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POPULAR, GARDEN BOTANY. 



ANIGOZANTHOS. 



Gen. Char. (Hexandria Monogynia.) Mowers tubular, incurved, 

 with a six-parted regular limb ; stamens inserted into the mouth, 

 ascending. 



The name means, to raise vip and a flower, as the flowers 

 are raised up on long stalks. This is a genus of New Hol- 

 land plants, of very extraordinary appearance ; the roots are 

 said to be nutritious when roasted, and the natives appear 

 to like them. A. jlavida and rufa have brownish-green 

 flowers ; coccinea, scarlet ; humilis, crimson ; Manglesii, scar- 

 let-green ; pulcherrimus is also a handsome species ; these may 

 be grown in the greenhouse, and will bear putting out in 

 summer, except perhaps, the species humilis. To give an 

 idea of the curious appearance that some of the species 

 have, the following account of two, which may shortly be- 

 come common, will be given : they were discovered by Mr. 

 Drummond, in Australia, who calls A. fuliginosa " a real 

 mourning flower, the upper portions of the stem and lower 

 portion of the corolla being covered, as it were, with black 

 velvet the flowers themselves are lemon-coloured and 

 covered with hairs, those on the stem being found, on ex- 

 amination, to be like feathers. A. tyriantliina is quite as 

 magnificent a species ; it grows in marshes, stands three or 



