DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES OF PLANTS. 
7—~1. AESCULUS. (From the Latin Esca, food.) 
Exotic. 
Hippocas’’tanum, (horse-chestnut, w. J. kh) leaves digitate, with about 
7 pylons ; corolla 5-petaled, spreading ; flowers in a panicle pyra- 
mid. 15. f. 
10—5. AGROSTEMMA. (From the Greek Agvos, a field, and 
stemma, a garland.) 
Githa’ go, (cockle. O. r. J. %) hirsute; calyx longer than the corolla; 
petals entire. 
3—2. AGROSTIS. (From Agvos, a field.) 
Vulga’ris, (red-top. O. J. 2) panicle with smoothish branches, spread- 
ing in maturity ; outer valve of the corolla 3-nerved ; stipule short, 
truncate. 18. i. 
15—13. ALTHZA. (From the Greek Altheo, to heal.) 
Officina’lis, (marsh mallows. 2|) leaves downy, oblong ovate, obsolete- 
ly 3-lobed, toothed. 
19—5. AMARANTHUS. (From a Greek word signifying not 
withering.) 
Melanchol’icus, (love-lies-bleeding. r. ¢) glomerules axillary, pedun- 
celed, roundish; leaves lance ovate, coloured. 
6—l1. AMARYLLIS. (Latin name for a nymoh. 
Exotic. 
Formosis’’sima, (jacobea. 2) spatha 1-flowered; corolla ringent-like; 
petals declined. 
l1—1. AMGYDALUS., 
Exotic. 
Per’’sica, (peach. r. M. k) serratures of the leaves all acute, flowers 
sessile, solitary. 15. f. 
Na/na, (flowering almond. h) leaves ovate, tapering to the base, sharp» 
ly serrate. 3. f. 
12—13. ANEMONE. (From the Greek anemos, the wind.) 
Virginia’na, (wind-flower. O. g-w. Ju. 2) stem dichotomous; leaves 
