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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



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3. Adelia Acidoton ; Box-leaved Adelia. Branches flexu- 

 ose ; spines gemmaceous. It seldom rises above four feet in 

 height, and has much the appearance of a young Ebony. 

 It flowers in June with us; and in Jamaica, of which it is a 

 native, early in April and May. 



Adenanthera ; a genus of the class Decandria, order Mo- 

 nogynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : perianth one-leafed, 

 five-toothed, very small. Corolla: five-petalled, bell- 

 shaped ; petals lanceolate, sessile, convex inwards, concave 

 underneath. Stamina: filamenta subulate, erect, a little 

 shorter than the corolla; anthers roundish, incumbent, 

 bearing a globose gland at the outer tip. Pistil : germen 

 oblong, gibbous downwards ; style subulate, the length of 

 the stamina; stigma simple. Pericarp: a legume, long, 

 compressed, membranaceous. Seeds .- very many, roundish, 

 remote. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix : five-toothed. Pe- 

 tals : five ; globose glands, affixed to the outer tip of the 

 antherae. Legume membranaceous. The species are, 



J . Adenanthera Pavonina. Leaves smooth on both sides. 

 This is one of the largest trees in the East Indies, and the 

 timber is in common use on account of its solidity. It flow- 

 ers in September, bears fruit at the beginning and end of the 

 year, and is never without leaves. Its duration is two hundred 

 years. The natives use the powder of the leaf in their cere- 

 monies ; and of the bruised leaves they make a drink, which 

 they esteem good against pains in the loins. The seeds, 

 besides being eaten by the common people, are of great use 

 to the jewellers and goldsmiths, on account of their equality 

 for weights, each of them weighing four grains ; they also 

 make a cement by beating them up with water and borax. 

 In England it must be raised from the seeds on a hot-bed, 

 and afterwards placed in the bark-stove, where the fine 

 branching leaves will make a handsome appearance. It has 

 never been known to flower in Great Britain. 



2. Adenanthera Falcata. Leaves tomentose underneath. 

 This species is little known, never having been cultivated 

 in England : Native of the East Indies. 



3. Adenanthera Scandens. Leaves pinnate, two paired; 

 leaflets ovate, oblique, smooth ; claspers terminal, bifid. It 

 has never been cultivated in England, and ie therefore little 

 known. Native of Mallicollo, in the S. Seas. 



Adiantum; a genus of the class Cryptogamia, order Filices. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Fructifications assembled in oval 

 spots at the end of the fronds which are turned back ; or at 

 the reflex tip of the frond underneath. A large genus of 

 Ferns., chiefly the growth of hot climates. 

 * Frond simple. 



1. Adiantum Reniforme ; Kidney -leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Fronds kidney-shaped, stalked, many-flowered. It is .1 na- 

 tive of the island of Madeira; has been cultivated in Eng- 

 land, and must be confined to the green house. 



2. Adiantum Philippense ; Philippine Maiden-hair. Fronds 

 kidney-shaped, alternate, petiolate, lobate, many flowered. 

 Native of the Philippine Islands. 



3. Adiantum Repens ; Creeping Maiden-hair. Fronds tra- 

 pezium-shaped, cordate, pinnatilid ; divisions lance-shaped, 

 serrate at the tip, the lower ones gashed. A native of the 

 Isle of France. 



** Frond compound. 



4. Adiantum Radiatum ; Rayed Maiden-hair. Front! digi- 

 tate ; leaflets pinnate ; pinnas one-flowered. This elegant 

 little plant rises by a simple stalk to the height of six or eight 

 inches, and then divides in five or more simple branches, 

 disposed in a radiated expanded form ; and sustained by a 

 few simple leaves placed in the manner of an umbrella, tinder 

 their insertions. It is a native of Jamaica and St. Dominero. 



5. Adiantum Pedatum ; Canadian Maiden-hair. Fronds 

 pedate; leaflets pinnate; pinnas gibbous before, gashed, fruit- 

 bearing. The leaves of this plant resemble the comb of a 

 cock. It has been cultivated in England, and will live 

 through the winter in the open air, if the season be moderate. 

 It grows naturally in Canada in such quantities, that when 

 the French were in possession of that country, they sent it 

 to France as a package for goods, and the Parisian apothe- 

 caries used it instead of the true Maiden hair. It is also 

 found in Japan and the Society Isles, and flowers in August 

 and September. 



6. Adiantum Lanceum; Surinam Maiden-hair. Fronds 

 pinnate ; pinnas opposite, oblong, the end ones triangu- 

 larly hastate. It is a native of Surinam. 



7. Adiantum Hastatum ; Hastate-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Fronds pinnate; pinnas hastate-trilobate, straight. This plant 

 seldom exceeds six inches in height. Native of the Cape. 



8. Adiantum Trilobum ; Three-Midi Maiden-hair. Pinnas 

 three-parted, obtuse, gashed, many-flowered. A native of 

 America. 



9. Adiantum Serrulatum ; Serrate-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Fronds bipinnate ; pinnules deltoid-oblong serrate ; fructi- 

 fications solitary, superior. This species is about six inches 

 high ; and a native of Jamaica. 



10. Adiantum Caudatum ; Tail-leaved Maiden-hair. Fronds 

 pinnate, sickle-tailed at the top. Native of the East Indies 

 and Japan. 



*** Frond decompound. 



11. Adiantum Flabellulatum ; Fan-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Fronds decompound ; pinnas alternate, rhombed, rounded, 

 many-flowered; stipes pubescent above. Native of China. 



12. Adiantum Trifoliatum ; Ternate-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Fronds decompound ; leaflets alternate, ternate, linear, one- 

 flowered. Native of America. 



13. Adiantum Chusanum ; Chinese Maiden-hair. Fronds 

 decompound ; pinnas alternate, pinnatilid ; lobes unequal. 

 Native of China. 



14. Adiantum Capillus Veneris; True Maiden-hair. Fronds 

 decompound ; leaflets alternate ; pinnas wedge-shaped, 

 lobed, pedicelled. It is a very succulent plant, yielding 

 almost its whole weight of juice ; but neither its taste nor 

 smell promise any efficacy, although a decoction of the fresh 

 plant is recommended as a gentle diuretic, which removes 

 obstructions of the lungs and other viscera; and, made into 

 a syrup, as an excellent medicine for coughs, hoarsenesses, 

 and other disorders of the breast. Haller says, that if the 

 syrup of Capillaire made from this plant be good for any 

 thing, it is from the orange-flower water which they put 

 into'it ; though Sir John Hill asserts, that as we cannot 

 easily have the plant fresh, and that it loses a great deal of 

 the virtue in drying, the best expedient is to use the fine 

 syrup of Capillaire, which is made of an infusion of the 

 plant when in its perfection, with pure Narbonne honey. 

 We, continues he, suppose this is a trifle ; but barley-water 

 sweetened with it, is one of the best remedies for a violent 

 cold. This is a native of the south of Europe, and of the 

 Levant, and is found, though but rarely, in Wales and Scot- 

 land, growing wild on rocks: but that which is met with at 

 the druggists is procured from France. The plnnt is in 

 perfection in the latter end of summer. It may 'be preserved 

 in pots filled with gravel, lime, and rubbish, in which it 

 will thrive much better than in good enrth. 



15. Adiantum Villosu-m; Hairy-stalked Maiden-hair. 

 Fronds bipinnate ; pinnas rhombed, fructifying before and 

 without; stipe villous. It is two feet in height ; a native 

 of Jamaica; and requires a stove in England 



