, THB AMERICAI FLORA, HISTORY OF PLANTS AND WILD FLOWERS: CONTAINING THEIR SCIENTIFIC AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION NATURAL HISTORY, CHEMICAL AND MEDICAL PROPERTIES, MODE OF CULTURE, PROPAGATION, &C AS A BOOK OF REFERENCE FOR BOTANISTS, PHYSICIANS, FLORISTS, GARDENERS, STUDENTS, ETC BY A B STRONO, M D UDl^Ry BOT.' VOL 13 IV ILLUSTRATED WITH SEVENTY BEAUTIFUL COLORED ENGRAVINGS, TAKEN FROM NATURE NEW-YOKK: PUBLISHED BY HULL & SPENCEB, 12 ANN STREET 1855 Entered accoiJing to Act of Congress, in the year 1343, by GKEEX k SPENCER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of ^cw-Yo^k INDEX TO VOLUME Introduction COMMON NAMES BOTAKICAL NAMES Acacia prensans - Acacia vera IV - Prickly Acacia - - Amaranthus Hypochondriacus Anemone Jtorfensis Apocynum Androsce mifolium Gum - Dog's Bane Arbutus laicdo Strawberry Tree Mexican Argemone Ast^ Italian Aster Azalea led ifolia Anemone - Azalea nudijiora Naked-flowered Azalea Barosma crenulata Crenulated Bucku Begonia sanguinea Blood-red Begonia Brougldonia coccinea - Night-flowering Cactus Calandrinia discolor - Campanula macrantha - 24 - 103 Cassia Marilandica - Giant Bell-flower American Senna - Crocus sativus Safl'ron - Crocus Diplopappus ineonus Hoary Diplopapjjus Euphorbia atro-purpurea Blood-flowered Spurge Fritillaria imperialis Crown Imperial Fuchsia globosa Balloon-flowered Fuchsia Fumaria cava Hollow-rooted Fumitory Cape Jasmine Gardenia fiorida - Goldfussia anisophylla - 51 - 122 - 123 16 - - 173 - 104 - - - Large-flowered Gentian - 164 54 - Unequal-leaved Goldfussia 14 107 - - 34 79 - Large Ladies' Slipper 38 62 - - Tick-seeded Sun-flower Coreopsis diversifolia 101 - Pved-flowered Chelone - Cypripcdium insigne - 81 - Tri-colored Calandrinia - 114 177 - Crimson Broughtonia - Cactus cereus Gentiana acaulis - - 83 160 - Ash-leaved Trumpet Flower Bigonia radicans Chelone obliqua - - 75 111 - Purple-flowered Azalea - - - 96 72 - - 148 90 - Broad-leaved, Garden Argemone Mexicana amellus - - Prince's Feather 146 - - Arabic Tree - INDEX IV COr.IMON NAMES botanicaij names Green Hellebore Hdlehorus viridis Hypericum liircimim Jamhosa vulgaris - Justicia carnea Flesh-colored Justicia Kalmia glmica Nelumbium s]^cciosum Glaucous Kalmia Water Drummondii Lily Brazilian Prickly Pear Crimson Peony Passijlora Iccrmesina Crimson Passion-flower - 136 135 Mr Drummond's Phlox - - 26 - Rliodanthe manglesii Rhododendron arboreum Tree Rhododendron - Salpiglossis straminca Painted Salpiglosis Sarracenia r%iba Red Side-Saddlc Saxifraga liguJata Fringed Saxifrage verticillatus 180 Caucasian Primula Winter Berry Mangle's Rhodanthe Prinos - - 46 69 - Opmitia Brasiliensis - - - Evening Primrose 44 48 - Pceonia russi Phlox Drummondii Primula amoena - - - 116 169 - Trailing Nolana Nolana prostrata (Enotlicra Chinese - - - 152 154 - Fuitid St Jolin's-wort Kose Apple - - Stately Silphium Sollya hctcrophylla Various-leaved Sollya Syringia Josika:a German - 11 - 174 68 - - 182 - - 170 22 - 40 21 - - Silphium terehinthaceum Lilac - - 161 ' INDEX COMMON NAMES BOTANICAI NAMKS Acacia, Prichly Acacia prensans Anemone, Broad-leaved, Garden Apple, Bose - Anemone Jamboso vulgaris Argemone, Mexican Argemone Mexicana Aster, Italian Aster amellus niuliflora Azalea ledifolia Bane, Dog's Apocynum Andros Bell-floioer , Broughtonia coccinea Barosma crenulata Cactus, Night-floiuering Cactus cereus Calandrinia discolor Croion-Imp)erial Diplopap2)us, ^ - Crocus, Saffron Crocus sativus - Hoary Fuchsia globosa Fumitory, Uolloto-rooted Fumeria cava Gentian, Large-floioered - Goldfussia, Unequal-leaved Gum Acacia vera Helleborus Justicia, Flesh-colored Justicia carnea Kalmia, Glaucous Kalmia glauca Ladies' Slipper, Large Cypripedium German Lily, Chinese Water insigne - Nolana prostrata Passion-flower , Crimson Passiflora kcrmesina Peony, Crimson Phlox, Mr - - Drummond's Prickley Pear, Brazilian - Pasonia russi Plilox 152 - - - 48 - 136 46 135 _ - 122 161 - 169 41 - - Opuntia Brasiliensis - - Drummondii 148 - - Nolana, Trailing - - Nelumbium speciosum - 54 - Syringia Josikaea - - - - 14 107 - viridis - 104 173 - - - 79 16 - - 38 1G4 - - Hellebore, Green - Lilac, - Goldfussia anisophylla - Arabic Tree 101 - - Gentiana acaulis 103 - Diplopappus incanus Fuchsia, Balloon-floiuered 177 - - Fritillaria imperialis - - - - Chelone obliqua Chelone, Red-floioered 62 24 - 72 - - 114 160 - - - florida - aamiflolium Bucku, Crenulated Gardenia 83 - Broughtonia, Crimson Cape Jasmine 116 - Begonia sanguiuea - 111 _* Begonia, Blood-red Calandrinia, Tri-colored - - Campanula macrantlia Giant 96 - - Azalea - - - - Azalea, Purple-flowered Azalea, Nalicd-floivered 146 - - hortensis 180 INDEX VI COMMON NAMES BOTANICAt NAMES Oenothera Drummondii - 69 Primula, Caucasian Primula amccna - 26 Prince's Feather Amaranthus Hypochondriacus Phodantkc, Mangle's Khodanthe manglcsii Primrose, Evening Bhododendron, Tree Saxifrage ligulata - - Cassia MarUandica Red Sarraccnia ruba Sollya, Various-leaved Sollya heteropliylla Spurge, Blood-jloioered - St John's wort Foetid Straiuherry Tree - Sun-fioiccr, Tick-seeded Tru mpet-Jlmoer, Winter Berry A sh-leaved Prinos verticillatus 182 75 51 - 123 1,'54 - - 170 22 - - 34 174 - - Coreopsis diversifolia Bigonia radicans H - liircinun Arbutus unedo 68 - Etiplihorbia atro-purpurea Hypericum - - terebinthaceum Sili)liium 2] - - Silphium, Stately 90 - - Salpiglossis straminea Senna, American Side-Saddlc, - Rliododendron nrlxireum - Salpiglosis, Painted Saxifrage, Fringed - 81 40 ... in Hence, though contain similar properties, abound- a strong aromatic odor, and glands yet by the Hottentots and those who European and American markets, preference filled with gather Bucha for... BEAUTIFUL COLORED ENGRAVINGS, TAKEN FROM NATURE NEW-YOKK: PUBLISHED BY HULL & SPENCEB, 12 ANN STREET 1855 Entered accoiJing to Act of Congress, in the year 1343, by GKEEX k SPENCER, In the Clerk's... Cactus Calandrinia discolor - Campanula macrantha - 24 - 103 Cassia Marilandica - Giant Bell-flower American Senna - Crocus sativus Safl'ron - Crocus Diplopappus ineonus Hoary Diplopapjjus Euphorbia