BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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ABELE TREE. See Pdpulus dlba. 

 Abulia, Brown. Named in honour of Dr. 

 C. Abel, physician to the Embassy to China 

 under Lord Amherst. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. 

 Or. Caprifolidcece. Pretty flowering shrubs, 

 desirable as greenhouse plants or for turning 

 into the flower borders during summer. They 

 merely require the ordinary treatment of green- 

 house plants, and are easily increased by cut- 

 tings. Synonymes : 1, Vesdlea floribtinda, V. 



t? hirta; 2, Abelia sirrala. 



J) floribundal. Red 3, G. Ev. S. 8 Mexico . 1842 



rupestris . . Ro. wht. 9, G. Ev. S. 3 China . 1844 

 triflbra . . Pa. redw.6, G. Ev. S. 4 E. Ind. . 1847 

 uniflbra2 . Pale red 3, G. Ev. S. 3 China . 1844 



Abies. See Plnus. 



Abildgaaedia, Vahl. After Professor Abild- 

 gaard, of Copenhagen. Linn. 3, Or. 1, Nat. 

 Or. Cyperacece. Worthless dwarf species of 

 grass-like plants ; increased by division, and 

 grown in any common soil. 



monostachya . Apetal 6, Grass J N. Holl . 1819 

 tristachya . . Apetal 6, Grass f N. Holl. . 1824 



Abortion, imperfect or untimely development. 



Abe6ma, Linn. From a, privative, and broma, 

 food ; unfit to be eaten. Linn. 18, Or. 1, 

 Nat. Or. Sterculiacece. ■ Handsome free-flower- 

 ing species of easy culture, delighting in a 

 compost of loam and peat. Propagated with 

 ease from seeds or. cuttings. The bark of A. 

 augHsta furnishes a very tough fibrous tissue, 

 suited for manufacturing into cordage, 

 augusta . . .' Pur. 8, S. Ev. Tl 10 E. Ind. . 1770 

 fastubsa . . . Pur. 8, 8. Ev. T: 10 N. S. "W". . 1800 



Abe6nia, Jussieu. From abros, delicate ; re- 

 ferring to the involucrum. Linn. 5, Or. 1, 

 Nat. Or. Nyctagimacece. Handsome trailing 

 plants, multiplied by division, and grown in 

 sandy peat. Synonyme : 1, Tricratus admird- 

 bilis. 



melllfera . . Wht. 7, H. De. Tr. i California 1826 

 umbellata 1 . Red 4, H. Ev. Tr. j California 1828 



Abeupt, blunt, broken off. 



Abruptly-pinnate. Pinnate leaves, terminat- 

 ing without an odd leaflet. 



Abeus, Lima. From abros, soft ; in allusion to 



the delicacy of the leaves. Linn. 17, Or. 4, 

 Nat. Or. Fabacece. This pretty climbing 

 species (Wild Liquorice) must have a strong 

 heat to enable it to flower well. It delights 

 in loam and peat, and is propagated readily 

 from cuttings, in sand, under a glass. The 

 roots have the property of the liquorice of the 

 shops, while the seeds, if eaten in any quan- 

 tity, produce violent headache, 

 precatbrius . Pa. pur. 4, S. De. CI. 12 TV. Ind. . 1680 



ABSfNTHlTJM. See Artemisia. 



Abstts. See C&ssia Asus. 



Abdta, Aublei. From Abouta or Abuta, its 

 name in Guiana. Linn. 22, Or. 10, Nat. Or. 

 Menispermaeece. An ornamental evergreen 

 climber, Loam and peat ; and increased by 

 division. From the branches of this plant a 

 drink is made by the natives of Cayenne, and 

 used by them against obstructions of the liver 

 rufescens . . Grn. yel. 4, S. Ev. CI. 10 Guiana . 1820 



Abutilon, Momch. Ancient name of a plant 

 analogous to the marsh mallow. Linn. 16, 

 Or. 8, Nat. Or. Malvaeece. Greenhouse shrubs 

 of the easiest culture, and of considerable 

 beauty. Synonymes: 1, Sida Bedfordiana; 

 2, S. globiflbra ; 3, S. graveSlens, hirta, tomen- 

 Visa; 4, S. integerrlma ; 5, S. pulckilla ; 6, S. 

 picta ; 7, S. vendsa; 8, S. mtifblia. 

 Bodfordianuml T. red 11, 8. Ev. 8. 14 Brazil . 1838 

 esculentum . . Purple 9, S". Ev. S. 8 Brazil 

 giobiflbrum 2 . Cream 11, 8. Ev. 8'. 4 Mauritius 1825 

 graveblens 3 . Yel.or. 8, S. Ev. S. 6 E. Ind. . 1842 

 insfgne ... W.crm. 6, G. Ev. 8. 6 N. Gren. 1851 

 integerrlmum 4 Yellow 5, 8. Ev. S. 14 N. Gren. 

 pseoniaeflbrum . Rose 1, G. Ev. S. 6 Brazil . 1843 

 pulchellum 5 . White 9, G. Be. 8. 8 N. 8. W. 1821 

 rufmerve . . . Straw 8, G. Ev. 8. 6 Rio . . 1845 

 striatum 6 . . Oran. all, G. Ev. 8. 10 Brazil . 1837 

 venbsum 7 . . Or. red 7, G. Ev. 8. 10 

 vitifolium 8. .White 7, H.Ev. S. 6 Chili . 183T 

 See Sida. 



Garden Varieties: Alba, Alphonse Karr, Be- 

 ranger, Arago, De Cauchy, Due de Malakoff, 

 Manetti, Regelii, Van Houttei, &c. 



AcAciA, Necker. From ac, a point, or akazo, 

 to sharpen ; many of the species having thorns 

 or prickles. Linn. 23, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Fabctcece, 



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