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ANISOMELES. A genus of Lohir.irc, 

 containing eight sppcies, natives of South- 

 eastern Asia, the Mauritius, and tropical 

 Australia. They are herbaceous plants, 

 having the habit of Stachys. The terminal 

 verticiilasters are dense and many-flowered, 

 or lax and few-flowered ; the axillary are 

 few-flowered. The calyx is ovate, tubular, 

 and five-toothed. The corolla is the same 

 length as the tube of the calyx : its upper 

 lip is erect, oblong, and entire; the lower lip 

 has the two lateral lobes, ovate and obtuse, 

 the middle one emarginate and bifid. The 

 stamens, four in number, are longer than 

 the upper lip. The style is bifid at the 

 apex. A. malabaricus has the reputation 

 of being a tonic and febrifuge, and is so 

 used by the natives of India, [W. C] 



ANISOMERIA. A genus of Phytolacca- 

 cece, containing a single species from 

 Chili. It is so nearly related to Phytolacca 

 that it is generally considered as a sub- 

 genus, differing from the true Phytolacca 

 in the inequality of the lobes of the calyx, 

 the ascending stamens, and the absence of 

 an elevated central axis, leaving the ova- 

 ries free at their inner edge. [W. C] 



ANISOMEROUS. When the parts of a 

 flower are unequal in number. The same 

 as Unsymmetrical. 



ANTSOPTERA. Agenus of Dipterocarpew, 

 containing six species of trees, natives 

 of the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago. 

 They are nearly related to JDipterocarpus, 

 but differ from it in having alternate 

 leaves, and in the stamens, twenty-five 

 in number, having their short filaments 

 united together at the base. [W. C] J 



ANISOTES. A genus of Lythracece, ! 

 founded on the Brazilian Lythrum anoma- 1 

 lum, which differs from Lythrum in having 

 irregular flowers, the upper pair of petals 

 being much larger than the rest, and the 

 stamens only six. [J. T. S.] 



ANISOTOMA. A genus of Asclepiadacece I 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, consisting of ; 

 climbing herbs, with heart-shaped or kid- 

 ney-shaped leaves, and small lateral umbels 

 of subsessile flowers having a downy co- 

 rolla. [T. M.] 



ANISOTOME. A genus of TJmbelliferce, 

 containing three or four species, natives 

 of Auckland and Campbell Islands. They 

 are amongst the largest and noblest plants 

 of the natural order to which they belong, 

 attaining a height of six feet, and bearing 

 large umbels of rose-coloured or purple 

 flowers. The stem is strong, erect, and 

 furrowed. The leaves are large, petiolate, 

 and two or three-pinnate. The flowers are 

 dicecious, with the calyx margin five-lobed, 

 and one or more of the lobes longer and 

 more lanceolate than the remainder. In 

 the male flower there are two rudimentary 

 abortive ovaries, with the styles as mere 

 points on their inner margins. In the 

 female flowers the ovaries are conical, and 

 terminate in long stout recurved styles, 

 capitate at the extremity. The furrowed 



! seeds are covered with a blackish testa. 

 The whole plant of A. latifolia, when 

 bruised, emits an aromatic smell. [W. C] 



ANNOTINOUS. A year old. Rami an- 

 notini are branches one year old. 



ANNUAL. Flowering and fruiting in 

 the same year when raised from seed. 



ANNULAR. Having the form of a ring, 

 as in certain embryos. 



ANNULATE. Surrounded by elevated 

 rings or bands, or by scars in that form. 



I ANNULUS. A ring, as that which 

 I surrounds the spore-case of a fern, or the 

 | peristome of a moss; or the membrane 



remaining round the stipe of an agaric 

 I when the cap has expanded. In the latter 

 I case, it is a membranous or filamentous 



veil, inserted on the one hand round the 

 ; stem, and on the other into the edge of 



the pileus, so as to cover the organs of 



reproduction. 



ANODA. A genus of Malvacem differ- 

 ing little, if at all, from Sida, except in 

 the fact that its peduncles are not jointed, 

 from which circumstance also its name 

 has been derived. The species are natives 

 of tropical America, north of the equator, 

 and are herbaceous plants with solitary 

 violet or yellow flowers. Some of them 

 are in cultivation. [M. T. M.] 



ANOMALOUS. Irregular, unusual, con- 

 trary to rule. 



ANOMATHECA. A small genus of 

 pretty Iridaceous bulbs, inhabiting South 

 Africa. The genus is distinguished by 

 having a hypocrateriform perianth with a 

 filiform triquetrous tube constricted at 

 the throat, and a six-parted limb of oblong 

 spreading segments, of which the three 

 hinder ones are approximate ; three sub- 

 secund stamens inserted in the throat of 

 the perianth, and having short filaments ; 

 a filiform style bearing three narrow linear 

 stigmata ; and an inferior roundish ovate 

 ovary, three-celled, containing many ovules. 

 A. cruenta is a very pleasing dwarf plant, 

 often seen in gardens. This produces a 

 stem six to twelve inches high, furnished 

 at the base with two-ranked, narrow, 

 sword-shaped leaves, branched above, and 

 terminating in a subsecund spike of 

 flowers, of which the long slender tube is 

 whitish, and the limb rich carmine crimson; 

 the three lower segments have also a 

 deep blood-coloured basal spot. There are 

 one or two other species. [T. M.j 



ANONA. A South American and West 

 Indian genus of shrubs and trees, from 

 which the name of the order to which they 

 belong, Anonacece, is derived. The generic 

 characters are a calyx of three minute 

 sepals, united at the base ; a corolla of six 

 petals in two rows ; the stamens numerous 

 with linear, two-celled anthers, surmounted 

 by an oval crest ; numerous ovaries placed 

 on a rounded receptacle and partly united 

 together, becoming completely fused when 



