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AMARANTHUS— AMSONIA. 
Greek alluso^ mad ; this plant being formerly 
s'lpposed to je a cure for the bite of a mad 
cog.] 
hi/pcrho'reum, stem herbaceous ; leaves 
hoary, toothed ; stamens 4, 2-forked. 
saxati'le, (y. Tp. gold basket.) Flowers 
"m panicles ; leaves lanceolate, soft, retuse. 
Ex. 
AMARaN"THUS. 19—5. (Amaranthi.) [Sig- 
nifying not w'^ithering.] 
ny'hyidvs, (Ju. i^.) racemes pentandrous, 
doubly compound, heaped together, erect; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate. 
hypochondria' cvR, (spleen amaranth, Au. 
f^.) racemes pentandrous, compound, com- 
pact, erect ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, mu- 
cronate, red. False prince's feather. Cul- 
tivated. 
sjnno'sv.s, (Au. racemes pentandrous, 
terminal, compound ; axils spinose. 
alhiis, (while coxcomb, g-w. Ju. ^.) 
glomerules axillary, triandrous ; leaves ob- 
ovate, retuse ; stem 4-coruered, simple. 
Common garden weed. 
melanchoV'icus, (love lies bleeding, r. 
glomerules axillary, peduncled, roundish; 
leaves lance-ovate, colored. Ex. 
tri-color, glomerules sessile; leaves lance- 
nblong, colored. Ex. 
lividf'us, glomerules triandrous, sub- 
epiked, roundish; leaves oval, retuse ; stem 
erect. Ex. 
AMARYL"LIS. 6—1. (Narcissi.) 
atamas"co, (atamasco lily, w. and r. J. 
iX) spatha 2-cleft, acute; flower pedi- 
celled ; corolla bell-form, sub-equal, erect; 
stamens declined. S, 
forviosis"sima, (jacobea. 2_C.) spatha 1- 
fiowered ; corolla ringent-like ; petals de- 
clined. Ex. 
undula'ta, (waved lily, Sept.) The flow- 
ers numerous on each stalk ; petals pink, 
undulate. Ex. 
AMBRO'SIA. 19—4. (Urticea.) [The name 
ambrosia, food for the gods, seems strangely 
misapplied to a genus of plants possessing 
neither beauty nor valuable properties.] 
ela'tior, (hog-weed, S. leaves doubly 
pinnatifid, smoothish ; petioles long, cilia- 
ted ; racemes terminal, panicled ; stem 
wand-like. 
tri'Jida, (g. y. 0. S.) hirsute, rough; 
leaves very large, 3-lobed, serrate, the 
tobes oval-lanceolate, acuminate ; fruit 6- 
spined below the summit ; flowers in ter- 
minal panicles composed of long axillary 
spikes. 5 to 8 f. 
artemisifo'lia, (^.) leaves doubly-pin- 
aatifii, hoary beneath, at the summit pin- 
aatifld ; racemes terminal in threes, branch- 
is level-topped. 
paaiada ta, (^.) leaves glabrous, doubly 
pinnatifid, pinnatifid at the summit ; ra- 
cemes taimiual, solitary ; branches level- 
topped. 
his"jnda, fw. ^.) white hispid on all 
parts ; leaves 2-pinnalifid, divisions gashed ; 
racemes sub-panicled, terminal. If. S. 
\MMANN"IA. 4—1. {Salicarla.) [Frorn Am- 
mann, a Russian botanist.] 
rnmos"ior, (w p. Au.) stem erect, thick, 
sub-terete ; leaves lanceolate, dilated at the 
base ; lower flowers completely whorled. 
j Salt meadows. 6 i. 
hn'milis, (w-r. Au. 0. .) stem procum- 
bent at the base, branched, slender, quad- 
rangular ; leaves lanceolate," slender at the 
base ; flowers sohtary. Stem red. 6 i 
AMMO'BIUM. 17—1. {Cichoracece.) [From 
the Greek amnios, sand, bio, to live, found 
growing in sand.] 
ala'tum, (w. 21.) stem-winged, leaves 
oblong, undulate, decurrent. Cultivated , 
brought from N. Holland. 
AMOR'THA. 16—10. (Leguminosce.) [Frum 
the Greek a, wanting, morphe, shape 1 
fruticc/sa, (Ju. ^.) smooth, sub-arbores- 
cent ; leaves petioled, emarginate ; spikes 
aggregated, long ; calyx hoaiy, pedicelled, 
one of the teeth acuminate, the rest obtuse ; 
legume few-seeded. N. J. to Car. and W. 
to Rocky Mountains. A shrub with spikes 
j of purple flowers. 
I pubes'ceriR, (w. J. t^., small, shrubby 
I leaves on very short petioles, obtuse at 
I each end, hairy ; spikes long, panicled, 
; hairy ; calyx sub-sessile, with acuminate 
I teeth. 3 f. 
j carolinia'na, (broom, . Ju. b.) nearly gla 
brous ; leafets elliptical or oblong, petiolate, 
j dotted, the lowest pair approximate to the 
stem ; flowers on very short pedicels ; ca- 
lyx villose on the margin, teeth short, the 
two upper obtuse, the three lower longer, 
and commonly equal, acuminate, or sv-bu 
late, aristate. 4 to 5 f. 
AMPELOP"SIS. 5—1. (Vites.) [From the 
Greek ampelosa, vine, and ops, resembling.] 
quinquefo'lia,* (g. Ju. iX-) stem climb 
j ing and rooting ; leaves quinate, digitate, 
I smooth, leafets petiolate, oblong, •cumi 
I nate, toothed ; racemes dichotomous. Vai 
I hirsuta, leaves pubescent on both sides, 
I leafets ovate, coarsely toothed. 
I corda'ta, (Ju. Ip.) stem climbing, witli 
I slender branches ; leaves cordate, acumi 
i nate, toothed, and angular ; nerves beneath 
I pubescent ; racemes dichotomous, few- 
I flowered ; panicles opposite the leaves 
I Banks of streams. 
j bipinna'ta, leaves doubly pinnate ; lance 
I ovate, deeply toothed and lobed. Flowers 
] in corymbs. Southern. 
AMPIllCAR'TA. 16—10. (Leguminosm.) [From 
the Greek amphi, about, karpos, the fruit.] 
motio'ica, (wild bean-vine, b. and w. Ju. 
0.) stem slender, twining, hairy back- 
ward ; leaves ternate, ovate, nearly smooth; 
stipules ovate, striate. Var. comosa has 
hirsute leaves. Twining. 4 f 
AMSO'NIA. 18-5. {Apocyncm., 
latifo'lia, (b. Ap. Zf.) stem glabrous, 
leaves lance-oval, upper ones acuminate, 
pubescent on the under surface of the 
nerves. 2 f. S. 
salicifcyiin, (b. M.) stem smooth; leaves 
lance-linear, acute at each end, very gla- 
brous. S. 
angufitifo'lia, (b. Ap.) stem hairy; leavec 
narrow-hnear, numerous, erect, hairy *S 
2 f. 
* Cissus hederacea o7 Mirbel. 
