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fame as (toper. Dr. Calien ranks this genus of difeafes in 
clafs locates and the order dyfsefthefire. 
AN. 5 L'TIS, or Akai'tis, a furnarne of the moon, given 
to it by the Perfians ; who, as Strabo informs us, had fe- 
vera -1 temples dedicated to this deity, They confecrated 
tlie (laves to her, as well men as women; but what is more 
ftrcmge, they proftituted their daughters publicly to her 
honour; which, however, did not hinder their marriage. 
ANAGALLIDAS'TRUM, /. in botany. See Cen- 
TUNCU I.US. 
ANAGAL'LIS, f. [ayayataa, Gr. to laugh ; becaufe, 
by curing the fpleen, it difpofes perfons to be chearful.] 
In botany, a genu's of the pentandria monogynia clafs, 
ranking in the natural order of rotacete. The generic 
characters are—Calyx : perianthium five-parted, (ltarp, 
permanent ; divilions keeled. Corolla : wheel-fltaped, 
border five-parted ; divifions ovate-orbiculate, with the 
claws connected. Stamina: filaments erect, fliorter than 
the corolla, (baggy below ; antherae fimple. Piftillum : 
germ giobofe ; flyle filiform, (lightly bending; (tigma ca¬ 
pitate. Pericarpium : a giobofe one-cellfed capfule, open¬ 
ing tranfverfely. Seeds : very many, angular. Recepta- 
culum : giobofe, very large .—EJJential CharaElcr. Corol¬ 
la rotate ; capfule opening horizontally. 
Species, i. Anagallis arvenlis, or common pimpernel : 
in this genus the leaves are oppofite, feffile, fmooth, un¬ 
derneath dotted with brown. Grertner obferves, that he 
could never fee the hemifpherical hollow feeds which 
Haller deferibes,- Dr. Withering obferves, that the leaves, 
when magnified, appear frofled over with very minute 
fhining glands-; It is an annual plant, and flowers from 
May to Angufr, in ploughed grounds and gardens, parti¬ 
cularly in Candy foils. The bloffoms open about eight in 
the morning, and clofe in the afternoon; hence its name 
cf (hepherd’s or poor man’s' weather-glafs. But, if rain 
fall, or there be much moifiure in the air, the flowers 
either do not open, or clofe up again. Small birds are 
very fond of the feeds. Schreber fays, that flieep eat it 
readily; by the experiments in Ametn. acad. it appears, 
that kine and goats feed on it, but that flieep refufe it. It 
was formerly celebrated for its medical qualities, and gi¬ 
ven in maniacal cafes, and even in the hydrophobia, but 
is now fallen into difufe. It appears, however, fays Lewis, 
that it has Come claim to the refolvent and detergent vir¬ 
tues, aferibed to it by fome writers. Plukcnet mentions 
a variety with larger leaves, four together placed crofl- 
wife; and Ray (ays, he has found it among corn in Eng¬ 
land. Eobart found it with a white flower in Cowley- 
field. There is another variety, with a flefh-coloured 
flower; but none of thefe are confiant. There is alfo 
another, with a worn-out purple flower, which has feve- 
ral years continued the fame in the Chelfea garden ; but 
there is little difference in the leaves of this and the 
common fort. 
b. Eiore cccruleo, or blue-flowered pimpernel: leaves 
undivided; flem procumbent; corolla finely notched. 
This is fuppofed to be only a variety, but we can affirm 
it never alters ; and tire plants before they (hew their 
flowers are lo different, as to be eafily diftinguiffied. There 
is a variety of this with the flower of a deeper blue, the 
feeds of which came from Nice ; and this retained its co¬ 
lour for many years in the Chelfea garden. Ray, Lin¬ 
naeus, and others, take the blue pimpernel to be only a 
variety of the red. Haller, following Blair and Boehmer, 
and followed by Allioni, inclines to think it a diftinib fpe¬ 
cies ; and fays, that it is a taller plant, with fmaller leaves 
and larger flowers; that the capfule is more ovate ; but 
efpecially that the divifions of the calyx are narrower, and 
the petals ferrate about the edge. In the wild plants the 
flowers were rather fmaller than in the common fort; and 
the petals of this are finely notched about the edge, as 
"well as of that. Haller mentions finding the blue fort 
with three and four leaves together. Blue pimpernel 
grows wild in Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland; with 
us between Stockwell and Camberw ell, and near Mitcham 
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in Surry ; near I-Iiflon in Cambridgefitire; anu Bredon-hill 
in Worceflerfliire. 
2. Anagallis monelli, or upright pimpernel : leaves 
undivided ; (lent ere if. A very beautiful (mail plant, 
producing great numbers of fine blue flowers in April and 
May. Native of Verona. Cultivated in 1648, in the Ox¬ 
ford garden. 
3. Anagallis latifolia, or broad-leaved pimpernel: leaves 
heart-fnaped, ftem-clafping; flem comprelled. Very near¬ 
ly allied to the firft fpecies ; but diftinguifhed by its large 
broad leaves and compreffed flem. A trailing annual plant. 
4. Anagallis linifolia, or flax-leaved pimpernel: leaves 
linear; flem ereit. Grows wild in Spain and Portugal. 
3. Anagallis tenella, or bog pimpernel, purple loofe- 
flrife, or money-wort : leaves ovate, (harpifh; flem creep¬ 
ing. Not uncommon on bogs; flowering from June to 
Aiiguft. 
6. Anagallis verticillata, orverticilled pimpernel: flem- 
leaves verticilled ; flem ereff ; flem a foot high, quadran¬ 
gular, branching; leaves in fours or fives; on the branches 
only in pairs. 
7. Anagallis pumilla, or dwarf pimpernel: flem erect, 
leaves roundifh acute feffile. Native of Jamaica. Annual. 
Propagation and Culture. The four firfl forts, being an¬ 
nual, are propagated from feeds, which Aiould be (own 
foon after they are ripe. The firfl, though a beautiful 
little plant, being a common weed, is never cultivated, 
except in botanic gardens. The fecond, third, and fourth, 
require to be (heltered from extreme cold. The fifth, 
being a bog plant, cannot'be cultivated in gardens, with¬ 
out a fitdation proper for it ; though it will flourifli well 
enough in pots of bog-earth plunged in water. The (ixth, 
if it be a diflindf fpecies, has not yet been cultivated with 
11s. See Centunculus, Evolvulus, Lysimachia, 
and P^derota. 
Anagallis Aquatica. See Gratiola, Montia, 
Peelis, Samolus, and Veronica. 
Anagallis Coerulea. See Gratiola. 
ANAGLY'PH ICE, or Anag ly'phic Art,/, [am- 
yt.vnhy.-n, Gr.] The art of carving, chafing, engraving, 
or imbofling, plate. 
ANAG'NI, a town of Latium, capita! of the Ifernici; 
which, affer a faint refiflance, fubmitting to the Romans, 
was admitted to the freedom of a city. It was afterwards 
a colony of Drufiis Ctefar, and walled round, and its ter¬ 
ritory alligned to the veterans. Here Antony married 
Cleopatra, and divorced Obtavia. It is thirty-lix miles to 
the eaft of Rome. Lat. 42. 48. Ion. 13. 45. 
ANAGNOS'TA, or Anagnos'tes, f. in antiquity, a 
kind of literary fervant, retained in the families of perfons 
of diftinction, whofe chief bufinefs was to read to them 
during meals, or at any other time when they were at lei - 
hire. Cornelius Nepos relates of Atticus, that he had al¬ 
ways an anagnoftes at his meals. 
ANAGO'GE, f. [avayoyn, of am., again, and aya, 
to lead, Gr.] An elevation of the mind to fearch after 
the hidden meaning of a paffage, but more efpecially the 
myftical fenfe of the Holy Scriptures. 
AN AGOGE'TICAL, adj. That which contributes or 
relates to fpiritual elevation, or religious raptures ; myfle- 
rious; elevated above humanity. 
ANAGO'GICAL, adj. [anagogique, Fr.] Myflcrious; 
elevated ; religioufly exalted. 
ANAGO'GICALLY, adv. [from anagogical.'] Myfle- 
rioufly ; with religious elevation.. 
A'NAGRAM, f. [from am, backwards, and y^a^a. 
letter, Gr.] In literature, a tranfpofition of the letters of 
fome name, whereby a new word is formed, either to the 
advantage or difadvantage of the perfon or thing to which 
the name belongs. Thus, the anagram of Galenus is 
angelus-, that of Logica, caligo-, that of Alfledius^^/zVai-, 
&c. Calvin, in the title of his Injlitutions, calls himfelf 
Alcuinus, which is the anagram of Calvinus, and the name 
of an eminently learned perfon in the time of Charlemagne. 
Thofe who adhere ftriftly to the definition of an anagram, 
take 
