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ASTRAGALUS -AZALEA, 
petioles naked ; stem very branching, glabrous; branchlets pilose; calys 
lax, sub-imbricate. 2 4 f . Flowers smallish, numerous. 
cordifo'lius, (w, S. %.) leaves heart-form, pilose beneath, sharp-serralc, peti- 
oled ; petioles winged; stem panicled, smoothish; panicles divaricate j 
calyx lax, sub-imbricate. Flowers small, 
corymbo'sus, (vv. Au. leaves ovale, sharp-serrate, acuminate, smoothish ; 
lower one heart-form, petioled ; petioles naked ; stem glabrous, level-top- 
corymbed above ; branches pilose ; calyx oblong, imbricate ; scales obtuse, 
very close-pressed." 12-14 i. Flowers rather large. 
C. Leaves lanceolate and ovate, loicer ones serrate, 
amplezicau'lis, (b, S. %.) leaves ovate-oblong, acute, clasping, heart-form, 
serrate, glabrous; stem panicled, glabrous; branchlets 1-2-flowered; scales 
of the calyx lanceolate, closely imbricate. Flowers middle sized. 
versic^olor, (y-w. Au. %.) leaves sub-clasping, broad-lanceolate, sub-serrate, 
glabrous ; radical ones serrate in the middle ; stem very branching, glab 
rous ; scales of the calyx lanceolate, lax, shorter than the disk. Flowers 
many and large, elegant. 
tardifio'rus, (b. Oct, %.) leaves sessile, serrate, glabrous, spatulate-lanceolate, 
tapering to the base, deflected at the margin and both sides ; branches di 
varicate; calyx lax, the leafets ianceolate-linear, sub-equal, glabrous. 
Flowers not middle size. 
conyzo'ides, (w. Ju. %.) leaves oblong, 3-nerved, narrow and acute at the base;, 
upper ones sessile, sub-entire; lower on^s petioled, serrate; stem simple, 
corymbed at the top ; calyx cylindric, scurfy ; rays 5, very short. About 
12 inches high ; flowers small. 
carolinia'nus, (p. Oc. '4-) stem shrubby, flexous, much branched, pubescent ; 
leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, tapering at each end ; scales of the calyx 
lance-linear, very pubescent, sub-squarrose. 10-12 f. S. 
chin'e7i"sis, (china aster, ©.) leaves ovate, thickly toothed, petioled ; cauline 
ones sessile, at the base wedge-form ; floral ones lanceolate, entire ; stem 
hispid ; branches 1-flowered ; calyx foliaceous. A variety has very full 
flowers ; various coloured, and very short rays. Ex. 
ASTRAGALUS. 16 — 10. {Leguminosce,.) [A Greelt word, signifying a legaminous plant.] 
canaden"sis, (J. y. %.) caulescent, diff'use ; leafets 10-12 pairs, with an odd 
one, smooth on both sides ; legume sub-cylindrical, mucronate. Barren 
fields. 2f. 
glauz, (milk vetch, 0.) caulescent, the little heads peduncled, imbricate, 
ovate ; flowers erect ; legume ovate, callous, inflated. Ex. 
depres'^sus, (trailing vetch,, 17.) sub-caulescent, procumbent; leafets obovate ; 
raceme shorter than the petiole ; legume terete, lanceolate, reflexed. Ex. 
ATRIPLEX. 5—2. (AtripUces.) [Latin, signifying dark.] 
horten^'sis, (garden-orach, Ju. <v).) stem erect, herbaceous; leaves triangular, 
dentate, green on both sides; calyx of the fruit ovate, reticulatCj entire ; 
flowers in racemes or spikes. Waste places. Flowers green. 3-4 f. 
ATROPA. 5—1. (Solaneoi.) [From Airopos, the gcnidess of destiny, in allusion to it? fatal 
efTects.] 
physaloHdes, (w. b. Ju. ^) stem very branching; calyx 5-angled, reticulate ; 
berry fleshy, covered with the calyx ; leaves sinuate-angled. 
belladon^na, (deadly night-shade, w. y. %..) stem herbaceous ; leaves ovate, 
entire. 
AVENA. 3—2. (Graminece.') [From the Latin areo, to covet, a favourite of cattle.] 
pre'cox, (dwarf oats, J. ©.) panicle oblong, in a dense raceme ; florets as long 
as the glumes ; awn exserted ; leaves setaceous. Sandy fields. 
steri'lis, (animated oats, Ju. ©.) panicled; calyx about 5-flowered; florets 
hairy, the middle ones awnless. The heads are set in motion, when moist- 
ened, by the untwisting of the awns. Ex. 
sati'va, (oats, J. <v).) panicled; 2-seeded; seeds smooth, one of them awned. 
First discovered in the island of Juan Fernandez. A variety is awnless, 
and has black seeds. Ex. 
AZALEA. 5—1. {Rhododendra.) [From ozaZeos, dry, growing in dry soil.] 
nudifio'ray (early honeysuckle, r. M. T-j.) sub-naked-flovvered ; leaves lanceo- 
