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DIPHYLLEIA CYMOSA. CYME-FLOWERED 
DIPHYLLEIA, 
Jed biebtint 
Cla/s and Order. 
Hexanpria Monocynia. 
Generic Charafler. 
Cal. 3-phyllus ; foliolis ovalibus, concavis, deciduis. Cor. 
petala fex, calyce majora, patula, ovalia, concava, decidua. 
Stam. petalis dimidio breviora, hypogyna : jilam. brevia, plana : 
anth. oblonge ; loculis membrana a bafi ad apicem junctis, 
eadem foluta dehifcentibus. Pé?. ovarium ovatum: /lylus vix 
ullus : figma capitatum. Bacca fubglobofa, unilocularis, feffilis ; 
fem. 2—3, fubrotunda. Herba PopopuyLir peltati ; folits tamen 
alternis et remote a margine peltatis, Pedunculus terminalis, cyma 
fimplict. Flores candidi. Bacca atvo-cerulee feminibus purpurets. 
Michaux Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1. 203. 
Specific Charaifer and Synonyms. 
DIPHYLLEIA gymoa. Mich. Flor. Bor.-Amer. 1. 203. tab. 19. 
20, Purfh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. 218. 
Root creeping, jointed, knotted ; herb fmooth; deaves two, 
fubpalmate, angularly lobed, ferrate; lobes acuminate. Found 
near rivulets on the high mountains of Carolina and Virginia. 
Introduced a year or two ago, by Mr. Lyons. Hardy. Our 
drawing was made from a living {pecimen communicated by 
Mr. Wituiam Kent, from his colleétion at Clapton, in the 
beginning of May laft. We have trufted to Micnaux and 
Pursu for what little we have faid by way of defcription, having 
miffed the opportunity of examining the living plant, G, “i 
