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ASTRAGALUS— AZALEA. 
sqnnrr(/sus, (b-y, S. 2^.) leaves very m\- 
merous, sessile, ovate, acute, reflexeH, ri- 
gid, margin hispid; stem braiicbiiig, hairy ; 
branches 1-flowered ; scales of the involu- 
cre lanceolate, hairy, loose. 2 f. S. 
sca'ber, (p. y. S. 11.) lower leaves peti- 
oled, oblong, cordate, acute, entire ; tipper 
ones sessile, clasping, lance ovale, tapering 
to an acute point ; all the leaves scabrous, 
undulate ; panicle loose, long ; the branches 
racemose. \i f. jb'. 
ohova'tvs, (w. y. M. 2^.) leaves sessile, 
oval or obovate, obtuse, sub-rugose, very 
pubescent ; corymb paniculate ; scales of 
the involucre closely imbricate. 3 f. »S. 
ASTRAG"ALUS. 16—10. (Legnminostt.) [A 
Greek word, sig-nilying a legnniirions plant.} 
cnnoden"sis, (J. y. 2X ) caulescent, diffuse ; 
Icafets 10-12 pairs, with an odd one, smooth 
on bdth sides ; legume sub-cylindrical, mu- 
cronate. Ban-en fields. 2 f. 
gldux, (milk vetch, caulescent, the 
little heads peduncled, imbricate, ovate ; 
Howers erect ; legume ovate, callous, iii- 
liated. Ex. 
depre.i"s7/.<f, (trailing vetch, ^ .) sub-caul- 
escent, procumbent ; leafets obovate ; ra- 
ceme shorter than the petiole; legume 
terete, lanceolate, reflexed. Ex. 
ASTRO'FHIA. 16—10. (Legummosa.) 
liUora'lix, (14.-) silky, pubescent ; racemes 
about 5-Howered ; leaves pinnate, small ; 
leafets in 2 or 3 pairs, linear- spatu late ; seeds 
globose, brown. 
ATRI'PLEX. ^2. (Atriplices.) [Latin, sig- 
nifying dark.] 
horteii"!iis, (garden orache. Jn. @.) stem 
erect, herbaceous ; leaves triangular, den- 
tate, green on both sides ; calyx of the 
fruit ovate, reticulate, entire ; flowers in 
racemes or spikes. Waste places. Flow- 
ers green. 3-4 f. 
lacinia'ta, (^i.) stem erect, herbaceous; 
leave.5 triangular, deep-toothed, white be- 
neath ; calyx of the fruit rhomboid, 3-ner- 
ved, denticulate. 
ATRO'PA. 5—1. (SolanecE.) [From Atropos, 
tlie goddess of destiny, in allusion to its 
fatal effects.] 
ph;T/salo'ides, (w. b. Ju. @.) stem very 
branching ; calyx 5-angled, reticulate ; ber- 
ry fleshy, covered with the calyx ; leaves 
sinuate angled. 
helladon" na, (deadly night-shade, w. y. 
2^.) stem herbaceous ; leaves ovate, entire. 
AVE'NA. 3—2. (Graminea:.) [From the 
Latin aveo, to covet, a favorite of cattle ] 
P7-cb'cox, (dwarf oats, J @.) panicle ob- 
long, in a dense raceme ; florets as long as 
tiie glumes ; awn exserted ; leaves seta- 
ceous. Sandy fields. 
s^er^7''^s, (animated oats, Ju. ^.) panicled ; 
calyx about 5-flowered ; florets hairy, the 
mi ddle ones awnless. The heads are set in 
motion, when moistened, by the untwisting 
of the awns. Ex. 
sc/Wva, (oats, J. 0.) panicled; 2-seeded; 
eds smooth, one of them awned. First 
lst!0vered in the island of Juan Fernandez. 
variety is awnless, and has black seeds. 
Ex. 
elot'ior, (J. 11 ■) panicle oub- contracted, 
nodding ; glume 2-flowered : florets per- 
fect, sab awnless, staminate awned ; culm 
geniculate, glabrous ; root creeping. In- 
troduced. 
AY1CEN"NIA. 13—2. (Pohmonia.) [After 
an Arabic physician of repute.] 
tomentu'sa, (mangle, ^ .) flowers in sub- 
sessile clu.«ters ; leav es oblong, obtuse, to- 
mentose beneath. 20 f. iS. 
AZA'LEA. 5-L (Rhododcndra.) [Froni 
aziileos, dry, growing in dry soil.] 
midijio'ra, (early honeysuckle, r. M. ^ ) 
sub naked-flowered ; leaves lanceolate- ob- 
long, or oval, smooth or pubescent, uniform- 
colored, nerves on the upper side downy, 
and beneath bristly, margin ciliate ; flow- 
ers abundant, not viscous, their tubes longer 
than their divisions ; teeth of the calyx 
short, oval, sub-rounded ; stamens very much 
exsert. A variety, cocci n"ea, has scarlet 
flowers and minute calyx ; m\oi\\er,ear"nea. 
has pale red flowere, with red bases and 
leafy calyx ; another, w/!''''^*?, has wliite flow- 
ers, with a middling calyx ; another, pajrili- 
onn'cea, has red flowers, with the lower 
divisions white, calyx leafy ; another, par- 
ti'ia,,has flesh-colored flowers. .5 paT-t.ed t& 
the base ; mioiher, pol'//au"dria,h'dsnyse-cO'l 
ored flowers, with from 10 to 20 stamens 
Woods. 2-6 f. 
visco'aa, (white honeysuckle, w. J. '^.) 
leafy ; branches hispid ; leaves oblong-obo- 
vate, acute, glabrous, and one-colored ; 
flowers viscous, tube twice as long as the 
divisions ; teeth of the calyx very short, 
rounded ; flowers very sweet-scented. 
'procvm"heit.s, (Ju. ^. r.) stems diffusely 
procumbent ; leaves opposite, elliptical, 
glabrous, revolute on the margins ; corolla 
bell form, glabrous ; filaments enclosed, 
equal. High mountains. Northern. Flow- 
ers small, in small tenaiinal umbels or co- 
ryiTjbs. 3 4 i. 
canes"cem, fr. J. sub-naked-flow- 
ered ; leaves obovate oblong, pubescent on 
the upper side, and downy beneath, nerves 
not bristle-bearing; flowers not viscous; 
tube of the corolla scarcely shorter than its 
divisions; teeth of the calyx veiy short, 
round obtuse ; stamens scarcely exsert. 
Catskill mountains. 
arhore^"ceiiH, (r. flowers Jeafy ; leaves 
obovate, sub obtuse, smooth both sides, 
glaucous beneath, cihate on the margin, 
nerve almost smooth ; flowers not viscous ; 
tubes longer than the segments; calyx 
leafy, with oblong-acute segments ; fila- 
ments exsert. 15 f. 
nW'ida, (swamp honeysuckle, w. J. Ip .) 
leafy -flowered ; branches smoothi.sh ; leaves 
few, oblanceolate, sub-mucronate, leathery, 
glabrous both sides, and tlie upper side sin- 
ning, nerve bristle bearing beneath, mar- 
gin revolute-ciliate ; flowers viscous ; tul)e 
somewhat longer than the divisions ; calyx 
very short; filaments exsert; leaves dai'k 
green. Swamps. 
gkm'ca, (fragrant honeysuckle, w. J. .) 
leafy-flowered ; branches hispid ; leaves 
oblanceolate, acute, both sides glabrous, and 
