ANTHEMIS 



ANTHEMIS (Greek name of the chaaiomile). Com- 

 p6sit<r. Chamomile. Pyrethrum-like heavy-scented 

 plants, annual, biennial or perennial, members of a 

 large, Old World temperate-region genus. Heads many- 

 flowered, the disk yellow, the rays white and yellow and 

 (in the common cult, species) pistillate, the receptacle 

 conical and chaffy, the akenes terete or ribbed, and 

 either naked or bearing a minute crown : Ivs. pinnately 

 dissected. Two or three of the species are weeds 

 Others are excellent border plants. The true chamo 

 mile is a medicinal plant. The hardy perennial species, 

 which alone are grown in this country, are easilj 

 handled in the border, where they bloom from midsum 

 mer till frost. They thrive in almost any soil, but need 

 full exposure to sun. Prop, by seeds or division of the 

 clumps, usually the latter. 



A. Sans normally yelloir. 



tinctoria, Linn. Golden Margiekite. Of buvh> 

 habit, 2-3 ft., with angular st. and piiniatrly .IiM.l.d. 

 and again pinnatifid or cut-toothed Iv^,. i,u'\ Iihl:.'. ilaisy- 

 like, golden yellow lis. (1-2 in. acr.."i. J. A . ./w.,//, 

 Hort. (or var. Kilwayi, Hort.), ha.s lin.-i-.ut l..liai.'i- and 

 deeper yellow fls. There is also a palu-raytd var. Gn. 

 52:1149.— An excellent hardy borderplant, and useful at 

 the same time for cut fls. 



aa. Bays white. 



B. Pmnnial; cultivated. 



n6bili3, Linn. Chamomile. Half-spreadingandmuch- 

 branched, downy, the Ivs. very tinely dissected : pappus 

 wanting, chaff of the receptacle blunt.— A pleasant- 

 scented herb, sometimes escaped from cult. It yields the 

 medicinal chamomile fls. of commerce. For medicinal 

 purposes, the heads (the single preferred) are cut as 

 soon as fully expanded, and dried. Cult, also as a hardy 

 border plant ; often double. 



aryfensis, Linn. Pubescent, not ill-scented; Ivs. rather 

 coarsely 1-2 pinnately parted : pappus a minute border: 

 heads 1 in. or more across: rayspistillate. — Not common. 



C6tula, DC. Mat-weed. A common weed along road- 

 sides, ill-scented, growing a foot or two high, with finely 

 dissected Ivs., neutral rays, and many aster-like fls. 1 in. 

 across. 



A. Aizoon, Griseb.^Achillea ageratifolia.— A. A rdbica. Linn. 

 •— Cladanthus.— .i. corondria, Hort.=Chrysanthemum coro- 

 °''"™- L. H. B. 



ANTHER, ^ee Flower. 



ANTHfiElCUM (Greek, flower hedge). Includes Pha- 

 langiiim. Liliiicew. Herbs, with tuber-like rhizomes, 

 and racemes of rather small, white, deep-cut fls. : peri- 

 anth rotate ; anthers attached between their basal lobes, 

 and the locales many-ovuled— in these characters differ- 

 ing from Paradisea. Grown in borders, where the roots 

 should have a cover of leaves or litter in winter ; also 

 in pots and under benches in coolhouses. Useful for 

 lawn vases. Prop, naturally by stolons ; increased also 

 by division and seeds. Of easiest culture. Give plenty 

 of water when in bloom. A. Liliastrum, St. Bruno's 

 Lily, will be found under Paradisea. A.picttiratum, ra- 

 riegatum and vitfatum will be found under Chlorophy- 

 timi. A.Califomicumoi some catalogues perhaps be- 

 longs to Chlorophytum. 



Liliigo, Linn. St. Bernard's Lilt. Fig. 95. Stem 

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

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

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

 9U. Var. major, Sims, is larger in all its parts. B.M.1635. 



ramdsum, Linn. {A. graminifblium, Hort.). Stem 

 branched : fls. somewhat smaller. Eu. B.M. 1055. 



L. H. B. 



ANTHOLtZA (name from the Greek, of no particu- 

 lar application). IridAcece. About 20 Cape and Trop. 

 African cormous plants, with linear or sword-shaped 

 Ivs. and bright fls. in 2-sided spikes. Perianth long- 

 tubular, curved, dilated above, the uppermost segments 

 largest : stamens 3 : style branched : ovary 3-loculed. 

 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. See Baker, Irideas. 



ANTHURIUM 



71 



a. Perianth red, segments very unequal. 



Cundnia, Linn. Corm small: st. simple, 1-1 >$ ft.: 



Ivs. about 4, linear, 1 ft. or less long : fls. 4-6, in a 



lax spike, bright red, an inch long, the stamens reaching 



to the tip of the upper segment. Cape. L.B.C. 20: 1971. 



95. Stolon of Anthericum Lilia^o. 



C4ffra, Banks. Coi-m large : st. 2 ft. or less : Ivs. nar- 

 row-linear, 1 ft. : fls.12-20, in a lax spike, bright red, 1-lH 

 in. long, stamens not quite reaching tip of upper segment. 

 Cape. — Has been hybridized with gladiolus. 

 aa. Perianth red and yellow, segments less unequal. 



.ffithiopica, Linn. Corm large : st. branched, 3-4 ft.: 

 Ivs. several, sword-shaped, 1 in. broad and 1-lH ft. long: 

 spike 6-9 in. long, rather dense : fls. VA-2 in. long, red 

 and yellow ; stamens reaching to the tip of the upper 

 segment. Cape. B.M. 561. 



Var. minor, Lindl. {A.blcolor, Gasp.). Dwarf: Ivs. 

 narrow : fls. red at top, pale yellow below. 



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. 

 L. H. B. 



ANTHOXANTHUM [inUow-nower, from the Greek). 

 Graminea. A. odoraliim, Linn., of the temperate parts 

 of the Old World, is the 

 Sweet Vernal Grass. It is 

 a perennial, of low growth, 

 very early bloom, and 

 sweet odor when mown. 

 It is used in mixtures of 

 pasture grasses, and is also 

 spontaneous in the E. 

 states in pastures, mead- 

 ows, and along roads. A . 

 Puilii, Lee. & Lamotte. 

 is an annual species, of 

 smaller size, sometimes 

 used in forage mixtures. 



ANTHtlElUM (Greek, 

 tail • flower) . A ro 1 d e a- . 

 Tropical herbs, of 200 or 

 more species, cult, mostly 

 in stoves, grown for the 

 showy spathes and spadi- 

 ces or for foliage. Spathe 

 usually spreading or even 

 reflexed, only rarely par- 

 tially enclosing the spadix. 

 Differs from Alocasia and 

 allied genera in technical 

 characters. Monogr. by 

 Engler in DeCandolle's 

 MonographiEB Phanero- 

 gamarum, Vol. 2 ( 1879) . 



Propagation is effected by .suckers or cuttings of the 

 rhizome inserted in .small pots containing a mixture of 

 peat fiber, chopped sphagnum moss and silver sand in 



m Scherzenanum. 



