ANANTHERIX

(Lat.), n. m. ’n(asny?r)-i2x, Gen., an anther‘icis. From a priv., and avéépg, the beard of an eat of corn, a culm. A genus of asclepiadaceous plants established by Nuttall, often referred to other genera. [B, 121, 1% «A. connivens [Gray]. Syn.: Asclepias connivens [Baldwin]. A species growing in Georgia and Florida. The leaves have been used as an application to rattlesnake bites. [B, 215, ** Drug. Circular,” 1875, p. 77 (L).]—A. decumbens [Nuttall], A.’ nut tall i an us [Don]. ' A species described [WY Decaisne as A cerates decumbens (q. v.), but by Gray referred to Asclepiodora. [B, 215.|—A. paniculatus [Nuttall], A. torreyanus [Don]. See ASCLEPIODORA virid is.—A. virid is [Nuttall]. See A. connivens.