28 PLANT NAMES AND SYNONYMS 



c. A. Canadensis (L.) Medic. (Mespilus Canadensis L., Crataegus 

 racemosa Lam. ). Canada to Florida and Louisiana. June- 

 berry, Service-berry, May Cherry, called also Sugar-berry, 

 Sugar Pear, Sugar Plum, Indian Cherry, Sand Cherry*, May 

 Pear, Juice Pear, Indian Pear, Bilberry*, Shad-bush, Service 

 tree, Boxwood, Dogwood*. 



97. AMMANN^IA, L. Ammannia. Lythraceae. 



Named for Johann Ammann, German botanist, d. 1741. 

 Annual herbs. About 30 species; 4 in U. S. 



a. A. Koehnei Britton. New Jersey to Florida. Tooth-cup. 



98. AMMI, L. - Bishop's-weed. - Umbelli ferae. 



Greek name of an African Umbelliferous plant. Herbs re- 

 sembling Daucus. About 12 species, mostly of Mediterranean 

 region. See Ptychotis. 



a. A. Yisnaga Lam. Southern Europe, northern Africa and the 

 Orient. Tooth-pick plant, ( visnaga is Spanish for tooth-pick ), 

 Bishop's-weed, El Kellah; Fr. Herbe aux cure-dents, Herbe 

 aux gencives. Seeds diuretic, anodyne. 



99. AMMODENIA, J. G. Gmel. 1769. Sandwort. Caryophyllaceae. 



From Greek, ''sand loving". Syn. Honkenya, Ehrh. 1788. 

 Fleshy maritime herbs. Two species, north temperate zone; 

 2 in U. S. 



a. A. peploides (L. ) Kupr. (Arenaria peploides L.). Europe, 

 Asia and N. America, south to N. Jersey. Sea-beach Sand- 

 wort, Sea Chickweed, Sea Purslane, Sea Pimpernel. 



100. AMMOSELINUM, T. & Gr. Sand Parsley. Unibelliferae. 



From Greek, "sani parsley". Low annuals. Two species, 

 both of Mexican border, U. S. 



101. AM6MUM, L. Cardamom*, etc. Zingiberaceae. 



Greek name of some Eastern spice plant. Herbaceous plants 

 from creeping rootstocks. Tropical regions of Old VVorld. 

 See Elettaria. 



a. A. angustifolium Sonnerat. Madagascar. Probable source of 



Madagascar Cardamom. 



b. A. Cardaniomum L. East Indies and Siam. Fruits constitute 



Round Cardamom or Cluster Cardamom; Fr. Amome en 

 grappes (Codex), used in southern Europe. 



c. A. g:lob6sum Lour. China. Fruits are the Chinese Cardamom 



or Eound Chinese Cardamom. 



d. A. Granum-paradisi Afz, Sierra Leone. Seeds of this and of 



several other species have been known as Grains of Paradise, 

 Grana paradisi. See (g). 



