

 regions of Spain, also in Chili. It yields the Cherimoyer-fruit. The 

 flowers are very fragrant. A. muricata L. (the Sour Sop), A. 

 squamosa L. and A. sericea Dunal (the Sweet Sop) and A. reticulata 

 (the Custard- Apple), all natives of the Antilles, can probably only 

 under exceptionally favorable conditions be grown in any extra-tropic 

 countries, though they produce fruits still in Florida. 



Anthemis nobilis, Linne". 



The true " Chamomile." Middle and Southern Europe, Northern 

 Africa. A well-known medicinal plant, frequently used as edgings 

 for garden-plots. Flowers in their normal state are preferable for 

 medicinal use to those, in which the ray florets are produced in in- 

 creased numbers. They contain a peculiar volatile oil and two acids, 

 similar to angelic and valerianic acid. Hardy in Norway to lat. 

 63 52' (Schuebeler). 



