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AMP 



AMI'CIA. (In honour of B. Amid, phy- 

 sician. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fa- 

 bacese]. Linn., 17-Monadelphia3-Hexan- 

 dria. ) 



Stove evergreen climber. Rough sandy loam ; 

 cuttings in sand, under a bell-glnss. 

 A. zigo'meris (two-jointed-podded). 8. Yellow. 

 June. Mexico. 1826. 



AMIA'NTHIUM. See HELO'NIAS. 



Aaoio'Eimi. (From ammos, sand, and 

 bio, to live ; in reference to the sandy soil 

 in which it thrives. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteracese]. Linn., 10-Syngenesia 1- 

 M 'quails.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous perennials. Cuttings 

 and seed ; common soil. 

 A. ala'tum (winged). 2. White. June. N. 



Holland. 1S22. 



plantagi'neum (plantain-leaved). 1. White. 

 August. N. Holland. 1827. 



AMMO'OHAEIS. See BRUNSVI'GIA. 



AMMODE'NDEON. (From ammos, sand, 

 and dendron, a tree ; in reference to the 

 situation it grows in. Nat. ord., Legu- 

 minous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 10-Zte- 

 candria 1-Monogynia.) 



A hardy evergreen tree. Allied to Sophora. 

 A. Sieve'rsn (Siever's). 4. Purple. June. Si- 

 beria. 1837. 



AMMOGE'TON. (From ammos, sand, and 

 geton, near; the situation it likes. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [Asteraceee]. Linn., 19- 

 Syngenesia l.-JEqualis.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Root division; 

 sandy loam. 



A. scorzonerifo'lium (scorzonera-leaved). Yellow. 

 May. N. Amer. 1834. 



AMMY'ESINE. (From ammos, sand, and 

 myrsine, myrtle. Nat. ord., Heathivorts 

 [Ericaceae]. Linn., 10-Decandria 1-Mo- 

 nogynia.) 



Hardy evergreen shrubs, allied to Ledum, but 

 requiring slight protection in winter. Peat; 

 layers. This genus should be united to Leio- 

 phyllum. 

 A. buxifo'lia (box-leaved). 1. White. May. 



N. Amer. 1736. 

 prostra'ta (flat-lying). White. June. N.Amer. 



.AMO'MUM. (From a, not, and momos, 

 impurity ; in reference to the quality of 

 counteracting poison. Nat ord., Ginger- 

 worU [Zingiberacesej. Linn., 1-Monaji- 

 dria l-Monogy)iia.) 



Grains of paradise, acrid seeds used to give 

 pungent flavour to liquors, belong to different 

 species of Arnomum. Being aromatic herbs, they 

 were used in embalming; whence the word 

 mummy. Stove herbaceous perennials. Root 

 division; rich, light loam; require, when grow- 

 ing, a high, racist heat. 



A. awlea'tum, (pnckly). 10. Orange, May, E, 

 Ind. I8ig, 



A. Afze'lii (Afcelius's). 3. Pink. May. Sierra 

 Leone. 1795. 



angustifo'lium( narrow-leaved). 8. Red. June, 



Madagascar. 



aroma' ticum (aromatic). 3. Purplish-yellow. 



June. E. Ind. 1823. 



cardamo'mvm (small cardamom). 4. Pale 



brown. Jane. E. Ind. 1823. 



Danie'lli (bastard melligetta). 3$. Red. W. 



Africa. 



dealba'tum (whitened). 3. White. April. 



Bengal. 1819. 



gra'na paradi'si (grain of paradise). 3. Red. 



March. Madasgascar. 



grandiflo'rum (large-flowered). 3. White. 



July. Sierra Leone. 1/95. 



latifo'lium (broad-leaved). 4. Purplish-yel- 



low. June. Sierra Leone. 1824. 



ma'ximum (greatest). 5. White. June. E. 



Ind. 



seri'ceum (silky). 6. White. July. E. Ind. 1819. 



subula'tum (awl-shaped). 3. Yellow. April. 



Bengal. 1822. 



sylve'stre (wood). 1. White. April. W. 



Ind. 1819. 



AMOO'EA. (Nat. ord., Meliads [Melia- 

 cese]. Linn., Q-Hexandria 3-Trigynia.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings in sand, under 

 bell-glass, in a hotbed ; soil, light, rich loam. 

 A. cuculla'ta (cowl-leaved). Yellow. May. N. 

 Amer. 1834. 



AMO'EPHA. Bastard Indigo. (From a, 

 not, and morpha, form; in reference to 

 the irregularity of the flowers. Nat. ord.> 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabaceae]. Linn., 16- 

 Monadelphia 6-Decandria.) 



Hardy deciduous shrubs. Common soil ; layers^ 

 or cuttings of the ripe wood in autumn. 

 A. cane'scens (hoary). 3. Blue. July. Missouri. 

 1812. 



cro'ceo-lana'ta (yellow- woolled). 5. Purple. 



July. N. Amer. 1820. 



fra'grans (fragrant). 3. Purple. July. N. 

 Amer. 1800. 



frutico'sa (shrubby). 6. Purple. July. Ca- 

 rolina. 1724. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 9. Purple. 



June. South Carolina. 1812. 



ceeru'lea (blue). 9. Blue. June. South 



Carolina. 



emar^mM'fa.'(emarginate-leaved). 6. Pur- 

 ple. July. " Carolina. 1724. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). 2. Purple. 



June. Carolina. 



gla'bra (smooth). 3. Purple. Julv. N. Amer. 



1818. 



Jierba'cea (herbaceous). 3. Blue. July. Ca- 



rolina. 1803. 



Z,eu;i'su'(Lewis's). 3. Purple. July. N.Arner. 



1818. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). 2. Purple. Au- 



gust. Missouri. 1811, 



na'na (dwarf). 2. Blue. August. Missouri-. 



1811. These last four require a little 

 protection in winter. 



AMPELO'PSIS. (From ampelos, a vine, 

 and oj;sis, resemblance; in reference to 

 its resemblance to the grape-vine. Nat. 

 ord., Vineworts [Vitacese]. Linn., b-Pen~ 

 tandria 1-Monogynia,) 



