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A n g o p h o r a in te rm e d ia , De Candolle.
South-Eastern Australia. This is one of the best of the Ango-
phoras, attaining a large size, and growing with the rapidity of an
Eucalyptus, but being more close and shady in its foliage. I t would
be a good tree for lining public roads aud for sheltering plantations.
The Rev. J . Tenison Woods states, that it is not rarely over 150
feet high, th a t the wood is hard aud very tough, bearing dampness
well, but th a t the many kino-particles lessen its usefulness. Carefully
selected, it can be employed in carpenters’ and wheelwrights’
work. Pasture-animals of all kinds like to browse on the leaves, so
th a t it is regarded as a “ stand-by ” in seasons of drought [A. R.
Crawford]. Mr. Kirton observes, th a t a single tree of this species or
of A. lanceolata will yield as much as two gallons of liquid kino at
a time; nearly h a lf of this consists of Kino-tannic acid; fishermen
use it to tan their nets [J . H. Maiden]. A. lanceolata (Cavanilles)
of the same geographic region is a closely allied species, but its
timber is more close-grained, particularly hard and heavy. Flowers
of all Angophoras much frequented by the honey-bee [Ch. French].
I t is averred, th a t occasionally a watery fluid drops in dry weather
from these trees, as a sign of the copious absorption of humiditv
[Edw. Martin],
A n g o p h o r a su b v e lu tin a , F. v. Mueller.
Queensland and New South Wales. Attains a height of 100 feet.
The wood is light and tough, soft while green, very hard when d ry ;.
used for wheel-naves, yokes, handles, aud various implements; it
burns well, and contains a large proportion of potash [C. H a rtmann],
Dr. Bancroft lauds the kino as particularly effective in
diarrhoea.
A n o n a C h e rim o lia , Miller.*
Ecuador to Peru. One of the “ Custard-Apples.” This shrub or
tree might be tried in frostless forest-valleys, where humidity and
rich soil will prove favorable to its growth. I t is hardy in the mildest
coast-regions of Spain, also in Chili. In Jamaica it is cultivated
up to nearly 5,000 feet [W. Fawcett]. Grows readily from seeds.
I t yields the Cherimoyer fruit. The flowers are very fragrant. A.
muricata L. (the Sour Sop), A. squamosa L. and A. sericea Dunal
(the Sweet Sop) and A. reticulata L. (the Custard-Apple), all natives
of the Antilles, can probably only under exceptionally favorable conditions
he g'rown in any extra-trople countries, though they produce
fruit still in Florida. A. reticulata and A. squamosa produce ju s t
outside the tropics in East-Australia still heavy crops of fruit
[Edgar], and may ripen also yet a t P o rt Jackson [Fred. Turner],
These two are reared in Jamaica up to 3,500 feet elevations [W.
F awcett]. In the Cape Colony A. reticulata fruits well all along the
frost-free coast-region and also in sheltered localities away from the
sea where the temperature does not fall below 27° F .; the first fruit of
the season [T . R. Sim].
A n th em is nobilis, Linné.
The true “ Chamomile.” Middle and Southern Europe, Northern
Africa. A well-known medicinal plant, frequently also used as
edgings for garden-plots. Flowers in their normal state are preferable
for medicinal use to those in which the ray florets are produced
in increased numbers. They contain a peculiar volatile oil and two
acids, similar to angelic and valerianic acid. Hardy in Norway to
lat. 63° 52' [Schuebeler]. Use of the flowers therapeutically indicated
in light nervous and spasmodic aflfections; they act also as a
diuretic, and are renowned in popular medicine variously otherwise.
A n tb em is tin c to r ia , Linné.
Middle and Southern Europe, Orient. An annual herb. The flowers
contain a yellow dye.
A n tb is tir ia a v e n a c e a , F. v. Mueller. (Themeda arenacea, F. v. M.)
Extra-tropical and Central Australia. A nutritious, perennial
pasture-grass. Called by Mr. Bailey “ one of the most productive
grasses of A u s tra lia ” ; it produces a large amount of bottom-fodder,
and it has also the advantage of being a prolific seeder, while it
endures a hot, dry clime; grows to a height of over 6 feet. Mr.
C. J . Macfarland considers it for pastoral purposes superior to the
ordinary Kangaroo-grass. I t is nearest allied to A. gigantea
Cavanilles {Themeda gigantea, Hackel) of tropical Asia and
Polynesia.
.S’, R. Brown A n tb is ti r ia c ib a ta , Linné fil. (A. ; Themeda triandra.
Forskael).
The well-known “ Kangaroo-grass,” not confined to Australia, but
stretching through Southern Asia also and through the whole of
Africa ; perennial, nutritious, comparatively hardy, ascending to subalpine
elevations. In good seasons and in fair soil it will rise to over
man’s height. Chemical analysis of this grass during its spring-
growth gave the following result ;—Albumen, 2'05 ; gluten, 4'67 ;
starch, 0'69 ; gum, 1’67 ; sugar, 3’06 per cent. [F . v. Mueller and
L. Rummel]. Several species of Antbistiria occur variously d is -,
persed from South-Africa to Jap an , deserving introduction and
naturalisation in countries of warm-temperate or tropical climates.
A n tb is ti r ia m em b ra n a c e a , Lindley.
Mueller.)
(Themeda membranacea, F. v.
Interior of Australia. Esteemed as fattening ; seeds freely
[Bailey]. Particularly fitted for dry, hot pastures, even of desert-
regions, hut never tall.
A n tb o x a n tb um o d o r a tum , Linné.
The “ Scented Vernal-grass.” Europe, Northern aud Middle
Asia, North-Africa. Found wild in Norway to lat. 71° 7' [Schuebeler].
Peren n ial; not of great value as a fattening grass, yet
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