ANANTHERIX

(from a, without, and antherix, an awn; there are no horn-formed proce es from the base of the leaflets of the corona, as in Asclepias, to which it is closely allied). O RD. Asclepiadeæ. A small genus of pretty, hardy herbs. A. virid is is of easy culture in an open situation, and light soil. Increased by division of the root; or by seeds, which ripen in abundance.