FIG. 84. ANAGALLIS LINIFOLIA, showing Habit and Flowers.
A. linifolia (flax-leaved).* fl. brilliant blue, large, about ½in. in diameter. July. l. opposite. h. 9in. to 12in. Portugal, 1796. Perennial. There are many varieties, the best of which are the following. SYN. A. Monelli. See Fig. 84.
A. l. Brewerii (Brewer's).* fl. red. June. h. 9in. Known also as Phillipsii.
A. l. Eugenie (Eugenie's).* fl. blue, margined with white.
A. l. lilacina (lilac-flowered). fl. lilac. May. h. 1ft.
A. l. Napoleon III. (Napoleon's).* fl. crimson maroon, distinct and pretty.
A. l. Parksii (Parks'). fl. red, large.
A. l. phœnicea (Phœnician).* fl. scarlet. May. Morocco, 1803.
A. l. sanguinea (bloody). fl. bright ruby colour.
A. l. Wilmoreana (Wilmore's).* fl. bright blue purple, with yellow eye. h. 6in.
A. Monelli (Monell's). A synonym of A. linifolia.
A. tenella (delicate).* fl. delicate pink, with deeper veins; corolla bell-shaped. Summer. l. roundish, very small, opposite. A beautiful little native bog trailer, and one of the prettiest in the whole genus. Requires a boggy and wet soil.
A. Webbiana (Webb's). fl. blue; petals with their tops slightly denticulated. June to August. l. several, verticillate. h. 4in. Portugal, 1828.
ANAGYRIS (from ana, backwards, and gyros, a circle; the pods are curved backwards at their extremities). ORD. Leguminosæ. An ornamental greenhouse or half-hardy shrub, having the two stipules placed opposite the leaves. It thrives in a mixture of loam, sand, and peat in equal proportions. Young cuttings should be planted in July in a pot of sand, and placed under a hand glass.
A. fœtida (fœtid). fl. yellow, hairy, like those of the Laburnum; racemes short. May. l. trifoliate; leaflets lanceolate, acute, entire. h. 6ft. to 8ft. South Europe, 1750. This shrub is fœtid in every part when bruised.
ANALOGY. Resembling a thing in form but not in function; or vice versâ. Corresponding with a thing in many points, but differing in more, or in points of more importance.
ANANAS (from nanas, the South American name for the Pine Apple). SYN. Ananassa. Pine Apple. ORD. Bromeliaceæ. Stove herbaceous perennials, having the berries collected with the bracts into a compound fruit. Leaves rigid; edges spiny. The variegated form is a useful plant for decorative purposes, and may be employed without the usual harmful consequences attending stove plants generally, but it must not be subjected to cold draughts. The soil should consist of two parts fibrous loam, one of peat, one of dung and leaf mould, and another of sand. Those propagated from suckers, which should be laid by a day or two and then inserted in a strong heat, have, as a rule, longer and lighter-coloured leaves. Offsets are often produced at the base of the fruit, and make stout plants, with high-coloured foliage. When the plants are potted in spring, plunge them in bottom heat, to hasten their growth; but this is not absolutely necessary. Should it be desired to fruit the variegated form, the plants may be submitted to the same process of culture as detailed under Pine Apple (which see).
A. bracamorensis (Bracamora). Brazil, 1879.
A. bracteata (bracted). fl. crimson. April. h. 3ft. Brazil, 1820.
A. lucida (shining). fl. pink. April. h. 3ft. South America, 1820.
A. macrodonta (large-toothed).* fl. reddish, tinted buff; spike elongate-ovoid, with imbricating dentate bracts. fr. conical, about 8in. long and 4in. wide, with conspicuous bracts, and highly perfumed. l. with conspicuous teeth. 1878. SYN. Bromelia undulata.
A. Mordilona (Mordilona; native name). fr. large, with a fine aroma. l. distinguished in being without spines. Columbia, 1869.
A. Porteana (Porter's).* l. armed on the margins with sharp spines, deep olive green, with a broad band of pale yellow running down the centre from base to apex. This species has a somewhat erect habit of growth. Philippines, 1866.
A. sativa (cultivated). Pine Apple. For culture, see Pine Apple.
A. s. variegata (variegated).* l. rosulate, finely arched, 2ft. or 3ft. long, serrated on the edges; centre bright green, sometimes with a few lines of white, broadly margined with rich creamy-yellow, tinged with red towards the margins. A very elegant variegated plant for vases, &c.
ANANASSA. See [Ananas.]
ANANTHERIX (from a, without, and antherix, an awn; there are no horn-formed processes from the base of the leaflets of the corona, as in Asclepias, to which it is closely allied). ORD. Asclepiadeæ. A small genus of pretty, hardy herbs. A. viridis is of easy culture in an open situation, and light soil. Increased by division of the root; or by seeds, which ripen in abundance.
A. viridis (green). fl. purplish-green, large; corolla sub-campanulate, five-cleft; umbels proceeding from the stem, sub-panicled, few-flowered. August. l. opposite, sessile, obovate-oblong, pointed, smoothish. h. 1ft. North America, 1812.