PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Hydrocotyle. 
Enslen. As far as I have been able to learn from a 
dried specimen, there remains no doubt that this plant 
| belongs to this genus rather than any other I know. 
The owers have white petals and dark dd anthers. 
235. PANAX. Gen. pl. 1604. 
1, P. radice fusiformi, foliis ternis quinatis, foliolis ovali- 
bus acuminatis petiolatis serratis.— ilid. ip. pl. 4. 
p. 1124, 
Icon. Catesb. car.3.t.16. Trew ehret. t.6.f.1. Bot. 
mag. 1333. 
nthe mountains from Canada to Tennassee, in rich 
shady woods. 2%. May: v.w. This plant produces 
the famous root called Ginseng, so much esteemed 
by the Chinese : it formerly was an article of exporta- 
in America, but at present there is little demand 
it. 
2. P. radice Subrotundo-bulbosa; foliis ternis ternatis qui- 
natisve, foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis subsessilibus ser- 
, Tatis.— Willd. sp. pl. 4. p. 1124. 
leon. Bot. mag. 1334.. 
Inlow shady woods, near rivulets: New York and Pen- 
.Sylvania. y. May. v.v. A small delicate plant, 
easily overlooked even when in keuk of it, 
whines dite i * 
7236. SANICULA. Gen. ph 458. 
Do 8, foliis digitatis, foliolis oblongis incisis, floribus fertili- 
. bas sessilibus subternis, sterilibus pedicellatis. numero- 
pe P sp. pl. 1. p. 1367. 
leon. Jacq. ic. 2. p. 348. 
Indy woods, frequent: Canada to Carolina. 2. June, 
_ July. v.v. Flowers greenish-white; fruit a little 
bee: 
E s. foliis radicalibus composi hot ovatis, m Hn. sp. 
. fl. 1. p. 1366. 
da aii + A doubtful species. 
cd. 237. DAUCUS. Gen. pl. 466. | 
1. D. seminibus hispidis, petiolis subtus nervosis. - Willa. 
Sp. pl. 1. 
The Ji id Carrot i ote f the most common weeds i 
T ty Bede 
quinquefoli- 
um, 
trifolium. 
marylandica. 
canadensis. 
Carota. 
