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ACROSTICHUM— AGRIMONIA. 
protruding from the side of an ensiform 
eaf; scape leafy above the spadix ; 
eaves 3-4 feet long ; w^ater or wet 
grounds ; root creeping, sti'ongly aromat- 
ic. 2 f 
ACROS"TICHUM. 21 — 1. {FiUccs.) [From 
nhros, highest, and stikos, order, from the 
row of Itafets at the top.] 
mire'um, (Cork fern, Ju. 2X-) frond pin- 
nate ; leafets stiped, lance oblong, entire, 
acun)inate, the upper ones bearing fruit. 
Very large, 4 or 5 feet high. 
ACr.E'A. 12—1, (RanunculacecB) [From 
Acteon, the hunter ] 
america' ltd, (bane berry, w. 2j!.) leaves 
twice and thrice tern ate ; racemes ovate ; 
petals shorter than the stamens ; beiTies 
ovate-oblong. Var. alba (red cohosh), pet- 
als truncate; pedicels of the fruit thicker 
than the peduncle ; berries white. Var. 
rn'bra, petals acute, pedicels of the fruit 
elender, berries red. 2 f 
racemo'sa, leaves ternately decompound, 
leafets ovate oblong, 2 to 4 inches long, 
nearly smooth, often G-lobed ; racemes com- 
pound, terminal, 6 to 12 inches long ; many- 
Howered, petals minute ; carpels dry, open- 
ing with 2 valves. 
ACTINOME'RIS 17—3. {Corymbiferm.) [From 
aktin, a ray, mens, part.] 
hcliaiUhoi'des, (y.) leaves lanceolate, 
acute, serrate, white-villo.se beneath ; co- 
rymb simple, compact ; stem winged. 
squarro'sa, (w. y. Au. 14..) .stem-winged, 
30rymbose-paniculate ; leaves lanceolate, 
acuminate at each end, serrate, roughish- 
pubescent ; disk sub-globo.se, at length 
equarrose. 3 f 
ADIAN"TUM. 21—1. (Filiccs ) [From a, 
not, and diaino, to grow wet, becau.se its 
leaves are not easily wet [ 
peda'tum, (maiden hair, J. 11.) frond pe- 
date, with pinnate branches; lealiets halved. 
upper margin gashed, barren segments 
toothed, fertile ones entire ; stipe capillj>ry, 
very glabrous. Woods, 1 f 
ADLU'MIA. 16—5. {Fumariaccce.) [In hon- 
or of John Adlum, a distiuguisiied cultivator 
of this vine.] 
cirrho'sa, (climbing colic-weed, y. w. J. 
^ .) stem climbing ; leaves cirrous; racemes 
axillary, corymbed, nodding ; corolla mono- 
petalous, gibbous both sides of the base. 
Cultivated. 
ADO"NIS. 12—12 (Ranunculacem.) [Said to 
have been consecrated by Venus to the 
memory of the beautiful Adonis.] 
autumna'lis, (pheasant's eye, Au. %.) 
flowers 5 to 8-petalled ; fruit cylindric; pet- 
als emarginate. Ex. 
ADOX"A. 8—4. (Saxifrages.) [From the 
Greek a, without, and doxa, glory.] 
inoschatelh'nn, (g.) peduncles 4-flowered 
filaments united at the base in pairs; an- 
thers round. 6\ 
.ESCHYNOM'ENE. 16—10. (Legummnsm.) 
his'^pida, (false sensitive plant, y r. Ju. 
stem herbaceous, erect; petioles and 
peduncles hispid; leaves in many pair-s, 
leafets linear, obtuse ; racemes simple, 3 to 
»-flciwered ; legumes with 6 to 9 hispid 
V»hits. Marshes. Penn. to Car. 
'f'nla, (y. 2^.) stem procumbent, vis- 
cid, slender; leafets 7 to 9-obovate ; pedun- 
cles about 2-flowered ; legume hairy; joints 
deeply notched. Sandy grounds. 3 f. 3. 
-iE'SCULUS. 7 — 1. I HyppocastanecB.) [From 
the Latin esca, food J 
hippocas"tamim, (horse chestnut, w. J 
^ .) leaves digitate, with about 7 divisions 
corolla 5-petalled, spreading ; flowers in a 
panicled pyiamid. 15 f. Ex. 
glabra, (buck-eye, y-w. May. 1^.) leavef 
quinate, smooth, leafets ovate-acuminate, 
corolla 4-petalled, spreading, with the clawa 
as long as the calyx; stamens longer than 
the corolla; capsules echinate. Woods; 
a small tree with flowers in panicled ra- 
cemes. Penn. to Miss. 
macrosta'chya, (Ap. leaves in 5 di 
visions, downy beneath ; raceme very long, 
corolla 4-petalled, expanding; stamens long. 
Beautiful shrub. 6 f. By some called 
j pa' via, and considered a separate genus. 
^THU'SA. 5—2. (UmbellifercB.) [A Greek 
word signifying beggarly.] 
d,ivai-ica'ta, (w. %.) stem erect, slender; 
leaves biternate, segments narrow-linear; 
j umbels terminal, without involucres, par- 
I tial umbels, 3 to 5-flowered ; fruit hispid. 
I cyna'pivin, leaves bi- and tripinnate, dark 
! green ; st^gments ovate, lanceolate ; umbels 
, terminal. Road sides. Flowers white, in 
I many-rayed umbels ; very poisonou.s. 1 f. 
I Fool's par.^ley. 
AGARl'CUS. 21—6. (Fungi.) [The name is 
said to have been given in consequence of 
the resemblance of tlie plant to a mineral 
called Agaricus, which is soft and spongy in 
its texture.] 
campes"lris, pileus fleshy, flattish, having 
dark yellow scales ; lamella becoming yel- 
i lowish red ; stipe short ; the ring-volva 
i rather incomplete. This is the coznmon 
I eatable mu.shroom. 
AGA'VE. 6—1. (Bromeliae.) [From a Greek 
word, signifying beautiful.] 
virgin''ica, (y-g. IX S.) stemless, herba- 
ceous ; leaves with cartilaginous serratures ; 
scape simple ; flowers sessile. Scape 6. f. 
Flowers fragrant. Rocky banks. Penn. 
to Car. False aloe.] 
AGER"ATUM. 17—1. (HeHanthem.) [From 
the Greek a, without, ^e/-a5, old age, because 
it never changes color.] 
mexica' )ium, (b. J. ^) hispid; leaves cor- 
date, ovate, crenate, rugose ; corymb coca- 
pound ; cliaffs of the egret lanceolate 
awned. Cultivated. Mexico. 
AGRIMO'NIA. 11-2. (Rosacea.) [From agros, 
a field, monos, alone.] 
eupato'ria, (agrimony, y. Ju. 2^.) cau 
j line leaves interruptedly pinnate, the termi 
nal leafet petioled, leafets obovate, gash 
. toothed, almo-st glabrous; flowers sub-ses- 
j sile ; petals nearly twice as long as the <;a- 
. lyx ; fruit hispid. 2 f 
j suaveo'lem, (y. Ju. 1^.) .stem very hispid ; 
i leaves interruptedly pinnate, leidets nu- 
I nerous, lanceolate, acutely toothed, .sea 
b:ous above, and pubescent beneath fruit 
turbinate, smooth at the base. 5 f 
1 parvijlo'ra, (dotted agrimoi>v, y. J i. 'U4 
