HESCRIPTION OF SPECIES OF PLANTS. 



71. ^SCULUS. (From the Latin Esca, food.) 



Exotic. 



Bippocas"tanum, (horse-chestnut, w. J. h) leaves digitate, with ale at 

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

 mid. 15. f. 



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

 stemma, a garland.) 



Gilha'go, (cockle. O. r. J. <v>) hirsute ; calyx longer than the corolla ; 

 petals entire. 



32. AGROSTIS. (FromAgrcs, a field.) 



Vulga'ris, (red-top. O. J. 7J-) panicle with smoothish branches, spread- 

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

 truncate. 18. i. 



1513. ALTHJEA. (From the Greek AUheo, to heal.) 



Officina'lis, (marsh mallows. 7}.) leaves downy, oblong ovate, obsolete- 

 ly 3-lobed, toothed. 



195. AMARANTHUS. (From a Greek word signifying not 

 withering.) 



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

 <iJed, roundish; leaves lance ovate, coloured. 



61. AMARYLLIS. (Latin name for a nymvh. 



Exotic. 



Formosis"sima y (jacobea. I 2|.) spatha 1-flowered; corolla rmgent-like; 

 petals declined. 



111. AMGYDALUS. 

 Exotic. 



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

 sessile, solitary. 15. f. 



Na'na, (flowering almond. T?) leaves ovate, tapering to the base, sharp- 

 ly serrate. 3. f. 



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



a t (wind-flower. O. g-w. Ju. 'ZJ.) stem dichotomous ; leaves 



