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A. CEPA. IVilld. Scape naked, ventricose below, longer than the terete leaves: 

 Vulgo—Omon. Garden Onion. 



Fl- Latter end of July. Fr. mat. Beginning of September. 



Hab. Gardens. Perennial. 2 to 3 feet high: flowers purplish. iVah'i-e country uncertain. 



0'.s. Extensively cultivated as an article of diet. The expressed juice is a popular remedy for cynanche 

 trachealis, or croup. 



A. scHCEfropRAsuM. IVilld. Scape naked, equalling the terete, filiform leaves. 

 Tw/g-o— Chives, or Gives. 



Fl. Latter end of July. Fr- mat. Beginning of September. 



ITaft. Gardens. Perennial. 6 to 9 inches high: flowers purple. A'af. Siberia, &c. 



Obs. Cultivated as a kitchen herb; and often cut up, and fed to young poultry, especially turkies,— un- 

 der the impression that it is a salutary, medicinal kind of diet. 



b. Flowers naked. 



28. ASPARAGUS Gen. PI. 573. 

 [Gr. Asparagos, a tution, or young shoot; characteristic of the plant.] 

 CoR. inferior. 6 parted, erect; the 3 inner segments reflexed at apex. Berry 3 celled, many seeded. 

 A. OFFiciN'ALis. IVilld. Stem herbaceous, terete, unarmed, paniculate; leaves setaceous, soft. 

 F'lt/g-o— Common Asparagus. Sparrow-gi'ass. 



Fl. Middle of June, and after. Fr. mat. Last of September. 



Ha&. Gardens. Perennial. 3 to 5 feet high: flowers greenish yellow. iVaf. Europe. 



06», The youns shoots aff"ord a favorite vegetable dish, in the spring of the year. A strong and peculiar 

 oioT is imparted to the urinary secretion, by eating them. 



CLASS VII. HEPTANDRIA. 



ORDER; MONOGYHIA. 



29. ^SCULUS. Gen. PI. 628. "' 



fLat. Esca, food; a name not very appropriate to this genus.] 

 Cal. 1 leaved, ventricose. Cor. petals 4 or 5, unequal, pubescent. Caps 3 celled. Seeds large, 

 ^, HippocASTANUM. Willd. Leaves digitate, in 7's; corolla 5 petalled; pailicle pyramidal. 

 Kw/g-o— Horse Chesnut. 



Fl. Middle of May. Fr- mat. Latter end of September. 



Hab. Yards, in front of houses, &c. 20 to 30 feet high: flowers white. Nat. Northern Asia. 



Obs. This ornamental tree is occasionally cultivated for the sake of the comfortable shade which it af- 

 fords, in summer. 



CLASS VIII. OCTANDRIA. 



ORDER, MONOGYIfEA. 



30. TROP.^OLUM. Gen- PL 634. 

 [Lat. Tropaiim, a trophy; from a fancied resemblance of its flower to a banner.] 

 Cal. 1 leaved, 4 or 5 cleft, colored, calcarate. Cor. petals 4 or 5, unequal. Nuts coriaceous, Bulcat?. 

 T. MAJUs. IVilld. Leaves peltate, subrepand; petals obtuse, some of them ciliate below. 

 Fti/jo— Nasturtium, or Nasturtion. Indian Cress. Sturtion. 



Fl. Latter end of June, and after. Fr. mat. Latter end of September, 



ifaft. Gardens. Annual. 4 to 6 or 8 feet long: flowers reddish orange, large. iVaf. Peru. 



Obs. An ornamental plant; cultivated chiefly for the young /rtnY,— which, when duly prepared, is much 

 esteemed as a condiment. 



