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gileaden"sis, (balm of Gilead,) leaves ternate, entire ; peduncles 1-flowered. 
Grows near the Red Sea. 
ANAGALLIS. 5—1. (Jasminem.) [From a Greek word, sigaifying to laugh, because by cur 
ing diseases it was thought to promote cheerfulness.] 
ttrven'^sis, (red chick-weed, scarlet pimpernel, r. J. ©.)stem spreading, naked, 
procumbent ; petals entire, flat, with hairs at the margin. 
ANCHUSA. 5—1. iBoragincb.) [Greeks io strangle.] 
officina'lis, (bugloss, y. '2|.,) leaves lanceolate ; spikes imbricate, one-sided •. 
bracts ovate. Ex. 
ANDROMEDA. 10—1. (.Ericoi.) 
calycula'ta, (leather leaf, w. M. T7.) leaves lanceolate-oblong, obsoletely ser- 
rulate, sub-revolute, with scaly dots, rust-coloured beneath; racemes ter- 
minal, 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. 
arbore'a, (w. Ju. T7.) leaves oblong-oval, acuminate-serrate, smooth, panicles 
terminal, many-spiked; corolla ovate-oblong, pubescent. Mountains A 
beautiful tree. 50 f. Sorrel-tree. 
ANEMONE. 12—1-3. {Ranunculacece.) [From anemos, the wind, so called because the petals 
expand through the influence of the wind blowing upon the flower.] 
virginia'na, (wind-flower, g-w. Ju. %.) stem dichotomous; leaves in threes, 
3- cleft, upper ones opposite; leafets gash-lobate and serrate, acute; pedun- 
cles solitary, 1-flowered, elongated ; seed oblong, woolly, mucronate, in 
heads. 18 i. 
nemoro^sa, (low anemone, r-w. M. %.) stem 1-flowered ; cauline leaves in 
threes, 5-paried; leafets wedge-form, gash-lobed, toothed, acute; corolla 5 
to 6-petalled; seeds ovate, with a short style, hooked. A variety, quinque- 
folia, has lateral leafets, deeply 2-cleft. 6 i. S. 
thalictro'ides, (rue anemone, w. M. %.') umbels involucred ; radical leafets 
twice ternate, leafets sub-cordate, 3-toothed; involucrum 6-leaved; leafets 
petioled, uniform ; umbel few-flowered ; seed naked, striate ; root tuberous. 
A variety, iinifiora, has a 1-flowered involucrum. 5 i. S. 
pennsylvanica, (w. Ju. %) leaves 3-parted; segments 3-cleft; lobes oblong^ 
toothed, acuminate ; in volucrum sessile, bearing several pedicels, one naked 
and 1-flowered, the others involucellate ; petals 5; fruit pubescent, crowned 
with a long style. Meadows. Flowers large. 1 f. Considered the same 
as A. dichotoma. _ 
horten"sia^ (garden anemone,) radical leaves digitate ; divisions 3-cleft ; cau- 
line ones ternate, lanceolate, connate, sub-divided ; seed woolly. Ex. 
ANETHUM. 5—2. iUmbellifera;.) [From the Greek a«m, to run, iAeo, afar, alluding to the 
spreading roots. Ex.] 
graveolens, (dill,) fruit compressed ; plant annual. 
fceniculum, (fennel,) fruit ovate ; plant perennial. 
ANGELICA. 5—2. (UmbellifercB.) [Angelic, on account of its supposed virtues.] 
atropurfu'rea, (angelica, g-w. J. stem smooth, coloured ; leaves ternate, 
partitions sub-quinate ; leafets ovate, acute, gash-serrate, sub-lobed ; 3 ter 
minal ones confluent ; petioles very large, inflated. Wet meadows. Root 
purplish. This is the true aromatic angelica. 4 f. 
archangeWca, (archangel, (^.) leaves unequally lobed. A native of Lapland. 
Medicinal. 
ANTHEMIS. 17—2. {CorymbifeTcB.) [From the Greek a«<Aos, a flower.] 
coVula^i (may-weed, w. J. receptacle conic, chafi" bristly, seed naked; 
leaves 2-pinnate, leafets subulate, 3-parted. 10 i. 
no'bilis, (chamomile, w. Au. Ij-.) leaves 2-pinnate ; leafets 3-parted, linear, sub- 
ulate, sub-villous ; stem branching at the base. Fragrant. 4 i. Ex. 
ANTHOXANTHUM. 2—2. {Graminecn.) [From the Greek anthos, a flower, xanthos, yellow.J 
odoratum, (sweet vernal grass, M. %.) spike oblong-ovate ; florets sub-pedun- 
cled, shorter than the awn. An American variety, altissimum, is larger and 
of a dark green. An elegant substitute for the Leghorn grass. 10-18 1. 
