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ANETHUM— APLECTRUM, 



ety, quinquefo'Iia, has lateral leafets, deeply 

 2-cleft. 6 i. S. 



thnlicti-oi'des, (rue anemone, w. M, 11.) 

 umbels involucred ; radical leaves twice 

 temate, leafets sub-cordate, 3 tootlicd ; invo- 

 lucrum 6 leaved ; leafets pctioled, uniform; 

 umbel few-ilowered ; seed naked, striate ; 

 root tuberous. A variety, unijlo'ra, has a 

 l-llowered involucrum. 5 i. S. 



peiimylvi'iiica, (\v. Ju. 2/.) leaves 3-part- 

 ed, segments 3-cleft, lobes oblong, toothed, 

 acuminate ; involucrum sessile, bearing sev- 

 eral pedicels, one naked and l-flo\vered, the 

 others involucellato ; petals 5 ; fi-uit pubes- 

 cent, crovvTtied with a long style. Meadows. 

 Flowers large. Considered the same as A. 

 dichotoma. 



hortcn"sia, (garden anemone,) radical 

 leaves digitate, divisions 3cleft, caxiline 

 ones ternate, lanceolate, connate, sub-divi- 

 ded ; seed woolly. Ex. 

 ANE'THUM. 5—2. {Umhelliferai.) [From 



the Greek anev, to run, theo, afar, alluding 



to the spreading roots. Ex.] 



graveo'lens, (dill,) fruit compressed ; plant 

 annual. 



fceni(/'nlum, (fennel,) fruit ovate ; plant 

 perennial. 



ANGEL"ICA. 5—2. (UmheMferm.) [Angelic, 



on account of its supposed virtues.] 



atropitrpu'rea, (angehca, g-w. J, 11.) stem 

 smooth, colored ; leaves temate, partitions 

 *sub-quinate, leafets ovate, acute, ga.sh-ser- 

 rate, sub-lobed, 3 terminal ones confluent ; 

 petioles very large, inflated. "Wet mead- 

 ows. Root purplish. Aromatic angelica. 

 4f. 



triqnina'ta, (w. Au. 24^.) stem terete, pu- 

 bescent above ; leaves ternate, very smooth, 

 partitions quinate, leafets oblong ; ovate, 

 equally serrate, lower ones 2-lobed at the 

 base. 4 f. 



archangel" ica, (archangel, $ .) leaves un- 

 equally lobed. A native of Lapland. Me- 

 dicinal. 

 ANNO'NA. 12—12. {Annona.-) 



gla'hra, (Ju. r-y. 1p.) calyx large, bell 

 form ; peduncles ^-flowered, opposite the 

 leaves ; leaves lance-ovate, glabrous ; fruit 

 Bubconic, obtuse, smooth. 16 f. Evergreen 

 txee. Cai-olina. 

 AN"THEMJS. 17—2. {Corymbifera.) [From 



the Greek anthos, a flower.] 



cof'ula, (may-weed, w. J. %) receptacle 

 conic ; chaff bristly ; seed naked ; leaves 2- 

 pimiate, leafets subulate, 3-parted. 10 i. 



no'bilis, (chamomile, w. Au. 1^.) leaves 

 2-pinnate ; leafets 3-parted, linear, subulate, 

 sub-villous ; stem brandling at the base. 

 Fragrant. 4 i. Ex. 



arvcn"sis, (wild chamomile, w-y. J. <? .) 

 leaves bipinnate, segments lanceolate, li- 

 near ; receptacle conic ; chaff lanceolate, 

 akeues crowned with a margin. 

 AN"TIIOXAN"THUM. 2-2. {Gravnnem.) 



[From the Greek anthos, a flower, xantkos, 



yellow.] 



odorn'hnn, (.sweet venial grass, M. 2^.) 

 spike oblong-ovate ; florets sub-peduncled, 

 shorter than the awn. An Amencan vari- 

 ety, aUis"simum, is lai-ger and of a dark 



green. An elegant substitute for the Leg 



horn gras-s. 10-18 i. 



AMlRRin'NTJM. 13—2. (Bignonia.) [From 



and, against, ris, nose, said to be so named 



from an unpleasant odor in some of its 



species.] 



ca?unlen"se, (flax snap-dragon, w-b. Ju 

 0.) rising in a curve, glabrous, simple 

 leaves scattered irregularly, erect, narrow, 

 linear, obtuse, remote; flowers racemed; 

 scions procumbent. Flowers small. % 



h'na'rij, (snap-dragon, y. Ju. l^.) tsrect, 

 glabrous ; leaves scattered, lanceolate-lin- 

 ear, crowded together ; spikes terminal, 

 dense-flowered ; calyx glabrous, shorter 

 than the spur. Flowers large. Toad-flax. 

 NaturaHzed. 12-18 i. 



elofine, (y. Ju. 0.) procumbent, hairy; 

 leaves alternate, hastate, entire ; peduncles 

 solitaiy, axillary, very long. Flowers 

 small, bluish white. Introduced. 



trianthop" orum, leaves whorled, lanceo- 

 late, 3 parted ; stem decumbent ; racemes 

 tenninal, few-flowered. Flowers large. Ex. 

 ANY'CHIA. 5—1. (Amaran'ti.) 



dichofoma, (fork chickweed, w. Ju. l^.) 

 stem dichotomous, very branching, spiead ; 

 leaves oval, lanceolate, glabrous, erect; 

 6 or 8 inches high, very slender ; branches 

 axillary ; leaves obtusish ; flov\^ers mostly 

 longer than the stipules. 

 APAR"GIA. 17—1. (Cichoracea.) [A Greek 

 word, signifying succory.] 



autumna'lis, (false hawk-weed, y. J. 2^.) 

 scape branching ; peduncles scaly ; leaves 

 lanceolate, toothed, or pinnatifid, smooth- 

 isli. Flowers bright yellow, resembling the 

 dandelion. Fields and road-sides. Inti'O- 

 duced. 



oronftinm, (Ju. 0.) erect, branching, 

 hairy ; leaves alternate, lanceolate ; flowers 

 sub -spiked ; involucre digitate, longer than 

 the corolla. S. 



teneV'liim, (b. Ju. 1^.) small, simple, gla- 

 brous ; leaves opposite, linear, acute ; flow- 

 ers axillary, short-peduncled ; involucre bell- 

 form. S. 

 APHA'NES. 4—2. {Rosacea.) [From a 



Greek word, signifying low in stature.] 



arvevl'sis, (parsley-piert, @.) leaves 3- 

 pai'ted ; divisions 3-cleft, hairy ; flowers ax- 

 illaiy, glomerate, monandrous. S. 



A'PIOS. 16—10. (Leguminosm.) [From the Greek 

 afios, mild, in allusion to the root.] 

 tuherc/sa, (ground-nut, dark p. Ju. $ .) 

 stem twining ; leaves pinnate, with 7 lance- 

 ovate leafets ; racemes shorter than the 

 leaves ; root tuberous, farinaceous, in taste 

 resembling the cocoa-nut, and highly nutrl- 

 cious. Ex. 



A'PIUM. 5—2. {Umhelliferce.) [Supposed tv 

 be derived from tlie Greek apes, bees, be- 

 cause they are fond of the plant] 

 peti n^teli' num, (parsley, Ju. $ .) caulino 

 leaves linear ; involucrum minute. Ex. 



grnveo'lens, (celeiy, Ju. $ .) stem chan- 

 nelled ; canline leaves wedge-form. Ex. 

 APLECTRUM. 13—1. ( OrchidecB.) [From 

 a, wilhl)ut, plectron, spur.] 

 hiema'Us, (g-p. M. 2^.) loaf solitaiy, ovate, 

 striate ; lip tritid. obtuse, with the palate 



