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AMARANTHUS— AMSONIA. 



Greek alluso, mad ; this plant being formerly 



supposed to je a cure for the bite of a mad 



dog.] 



hypeTho'reuvi, stem herbaceous ; leaves 

 hoarj', toothed ; stamens 4, 2 forked. 



saxati'le, (y. Tp. gold basket.) Flowers 

 in panicles ; leaves lanceolate, soft, retuse. 

 Ex. 



AMARAN"THUS. 19—5. {Amaranthi.) [Sig- 

 nifying not wilhering] 



ny'biidus, (.lu. 10.) racemes pentandrous, 

 doubly compound, heaped together, erect; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate. 



hypochondria' cu!i, (spleen amaranth, Au. 

 0.) racemes pentandrou.'?, compound, com- 

 pact, erect ; leaves oblonir-lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate, red. False prince's feather. Cul- 

 tivated. 



spinc/sus, (Au. @.) racemes pentandrous, 

 terminal, compound ; axils spinose. * 



albuf!, (white coxcomb, g-w. Ju. 0.) 

 glomerules axillary, triandrous ; leaves ob- 

 ovate, retuse ; stem 4cornered, simple. 

 Common garden weed. 



melanchol"icu.<f, (love lies bleeding, r. ^.) 

 glomerules axillary, peduncled, roundish; 

 leaves lance-ovate, colored. Ex. 



in-color, glomerules sessile; leaves lance- 

 oblong, colored. Ex. 



liviTlf'us, glomerides triandrous, sub- 

 spiked, roundish; leaves ov^l, retuse ; stem 

 erect. Ex. 

 AMARYL"LIS. 6—1. (Narcissi.) 



atamas"co, (atamasco lily, w. and r. J. 

 iX-) spatha 2-cleft, acute; flower pedi- 

 celled ; corolla bell-foi-m, sub-equal, erect ; 

 stamens declined. *S', 



f annoys" sima, (jacobea. 2_f.) spatha 1- 

 fiowered ; corolla ringent-like ; petals de- 

 clined. Ex. 



undnla'ta, (waved lily, Sept.) The flow- 

 ers numerous on each stalk ; petals pink, 

 undulate. Ex. 



AMBRO'SIA. 19—4. (Urticca.) [The name 

 ambrosia, food for the gods, seems strangely 

 misapplied to a genus of plants possessing 

 neither beauty nor valuable properties.] 

 ela'lior, (hog-weed, S. @.) leaves doubly 

 pinnatifid, smoothish ; petioles long, cilia- 

 ted ; racemes terminal, panicled ; stem 

 wand-like. 



tri'Jida, (g. y. 0. S.) hirsute, rough; 

 leaves very large, 3-lobed, serrate, the 

 lobes oval lanceolate, acuminate ; fruit 6- 

 epined below the summit ; flowers in ter- 

 minal panicles compo.sed of long axillary 

 spikes. 5 to 8 f. 



artemisifo'lia, (0.J leaves doubly-pia- 

 iatifi'i, hoary beneath, at the summit pin- 

 I'dtifid; racemes terminal in threes, branch- 

 es level-topped. 



panicida'la, (0.) leaves glabrous, doubly 

 pinnatifid, pinnatifid at the summit ; ra- 

 cemes terminal, solitary ; branches level- 

 topped. 



his"pida, (w. 0.) white hispid on all 

 parts ; leaves 2-pinnatifid, divisions gashed ; 

 racemes sub-panicled, terminal. 1 f. S. 



\MMANN"IA. 4—1. (Salicarlm.) [From Am- 

 rriaiin, a Russian botanist.] 

 rn7n'<s"ior, (w-p. Au.) stem erect, thick, 



sub-terete ; jeaveslanceolate, dilated at the 

 base ; lower flowers completely whorled. 

 Salt meadows. 6 i. 



hu'milis, (w-r. Au. 0. ^ .) stem pr,ocum- 

 bent at the base, branched, slender, quad- 

 rangular; leaves lanceolate, .slender at the 

 base ; flowers solitaiy. Stem red. 6 i 

 AMMO'BIUM. 17—1. (Cichoracece.) [From 



the Greek amnios, sand, bio, to live, found 



growing in sand.] 



ala'tum, (w. 11.) stem-winged, leaves 

 oblong, undulate, decurrent. Cultivated , 

 brought from N. Holland. 

 AMOR'THA. 16—10. {Leguminosm.) [From 



the Greek a, wanting, morphe, shape.] 



frut/co^sa, (Ju. T).) smooth, sub-arbores- 

 cent ; leaves petioled, emarginate ; spikes 

 aggregated, long ; calyx hoary, pedicelled, 

 one of the teeth acuminate, the rest obtuse ; 

 legume few-seeded. N. J. to Car. and W. 

 ' to Rocky Mountains. A shrub with spikes 

 i of purple flowers. 



j puhes'cens, (w. J. 'fj.) small, shrubby; 

 leaves on very short petioles, obtu.se at 

 each end, hairy ; spikes long, panicled, 

 hairy ; calyx sub-sessile, with acuminate 

 teeth. 3 f. 



carolinia'na, (broom, '^ . Ju. b.) nearly gla- 

 brous ; leafets elliptical or oblong, petiolate, 

 dotted, the lowest pair approximate to the 

 stem ; flowers on very short pedicels ; ca- 

 lyx vijlose on the margin, teeth short, the 

 two upper obtuse, the three lower longer, 

 and commonly equal, acuminate, or subu 

 late, aristate. 4 to 5 f. 

 AMPELOP"SIS. 5—1. {Vites.) [From the 



Greek ampclnsa, vine, and ops, resembling.] 



quinquefo'lia,* (g. Ju. 24^.) stem climb- 

 ing and rooting ; leaves quinate, digitate, 

 smooth, leafets petiolate, oblong, cumi- 

 nate, toothed ; racemes dichotomous. Var. 

 hirsnta, leaves pubescent on both sides ; 

 leafets ovate, coarsely toothed. 



corda'ta, (Ju. fp.) stem climbing, with 

 slender branches; leaves cordate, acumi- 

 nate, toothed, and angular ; nenes beneath 

 pubescent ; racemes dichotomous, few- 

 flowered ; panicles opposite the leaves- 

 Banks of streams. 



hipinna'ta, leaves doubly pinnate ; lance 

 ovate, deeply toothed and lobed. Flowers 

 in corj'mbs. Southern. 

 AMPHICAR'TA. 16—10. (Leguminosas.) [From 



tile Greek umphi, about, karpos, the fruit.] 



mono'ica, (wild bean-vine, b. and w. Ju. 

 ©.) stem slender, tw^ining, hairy back- 

 ward ; leaves ternate, ovate, nearly smooth; 

 stipules ovate, striate. Var. comosa has 

 hirsute leaves. Twining. 4 f 

 AMSO'NIA. 16—5. (Apocynca:., 



latifo'lia, (b. Ap. IX.) stem glabrous, 

 leaves lance-oval, upper ones acuminate, 

 pubescent on the under surface of tha 

 nerves. 2 f. S. 



salicifo'lia, (b. M.) stem smooth ; leaves 

 lance-linear, acute at each end, very gla- 

 brous. )5?. 



augustifo'lia, (b. Ap.) stem hairy; leaves 

 narrow-Unear, numerou.s, erect, hairy. *S 

 2f. 



* Cissus hederacea of Mirbel. 



