DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES OF PLANTS. 



71. JESCULUS. (From the Latin Esca, food.) 



Exotic. 



Hippocas"tanum, (horse-chestnut, w. J. 17) leaves digitate, with about 

 7 divisions : corolla 5-petaled, spreading : flowers in a panicle pyra- 

 mid. 15. f. 



105. AGROSTEMMA. (From the Greek Agros, a field, and 



stcmma, a garland.) 



Giiha'go, (cockle. O. r. J. <v)) hirsute ; catyx longer than the corolla; 

 petals entire. 



32. AGROSTIS. (From Agros, a field.) 



Vulga'ris, (red-top. O. J. 1J-) panicle with smoothish branches, spread- 

 ing in maturity ; outer valve of the corolla 3-nerved ; stipule short, 

 truncate. 18. i. 



1513. ALTHAEA. (From the Greek Altheo, to heal.) 



Officina'lis, (marsh mallows. Ij.) leaves downy, oblong ovate, obsolete- 

 ly 3-lobed, toothed. 



195. AMARANTHUS. (From a Greek word signifying not 



withering.} 



Mclanchol'icus, (love-lies-bleeding, r. <v)) glomerules axillary, pedun- 

 cled, roundish; leaves lance ovate, coloured. 



6 1. AMARYLLIS. (Latin name for a nymvh. 



Exotic. 



Formo-sis"sima, (jacobea. 7}.) spatha 1-flowered; corolla nngent-like; 

 petals declined. 



111. AMGYDALUS. 



Exotic. 



Per"sica, (peach, r. M. T?) serratures of the leaves all acute, flowers 



sessile, solitary. 15. f. 

 Na'na, (flowering almond. 17) leaves ovate, tapering to the base, sharp- 



ly vSerrate. 3. f. 



1213. ANEMONE. (From the Greek ancmos, the wind.) 

 Virginia' na^ (wind-flower. O. g-w. Ju. 1J-) stem dichotomous; leaves 



