SPECIES OF PLANTS. 



The first number on the left of the generic name is that of the artificial class ; 

 the second, of the artificial order to which the plant belongs. 



The first number on the right of the generic name is that of the natural order 

 of Linnaeus, the second, that of Jussieu. 



A number at the end of a specific description denotes the average height 

 of the plant in the wild state in feet with f., in inches with i. 



A. 



81. ACER. 23. 66. 



rub'rum (red maple, soft maple, O. r. Ap. * ). leaves palmate, 5 lobed, cordate 

 at the base, unequally gash toothed, glaucous beneath, dividing incisions 

 between the lobes acute : flowers in fives in sessile umbels, with long pedi- 

 cels ; germs glabrous. 50 f. S. 



tacchari'num (sugar maple, rock maple, hard maple, O. r-y. M. >). leaves pal- 

 mate 5 lobed, at the base sub-cordate, acuminate, obtusely sinuate, sinuate 

 toothed, glaucous beneath : peduncles in a nodding corymb. Large tree. 

 50 f. S. 



ttria'tum (striped maple, false dogwood, moose wood. O. g. M. > ). lower 

 leaves roundish, upper ones 3 cuspidate acuminate, sharply serrate, gla- 

 brous : racemes simple, pendant. Small tree, with a greenish striped 

 bark. 15 f. -S. 



172. ACHILLEA. 49. 55. 



millefc/lium (yarrow, milfoil, O. w. J. 4). leaves 2 pinnatifid, downy : the 

 divisions linear, toothed, mucronate : calyx and stem furrowed. 15 i. -S. 



125. ACON1TUM. 2661. 



uncina'tum (monk's hood. b. J. 4). stem flexuose ; leaves palmate, 3 to 5 part- 

 ed ; divisions rhomb lanceolate, gash toothed ; upper lip of the corolla 

 lengthened, convex, beaked. Cultivated. 2 f. S. 



Exotic. 



xapel"lus (wolfs bane. b. J. 4). leaves shining, 5 parted ; the divisions 3 part- 

 ed by gashed incisions, sub-divisions linear . upper lip of the corolla lanceo- 

 late, ascending, 2 cleft ; spur strait, obtuse. 2 f. 



61. ACORUS. 2. 13. 



fal"amu8 (sweet flag, calamus. O. g-y. J. 4). spike protruding from the side 

 of a sword form leaf like scape. Water or wet. Root strongly aromatic. 

 2. f. N. 



121. ACT7EA. 26. 61. 



america'na (bane berry. 6. w. 4). leaves twice and trice ternate ; racemes 

 ovate ; petals shorter than the stamens ; berries ovate oblong. Var. 1. alba, 

 petals truncate ; pedicels of the fruit thicker than the peduncle ; berries 

 white, Var. 2. rubra, petals acute, pedicels of the fruit slender, berries red. 

 2ft. 



211. ADIANTHUM. 55. 5. 



peda'tum (maiden hair. O. J. 4). frond pedate, with pinnate branches ; lenfeU 

 halved, upper margin gashed barren segments toothed, fertile ones entire ; 

 stipe capillary, very glabrous. Woods. 1 f. S. 



1213. ADONIS. 26. 61. 



Exotic. 



autumnc/lis (pheasant's eye. Au. ). flowers 5 to 8 petalled ; fruit sub-cylin- 

 dric ; petals erose, or emarginate. 



