ANACARDIUM 



roasting being highly irritant. The tree yields a gum 

 which is the basis of a varnish, being used to protect 

 books and woodwork from the ravages of white ants and 

 other insects. The tree grows 20-40 ft. high. L. H. B. 



ANAGALLIS -(Greek, meaning di-lijlilfiil). Pihimlit- 

 cece. Pimpernel. A*nual, bienni:il 'h ]. i. inii:i! I" rbs 

 cult, in tlje open. In Amer. only tin- :i: mil- 



generally known. Fls. axillary: Iv-. s. 



These are easily grown in a warm soil, mm -. ... ., , illy 

 being sown where the plants are to grow. Tin (.muiiials 

 are prop, by division and are grown in glass houses, or 

 well protected if grown in the open. 



arv^nsis, Linn. Poor Man's Weathek-glass. Spread- 

 ing and low : Ivs. ovate, pale, shorter than peduncles : 

 fis. small, red to white, the petals fringed with glandular 

 teeth. Annual. Eu.— Often runs wild. Pis. said to 

 close on the approach of rain. 



Var. caertllea, Neilr. (A. cmrulea. Lam.). Blue fls. 

 Supposed to be more tender. 



linifdlia, Linn. More upright, a foot high : Ivs. linear 

 or lanceolate : fls. J^in. in diam., blue. Many named 

 varieties, in various colore Biid b:i)nts. Hifmii;il "r per- 

 ennial, but most of til.' ■■niiHi ,1 An.i.'iitli-, - I.I v:ir.l,iis 

 are supposed to b" : , , , : .1 An- 



drews (blue annu;f: ,1 . ~ > n. 



greenKouse); A. Mr":. I,,.n. .1.1.,.. -r. . i.li..i:-i- 1 ; 

 A. Wihnorcdva, Hook (purple).' S. Eu. :uul N. Atr. 

 B.M. 319, 831 (as A. fruticosa), 3380. -The biennial 

 forms often cult, in cool greenhouses. l, jj. g 



ANANAS (modified from aboriginal S. Amer. name). 

 Written also .4na)!assa. Bromelidcew. Stove herbs, al- 

 lied to the Billbergias, and demanding the same general 

 treatment. As ornamental suhiects. grown mostly for 

 the rosette of rigid Ivs. and tlie strauire often colored 

 head of fleshy fls., which arr 'i .1. ii, ■:. nli i;-tamens and 



one style. The ripe bead i^ . .1 ^ 1 !;.■ thickened 



rachis, In which the fleshy 1 .'.rd, and the 



flesliy pi-r-isti-nt bracts; in lii.. i.n.. :i;.i.|. . the fls. are 

 al...iM>i. I'l.:.. by the leafy crown or topknot, by 

 ■=ir . ..r l»y small offsets from the base : these 



ar. ,■ lings, being rooted in sand with bottom 



li.i.i. . :• :i. I i >. set directly in the field. Monogr. by 

 Mez, L><_ .. .Mouugr. Phaner. 9. 



sativus, Schult. f. Pineapple, which see for field cul- 

 ture. Fig. 83. Plant producing a single shaft 2-4 ft; 

 high, and when 12-20 mos. old bearing a head or pine- 

 apple, on the top of which is a rosette of stiff Ivs. : Ivs. 

 long and sword-shaped, stiff, more or less rough-edged. 

 The same stalk does not bear a second time, but a new 

 shoot may arise from the same root and bear another. 



sucker nr .i....v:i, an.) i;i ..,\ m::- a n.-w Jilalit. Anier. 



tropics. I'..'.i ! r. i;, l.'-l Ti.. r.. i< ; ntmon 



cult, form . :■ I- ■•'.', Willi -1 ii|i.il Ivs. 



\m;:i..::,. . ■ .1 ii.d Ivs. witli a yellow central 



li,i. I . ' ■< . Hort.. is another form (in- 



tr..., . . .1 '. r, .. : ,'. Manila, 1891). 



1 ', ' ' - - ;i showy species with red heads, 



.ill ilu' t.r. - !...l, spiny and prominent . Braz. 



B..M. :.a-.-. ; _ , as aformof A. satiTOs.-.l.mac- 



ANDROMEDA 



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L. H. 



ANAPHAUS (Greek name of a plant). Compbsitw. 

 Everlasting. Much like Antennaria, but differs in the 

 pappus-bristles of the staminate fls. not being thickened 

 (these are thickened upwards in that genus) and the 

 St. leafy. Hardy border plant ; useful for immortelles. 



margariticea, Benth. & Hook. A foot or two high, 

 with many corjmibose heads, white : Ivs. sessile, linear- 

 lanceolate, long-pointed : involucre pearly white, hence 

 the value of the plant as an everlasting. N. states. 



ANABRHlNXTM (snoiMess). Scropliulariclcea. A 

 dozen biennials and perennials of S. Eu. and N. Afr. 

 Allied to Antirrhinum, but not cult, in this 

 Fls. small, in spike-like racemes, white or blue. 



ANASTATICA. See Hesurrection Plant. 



ANCHtrSA (aiichoiisa. a paint for the skin). £..ra- 

 (jiiiAceie. Alkanet. Hardy plants, with fls. blue or pur- 

 ple, in panicled scorpioid racemes, the corolla truinpet- 

 shaped and the throat closed by scales. Of easy cult, in 

 sunny position. Prop, by seed generally. 





83 Ananas sativus (pmeapple) 



A. Fls. small, like forget-me-nots. 



Barrelidri, Vilm. Perennial: height 2 ft. : Ivs. ovate- 

 lanceolate, smaller and shorter than in A. Italica : fls. 

 with a white tube and pink throat. May. Eu. and Asia 

 Minor. B.M. 2349. — Valued for its earliness, and for cut 

 fls. The least common of the three species. 



Cap6iisis, Thunb. Biennial : height 1% ft. : Ivs. nar- 

 rowly lanceolate and less hispid than in A. Italica : fls. 

 red-margined, with a white throat ; buds red ; calyx in- 

 flated after the fl. has withered ; divisions short, obtuse. 

 June-Sept. Cape of Good Hope. B.M. 1822. -Fine for 

 cut fls. Often winter-killed, but seeds itself freely. 

 AA. Fls. large. 



Itilica, Retz. Perennial: height 3-5 ft.: Ivs. largest 

 of the three species here coutra-.tid. ovate-lanceolate, 

 rough, shining; radical ■■ins s.nnrtimes 2 ft. long. 

 Mediterranean. B.M.2l'.i7. L.H.i '. 14 : 1383. -If not al- 

 lowed to go til seed, will lil.H.ni .■. .iii inuously from June 

 to S..|i!. '( ■..11)111. . I). '-r :;i..i I.. ri,,.i.. i.. -I sijecies. 



difl.' 





angiistifolia. - 1 ' y ovate: 



lower ones ptii.. . ' . 1 . ■ i.'.l at the 



base. Eu. Est....,,.. .: .ii I ,,.1,... , ,. k,,,,,. ,,„1W.M. 



ANDtEA (Brazilian name). Zcguminosw. Nearly 30 

 species of tropical Amer. trees, with conspicuous fls. in 

 racemes. Two or three species are sometimes cult, in 

 hothouses in the Old World. 



ANDRCMEDA (Greek mythological name). Frici- 

 eew. Low shrub, quite glabrous : Ivs. small, evergreen, 

 entire, short-petioled : fls. pedicelled, in terminal umbels; 

 corolla globose-urceolate, with 10 included stamens : 

 capsule splitting into 5 carpels, with numerous very small 

 seeds. One species through the northern hemisphere ; 

 in America from Penn. northward, and Alaska. Low, 



