Y^Q APPENDIX. 



sa. HUMULUS. Gen. PL 1523. 

 [Perli&ps from the Lat. Humus, moist earth; in reference to its place of growth-l 

 Maip Cal 5 leaved; leaflets oblong, obtuse, concave. Cor. 0. 



ta.^ncL.sCaU leaved, e:uire, obliquely^ Cor. 0. Styles 2. Sc.cZ 1, wUhm the caly.. 



M. LUPULtTs. Cijcloj}- Stem voluble, twining with the sun; leaves lobed, scabrous. 

 VuIeo— Hop. Common Hop. , ,^ . 



F/. Middle of July. Fr. mat. Latter end of September. 



ifa6. Gardens, &c. Perennial. 12 to 20 feet higli. i\7/f. Europe and America. 



frequently found it, both male and 



- • ■ ' ■ ''^■' for 



tion. 



ne and 



.opor,fic:-;heTnfu;ion t'onic-andthVcones, prepared in cataplasms, arehighly antiseptic, itis me Female 



plant only that is cultivated. . ,„i-,b,p,^ 



It is curious to ohservo the determined natural bias which this plant has *« tvvine «n/ft the Sun- wherea„ 



the climbing species of Bean, {Phaseolus,) as constantly iwme in the opposite direction. 



87. POPULUS. Gon. PL 1531. . 



CLat. Popuhis, the people- Tr.e of the People; the public walks,in Rome, being shaded by it. De TJ,eis.i 

 Male Jmf«« cylindric Ca/. a lacerate scale. Cor. turbinate, oblique, entire. 

 FEMFrowelasinthemale. S^^„n« 4 or6 lobed. C«^s-. 2 celled, ^eeds beset with long wool 

 p. GRiECA. JVilld. Leaves cordate-ovate, acuminate, obsoletely serrate, petioles compressed. 

 Ftt/po— Athenian Poplar. 

 Safe^AbouUiousfsl'&c. 20 to 40 feet high; branches spreading. Nat. Islands of the Archipelago. 



Obs. Introduced into this neighborhood about fifteen years ago, for the -kef^ts shade We^h^^^^ only 

 the Female here: and the woo/, or white down, which is shedfiom the capsules, ^U.en tney oursi, 

 abundant as to render the tree rather objectionable, m the immediate Vicinity of houses. 

 p. DiLATATA. WUld. Leaves deltoid, acuminate, serrate, glabrous on both sides. 

 FtiZg-o-Lombardy Poplar. Italian Poplar. 

 FL Beginning of April. -?''-• '"«'■ 



Fl. Keginning oi Apru. - -.r * t. i 



Jlab. About houses, &c. 40 to SO feet high: branches very erect. Nat. Italy. 



of that work. 



8S. JUNIPERUS. Gen. PL 1552. 

 [Etymology obscure. See page 111 of this catalogue.] 



Male, Jmcnt ovate. Cal a scale. Cor. 0. Stamens 3. , , c , , 



Fem. CaL 3 parted, adnata to the germ. Cor. petals 3? Styles^. iJm-i/ tuberculate, 1 to 3 seeded. 



J. COMMUNIS. JFilld- Leaves ternate, spreading, mucronate, longer than the berry. 



IA(?^^o— Juniper. Juniper-bush. 



M. Latter end of April. Fr. mat. 



Ilab. Gardens, &c. 4 toS feet high. Nat. Northern Europe. 



Obs Thi-i shrub hss become almost naturalized in many places along the Brandywine. It is cultivated 

 in some wardens for t!ie terrift.f,— which possess pretty valuable medici'.ial properties--especial_ly the o if 

 ■'/.'hicl. they afiord. Spirits, when impregnated with this oil, are known by the name ot Om, Geneva, or 

 Juniper lOater^ 



(iCJ-The J. sABiNA, or Sarin, is occasionally cultivated for its medicinal virtues, in some parts of the 

 Coufttry; but \ have not observed it in this inimu('.iate vicinity. 



