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readily under hand-glasses, in the common 



garden soil. 



jap6nica . . Apetal 6, H, Bv. S. 6 Japan . . 1783 



f&mina . . Apetal 6, H. Ev. S. 6 Japau. 



limbata . . . Apotal 8, H. Ev. S. 6 



picturata . . Apotal 6, H. Ev. S. 6 



himalalca . . Apotal 6, H. Ev. S. 6 Himalaya. 



AucupArius, having a tendency to attract 

 birds. 



Audibertia, Bentham. In honour of M. Audi- 

 bert, of Tarascon, a celebrated nurseryman. 

 Linn. 2, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Lamidcece. Interest- 

 ing little plants growing about two or three 

 feet high, and bearing palish blue flowers. 

 They grow in any common soil, and increase 

 from seeds. Synonymes: 1, Salvia carnbsa, 

 inedna ; 2, Sdlvia polystdchya. See Mentha. 



incana .... Pa. bl. 8, H. Ev. S. 2 Colomb. 1827 

 polystechya 2 White 2, G.Her. P. 3 Califom. 1849 



Audouinia, Brongniart. In honour of V. Au- 

 douin, a profound entomologist and friend of 

 Brongniart. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Bru- 

 nidcece. An ornamental genus ; for culture, 

 &c, see the genus Bibsma. Synonyme: 1, 

 Bibsma capitdta. 

 capltata . . Purple 6, G. Ev. S. 1£ C. G. H. . 17^0 



Augusta. See Stiflia. 



AUGUSTUS, grand, stately, magnificent. 



At/LAX, Bergius. Named from aulax, a furrow ; 

 the under side of the leaves of the original 

 species being furrowed. Linn. 22, Or. 4, Nat. 

 Or. Prote&cece. This is a pretty genus : the 

 species attain from one to two feet high and 

 bear yellow flowers ; they succeed best in a 

 very sandy loam, with a good drainage ; ripened 

 cuttings taken off at a joint, and planted in a 

 pot of sand, will strike root readily uuder a 

 hand-glass. 



pinifolia . . Yellow 8, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. . 1780 

 umbeMta Yellow 7, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. . 1774 



AURANTIACE.&. The orange family. An order 

 of considerable celebrity on account of the 

 excellent fruit borne by many of the species. " 



Aurantium. See Citrus. 



AtmfcOMUS, a head or tuft like hair, of a golden 

 colour. 



AuRfcuLA. See Primula._ 



AurIcula JUD.2E. See EnAdia. 



AuriculAria. See Mentha and TlnUpliora. 



Auriculate, ~) 



AuriculAted, > having ear-like appendages. 



Auricled, 3 



Auriculately-sAgittate, eared at the base, 

 so as to give the leaf the appearance of the 

 head of an arrow. 



AuriculAtely stem-clasping, having auricles 

 at the base of the leaves, clasping the stem. 



Austrian oak. See Quircus. 



Avena, Linnceus. A name of obscure origin, 

 supposed to be from the Celtic aten, from etan, 

 to eat ; whence our word oat has been ob- 

 tained. Linn. 3, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Gramindcece. 

 The species of this genus are easy of culti- 

 vation, and uninteresting in point of beauty. 

 See ArrhenatHrum, Banthdnia, Gaudinia, Tri- 

 chceta, and Triselum. 



Hilda . . , . Apetal 6, Grass. 2 



orientalis \ . Apetal 6, Grass. 3 . .1798 



pratensis . . Apetal 6, Grass. 3 Britain, pasture. 



Batlva . . . Apotal 6, Grass. 3 



leucosperma . Apetal 6, Grass. 2 



melanusp(5rma Apetal 6, Grass. 8 



storilis , . . Apetal 6, Grass. 4 Barbary , . 1643 



dlba, brevis, bromoides, fdllax, fdlua, flaviscens, 

 7iirsuta, laiifolia, planiculnus, prcecox, pumila, 

 semperiftrens, setdcea, versicolor. 



Avens. See Geum. 



Averrh6a, Linnceus. In honour of Averrhoes, 

 of Cordova, in Spain, a celebrated physician. 

 Linn. 10, Or. 4, Nat. Or. Oxalidacece. The 

 species are evergreen trees, singular for the 

 fruit growing frequently on the trunk itself 

 below the leaves : the flowers grow in racemes ; 

 the fruit is a five-celled berry. A. Bilimbi 

 is a beautiful tree, with a green, fleshy, oblong 

 fruit, the thickness of the finger, filled with a 

 grateful acid juice ; the substance and seeds 

 not unlike those of the cucumber. Both spe- 

 cies form handsome plants in our stoves, grow- 

 ing freely ; and ripened cuttings root readily 

 in sand, under a hand-glass. 

 Bilimbi . . Bed yel. . S. Ev. S. 8 E. Ind. 1791 

 Carambdla . Grn. red . S. Ev. 8. 12 Ceylon 1733 



AviCENNlA, Linnceus. In honour of Avicenna, 

 a celebrated Persian philosopher and physician. 

 Linn. 14, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Myopordcece. The 

 bark of A. tomentdsa is in great use at Bio 

 Janeiro for tanning, but it is not worth culture 

 in this countiy — tomentbsa, 



AvfcuLAR, fit for bird's meat. 



Avignon berries. See Rli&mnvx ClAsii. 



Avocado pear. See Pdrsea gratissima. 



Awl-^haped, narrow-pointed, like an awl. 



Awlwort. See Subuldria. 



Awned, terminating in an awn, or sharp point. 



Awn'edly acuminated, tapering to a point, and 

 terminating in an awn. 



Awns, the beard of any thing. 

 . ( literally the armpit ; in plants ap- 



& Xl / J ' \ plied to the angle formed by the 



Axilla, j un ion of the leaf and stem. 



Axil-flowering, flowering in the axils of the 

 leaves. 



Axillary, placed in the axils or axilla?. 



Axis, the line, real or imaginary, that passes 

 through any thing ; the axjs of a spike of 

 floweTs is the stem to which the flowers are 

 attached. 



AxOnopus, Beauvois. Derived from axon, axis, 

 and pous, a foot ; in reference to the structure 

 of the plant. Linn. 3, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Gra- 

 mindcece. Species of grass, possessing, little 

 that is interesting. 

 cimicrnuB . . Apotal 7, H. Grass . 1 India . 1788 



aureus, 

 Axyris, Linnceus. From axyros, rough; on 



account of the leaves. Linn. 21, Or. 3, Nat. 



Or. Ohenopodidcece. The species of this genus 



are mere weeds, of the easiest culture, &c. — 



amarantholdcs, hj/brida, prostrdta. 

 Ayapana of Brazil. See Eupatirium. 

 Ayenia, Linnceus. In honour of the Duke 



d'Ayen, of the house of Noailles. Linn. S, 



