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ACROSTICHUM— AG RIMONIA. 



protruding from the side of an ensiform 

 eaf ; scape leafy above the spadix ; 

 eaves 3-4 feet long ; Avater or wet 

 grounds ; root creeping, en-ongly aromat- 

 ic. 2 f 

 ACROS"TICHUM. 21—1. (Filires.) [From 



akros, liighest, and slikos, order, from the 



row of leafels at tlie top.] 



aure'uni, (fork fern, Ju. li-) frond pin- 

 \iatc ; leafets etiped, lance oblong, entire, 

 acuminate, the upper ones bearing fruit. 

 Very large, 1 w 5 feet high. 

 ACT.CA. 12—1. (Ranunculacea) [From 



Acteon, the hunter.] 



amciicn' na, (bane berry, w. 2^.) leaves 

 twice and thrice ternate ; racemes ovate ; 

 jjetals shorter than the stamens ; bei-ries 

 ovate-oblong. Var. alha (red cohosh), pet- 

 als truncate ; pedicels of the fruit thicker 

 than the peduncle ; berries white. Var. 

 ru'bra, petals acute, pedicels of tlie fruit 

 Blender, ben-ies red. 2 f 



racemo'sa, leaves ternately decompound, 

 ieafets ovate oblong, 2 to 4 inches long, 

 nearly smooth, often 3-lobed ; racemes com- 

 Ijound, terminal, G to 12 inches long ; many- 

 ilowered, petals minute; carpels dry, open- 

 ing -with 2 valves. 

 AGTINOME'IIIS. 17—3. {CorymhiJucE.) [From 



aktin, a ray, mens, part.] 



hclianlhoi'des, (y.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acute, seiTate, white-viUose beneath ; co- 

 rymb simple, compact; stem winged. (S^. 



sqitarro'sa, (w. y. Au. 2J[.) etem-winged, 

 roi-ymbose-paniculate ; leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminate at each end, serrate, roughish- 

 pubescent ; disk sub-globose, at length 

 squarrose. 3 f 

 ADIAN"TUi\I. 21—1. (Ftlices.) [From a, 



not, and diaino, to grow wet, because its 



leaves are not easily wet [ 



peda'ltim, (maiden hair, J. If.) frond pe- 

 date, w^ith pinnate branches; leafets halved, 

 upper margin gashed, barren segments 

 toothed, fertile ones entire ; stipe capillary, 

 very glabrous. Woods, 1 f. 

 ADLU'MIA. 16—5. (Fumarincece.) [In hon- 

 or of John Adium, a distinguished cultivator 



of this vine.] 



cirrk(/sa, (climbing colic-weed, y. w. J. 

 (^ .) stem climbing; leaves cirrous; racemes 

 axillary, corj'mbed, nodding ; corolla mono- 

 petalous, gibbous both sides of the base. 

 Cultivated. 

 ADO"NIS. 12—12 {Ranuncuhicew.) [Said to 



have been consecrated by Venus to the 



memory of the beautiful Adonis.] 



autuinna'lis, (pheasant's eye, Au. @.) 

 flowers 5 to 8-petalled; fruit cyhndric; pet- 

 als emarginate. Ex. 

 ADOX"A. 8—^. (Saxifmgce.) [From the 



Greek a, without, and doxa, glory.] 



moschatelli'na, (g.) peduncles 4-flowered 

 filaments united at the base in pairs ; an- 

 thers I'ound. S. 

 ^SCHYNOM'ENE. 16—10. {Leguminosa.) 



his"pida, (false sensitive plant, yr. Ju. 

 ^.) stem herbaceous, erect; petioles and 



{jeduncles hispid; leaves in many pairs, 

 eafels linear, obtuse ; racemes simple, 3 to 

 5-flowered; legumes with 6 to 9 hispid 

 ioiuLs. Marehes. Penn. to Car. 



viscid'^tda, (y. 2^.) stem procumbent, vis 

 cid, slender; leafets 7 to 9-obovate ; pedun- 

 cles about 2Howered ; legume hairy; joints 

 deeply notched. Sandy grounds. 3 1\ S. 



Ji]'SCTJLUS. 7 — 1. (Hyppocastanem.) [From 



the Latin esca, food.] 



hippocas"ta7ium, (horse chestnut, w. J 

 ^ .) leaves digitate, with about 7 divisions 

 corolla 5-petalled, spreading ; flowers in a 

 paniclcd pyramid. 15 f. Ex. 



glabra, (buck-eye, y-w. May. Tp .) leave? 

 quinate, smooth, leafets ovate-acumhiate-, 

 corolla 4-petalled, spreading, with the claws 

 as long as the calyx ; stamens longer than 

 the corolla; capsules echinate. Woods; 

 a small tree with flowers in panicled ra- 

 cemes. Penn. to Miss. 



viacrQsta'chya, (Ap. '^).) leaves in 5 di 

 visions, dow^ny beneath ; raceme very long, 

 corolla 4-petafled,exj)anding; stamens long. 

 Beautiful shrub. C f. By some called 

 'pa'via, and considered a separate genus. 



iETHU'SA. 5—2. (UmheUi/ercc.) [A Greek 



word signifying beggarly.] 



divarica'ta, (w. @.) stem erect, slender; 

 leaves biternate, segments narrow-linear ; 

 umbels terminal, without involucres, par- 

 tial umbels, 3 to 5-flowered ; fruit hispid. 



ci/na'pium,\Q2Lveshi- and tripinnate, dark 

 green ; segments ovate, lanceolate ; umbels 

 terminal. lioad-sides. Flowers white, in 

 many-rayed umbels ; very poisonous. 1 f. 

 Fool's parsley. 



AGARI'CUS. 21—6. (Fungi.) [The name ia 

 said to have been given in consequence of 

 the resemblance of the plant to a mineral 

 called Agaricus, which is soft and spongy in 

 its texture.] 



cavipes"tris, pileus fleshy, flatfish, having 

 dark yellow scales ; lamella becoming yel- 

 lowi.sli red; stipe short; the ring-volva 

 rather incomplete. This is the common 

 eatable mushroom. 



AGA'VE. 6—1. (BrumelicE.) [From a Greek 



word, signifying beautiful.] 



virgin"ica, (y-g. IX S.) stemless, herba- 

 ceous ; leaves with cartilaginous serratures; 

 scape simple ; flowers ses.sile. Scape 6. f. 

 Flowers fragi-ant. Rocky- banks. Penn. 

 to Car. False aloe.] 

 AGER"ATUM. 17—1. {HelianthccB.) [From 



the Greek a, without, ^eroj, old age, because 



it never changes color.] 



mcxica'num, (b. J. 0) hispid; leaves cor- 

 date, ovate, crenate, rugose ; corymb com- 

 pound; chaffs of the egret lanceolate, 

 awned. Cidtivated. Mexico. 

 AGUIMO'NIA. 11—2. (Rosaceae.) iFromugros, 



a field, monos, alone.] 



eupato'iia, (agrimony, y. Ju. 11 ■) cau- 

 line leaves interruptedly pinnate, the termi- 

 nal leafet petioled, leafets obovate, ga.sh- 

 toothed, almost glabrous ; flowers sub-ses- 

 sile ; petals nearly twice as long as the ca- 

 lyx ; fruit hispid. 2 f 



suaveo'lens, (y. Ju. 11.) stem very hispid ; 

 ).3aves interruptedly pinnate, leafets nu- 

 nerous, lanceolate, acutely toothed, sea 

 bjous above, and pubescent beneath; fruit 

 turbinate, smooth at the base. 5 f. 



parviJWra, (dotted agrimony, y. Ju. 2i.J 



