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vp, fo as not to break their roots, and planted in the bor¬ 
ders of the flower-garden, where they will laft feveral years, 
if they are not killed by froft; to prevent which, fome rot¬ 
ten tan may be laid over the roots in winter. The fpecies 
which come from the Cape of Good Hope require of courfe 
fome fhelter in winter; although fome of them will live 
through a mild feafon in a warm fituation. 
ANTHER'MUS, a Chian fculptor, fon of Micciades, 
and grandfon to Malas. He and his brother Bupalus made 
a flattie of the poet Hipponax, which caufed univerfal 
laughter, on account of the deformity of its countenance. 
The poet was fo incenled upon this, and inveighed with 
fo much bitternefs againft the ftatuaries, that they hung 
themfelves. Pliny. 
ANTHERYL'IUM, f. in botany, a genus of the clafs 
icofandria, order monogynia: Generic eflential characters 
—Calyx inferior, four-parted ; petals four ; capfule one- 
ceiled, three-valved, many-feeded. 
Antherylium Rohrii, a Angle fpecies. It is a tree with 
ovate entire fiightly emarginate leaves; a ftiort prickle on 
each fide the petiole ; peduncles axillary, one-flowered ; 
ftamina u—16. Inhabits St. Thomas’s. 
ANTHESPHO'RIA, [ in antiquity, a Sicilian feftival 
inftituted in honour of Proferpine. The word is derived 
from the Greek aiiSac, a flower, and ipspw, I carry; be- 
caufe that goddels was forced away by Pluto when flie 
was gathering flowers in the fields. It feems to be the 
lame thing with the jlorifcrtum of the Latins; and anfwers 
to the harveft-home among us. 
ANTHESTE'RIA,/ in antiquity, a feaft celebrated by 
the Athenians in honour of Bacchus. The word is from 
the Greek ai> 9 o?, a flower; it being the cuftom at this 
feaft to offer garlands of flowers to Bacchus. 
ANTHESTE'RIA, f. [from the Athenian feftival, ob- 
ferved in honour of Bacchus, on the nth, 12th, and 13th, 
days of the month Anthefterion, as mentioned in the 
preceding article.] In botany, a genus of the clafs polyga- 
mia, order monoecia, natural order of gramina or grafles. 
The generic characters are—Calyx : glume four-valved, 
three or four flowered; valves equal, oblong, flat, blunt, 
leathery, erect-expanding: hermaphrodite flofcule feflile; 
males pedicelled, very like the hermaphrodite. Corolla : 
glume two-valved : valves lanceolate, acute, awnlefs ; the 
outer larger. Stamina : filaments three, fhort, filiform ; 
anther® oblong, erect. Piftillum, in the hermaphrodite : 
germ oblong ; from the bafe a twifted awn ; ftyles two ; 
ltigmas club-ihaped, hairy. Pericarpium : none except 
the doled calyx. Seed : oblong, fmooth, marked with a 
furrow. It is diftinguilhed from all the known genera of 
grafles by its four-valved calyx.— Effential CharaEler. Calyx, 
cleft at the bafe into four equal diviflons. 
There is only one fpecies, called Anthefteria ciliata. The 
root is annual; culms many, a foot high, branched, joint¬ 
ed, fmooth, nodding a little : leaves feveral, alternate, 
fmooth, except that the}' are fcabrous about the edge, and 
ciliate towards the Iheath ; which is comprelie.d, Undated, 
keeled, and ciliate, on the upper edge. Raceme termina¬ 
ting, leafy, decompounded, nodding. Partial racemes alfo 
leafy, ciliate. Peduncles lateral, in pairs, ftraight, filiform. 
ANTHESTE'RION,/. in ancient chronology, the fixth 
month of the Athenian year. It contained twenty-nine 
days; and anfwered to the latter part of our November 
and beginning of December. The Macedonians called 
it cLefwn or dejion. It had its name from the feftival an¬ 
thefteria kept in it. 
AN'THIAS, f. [Greek; from ceva, and Seiog, divine.] The 
Sacred Fish, or Gruktlinc ; in ichthyology, a genus of 
fifties formed by Bloch, being a divifion from the genera 
of lairus, lutjamis, perca, and feiana ; but, as Dr. Gmelin, 
in his new edition of Linnams’s Syftema Naturae, does not 
adopt this genus, we muft refer for the fpecies to the ge¬ 
nera above-mentioned. 
ANTHISTE'RIA,/! in botany. See Anthesteria. 
AN'THINE, adj. Medicated with the flowers of plants. 
ANTHOCE'ROS,^/! in botany, a genus among the al¬ 
gae, in the clafs cryptogamia. In the male flower the ca- 
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lyx is feflile, cylindrical, entire ; anther very long, fubn- 
Jate, two-valved; in the female, the calyx is cut into fix 
diviiions, and contains three feeds. 
Species. 1. A. punefatus, with the fronds undivided, 
indented, dotted ; a native of Britain, growing on heaths 
and moift (hady places. 2. A. laevis, with fmooth, undi¬ 
vided, indented, fronds. 3. A. multifidus, with bipin- 
nated linear fronds. See Hedwig’s Figures, and Flor. 
Dan. 396. 
ANTIIOLO'GION, f. The title of the fervice-bock 
ufed in the Greek church. It is divided into twelve 
months, containing the offices fung throughout the year, 
on the feltivals of our Saviour, the Virgin, and other re¬ 
markable faints. 
ANTHOL'OGY, f. [swSoAoyia, from a^oq, a flower, 
and "Kiym, to gather.] A collection of flowers. A col¬ 
lection of devotions in the Greek church. A collection 
of poems. 
ANTHOLO'MA, f. in botany, a genus of the clafs 
polyandiia, order monogynia. Generic eflential characters 
—Calyx two to four leaved ; corolla cup-fhaped; capfule 
four-celled, many-feeded. 
Antholoma montana, a Angle fpecies. It is a branched 
fhrub : leaves ovate, obtufe, very entire, ereCt, at the 
ends of the brandies; flowers terminal, corymbed. Na¬ 
tive of New Caledonia. 
ANTHOLY'ZA, / [ccvSc,;, a flower, and \vcvx., mad- 
nefs.] In botany, a genus of the clafs triandria, order 
monogynia, natural order of enfat® The generic cha¬ 
racters are—Calyx: fpathes two-valved, alternate, imbri¬ 
cated, permanent. Corolla: petal one, gradually, di¬ 
lated from the tube into a compreffed ringent throat ; 
upper lip ftraight, (lender, very long, furnilhed with two 
fhort diviflons at the bafe ; under lip fhorter, trifid. Sta¬ 
mina: filaments long, (lender, under the upper lip ; an¬ 
ther® acute. Piftillum: germ inferior; (tile filiform ; ftigma 
trifid, capillary, reflex. Pericarpium : capfule roundifh, 
three-cornered, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds: many, 
triangular.— EJ/ential CharaBer. Corolla, tubular irregu¬ 
lar, recurved. Capfule, inferior. 
Species. 1. Antholyza ringens, or narrow-leaved antho- 
lyza : lids of the corolla divaricated, throat compreffed. 
This rifes two feet high, is hairy, and has feveral flowers 
coming out on each fide. Thefe are of one leaf, cut into 
fix unequal parts at the top ; one of thefe fegments is 
ftretched out much beyond the others, (landing ereCt; 
the margins are waved, and clofed together. The flowers 
are red, and appear in June; and the feeds ripen in Sep¬ 
tember. 
2. Antholyza plicata, or plaited-leaved antholyza : 
leaves plaited, ftem branching liirfute; corolla, ringent, 
fhorter than the ftamina. It was found at the Cape of 
Good Hope, by Thunberg and Maflbn. 
3. Antholyza cunonia, or fcarlet-flowered antholyza ; 
corollas ftraight, the two outer lobes of the five-parted lip 
broader and afeending. This flower is of a beautiful fear- 
let colour, and makes a fine appearance about the latter 
end of April, or beginning of May, which is the feafon. 
of its flowering. After the flowers decay, the germ be¬ 
comes an oval fmooth capfule, opening in three cells, 
which are filled with fiat bordered feeds. At the Cape of 
Good Hope it grows naturally. 
4. Antholyza Ethiopica, or broad-leaved antholyza : co¬ 
rollas incurvate, the two alternate lobes of the five-parted 
lip fpreading, larger, and lanceolate. Flowers in May and 
June. 
5. Antholyza Mariana, or red-flowered antholyza-: co¬ 
rollas funnei-fhaped, leaves linear. Root bulbous, com- 
preffed, fliaped like a kidney, covered with a fibrous brown 
ftcin. Leaves fword-fhaped, about a foot long, and an 
inch broad, ending in points ; the two Aides have fliarp 
edges, but the middle is thicker, and has a prominent 
midrib ; they are of a dark green colour, and rife immedi¬ 
ately from the root. The ltalk comes out from the root 
between the leaves, and rifes a foot and a half high towards 
the upper part. Dr. Trew named this plant Meriatia, in 
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