ANACARDIUM 



roasting being higlily irritant. The tree yields a gum 

 w'iiich is the basis of a varnish, being used to protect 

 booiis and woodwork from the ravages of white ants and 

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



ANAGALLIS (Greeli, meaning delightful). Primuld- 

 <-eri-. Pi.MPERNEL. Anuual, biennial or perennial herbs 

 cult, in the open. In Amer. only the anuual species arc 

 generally known. Fls. axillary : Ivs. in pairs or 3's. 

 These are easily grown in a warm soil, the seed usually 

 l.ein^'s.iwii wlHretliejilaiitsartln grow. The perennials 



arv6nsis,Liuii. 1'oouM.\n's\Vkather-gi,ass. Spread- 

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

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

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

 close on the approach of rain. 



Var. caeriUea, Neilr (A cm-iilea. Lam ) Blue fl« 

 Supposed to be more tender 



liniffilia, Linn. More upright a foot high Ivs linear 

 or lanceolate : fls. ^im in <ln>ii line ^U\\^ ii mied 

 varieties, in various colors m I I i ii I i i i 1 i | i 

 ennial, but most of the niim n 



are supposed to be forms ( i i i \u 



drews (blue annual). Ail ^ h u i \ m li ii 



greenhouse); A. Moiilli, Lain 

 A. Wilmoredna, Hook (purple) 

 B.M. 319, 831 (as ^ ■ ' 



(bhit f,re. iiliimse) 

 S Eu and N Afi 

 3380 -The hienni i 





cult. 



L cool greenhouses 



L n B 



ANANAS (modified fiom aboriginal b Amer name) 

 Written also il««)iass(t Btomehutece Stove herbs ai 

 lied to the Billbergias, and demanding the same general 

 treatment. As ornamental subjects, grown mostly foi 

 the rosette of rigid Ivs. and the strange often colored 

 head of fleshy lis., which are 6-cleft, with 6 stamens and 

 one style. The ripe head is composed of the thickened 

 rachis, in which the fleshy berry is imbedded, and the 

 fleshy persistent bracts ; in the pineapple, the fls. are 

 abortive. Prop, by the leafy crown or topknot, by 

 strong suckers, or by small offsets from the base : these 

 are treated as cuttings, being rooted in sand with bottom 

 heat, or in the S. set directly in the field. Monogr. by 

 Mez, DC, Monogr. Phaner. 9. 



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

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

 high, and when 12-20 iiios. „l,l bearing a head or pine- 



Thesame\tal'k .l!'.!-' liM hrar'a'-'c ,'■!!, ,,1 uuu\ r,,!l'ai,''iv 



Better results are usually secured liy severing the 

 sucker or crown, and growing a new plant. Amer. 

 tropics. B.M. 1554. B.R. 1081. -There is a common 

 cult, form (var. variegalii or strnlifdlia ) , with striped Ivs. 

 Gn. 51, p. 57. A.Pnrf, ./«</.<. Ku.Ii. is a formof ^. sad'riis, 

 with olive-green, shai|. -|iiii.Ml Iv-. with a yellow central 

 'lis,.-!. IImii., is another form (in- 



.\ . i.r.iri. <}h,.y. s, imit. t',. is a showy species with red heads, 

 a1! ■' ' I ■- ■ ■ ill:,' elongated, spiny and prominent. Braz. 

 l: M ■: :; •..l..! l.y Mez as a form of A. sativus.-4.mM- 

 " "' I \i ■ like a Bromelia. has large toothed bracts. 



I'l.i - 1 M..ni,'.'niiA. Hort., a form of A. sativus probably, 

 lias vanesxate.l spineless Ivs. L, ^ ^ 



ANAFHALIS (Greek name of a plant). CompisiUe. 

 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. 



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

 witli many euryiubose heads, white : Ivs. sessile, linear- 

 ianeeulate, I(.iii,'-].ointed : involucre pearly white, hence 

 tie- vahp- lit tlie plant as an everlasting. N. states. 



ANARRHiNUM (snoutless). Scrophulariiceoe. A 

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

 Allied to Antirrhinum, but not cult, in tl " 

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



ANASTATICA. See Resurreetioii Plant.i. 



ANDROMEDA 01 



ANCHtlSA (anchousa, a paint for the skin). Bora- 

 gindceo!. Alkanet. Hardy plants, with fls. blue or pur- 

 ple, in panicled scorpioid racemes, the corolla trumpet- 

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

 sunny position. Prop, by seed generally. 



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



BarreliArl, 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 

 Hs. The hast common of the three species. 



Capensis, Thunb. Biennial: height IK ft. : Ivs. nar- 

 rowly hiiir.nhite and less hispid than in A. Italica : fls. 

 leil-iiiaru^iiied, 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. 

 A A. Fls. large. 



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

 of the three species here contrasted, ovate-lanceolate, 

 rough, shining ; radical ones sometimes 2 ft. long. 

 Mediterranean. B.M. 2197. L.B.C. 14: 1383.-lf not al- 

 lowed to go to seed, will bloom continuously from June 

 to Sept. Commonest and perhaps best species. 



A.Agdrdhii.liehTa. Lvs. linear. Siberia. Rare.- 4. myoso(i- 

 difl&ra. Lehm. Lvs. large : raiiieal ones long-petiolate, cordate- 

 reniform : eauliii. <.ii.^ v.. -Mr, n\-a\. Siberia, Caucasus.— 4. 

 o/^teina/is. LiiiTi \ .' r.,.......]..,.. ■ radical ones clustered : fls. 



opening in pairs -im. i' I i i^.M. 1897 is A. ofifieinahs var. 

 angustitolia. — .1 l.ian- Lvs. broadly ovate; 



lowerones peti.ilini i p.m. , -Imrt, generally bracted at the 

 base. Eu. Esteemed in i ranee. J. B. KELLER and W. M. 



ANDtSA (Brazilian name). Leguminbsce. Nearly 30 

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

 racemes. Two or three species are 

 hothouses in the Old World. 



ANDR6MEDA (Greek mythological name). Erica- 

 cea. Low shrub, quite glabrous: lvs. 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, 



