60 POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



and curious plant for the greenhouse, requiring a light rich 

 soil, and is increased by offsets. 



ANTHEBICTJM. 



Gen. Char. {Hexandria Monogynia.) Divisions of flower six, 

 spreading ; filaments bearded ; capsule ovate, seeds angular ; 

 leaves succulent, hollow like a pipe. 



A name for the Asphodel, which this genus resembles. 

 The leaves are fleshy and the flowers principally white. A. 

 glaucum is a South American plant; the following are from 

 the Cape -.—albucoides, filifolium, fragrans, vespertinwn, un- 

 dulatum y jpilosum,, longifolium, revolutum, floribundum, etc. ; 

 as they have fleshy leaves, they require to be kept tolerably 

 dry. The genus Bulbine containing many species for the 

 greenhouse, is by some writers considered to belong to An- 

 thericum. Those from the Cape have yellow flowers, as 

 aloides, ciliata,frutescen$, longiscapa, and snavis; planifolia, 

 with rose- white flowers, is a native of the South of Europe ; 

 the flowers are both showy and fragrant. The soil should 

 be sandy loam, well drained. 



