Anthospermum
(from anthos, a flower, and sperma, a seed). Amber Tree. ORD. Rubiaceae. An ornamental greenhouse evergreen shrub from the Cape of Good Hope. It thrives in peat, loam, and sand, with a summer temperature of 50deg. to 65deg., and winter, 40deg. to 45deg. Increased by cuttings, in sand, under a bell glass. There are above twenty other species belonging to this genus.
A. aethiopicum (AEthiopian).* fl. dioecious, male brownish, and the female ones green, disposed in verticillate spikes. June. l. linear-lanceolate, three in a whorl, shining above, glabrous beneath, about 1/4in. long. Stem much branched, downy above. h. 2ft. to 3ft. 1692.