ANABASIS

(Lat.), n. f. ‘a%(a3)-sits, anaba’seos (-sis), For deriv., see ANABÆNA. Fr., an a base. Gere Aufsteigen (1st def.). It., anabas i. Sp.,anabasis. 1. A term used by Galen for the iı ase of a disease or of its paroxysms. In the pl., anabases, fevers which increase steadily up to their point of decline, [L, $4; M, 13, 60.] 2. In Pliny and Dioscorides, a climbing arasitic plant. [B,121.] 3. A genus of chenopodiaceous plants Balsotece) made by Linnæus. (B 170; L, 67.|—A. aphylla [Linnæus]. Ger., blatilose Salztraube. Syn.: Salsola articulata [Cavanilles]. À s; It is used in Gen., species growing in Siberia and Persia, that country for Ween linen, and a decoction made from it is used in the treatment of leprosy and other skin-diseases. B, 121, 173, 180; L, 105.]—A. cretacea, A variety growing in Siberia. [L 63.]—A. follosa. An annual variety growing in Europe. [L, 63.] —A. tamari sci folia [Linnæns]. Fr., an a base fs illes de tamaris que. Ger.… tamariskenblätteriges Salzkraut. Salsola tamari sci folia [Koeler], Halogeton tamariscifoli leyer]. A species found in southern Europe, having greenish-yellow tops which contain much soda and have a salty taste. It is used as a vermifuge, especially in Spain, and furnishes the drug called chou an. [B, 93, 173, 180, tartaric a [Pallas]. See A. aphylla.