( 1819 ) 



Podophyllum peltatum. DuckVFoot, or 

 May-Apple. 



C7ass awrf Order. 



PoLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. 9-petala. Cal. 3-phyllus. Bacca 1-locularis, coro- 

 nata stigmate. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Podophyllum peltatum. Trew Ehret. t. 29. Herbier Arlific. 



Cent. 5. Dec. 5. tab. 2. 

 Podophyllum peltatum ; foliis peltatis lobatis. Sp. PL 723. 



Reich. 2. p. 568. Willd. 2. p. 1141. Hort. Kew. ed. 



alt. 3. p. 287. 

 Podophyllum peltatum ; caule unifolio unifloro, folio peltato- 



palmato lobis cuneatis incisis. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. p. 



366. Michaux FL Boreal. Am. 1. p. 309. 

 Anapodophyllum. Tournef. Inst. t. 122. 

 Anapodophyllum canadense. Catesb. Car. I. p. 24. t. 24. 

 Aconitifolia humilis, flore albo unico campanulato, fructu 



cynosbati. Mentz.pug. t. 14. 



As we have referred Podophyllum diphyllum to another 

 genus, the peltatum is the only known species of this genus. 



A native of North-America, growing in large patches, ge- 

 nerally in moist shady places, from New England to Carolina. 



The fruit, which we have never seen perfected in this 

 country, is said by Mr. Pursh, to be of the size of a common 

 plum, green, eatable, and known by the name of May -Apple. 



Jussieu has placed Podophyllum at the end of his order 

 of Ranunculace*, and derives from it a connecting link 



between 



