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AMARANTHUS— AMSONIA. 
Greek alluso, mad ; this plant being formerly 
supposed to be a cure for the bite of a mad 
dog.] 
hyperbo'reum, stem herbaceous ; leaves 
hoary, toothed ; stamens 4, 2-forked. 
saxati'le, (y. Tp, gold basket.) Flowers 
in panicles ; leaves lanceolate, soft, retuse. 
Ex. 
AMARAN"THUS. 19—5. {AmarantU.) [Sig- 
nifying not withering.] 
hy'b'iidus, (Ju. ^.) racemes pentandrous, 
doubly compound, heaped together, erect; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate. 
hypochondria' cus, (spleen amaranth, Au. 
0.) racemes pentandrous, compound, com- 
pact, erect ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, mu- 
cronate, red. False prince's feather. Cul- 
tivated. 
spino'sus, (Au. racemes pentandrous, 
terminal, compound ; axils spinose. 
albus, (white coxcomb, g-w. Ju. @.) 
glomerules axillary, triandrous ; leaves ob- 
ovate, retuse ; stem 4-cornered, simple. 
Common garden weed. 
7nelanchol"icns, (love lies bleeding, r. ^.) 
glomerules axillary, peduncled, roundish ; 
leaves lance ovate, colored. Ex. 
tri-color, glomerules sessile; leaves lance- 
oblong, colored. Ex. 
livid"us, glomerules triandrous, sub- 
Bpiked, roundish ; leaves oval, retuse ; stem 
erect. Ex. 
AMARYL"L1S. 6—1. (Narcissi.) 
atnmas"co, (atamasco lily, w. and r. J. 
iX.) spatha 2-cleft, acute; flower pedi- 
celled ; corolla bell-form, sub-equal, erect ; 
Btamens declined. S, 
fonnons" sima, (jacobea. 2Lf.) spatha 1- 
flowered ; corolla ringent-like ; petals de- 
clined. Ex. 
undnla' tn, (waved lily, Sept.) The flow- 
ers numerous on each stalk ; petals pink, 
undulate. Ex. 
AMBRO'SIA. 19—4. (Urticea) [The name 
ambrosia, food for the gods, seems strangely 
misapplied to a genus of plants possessing 
neither beauty nor valuable properties ] 
ela'tior, (hog-weed, S. @.) leaves doubly 
pinnatifid, smoothish ; petioles long, cilia- 
ted ; racemes terminal, panicled ; stem 
wand-like. 
tri'Jida, (g. y. 0. S.) hirsute, rough; 
leaves very large, 3-lobed, serrate, the 
lobes oval-lanceolate, acuminate ; fruit 6- 
spined below the summit ; flowers in ter- 
minal panicles composed of long axillaiy 
spikes. 5 to 8 f. 
artemisifo'lia, (@.) leaves doubly-pin- 
natifid, hoary beneath, at the summit pin- 
natifid ; racemes terminal in threes, branch- 
es level-topped. 
panicida'ta, (@.) leaves glabrous, doubly 
pinnatifid, pinnatifid at the summit ; ra- 
cemes terminal, solitary ; branches level- 
topped. 
his"pida, (w. 0.) white hispid on all 
parts ; leaves 2-pinnatifid, divisions gashed ; 
racemes sub-panicled, terminal. 1 f, S. 
AMMANN"IA. 4—1. (Salicarla.) [FromAm- 
mann, a Russian botanist.] 
rum')s"ior, (w-p. Au.) stem erect, thick, 
' sub-terete ; leaves lanceolate, dilated at the 
, base ; lower flowers completely whorled. 
Salt meadows. 6 i. 
hu'milis, (w-r. Au. 0. $ .) stem procum- 
bent at the base, branched, slender, quad- 
rangulai- ; leaves lanceolate, slender at the 
base ; flowers solitary. Stem red. 6 i, 
AMMO'BIUM. 17—1. {Cichoracea.) [From 
the Greek amnios, sand, hio, to live, found 
growing in sand.] 
ala'tum, (w. Zj^.) stem-winged, leavea 
oblong, undulate, decurrent. Cultivated; 
brought from N. Holland. 
AMOR'THA. 16—10. (Leguminosa.) [From 
the Greek a, wanting, vwrjihe, shape.] 
fi-utico'sa, (Ju. T).) smooth, sub-arbores- 
cent ; leaves petioled, emarginate ; spikes 
aggregated, long ; calyx hoary, pedicelled, 
one of the teeth acuminate, the rest obtuse ; 
legume few-seeded. N. J. to Car. and W. 
to Rocky Mountains. A shrub with spikes 
j of purple flowers. 
j pmbe&'cens, (w. J. ■^.) small, shrubby; 
I leaves on very short petioles, obtuse at 
each end, hairy ; spikes long, panicled, 
: hairy ; calyx sub-sessile, with acuminate 
I teeth. 3 f. 
; carolinia'na, (broom, . Ju. b.) nearly gla- 
I brou.s ; leafets elliptical or oblong, petiolate^ 
dotted, the lowest pair approximate to the 
stem ; flowers on very short pedicels ; ca- 
lyx villose on the margin, teeth short, the 
two upper obtuse, the three lower longer, 
and commonly equal, acuminate, or subu 
late, aristate. 4 to 5 f. 
AMPELOP"SIS. 5—1. iVites.) [From the 
Greek ampelnsa, vine, and ops, resembling.] 
quinquefo'lia,* (g. Ju. 2/.) stem climb- 
ing and rooting ; leaves quinate, digitate, 
smooth, leafets petiolate, oblong, acumi- 
nate, toothed ; racemes dichotomous. Var. 
hirsuta, leaves pubescent on both sides; 
leafets ovate, coarsely toothed. 
corda'ta, (Ju. Ip.) stem climbing, with 
slender branches; leaves cordate, acumi- 
i nate, toothed, and angular ; nei-ves beneath 
j pubescent ; racemes dichotomous, few- 
flowered ; panicles opposite the leaves. 
I Banks of streams. 
i hipinnafta, leaves doubly pinnate ; lance 
! ovate, deeply toothed and lobed. Flowers 
j in corymbs. Southern. 
1 AMPilICAR"PA. 16—10. (Leguminosa.) [From 
the Greek amphi, about, karpos, the fruit.] 
mono'ica, (wild bean-vine, b. and w. Ju. 
^.) stem slender, twining, hairy back- 
ward ; leaves ternate, ovate, nearly smooth; 
stipules ovate, striate. Vai*. comosa haa 
hirsute leaves. Twining. 4 f. 
AMSO'NIA. 18-5. (ApocyneoE.) 
latifo'lia, (b. Ap. 11.) stem glabrous, 
leaves lance-oval, upper ones acuminate, 
pubescent on the under surface of the 
nerves. 2 f. S. 
salicif(/lia, (b. M.) stem smooth ; leaves 
lance-linear, acute at each end, very gla- 
brous. S. 
augustifo'lia, (b. Ap.) stem hairy; leavea 
narrow-linear, numerous, erect, hairy. S 
2f. 
* Cissus hederacea of Mirbel. 
