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tip?; ot winch the most remarkable are the 
following. 
1. Anthemis Arabica has a branching em- 
palement. It grows near two feet high, 
with an upright stem, having a single flower 
at the top, from whose empalement there 
are two or three footstalks, each having a 
single flower smaller than the first, like the 
ehilding marigold, or hen-and-chicken daisy. 
2. Anthemis nobilis, or . common camo- 
mile, grows iu plenty upon commons, and 
other waste land. There is a variety with 
double petals. Formerly this plant was used 
for planting of walks, which, when mowed 
and rolled, looked well for some time ; but 
it was subject to decay in large patches, and 
the walks became unsightly. 
3. Anthemis pyrethrum, or pellitory of 
Spain, is a perennial plant, which grows natu- 
rally in Spain and Portugal. The branches 
trail upon the ground. At the extremity of 
each branch is produced one large single 
flower, like camomile, but much larger ; the 
rays of which are of a pure white within, but 
purple on the outside. The seeds will not 
come to perfection in this country. 
4. Anthemis tinctoria is a perennial plant, 
which dowers from June to November, and 
makes a very pretty appearance, some of 
the flowers being of a white, others of a sul- 
phur, and some of a bright yellow colour. 
Of these the nobilis and the pyrethrum are 
chiefly used in medicine. They are ac- 
counted carminative, aperient, emollient, and 
in some measure anodyne. These flowers 
are frequently also used externally in discu- 
tient and antiseptic fomentations, and in 
emollient glysters. An essential oil was for- 
merly directed to be prepared from them, 
but it is now omitted. A simple watery in- 
fusion of them taken in .a tepid state, is at 
present frequently employed to promote the 
operation ot emetics. 
, ANTIi ERA, among botanists, that part 
of the stamen which is fixed on the top of 
the filamentum, within the corolla ; . it con- 
tains the pollen or fine dust, which, when 
mature, it emits for the impregnation of the 
, plant 
ANTHERICUM, spider-wort, a genus 
of the monogynia order, belonging to the 
hexamlria class’ of plants; and, in the natural 
method, ranking under the 10th order, coro- 
nariai. The essential character is, corolla of 
■six oblong petals, expanding. The pericar- 
pium is an ovale trisulcated capsule, with 
three cells and three valves. There are 39 
species. The anthericum frutescens was 
formerly known among the gardeners near 
London by the name of onion-leaved aloe. It 
■produces many ligneous branches from the 
root, each supporting a plant with long taper 
.leaves, in shape like those of an onion, and 
full of a yellow pulp very juicy. The flowers 
;are yellow, produced oh long loose spikes. 
It is' a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
and requires shelter in winter. 
'fhe anthericum liliastrum is a perennial 
plant; it flowers in June and July, and is 
Known by the name of St. hr u no’s lily. 
ANTHESTERIA, in Grecian antiquity, 
festivals celebrated in the spring by the an- 
tient Athenians, in honour of Bacchus, during 
which the masters feasted their slaves, as the 
Romans did in the time of the Saturnalia. It 
was usual, during these feasts, to ride in cha- 
riots, and pass jests upon all that passed by. 
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ANTHISTI RIA, in botany, a genus of the 
trigynia order, belonging to the trianclria 
class of plants, and, in the natural method, 
ranking under the 4th order, gramina. The 
essential character is: the corolla, a two-valved 
glume, cleft at the base into four divisions. 
There is only one species of this grass, the 
ciliata Or fringed anthistiria, a native of India. 
ANTlfOCEROS, or horn-flower, a genus 
of the order of alga;, belonging to the cryp- 
togamia class of plants, and, in the natural 
method, ranking under the 57th order, algae. 
The essential characters are : the calyx of the 
male is sessile, cylindric, and entire; thean- 
thera (one) is subulated, very long, and two- 
valved; the calyx of the female is monophyl- 
lous, divided into six parts, and expanding ; 
the seeds are about three, naked and round- 
ish. There are only three species of the an- 
thoceros, viz. 
1. Anthoceros lev is, a native of Europe 
and America. 
2. Anthoceros multifidus, a native of Ger- 
many, found in moist shady places, and on 
heaths. 
3. Anthoceros punctatus, or spotted antho- 
ceros, a native of Britain. 
A NTH O LO G 1 ON , the title of the service 
book used in the Greek church. It is divided 
into twelve months, containing the offices sung 
throughout the year, on the festivals of our 
Saviour, the Virgin, and other remarkable 
saints. 
Anthology, «v9oxo<y«x, a discourse of 
flowers, or of beautiful passages from any au- 
thors. It is also the name given to a collec- 
tion of epigrams taken from several Greek 
poets. 
ANTHOLYZA, mad-flower, a genus of the 
monogynia order, belonging to the triandria 
class of plants; and in the natural method 
ranking under the 6th order, ensatse. The 
essent.al characters are ; the calyx is tubular, 
irregular, and bent back ; and the capsule is 
beneath the flower. T here are 7 species : 
the most remarkable are; 1. Antholyza rin- 
gens. This lias red, round, bulbous roots, 
from which arise several red flowers. These 
appear in June, and the seeds ripen in Sep- 
tember. 
2. Antholyza spicala, with narrow furrow- 
ed leaves, is in shape and size like the vernal 
crocus. Between these arise the flower-stem, 
which is a foot and a half high : the flowers 
come out on one side, and are of a white co- 
lour, appear in May, and the seeds ripen in 
August. Both these species are natives of 
Africa. In summer they may be placed in 
the open air, but in winter they must be 
placed under a hot-bed frame, or in the 
green-house, where they are a great orna- 
ment when in flower. 
ANTHO MAN 1 A, an extravagant fond- 
ness for curious flowers. A remarkable in- 
stance of this occurred in Holland last cen- 
tury, which ruined many individuals, and was 
obliged to be pula stop to. by the magis- 
trates. 
ANTHONY, or knights of St. Anthony, a 
military order, instituted by Albert duke of 
Bavaria, Holland, and Zealand, when he de- 
signed to make War against the Turks in 13S2. 
T he knights wore a collar of gold made in 
form of a hermit’s girdle, from which hung a 
stick cut like a crutch, with a little bell, as 
they are represented in St. Anthony’s pic- 
tures. 
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Anthony's (St.) Fire, a name some- 
times given to the erysipelas. 
ANTHOSPERMUM, the amber tree, a 
genus of the dicecia order, belonging to the 
polygamia class of plants, and iu the natural 
method ranking under the 17th order, stella- 
te. The essential characters are ; the calyx 
of the hermaphrodite flower is divided into 
four parts; there is no corolla ; the stamina are 
four, and the pistilla two; the germen is be- 
neath the flower. Male and female on the 
same or separate plants. Of tills genus Lin- 
naeus mentions three species, viz. 
1. Anthospernmm vEthiopica. 2. Antho- 
spermum ciliare ; and 3. Anthospermum her- 
bacea. The first is most generally known in 
the gardens of the curious. Its beauty con- 
sists in its small evergreen leaves, which grow 
as close as heath. These being bruised be- 
tween the fingers, emit a very fragrant odour ; 
whence the name amber-tree. T his plant is 
easily. propagated, by cuttings during any ot 
the summer months, in a border . of -light 
earth, where they will take root in six weeks 
time, provided they are watered or shaded 
as the season may require ; or if they are 
planted in pots plunged in a moderate hot- 
bed, they will take root the sooner, and there 
will be a greater certainty of their growing. 
They must be frequently renewed by cut- 
tings, as .the old plants are very- subject to 
decay. 
AN T BOX ANTI1 U M , or vernal grass, 
a genus of the digynia order, belonging to the 
diandria class of plants ; and in the natural 
method ranking under the 13th order, grami- 
na The essential characters are ; the calyx 
rs a bivalved gluma, with one flower; the co- 
rolla isbivalved, obtuse, and without any awn. 
There are three species, viz. 
1 . Anthoxanthum Indicum, a native of India. 
2. Anthoxanthum odoratum,- or spring- 
grass, a native of Britain : it is one of the ear- 
liest spring grasses, and is extremely common 
in our fertile pastures. The delightful smell 
of new-mown hay is chiefly from this plant. 
ANTHRAX, a Greek term, literally signi- 
fying a burning coal, used by the antients to 
denote a gem, as well as a disease, more ge- 
nerally known by the name of carbuncle. ! t 
is sometimes also used for lithanthrax, or pit- 
coal. 
ANTHROPOGLOTTUS, among zoolo- 
gists, an appellation given to such animals as 
have tongues resembling that of mankind, 
particularly to the parrot kind. 
ANTHROPOLATRT, in church-history, 
an appellation given to the Nestorians, on ac- 
count of their worshipping Cliri-t, notwith- 
standing that they believed him. to be a mere 
man. 
ANTHROPOLITES, a term denoting 
the petrifactions of the human body. 
ANTHROPOMANCY, a species of di- 
vination, performed by inspecting the entrails 
of a. human creature. 
ANTH ROPOMORFHITES, in church- 
history, a sect of antient heretics, who taking 
every thing spoken of God in the scripture in 
a literal sense, particularly that passage of 
Genesis in which it is said ‘ God made man 
after his own image/ maintained that God 
had a human shape. 
ANTHROPHAGY, the act of eating 
human flesh. The origin of this custom, bar- 
barous as it is, some authors trace as high as 
the deluge. In the southern part of Alricai 
