. The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ... lants, with jointedpods, pinnate leaves which are sometimes sen-sitive, and usually yellow floweiS. There are 30species, herliace<)us or somewhat shrubljy, of which 3 or4 are widely distriliuted through the tropics, the rest be-ing natives of America, from Patagonia to Virginia. Thestem of the East Indian ^E. aspera, remarkable for itslightness, is cut into thin strips for the manufacture ofliats. It is also made into swimming-jackets, floats fornets, etc
. The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world ... lants, with jointedpods, pinnate leaves which are sometimes sen-sitive, and usually yellow floweiS. There are 30species, herliace<)us or somewhat shrubljy, of which 3 or4 are widely distriliuted through the tropics, the rest be-ing natives of America, from Patagonia to Virginia. Thestem of the East Indian ^E. aspera, remarkable for itslightness, is cut into thin strips for the manufacture ofliats. It is also made into swimming-jackets, floats fornets, etc., and is often worked into models of temples,flowers, etc. aeschynomenoust (es-ld-nome-nus), o. [< Gr. ainxrvu/ii lor, ]] alaxiiecBai, be ashamed: ] Sensitive: applied to ^sculapian(es-kii-lapi-an), a. and «. [<, accom. of Gr. ; Dor. AaiCjir-mdc, the god of medicine: see Jsclepias.] Of or pertaining to wSilsculapius, god of medi-cine ; medical; pertaining to the healing art. II. H. A medical man; a physician: gen-erally in a humorous sense. Also spelled ^sculus , flower; b, seed ; r, seed cut longitudinally. aesculin sesculin, aesculine. See csrulin. £sculus (esk\>lus), n. [L., the Italian oak:see csckUii, etc.] A genus of trees and shrubs, natural order,Sa]>in(luce(v,chiefly NorthAmerican, withbroad digitateleaves andsho«y flowersin large pani-cles. The seedsare large, of theshape and colorof chestnuts, buttoo bitter tt» beeaten. The timberis of little horse-cliest-nut, ,£. Ilippocas-tanuin, supposedto be originallyfrom northern In-dia, is very exten-sively cultivatedas an ornamentalshade-tree, .and thefruits are tised insouthern Europefor feeding sheepand horses. TheAmerican species, growing in the western and southernUnited States, have the popular name biickciie (which see)..^slma (eshna), n. See £sir (aser, leel. pron. asir, mod. isir), 71
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