scientific; and Purui.AK. 1") 



33. ACi'NTHA, Medic, 1786. Bowstring Hemp. Haeiiiodoraceae 

 Syn. iSansevieria, ( Kew. ) Thunb. 1794 (Sansiviera). Herba- 

 ceous plants, the leaves yielding a hemp-like fibre. About ]2 

 species, East Indies and Africa. 



a. A. Rox})uri*:Iiiaiia (Schult. ) Lyons (Sansevieria Roxburghiana 

 Schult. ) India. Moorva, Marool, Bow-string Hemp. 



U, ADELFA, r. Br. 1756. - Adelia. - Oleaceae. 



From Greek, "inconspicuous". Syn. Forestiera, Poir. 1811. 



Shrubs or small trees. About 15 species, new world; 9 in U. S. 



3.>. ADENAiNTHERA, L. Red Sandalwoodf , etc. Papiliouaceae. 



From Greek, "gland-anthered. " Syn. Stachychiysum, 

 Trees or shrubs. About 5 species, tropical regions. Old World. 



a. 



A. payoniiia L. East Indies. False Red Sandalwood. Scarlet 

 seeds used as weisrhts, like those of Abrus. 



3(>. ADENOCAULON, Hook. Adenocaulon, Compositae. 



From Greek, "gland-stem". Perennial herbs with small 

 heads of tubular flowers. Three specios, one each of Asia, S. 

 America and N. America (U. S. ) 



37. ADEN0STE(H.4, Benth. Adenostegia. Scrophulariaceae. 



From Greek, "gland sheath." Syn. Cordylanthus, in part. 

 annual herbs. About 16 species, Pacific coast, U. S. 



38. ADEN6ST0MA, Hook and Arn. Adenostoma. Rosaceae. 



From Greek, "gland mouth." Unarmed evergreen shrubs 

 with small flowers in panicled racemes. Two species, Pacific 

 border U. S. 



39. ADHATODA, Xees. Malabar-nut. Acaiithaceae. 



From vernacular, Malabar. Syn. Davernoya, E. Meyer, 

 Justicia in part. Shrubs. About 6 species, tropical regions. 



a. A. Adhiitoda (L. ) Lyons (Justicia Adhatoda L., A. vasica 



Xees. ) India. Malabar nut. Fruit, also leaves and roof, anti- 

 spasmodic, febrifuge, ecbolic. 



40. ADIANTUM, L. - Maidenhair. - Polypodiaceae. 



The (ireek name, "incapable of being wet." Delicate ferns. 

 80 or 90 species, mostly of tropical America; 5 in U. S. 



ii. A. Capillus-Yoneris L. Warm parts of U. S. and of both hemi- 

 spheres. Venus'-hair, Maidenhair, European Maidenhair 

 Black Maidenhair (tree), Lady's-hair, Dudder-grass, (xer. 

 Frauen-haar, Venushaar; Fr. Capillairede Montpelier (Codex); 

 Sp. Culantrillo. Plant slightly astringent, expectorant. 



b. A. peddtlim L. Canada and Northern U. S., also Alaska and 



western Asia. Maidenhair, American Maidenhair, Hair Fern, 

 Rock Fern; Ger. Nordamerikanisches Frauenhaar; Fr. Capil- 

 laire du Canada (Codex). Properties of (a). Other species 

 indigenous to those regions are employed similarly in Mexico 

 and S. America. 



