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ANETHUM— APLECTRUM. 
ety, qiiinquefo'lia, has lateral leafets, deeply 
2-cleft. 6 i. S. 
thnlictroi'des, (rue anemone, w. M. If.) 
umbels involucred ; radical leaves twice 
temate, leafets sub-cordate, 3 toothed ; invo- 
lucrum 6 leaved ; leafets petioled, uniform; 
umbel few -flowered ; seed naked, striate ; 
root tuberous. A variety, unijio'ra, has a 
1- flowered involucrum. 5 i. S. 
penmylva'nica, (w. Ju. 2^.) leaves 3-part- 
ed, segments 3 cleft, lobes oblong, toothed, 
acuminate ; involucrum sessile, bearing sev- 
eral pedicels, one naked and 1-flowered, the 
others involucellate ; petals 5 ; fruit pubes- 
cent, crowned with a long style. Meadows. 
Flowers large. Considered the same as A. 
dichotoma. 
horten"sia, (garden anemone,) radical 
leaves digitate, divisions 3-cleft, cauline 
ones ternate, lanceolate, connate, sub-divi- 
ded ; seed woolly. Ex. 
ANE'THUM. 5—2. (UmbelKfera.) [From 
the Greek aneu, to run, theo, afar, alluding 
to the spreading roots. Ex.] 
graveo'leas, (dill,) fruit compressed ; plant 
annual. 
f(Enic"uhim, (fennel,) fruit ovate ; plant 
perennial. 
ANGEL"ICA. 5—2. {UmbelKfera.) [Angelic, 
on account of its supposed virtues ] 
atropur-pii'i ea, (angelica, g-w. J. 22-) stem 
smooth, colored ; leaves ternate, partitions 
sub-quinate, leafets ovate, acute, gash-ser- 
rate, sub-lobed, 3 terminal ones confluent ; 
petioles very large, inflated. Wet mead- 
ows. Root purplish. Aromatic angelica. 
4f. ' 
triqnina'ta, (w. Au. 2^.) stem terete, pu- 
besci 'ut above ; leaves ternate, very smooth, 
paititions quinate, leafets oblong; ovate, 
equally serrate, lower ones 2-lobed at the 
base. 4 f. 
archangel" ica, (archangel, $ .) leaves un- 
equally lobed. A native of Lapland. Me- 
dicinal. 
ANNO'NA. 12—12. (Annonce.) 
glabra, (Ju. r-y. .) calyx large, bell 
form ; peduncles '2-flowered, opposite the 
leaves ; leaves lance-ovate, glabrous ; fruit 
Bubcf>nic, obtuse, smooth. 16 f. Evergreen 
tree. Carolina. 
AN'THEMIS. 17—2. {Corymbiferm.) [From 
the Greek anthos, 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. IX) leaves 
2- pinnate ; leafets 3-parted, linear, subulate, 
Bub-villous ; stem branching at the base. 
Fragrant. 4 i. Ex. 
arvenf'sis, (wild chamomile, w-y. J. $ .) 
leaves bipinnate, segments lanceolate, li- 
near ; receptacle conic ; chaff lanceolate, 
akeues crowned with a margin. 
AN"TJrOXAN"THUM. 2-2. (Grannnem.) 
[From the Greek anthos, a flower, xantkns, 
yellow.] 
orlorn'tnm, (sweet vernal g>-ass, M. Zf.) 
spike oblong-ovate ; florets sub peduncled, j 
shorter than the awn. An American vari- 
ety, altis" siraum, ie larger and of a dark 
green. An elegant substitute for the ]/eg' 
horn grass. 10-18 i. 
ANTIRRHI'NTJM. 13-2. (BignonicB.) [From 
anti, against, ris, nose, said to be so named 
from an unpleasant odor in some of its 
species] 
canaden"se, (flax snap-dragon, w-b. Ju. 
^.) rising in a curve, glabrous, simple;: 
leaves scattered irregularly, erect, narroWj . 
linear, obtuse, remote ; flowers racemed ; 
scions procumbent. Flowers small. 
lina'ri'JL, (snap-dragon, y. Ju. 2^.1 erect, 
glabrous ; leaves scattered, lanceolate-lin- 
ear, crowded together ; spikes terminal, 
dense-flowered ; calyx glabrous, shorter 
than the spur. Flowers large. Toad-flax. 
Naturahzed. 12-18 i. 
elaf'ine, (y. Ju. procumbent, hairy; 
leaves alternate, hastate, entire ; peduncles 
solitary, axillary, veiy long. Flowera 
smafl, bluish white. Introduced. 
trianthop'' onim, leaves whorled, lanceo- ,- 
late, 3 parted ; stem decumbent ; racemes ■ 
terminal, few-flowered. Flowers large. Ex. 
ANY'CHIA. 5—1. (Amaran'ti.) 
dichofoma, (fork duckweed, w. Ju. 24!.) 
stem dichotomous, very branching, spread ; , 
leaves oval, lanceolate, glabrous, erect ; I 
6 or 8 inches high, very slender; branches ' 
axillary ; leaves obtusish ; flowers mostly ' 
longer than the stipules. 
APAR"GIA. 17—1. (Cichoracea.) [A GreeK 
word, signifying succory ] ; 
antumna'lis. (false hawk-weed, y. J. j 
scape branching ; peduncles scaly ; leaves - 
lanceolate, toothed, or pinnatifid, smooth- 
ish. Flowers bright yellow, resembling the 
dandehon. Fields and road-sides. Intro- i 
duced. 
oron"thm, (Ju. ©.) erect, branchings 
hairy ; leaves alternate, lanceolate ; flowers 
sub-spiked ; involucre digitate, longer than 
the corolla. 8. 
temlflnm, (b. Ju. 0.) small, simple, gla- 
brous ; leaves oppo.site, linear, acute ; flow- 
ers axillary, short-peduncled ; involucre bell- 
form. S. 
APHA'NES. 4—2. {Rosacea.) [From a 
Greek word, signifying low in stature.] 
arven"sis, (parsley-piert, ©.) leaves 3- 
parted ; divisions 3-cleft, hairy ; flowers ax- 
illary, glomerate, monandrous. S. 
A'PIOS. 16—10. (LeguminoscB.) [From the Greek 
apios, mild, in allusion to the root.] 
tubero'sa, (ground-nut, dark p. Ju. ^ .) 
stem twining ; leaves pinnate, with 7 lance- 
ovate leafets ; racemes shorter than the 
leaves ; root tuberous, farinaceous, in taste 
resembling the cocoa-nut, and highly nuti'i- 
cious. Ex. 
A'PIUM. 5—2. (UmbelKfercE.) [Supposed to 
be derived from the Greek apes, bees, be- 
cause they are fond of the plant ] 
petroseli'num, (parsley, Ju. ^ .) cauline 
leaves lineai- ; involucrum minute. Ex. 
grnveo'hna, (celery, Ju. $ .) stem chan- 
nelled ; cauline leaves wedge-form. Ex. 
APLECTRUM. 18—1. (OrchidecB.) [From 
I a. without, plectron, spur.] 
' Mema'lis, (g-p. M. 11.) leaf solitaiy, ovate, 
striate ; lip trifid. obtuse, with the palate 
