AMYGDALUS— ANEMONE. 
AMYG"DALUS 11 — I. (Rosacea.) [Derived 
from a Greek word, wliich signifies to lacer- 
ate, alluding to the furrows upon the peri- 
carp of the almond.) 
per"sica, (peach, r. M. .) seiratures of 
the leaves all acute ; flowers sessile, solita- 
ry. 15 f. Ex. 
na'na, (flowering almond. .) leaves 
ovate, tapering to the base, sharply ser- 
rate. 3 f. Ex. 
commu'tiis, (almond) leaves serrate, the 
lower ones glandular; flowers sessile, bi- 
oate. Ex, 
AMY'RIS. 8—1. (Terebintacece.) [From the 
Greek, signifying balm or omtment, so 
called fronn its use, or smell. Ex.] 
Jiorida' na, (w. '^).) leaves ovate, sessile, 
entire, obtuse ; flower sab panicled. 
gilead€n"sis, (balm of Gilead,) leaves ter- 
nate, entire ; peduncles 1-flowered. Grows 
near the Red sea. 
ANAGAU'LIS. 5—1. {Jasminem.) [From a 
Greek word, signifying to laugh, because by 
curing diseases it was thought to promote 
cheerfulness] 
arveii"six (red chick-weed, scarlet pimper- 
nel, r. J. stem spreading, naked, pro- 
cumbent ; petals entire, flat, with hairs at 
the margin. S. 
ANCHU'SA. 5—1. (Boraginm.) [Greek, to 
strangle.'] 
officinn'lis, (bugloss, y. 2^.) leaves lance- 
olate ; spikes imbricate, one-sided ; bracts 
ovate. Ex. 
ANDROCE'RA. 5—1. iSolanem.) [From on- 
dros stainen, keros a horn, from the coniform 
appearance of one of the anthers.] 
loba'ta, (J, ^.) prickly, hirsute ; leaves 
in pairs, lobe-pinnatifid, segments obtuse, 
obsoletely crenate, undulated ; racemes lat- 
eral, many-flowered. S. 
ANDROM"EDA. 10— I. (Enccs.) 
calycvla'ta, (leather-leaf, w. M. ^).) leaves 
lanceolate-oblong, obsoletely serrulate, sub- 
revolute, with scaly dots, rust-colored be- 
neath ; racemes terminal, 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. 
arbo'rea, (w. Ju. ^.) leaves oblong-oval, 
acuminate-serrate, smooth ; panicles termi- 
nal, many-spiked ; corolla ovate-oblong, 
pubescent. Mountains. A beautiful tree. 
50 f. Sorrel-tree. 
marian"a, (J. ^.) leaves oval, entire, sub- 
acute at both ends, glabrous, leathery, paler 
beneath; flower-bearing branches almost 
leafless ; peduncles fascicled ; corolla ovate- 
cylindric ; calyx leafy ; anthers beardless ; 
capsule ovate, resembling the form of a 
pine-apple. One variety has narrow-lan- 
ceolate leaves. 
polifo'lia, (wild rosemary, r-w. M. 
leaves linear-lanceolate, convex revolute, 
white, glaucous beneath and hoary-glau- 
cous above ; flowers aggregate, terminal ; 
corolla sub-globose ; anthers bearded 
toward the top. 1 f. Wet. 
paniculafta, (white bush, pepper bush, 
w. J. ^ .) pubescent ; leaves obovate-laiice- 
olate, acute, sub-entire; flower-bearing 
branches terminal, panicled, nakedi.sh ; glo- 
merules peduncled ; corolla sub-globular, 
pubescent ; anthers obtuse, beardless. A 
shrub running into several varieties. Flow- 
ers small. 
angustifo'lia, (A.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 
acute, with scaly dots ; bracts 2 and minute, 
acute ; racemes terminal, leafy, secund ; 
peduncles solitary, axillary. S. 
rhomboid" alis, flower-bearing branches 
3-angled ; leaves rhomboid and lanceolate, 
entire, glabrous, terminated by a gland ; 
peduncles clustered, axillary. S. 
axilla'ris, (w. Mar. .) leaves oval-lance- 
olate, acuminate, coriaceous, lucid, with 
spiny serratures ; racemes axillary, closely 
flowered ; corolla oblong-ovate ; anthers at 
the summits 2-horned. 3 f, S. 
ANDROP"OGON. 3—2. (Gmminem.) [From 
andros, a man, and pogon, a beard, from the 
resemblance of little tufts of hair on the 
flower to a man's beard.] 
scopa/rius, (broom- grass, Au. l^.) spikes 
simple, lateral, and terminal, pedunculate, 
in pairs ; rachis hairy ; abortive floret neu 
ter ; valves awned. 
virgiti"icus, (bent grass, 24^.) culm com 
pressed ; superior leaves and sheaths 
smooth ; spikes short, 2 or 3 from each 
sheath, partly concealed at the base ; rachis 
sub-terete ; abortive flower, a mere pedicel 
without valves ; perfect flowers monan 
drous. 
fmca'tm, (fork spike, Au. 7X-) spikes digi- 
tate, generally by fours ; abortive flower 
staminiferous, awnless, resembling the per- 
fect one, the awn of which is sub-contorted. 
nu'tans, (beard-grass, Au. 2^.) panicle ob- 
long, branched ; nodding spikelets by pairs ; 
glumes hairy ; awn contorted. 
ANDROS A'CE. 5—1. (Primulicece.) [From 
anex, a man, and sakos, a shield, so called 
from its large, round, hollow leaf.] 
occidodaris, (@.) very slenderly pubes- 
cent ; leaves (or involucres) oblong-spatu- 
late, entire ; perianths angled ; capsule 
shorter than the calyx. S. 
cai-ina'ta, (w. J. 1/!.) leaves crowded, lan- 
ce-ovate, acute, entire, keeled, margin cili- 
ate ; umbels few-flowered ; leaflets of the 
involucre linear-oblong ; corolla exceeding 
the ovate calyx ; divisions obovate, entire. 
James' Peak. S. 
septentrional" is, {%.) leaves lanceolate, 
toothed, glabrous, shining ; perianth angled, 
shorter than the corolla. S. 
ANEM"ONE. 12—12. (Ranunculaceoc.) [From 
anemos, the wind, so called because the pe- 
tals expand through the influence of the 
wind blowing upon the flower.] 
Virginia' na. (wind-flower, g-w. Ju. 2-f.) 
stem dichotomous ; leaves in threes, 3 cleft, 
upper ones oppo.site, leafets gash-lobate 
and serrate, acute ; peduncles solitary 
1-flowered, elongated ; seed oblong, woolly, 
mucronate, in heads. 18 i. 
nemoro'sa, (low anemone i-w. M. 2^!.) 
stem 1-flowered ; cauliue leaves in threes, 
5-parted, leafets wedge-form, gash-lobed, 
toothed, acute; coroUa 5 to 6 petalled; seeds 
i ovate, with a short stylo, hooked. A vari- 
