ANAGALLIS-ANTHOXANTHUM. 7g 



§Uead6n"sis, (balm of Gilead,) leaves ternate, entire ; pedancles l-flowered. 

 Grows near the Red Sea. 



ANAGALLIS. 5 — 1. (Jasmine(B) [From a Greek word; signifying to laugh, because by cur 

 ing diseases it was thought to promote cheerfulness.] 

 arven"sis, (red chick-weed, scarlet pimpernel, r. J. ©.) stem spreading, naked, 

 procumbent ; petals entire, flat, with hairs at the margin. /S. 



ANCHUSA. 5—1. iBoraginm.) [GraBk, to strangle.] 

 qfflcina'lis, {hug\oss,y. %.) leaves lanceolate; spikes imbricate, one-sidea; 

 bracts ovate. Ex. 



ANDROMEDA. 10—1. {Erica..) 



calycula'la, (leather leaf, w. M. l^.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, ob.soletely ser- 

 rulate, sub-revolute, with scaly dots, rust-coloured beneath; racemes ter- 

 minal, leafy, turned one way; pedicels short, solitary, axillary ; calyx acute, 

 2-bracted at the base ; bracts broad-ovate, acuminate ; corolla oblong-cy- 

 lindric. Wet. 2. f. 



arhore'a, (w. Ju. T7.) leaves oblong-oval, acuminate-serrate, smooth, panicles 

 terminal, many-spiked ; corolla ovate-oblong, pubescent. Mountains A 

 beautiful tree. 50 f. Sorrel-tree. 



ANEMONE. 12—13. (Ranunculacem.') [From anemos, the wind, so called because the petals 

 expand through the influence of the wind blowing upon the flower.] 



i;irg-i«.ia'Ma, (wind-flower, g-w. Ju. %.) stem dichotomous; leaves in threes, 

 3-cleft, upper ones opposite; leafets gash-lobate and serrate, acute; pedun- 

 cles solitary, l-flowered, elongated ; seed oblong, woolly, mucronate, in 

 heads. 18 i. 



nemoro'sa, (low anemone, r-w. M. %.) stem l-flowered ; cauline leaves in 

 threes, 5-parted; leafets wedge-form, gash-lobed, toothed, acute; corolla 5 

 to 6-petalled ; seeds ovate, with a short style, hooked. A variety, quinque- 

 folia, has lateral leafets, deeply 2-cleft. 6 i. )S. 



thalidro'ides, (rue anemone, w. M. %.) umbels involucred ; radical leafets 

 twice ternate, leafets sub-cordate, 3-toothed; iuvolucrum 6-leaved; leafets 

 petioled, uniform ; umbel few-flowered ; seed naked, striate ; root tuberous. 

 A variety, unijlora, has a l-flowered involucrum. 5 i. 5'. 



pennsylvanica, (w. Ju. %.) leaves 3-parted; segments 3-cleft; lobes oblong, 

 toothed, acuminate ; involucrum sessile, bearing several pedicels, one naked 

 and l-flowered, the others in volucellate; petals 5; fruit pubescent, crowned 

 with a long style. Meadows. Flowers large. 1 f. Considered the same 

 as A. dichotoma. 



horten"sia, (garden anemone,) radical leaves digitate ; divisions 3-cleft ; cau- 

 line ones ternate, lanceolate, connate, sub-divided; seed woolly, Ex. 



ANETHUM. 5—2. (Umbellifercz.) [From the Greek anew, to run, /Aeo, afar, alluding to tha 

 spreading roots. Ex.] 

 graveolens, (dill,) fruit compressed; plant annual. 

 faniculum, (fennel,) fruit ovate ; plant perennial. 



(ANGELICA. 5—2. (Umbellifercz.) [^ng-ei/c, on account of its supposed virtues.] 

 atropurfu'rea, (angelica, g-w. J. %..) stem smooth, coloured ; leaves ternate, 

 partitions sub-quinate ; leafets ovate, acute, gash-serrate, sub-lobed ; 3 ter 

 minal ones confluent ; petioles very large, inflated. Wet meadows. Root 

 purplish. This is the true aromatic angelica. 4 f. 

 archangeli'ca, (archangel, (J*.) leaves unequally lobed. A native of Lapland. 

 Medicinal. 



iNTHEMIS. 17—2. {Corymbiferce.) [From the Greek ora^Aos, a flower.] 

 cof'ula, (may-weed, w. J. ©.) receptacle conic, chaff bristly, seed naked; 



leaves 2-pinnate, leafets subulate, 3-parted. 10 i. 

 no'bilis, (chamomile, w. Au. %..) leaves 2-pinnate ; leafets 3-parted, linear, sub- 

 ulate, sub-villous ; stem branching at the base. Fragrant. 4 i. Ex. 



4NTH0XANTIIUM. 2—2. (Graminem.) [From the Greek anthos, a flower, xanthos, yellow.] 

 odoratum, (sweet vernal grass, M. %.) spike oblong-ovate ; florets sub-pedun- 

 cled, shorter than the awn. An American variety, aUissimum, is larger and 

 of a dark green. An elegant substitute for the Leghorn grass. 10-]Hi. 



