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herbarium proves Mr. Brown's fufpicion to be correft, of 

 Ballota dijlicha being the fame plant. T\\e feeds well anfwer 

 10 the generic character of Amfomeks, being beautifully 

 poblhed, elliptical, of a Ihining black. 



Thefe plants, at leaft; the three New Holland fpecies, 

 feem moft allied to Teucrlum Iva md. faHc'tfoHum of Linnaeus, 

 now removed to Ajuga. The muflvy odour of the firft fpecies 

 is found in Ajuga Iva, whence a fmgular variety of that 

 plant, with regular flowers, being taken by Forfl<all for a 

 new genus, received the name of Moscharia. (See that 

 article.) The elliptical form of the leaves in Anifomeles 

 mofchata, rare in this natural order, agrees nearly with the 

 Linnaean Teucrium Laxmanni, which is likewife an Ajuga. 

 See Teucrium. 



ANISOPOGON, from aviTof, unequal, and -zuiyi^v, a 

 beard, alluding to the inequality and diflimilarity of the 

 awns. — Browii Prodr. Nov. Holl, v. I. 176. — Clafs and 

 order, Triandria Digynia. Nat. Ord. Gramlna. 



EfT. Ch. Calyx of two lax, membranous, ribbed, equal 

 valves, fingle-flowered. Corolla ftalked, of two valves ; 

 cuter cylindrically involute, three-awned at the top, the 

 middle awn twifted, the lateral ones brift;le-(haped ; inner 

 longer, unawned. 



I. A. avenaceus. Oat -like Anifopogon. — Native of the 

 neighbourhood of Port Jackfon, New South Wales. A 

 grafs three feet high, refembhng an Avena. (See that 

 article. ) Stems unbranched. Leaves involute, wth a fringed 

 Jlipula. Pankle loofe. Calyx-glumes large. The outer valve 

 of the corolla is filky, connefted with its awn by an obfolete 

 joint. A fmall brittle, at the bafe of the inner valve, indi- 

 cates this genus to be more ftxidlly allied to DANTHoyiA, 

 (fee that fupplementary article,) than to Aristida, which 

 latter the reader will find in its proper place. 



ANKER. Add — An anker of brandy contains 10 gallons. 

 It is alfo a liquid meafure not only at Amllerdam, but at 

 Copenhagen, Hamburgh, and other places. (See Vat.) 

 At Copenhagen, a fuder of wine contains 2 pipes = 4 ox- 

 kofts ^ 6 ahms ; the ahm or tierce being =1 4 ankers = 

 40 ilubgens = 77^ kannes = 155 pots = 620 pocles. A 

 ftuckfafs is = 7^ ahms =: 30 ankers : 32 pots hold the 

 weight of a Daniih cubic foot of water, each being 6i 

 Danilh inches high, 3^ ditto wide, and containing 64 cubic 

 inches: 55 Danifn pots, or 27^ Danilb kannes = 14 Eng- 

 lifh gallons, and an ahm = 39^ gallons nearly. The ahm 

 at Hamburgh is the fixth part of the fuder, and is = 4 

 ankers = 5 eimers = 20 viertels = 40 ilubgens = 160 

 quartiers = 320 oeffels. See Measure. 



ANN, Queen, in Geography, a county of Mar^dand, con- 

 taining 36,648 inhabitants, of whom 6381 are flaves. 



ANNA, a money of account in India. See Rupee. 



ANNAPOLIS Royal, 1. 13, for ftem r. ftern. 



ANN-ARUNDEL, 1. 4, r. 26,668; 1. 5, r. 12,693. 



ANNONA, in Botany, (fee our former article,) is a 

 name of barbarous origin, made into Latin by Luuiseus, in 

 allufion, as he tells us in Hort. CUff. 222, to the value of 

 the fruit, as yielding a grateful harveft or crop, annona, to 

 the people where it grov.'s. Anona is generally fuppofed to 

 have been the original word, and is accordingly retained by 

 the French fchcol. But by Bauhin's Pinax, Annona appears 

 to have full as authentic claims, on the fcore of priority, as 

 Anona. The latter is moreover a Portuguefe corruption of 

 the original Anon, which Clufius taking from Oviedo, makes 

 Anon, Anonis. Ancna, x, is very incorreft. We truft our 

 learned friends in Frarxe will not infill on fuch an inaccu- 

 racy, any more than on their great countryman Plumier's 

 nam.e, Guanaoar.us, which ttiey have commendably rejefted, 

 though of older authority than Lmnaeus or Juflleu. — Linn. 



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Gen. 279. Schreb. 374. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 2. 1264, Mart 

 Mill. Dicl. V. I. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 3. 333. Juff. 283 

 De Cand. Syft. v. i. 466. " Dunal Monogr. 58." La 

 marck Did. v. 2. 123. Illuftr. t. 494. Girtn. t. 138, 

 (Guanabanus; Plum. Gen. 42. t. 10.) — Clafs and order. 

 Polyandria Polygynia. Nat. Ord. Coadunatt, Linn. Anont. 

 JufT. Anonacea, De Cand. 



E(r. Ch. Calyx in three^-Kiore or Icfs deep, concave 

 fomewhat heart-fhaped, fharpilh lobes. Petals fix, thicjtilh 

 the three innermoft fmaller or wanting. Anthers numerous, 

 nearly feffile, covering the receptacle ; angular and dilated 

 at the fummit. Germens numerous, coalefcing into a fingle 

 feflile berry, whofe coat is either tubercular, fcaly, or reticu- 

 lated, the internal fubilance pulpy, furrounded with nume- 

 rous, fingle-feeded cells. De CandoUc. 



N.B. In our former article, line 1 2, read (or a compound 

 berry, as in Ruhus). 



The fpecies are trees or (hrubs, whofe bark is often reti- 

 culated, glandular, and aromatic. Leaves undivided, fome- 

 times befprinkled with pellucid dots. Flower-Jialks either 

 axillary, or oppofite to the leaves, often foUtarj-, bearing 

 one or more Jloiuers, fometimes accompanied by fmall 

 braSsas. 



Obf. Very rarely the calyx has four lobes. The inner 

 petals are occafionally imperfeA. 



Twenty-feven fpecies are defined by De Candolle, but of 

 thefe five are marked as imperfectly known. They are 

 difpofed in five feftions, by the (hape and confiftence of 

 their petals. 



Seft. I. Petals concave, thick, rather coriaceous, either 

 heart-Jhaped or ovate. Eleven fpecies, fubdivided as follows. 



* Outer petnls acute ; inner ones obtufe, and rather 

 fmaller. Sp. I — 4. 



** Outer petals obtufe. Sp. 5. 



*** Petals all acute ; inner ones rather the fmalleft. Sp. 

 6 — 1 1. 



A concife view of the fpecies will be fufficient, follovnng 

 the numbers of De Candolle. 



1. A. muricata. (See Annona n. 1.) Linn. Sp. PI. 756. 

 Jacq. Obf. fafc. i. 10. t. 5. (Zuurfack ; Merian Sarin, 

 t. 14.) — Leaves ovato-lanceolate, fmooth, fomewhat Ihin- 

 ing. Stalks folitary, fingle-flowered. Outer petals heart- 

 fhaped, pointed ; inner obtufe. Fruit armed vnth fleftiy 

 pointed tubercles. — Native of South America and the Weft 

 Indies. The Jto^wers are large, yellow. Fruit as big as a 

 large pear, green or yellow, much etteemed. 



2. A. purpurea. " Dtinal Monogr. 64. t. 2." — Leaves 

 nearly fefiile, lanceolate ; rather rully beneath. Flowers 

 axillary, almoil feffile. Outer petals heart-fhaped, acute ; 



inner roundifh Found in Mexico. Fruit unknown. Outer 



petals yellowiih-brown ; inner purple. 



3. A. Humboldtii. " Ibid. 64. t. 3." — Leaves oblong, 

 pomted, fmooth, {lightly dotted. Stalks axillary, folitary, 

 Ihort, fingle-flowered. Outer petals ovate, fomewhat heart- 

 ihaped, acute ; inner bluntilh. — Found by Humboldt and 

 Bonpland, in the South American pro'/ince of Cumana. A 



Jhrub. Flotvers yellowifh, dotted \vith purple and red. 



4. A. laurijclia. "Ibid. 65. (Anona, &c. ; Cate/b. 

 Carol. V. 2. t. 67.") — Leaves ovato-lanceolate, fmooth. 

 Stalks folitary, fingle-flowered, drooping. Outer petals 

 heart -Ihaped, acute ; inner rounded. Fruit fmooth, obovate. 

 — Native of South America, and fome parts of the Weft 

 Indies. Ou/cr /i^/^j large, green ; inn/r white, /"rui/ green, 

 fhaped like an inverted pear. 



5. A. obtufijlora. " TulTac Antill. t. 28. Dunal Monogr. 

 65." — Leaves oblong-lanceolate, wavy, pointed, copjoufly 

 ribbed ; the young ones downy. Stalks axillar)-, fingle- 



T t flowered. 



