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ANISE (Pimpinella Anisum), an umbelliferous plant found in Egypt and the Levant, and cultivated on the continent of Europe for medicinal purposes. The officinal part of the plant is the fruit, which consists of two united carpels, called a cremocarp. It is kno ...

ANIM&, an oleo-resin (said to be so called because in its natural state it is infested with insects) which is exuded from the locust tree, Hymenaea coumaril, and other species of Hymenaea growing in tropical South America. It is of a pale brown colour, transpa

ANI (anc. Abnicum), an ancient and ruined Armenian city, in Russian Transcaucasia, government Erivan, situated at an altitude of 4390 ft., between the Arpa-chai (Horfxuiu) and a deep ravine. In 961 it became the capital of the Bagratid kings of Armenia, and wh

ANUBIS (in Egyptian Anup, written Infrw in hieroglyphs), the name of one of the most important of the Egyptian gods. There were two types of canine divinities in Egypt, their leading representatives being respectively Anubis and Ophois (W p-w'<-u'l, " opener o

... Bracklesham and Bournemouth beds. Lower Bagshot sands. Laekenien. Bruxellien. Paniselien. Ypresien. Nummulitic sands of Soissons and Sands of Cuise and Aizy. Plastic Clay and lignite beds. Alum Bay leaf beds. London Clay. Oldhaven beds. Woolwich and Reading b ...

... the works of Symmachus are nov superseded by that of O. Seeck in Monumenta Germanise historica. Auctores antiquissimi (i 883) , vi. i , with introductions on his life, works and chronology, and a genealogical table of the family.