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ANETHUM— APLECTRUM 
ety, qtnnquefj'lia, has lateral leafets, deeply 
2-cletl. ti i. S. 
thalictroi'deRy (rue anemone, w. M. 2_f.) 
ambels involucred ; radical leaves twice 
temate, lealets snb-cordate, 3 toothed ; invo- 
luerum 6 leaven ; leafets petioled, uniform; 
umbel few-flowered ; seed naked, striate ; 
root tuberouH. A variety, unijlo'ra, has a 
"} -flowered hivolucrum. 5 i. .S. 
penmt/lva'nica, (w. in. 11.) leaves 3-part- 
ed, segments 3 cleft, lobes oblong, toothed, 
acumin&,:e ; involucrum sessile, bearing sev- 
eral pedicels, one naked and 1 -flowered, the 
ethers involucellate ; petals 5 ; fi-uit pubes- 
cent, crowned with a long style. Meadows, j 
Flowers large. Considered the same as A. I 
dichotoma. j 
horte.li" !<in, (garden anemone,) radical ' 
leaves digitate, divisions 3-cleft, cauline 
ones ternate, lanceolate, connate, sub-divi- 
ded ; seed woolly. Ex. 
ANE'TIIUM. 5—2. (UmbellifercE) [From 
the Greek aneu, to run, theo, afar, alluding 
to the .spreading roots. Ex.] 
graveo'lens, (dill,) fruit compressed ; plant 
annual. 
foeni&'tdum, (fennel,) fruit ovate ; plant 
perennial. 
ANGEL"ICA. 5—2. {Umbelliferce.) [Angelic, 
on account of its supposed virtues ] 
attopurpu'rea, (angelica, g-w. J. IJ..) stem 
smooth, colored ; leaves ternate, partitions 
sub-quinate, leafets ovate, acute, gash ser- 
rate, sub-lobed, 3 terminal ones confluent ; 
petioles very large, inflated. Wet mead- 
ows. Root purplish. Aromatic angelica. 
4 f. 
triquina'ta, (w. Au. Z.f.) stem terete, pu- 
be.'jfi'iit above ; leaves ternate, very smooth, 
partitions quinate, leafets oblong; ovate, 
equally serrate, lower ones 2 lobed at the 
base. 4 f. 
archnngeVica, (archangel, $ .) leaves un- 
equally lobed. A native of Lapland. Me- 
dicinal. 
ANNO'NA. 12—12. (Annonm.) 
gla'hra, (Ju. r-y. T?.) calyx large, bell 
form ; peduncles 2 flowered, opposite the 
leaves ; leaves lance-ovate, glabrous ; fruit 
subcfmic, obtuse, smooth. 16 f. Evergreen 
tree. Carolina. 
AN"THEMJS. 17—2. {CorymbifenE.) [From 
the Greek anthos, a flower.] 
cof'vla, (may-weed, w. J. ^.) receptacle 
conic ; chaff bristly ; seed naked ; leaves 2- 
pinnate, leafets subulate, 3 -parted. 10 i. 
nc/ bills, (chamomile, w. Au. If.) leaves 
2-pinnate ; leafets 3 parted, linear, subulate, 
sub-villous ; stem branching at the base. 
Fragrant. 4 i. Ex. 
arven"sis, (wild chamomile, w-y. J. $ .) 
leaves bipinnate, segments lanceolate, li- 
near ; receptacle conic ; chaff lanceolate, 
akenes crowned with a margin. 
AN"THOXAN"THUM. 2-2. (Grarnxnece) 
[From the Greek anthos, a flov ar, xanthos, 
yellow.] 
odor f/ turn, (.?weet vernal grass, M. TJ.-) 
epike oblong-ovate ; florets sub pedancled, 
shorter than the awn. An American vari- 
ety, altis" simurn, is larger and of a dark 
green. An elegant substitute for the Leg 
bora grass. 10-18 i. 
ANTIRRHI'NUM. 13—2. (Bignoniae.) [From 
anti, against, ris, nose, said to be so named 
from an unpleasant odor in some of its 
species.] 
CO no den" se, (flax snap-dragon, w-b. Ju 
^.) rising in a curve, glabrous, simple 
leaves scattered irregularly, erect, narrow 
linear, obtuse, remote ; flowers racemed 
scions procumbent. Flowers small. 
lina'rij,, (snap-dragon, y. Ju. Z/.J erect, 
glabrous ; leaves scattered, lanceolate-lin- 
ear, crowded together; spikes tenninal, 
dense-flowered ; calyx glabrous, shorter 
than the spur. Flowers large. Toad-flax. 
Naturalized. 12-18 1. 
elat"ine, (y. Ju. @.) procumbent, hairy; 
leaves alternate, hastate, entire ; peduncles 
solitary, axillar>', very long. Flowers 
small, bluish white. Introduced. 
tnantliop'' orum, leaves whorled, lanceo- 
late, 3 parted ; stem decumbent; racemes 
tenninal, few -flowered. Flowers large. Ex. 
ANY'CHIA. 5—1. (Amaran'tt.) 
dichol"oma, (fork chickweed, w. Ju. 11.) 
stem dichotomou.s. very branching, spiead ; 
leaves oval, lanceolate, glabrous, erect; 
6 or 8 inches high, very slender ; branches 
axillary ; leaves obtusish ; flowers mostly 
longer than the stipules. 
APAR"G1A. 17—1. (Cichoracea.) [A Greek 
word, signifying succory.] 
avhivina'lis, (false hawk -weed, y. J. 11.) 
scape branching ; peduncles scaly ; leaves 
lanceolate, toothed, or pinnatifid, smooth- 
i.sh. Flowers bright yellow, resembling the 
dandelion. Fields and road-sides. Intro- 
duced. 
oronf'tium, (Ju. %.) erect, branching., 
hairy ; leaves alternate, lanceolate ; flowera 
sub -spiked ; involucre digitate, longer than 
the corolla. S. 
teneVlum, (b. Ju. %.) small, simple, gla- 
brous ; leaves opposite, linear, acute ; flow- 
ers axillary, short-peduncled ; involucre bell- 
form. S. 
APHA'NES. 4—2. (Rosacea.) [From a 
Greek word, signifying low in stature.] 
arven"sis, (parsley-piert, %,) leaves 3- 
parted ; divisions 3-cleft, hairy ; flowers ax- 
illary, glomerate, monandrous. iS. 
A'PIOS. 16—10. (Leguminosa;.) [From the Greek 
apios, mild, in allusion to the root ] 
tuhero'sa, (ground-nut, dark p. Ju. $ .) 
stem twining ; leaves pinnate, with 7 lance- 
ovate leafets ; racemes shorter than the 
leaves ; root tuberous, farinaceous, in taste 
resembling the cocoa-nut, and highly nutri- 
cious. Ex. 
A'PIUM. 5—2. (UmhelUfercB.) [Supposedly 
be derived from the Greek apes, bees, be- 
cause they are fond of the plant ] 
petroseli' num, (parsley, Ju. $ .) caulma 
leaves linear ; involucrum minute. Ex. 
graveo'Iem, (celery, Ju. $ .) stem chan- 
nelled ; cauline leaves wedge-form. Ex. 
APLECTRUM. 18—1. {Orchideoe.'^ [From 
a, without, plectron, spur.] 
h/cm/ilis, (g-p. M. If.-) leaf sol'-tai-y, ovate. 
Btriate ; lip trifid. obtuse, with the palate 
