AMYGDaLUS— ANEMONE. 
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AMYCDALUS 11— I. [Rosacea.) [Derived I 
frorr. a Greek word, wliich signilies to lacer- | 
ate, alluding to the tiurovvs upon the peri- | 
carp of I he almond.) 
per"sica, (peach, r. M. sen-atures vof 
the leaves all acute ; flowers sessile, solita- 
ry. 15 f. Ex. 
nana, (flowering almond, Ip.) leaves 
ovate, tapering to the base, sharply ser- 
rate. 3 f. Ex. 
commu'nh, (almond) leaves serrate, the 
lower ones glandular; flowers sessile, bi- 
nate. Ex. 
AMY'RTS. 8—1. (Terebintacea.) [From the 
Greek, signifying balm or ointment, so 
called from its use, or smell. Ex.] 
Jlorida'na, (w. Ip.) leaves ovate, sessile, 
entire, obtuse ; flower sub panicled. 
o-ilead€>i"sis, (balm of Gilead,) leaves ter- 
nate, entire ; peduncles 1-flowered. Grows 
near the Red sea. 
A.NAGAL"LIS. 5—1. {JasminecB.) [From a 
Greek word, signifying to laugh, because by 
curing di.seases it was thought to promote 
cheerfulness ] 
arveit"s/s (red chick-weed, scarlet pimper- 
nel, r. J. ^.), stem spreading, naked, pro- 
cumbent ; petals entire, flat, with hairs at 
the margin. (S?. 
ANCHU'SA.. 5—1. (BoragincE.) [Greek, to 
sir angle. 1 
officina'lis, (bugloss, y. 11 ■) leaves lance- 
olate ; spikes imbricate, one-sided ; bracts 
ovate. Ex. 
ANDROCE'RA. 3—1. {Solanea.) [From an- 
dro* stamen, keros a horn, from the coniform i 
appearance of one of the anthers.] 
loba'ta, (,T. prickly, hirsute ; leaves 
in pairs, looe puinatifid, .segments obtuse, 
obsoletely crenate, midulate^ ; i-aceraes lat- 
eral, many-flowered. S. 
ANDROM"EDA. 10—1. (Encm.) 
cal i/culn' ta, (leather-leaf, w. M. ^.) leaves 
lanceolate oblong, obsoletely serrulate, sub- 
re volute, with scaly dots, rust-colored be- 
neath ; racemes terminal, leafy, turned one 
way ; pedicels short, solitary, axillary : 
calyx acute, 2-bracted at the base, bracts 
broad-ovate, acuminate ; corolla oblcng-cy- 
Undric. Wet. 2 f. 
arbo'rea, (w. Ju. '^.) leaves oblong-oval, 
acuminate-serrate, smooth ; panicles termi- 
nal, many-spiked ; corolla ovate-oblong, 
pubescent. Mountains. A beautiful tree, 
50 f. Sorrel-tree. 
marian"a, (J. Ip .) leaves oval, entire, sub- 
acute at both ends, glabrous, leathery, paler 
oeneath; flower-bearing branches almost 
leafless ; peduncles fascicled ; corolla ovate- 
cylindric ; calyx leafy ; anthers beardless ; 
capsule ovate, resembling the form of a 
pine-apple. One variety has narrow-lan- 
ceolate leaves. 
polifo'lia, (wild rosemary, r-w. M. 
leaves linear-lanceolate, convex revolute', 
white, glaucous beneath and hoary-glau- 
cous above ; flowers aggregate, terminal ; 
corolla sub-globose ; anthers bearded 
toward the top. 1 f. Wet. 
panirula'ta, (white bush, pepper bush, 
w. J. T,.' pubescent; leaves obovate-lance- 
ulttte, acute, sub-entire; flower-bearing 
branches terminal, panicled, nakedish ; glo- 
inerules ped uncled; corolla sub-globular, 
pubescent ; anthers obtuse, beardless. A 
shrub running into several varieties. Flow 
ers small. 
angnstiJo'Ua, (A.) leaves linear-lanceolate 
acute, with .scaly dots ; bracts 2 and minute, 
acute; racemes terminal, leafy, secund; 
peduncles solitary, axillary. S. 
rhomboid" alis, flower-bearing branches 
3-angled ; leaves rhomboid and lanceolate 
entire, glabrous, terminated by a gland 
peduncles clustered, axillary. S. 
axilla'rh, (w. Mar. ^ .) leaves oval-lance» 
olate, acuminate, coriaceous, lucid, with 
spiny serratures ; racemes axillary, closely 
flowered; corolla oblong-ovate ; anthers at 
the summits 2-horned. 3 f. S. 
ANDROP"OGON. 3—2. {Gramineas.) [From 
androi; a man. and pogon, a beard, from the 
resemblance of little tufts of hair on the 
flower to a man's beard.] 
scopa'rius, (broom grass, Au. 2^.) spikes 
simple, lateral, and tei-minal, pedunculate, 
in pairs ; rachis hairy ; aboilive floret neu 
ter ; valves awned. 
virgin"ic7is, (bent grass, 2^.) culm com 
pressed ; superior leaves and sheath* 
smooth ; spikes short, 2 or 3 from each 
sheath, partly concealed at the base ; rachia 
sub-terete ; abortive flower, a mere pedicel 
without valves ; perfect flowers monan 
drous. 
fii.Rc.a'tMs, (fork spike, Au. 7X-) spikes digi- 
tate, generally by fours; abortive flower 
.staminiferou.s, awnless, resembling the per- 
fect one, the awn of which is sub-contorted. 
nu'ttinn, (beard-grass, Au. 11.) panicle ob- 
long, branched ; nodding .spikelets by pairs ; 
glumes hairy ; awn contorted. 
ANDROSA'CE. 5—1. (Primulacea.) [From 
anex, a man, and sakos, a shield, so called 
from its large, round, hollow leaf.] 
occi dental" ix, (@.) very slenderly pubes- 
cent ; leaves (or involucres) oblong-spatu- 
late, entire ; perianths angled ; capsule 
shorter than the calyx. S. 
carinn!tn, (w. J. Z^.) leaves crowded, Ian 
ce-ovate, acute, entire, keeled, margin cili 
ate ; umbels few-flowered ; leaflets of the 
involucre linear-oblong ; corolla exceeding 
the ovate calyx ; divisions obovate, entire. 
James' Peak. S. 
septeidrional"is, (@.) leaves lanceolate, 
toothed, glabrous, shining ; perianth angled, 
shorter than the corolla. S. 
ANEM"ONE. 12—12. (Ranunculacea.) [From 
ancmos, the wind, so called because the pe- 
tals expand through the influence of the 
wind blowing upon the flower.] 
V'irs^inia'na. (wind-flower, g-w. Ju. Z^.'; 
stem dichotomous ; leaves in threes, 3 cleft, 
upper ones oppo.site, leafets gash-lobato 
and serrate, acute ; peduncles solitaiy 
1-flowered, elongated ; seed oblong, woolly 
mucronate, in heads. 18 i. 
nemoro'.ta, (low anemone i-w. M. 2^.) 
stem 1 flowered ; cauline leaves in threes, 
5-parted, leafets wedge-form, gash-lobed, 
I toothed, acute ; coroUa 5 to 6 potalled ; seedg 
I ova^, vrih iv short style, hooked. A vari 
