ANAGALLIS—ANTHOXANTIIUM. 75 - 
gileadcn"sis, (balm of Gilead,) leases ternate, entire ; peduncles 1-flowered. 
Grows near the Red Sea. 
ANAGALLIS. 5—1. (Jasminea ) [From a Greek word, signifying to laugh, because by cur 
ing diseases it was thought to promote cheerfulness.] 
arven /l sis, (red chick-weed, scarlet pimpernel, r. J. 0 )stem spreading, naked, 
procumbent; petals entire, flat, with hairs at the margin. S. 
ANCHUSA. 5—1. ( Boragina .) [Greek, to strangle.] 
ojficina'lis , (bugloss, y. 9f.) leaves lanceolate; spikes imbricate, one-sided; 
bracts ovate. Ex. 
ANDROMEDA. 10—1. (Erica.) 
caiycula'ta , (leather leaf, w. M. T 7 .) leaves lanceolate-oblong, obsoletely ser¬ 
rulate, sub-revolute, with scaly dots, rust-coloured beneath; racemes ter¬ 
minal, leafy, turned one way; pedicels short, solitary, axillary ; calyx acute, 
2 - bracted at the base; bracts broad-ovate, acuminate; corolla oblong cy- 
lindric. Wet. 2. f. 
arbore'a , (w. Ju. by) leaves oblong-oval, acuminate-serrate, smooth, panicles 
terminal, many-spiked; corolla ovate-oblong, pubescent. Mountains A 
beautiful tree. 50 f. Sorrel-tree. 
ANEMONE. 12—13. ( Ranunculacea.) [From anemos, the wind, so called because the petals 
expand through the intluence of the wind blowing upon the liower.] 
Virginia 1 na, (wind-flower, g-w. Ju. Tf.) stem dichotomous; leaves in threes,. 
3- cleft, upper ones opposite; leafets gash-lobate and serrate, acute; pedun¬ 
cles solitary, 1 -flowered, elongated ; seed oblong, woolly, mueronate, in 
heads. 18 i. 
nemoro'sa, (low anemone, r-w. M. 94--) stem 1-flowered; cauline leaves in 
threes, 5-parted; leafets wedge form, gash-lobed, toothed, acute ; corolla 5 
to 6 -petalled ; seeds ovate, with a short style, hooked. A variety, quinque- 
folia, has lateral leafets, deeply 2 -cleft. 6 i. 8. 
thalictro'ides , (rue anemone, w. M. umbels involucred; radical leafets 
twice ternate, leafets sub-cordate, 3-toothed; involucrum 6 -leaved; leafets 
petioled, uniform ; umbel few-flowered ; seed naked, striate; root tuberous. 
A variety, unijiora, has a 1-flowered involucrum. 5 i. &. 
pennsylvanica ■, (w. Ju. Of.) leaves 3-parted; segments 3-cleft; lobes oblong, 
toothed, acuminate; involucrum sessile, bearing several pedicels, one naked 
and 1-flowered, the others involucellate; petals 5; fruit pubescent, crowned 
with a long style. Meadows. Flowers large. 1 f. Considered the same 
as A. dichotoma. 
korten"sia , (garden anemone,) radical leaves digitate; divisions 3-cleft; cau¬ 
line ones ternate, lanceolate, connate, sub-divided; seed woolly. Ex. 
ANETHUM. 5—2. ( Umbellifera .) [From the Greek aneu, to run, theo, afar, alluding to the 
spreading roots. Ex] 
graveolens , (dill,) fruit compressed; plant annual. 
fcRniculum , (fennel,) fruit ovate; plant perennial. 
ANGELICA. 5—2. ( Umhelliferai .) [Angelic, on account of its supposed virtues.] 
atropurpu'rea, (angelica, g-w. J. 9}..) stem smooth, coloured; leaves ternate, 
partitions sub-quinate ; leafets ovate, acute; gash-serrate, sub lobed; 3 ter¬ 
minal ones confluent; petioles very large, inflated. Wet meadows. Root 
purplish. This is the true aromatic angelica. 4 f. 
ar chang eli'ca, (archangel, J'.) leaves unequally lobed. A native of Lapland. 
Medicinal. 
ANTIIEMIS. 17—2. (Cory mb ifera.) [From the Greek anlhos, a flower.] 
col"ula, (may-weed, w. J. 0 .) receptacle conic, chaff bristly, seed naked \ 
leaves 2-pinnajje, leafets subulate, 3-parted. 10 i. 
no'bilis , (chamomile, w. Au. 2J-) leaves 2-pinnate ; leafets 3-parted, linear, sub¬ 
ulate. sub-villous ; stem branching at the base. Fragrant. 4 i. Ex. 
ANTHOXANTIIUM. 2—2. (Graminea ) [From the Greek anlhos, a liower, xanlhos, yellow.] 
odoralum, (sweet vernal grass, M. 7j_.) spike oblong-ovate; florets sub-pedun- 
cled, shorter than the awn. An American variety, allissimum , is larger and 
of a dark green. An elegant substitute for the Leghorn grass. 10-18 L 
