190 AMYGDALUS. 



g the little bulbs or filament 



AMARANTHr ~ 



W 



efeather 



nj species cultivated for beautj, and many wild. The 

 leaves of several can be eaten boiled like spinage : in 

 Louisiana they eat my A^ diacanthus^ Raf* The A. san- 

 guineus^ L. called Lovely bleedings is a powerful styp- 

 tic, the decoction is in popular use to stop the flow of 

 menses, when other remedies have failed. The A.pii- 

 mihis^ Raf. may be pickled like other fleshy sea plants- 



AMARYLLIS ATAMASCO, L, Grotind lily, Stag- 

 ger grass. Said to poison horses and cattle^ producing 

 the disease called t>taH:£ers. Beautiful vernal white 

 blossom. 



AMBROSIA, L, Ragweed. The A. elatior and other 

 species with jagged leaves bear that name, called also 

 Carrot-tveed^ Conot-iveed, Bastard Wormwood. Bad 

 weeds in old fields, not eaten by cattle ; if cows eat it 

 by chance, their roiik becomes bitter : the plant deemed 

 emollient and antiseptic in fermentations, the seeds 

 mised with wheat, give a bad bitter taste to bread- The 



A. trifida 



used bv tl - 



may be available* sometimes 10 feet high. 



, was 

 ropes. 



AMPHICARPA MONOICA, Elliot. (G/t/cme</o,L.) 



Pea Vine. Cattle are greedy of this plant, and destroy 

 it almost everr where, oudit to be cultivated for fodder* 

 The seed^ are like peas, and as i»:ood to eat* la Caroli- 

 na thev begiji to cultivate it for the table. 

 ^ AMYGDALL- cmm\:ym,J^. Almond tree. Cul- 

 tivated from Virginia to Florida ; but our late vernal 

 frosts injure it, as it blu.-simis in February and March. 

 S veet almonds are a fine fruit j they contain the same 

 elements as human milk. The bitter almonds contain 

 b- Ides Prussic acid : th»*v are pernicious, and poison 

 t>|-w„ The oil of almonds is produced by both, 2lba- 

 e'v<^ lib. of oiU verv bland, demulcent, useful in tick- 

 ^tGg jugh, heat of urine, pains and inflammations. The 

 emul^io:4. ^: ^\\]^ ^|| almonds hao equal propertied-* a fine 



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