0 - POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
_ Species. 1. S..-canadensis. The only species of the 
genus. 
365. PODOPHYLLUM. L. (May-apple.) 
. Calix 3-leaved. Petals9. Stigma crenate,. 
sessile. Capsule superior, t-celled, many-seed- 
ed, becoming an ovate berry. Receptacle uni- 
lateral, large and pulpy. 
Roots créeping, horizontal; stems low, and 2-leaved; 
leaves peltate and lobed; flowers solitary, dichotomal, 
and pedunculate, white; petals connivent; fruit lemon yel- 
low, at first nauseous, the internal pulp when mature 
agreeably subacid and e:lible, more or less cathartic in 
‘common with the whole plant, but more particularly 
the root. Sap limpid, not lactescent, but probably in 
part resinous or gummiferous, afier the manner of the 
Papaveracee, to which it unquestionably belongs, toge- 
ther with Jeffersonia and Sanguinaria. = 
Species. 1. P. pfeltatum. The only species of the ge- 
nus. 
$66. ACT AEA. L. (Bane-berries. Herb Chris- 
topher, &c.) = 
Calix 4-leaved, deciduous. Petals 4, often 
wanting. Style-none; stigma capitate. Berry 
~ superior, t-celled, many-seeded. Seeds semi- 
erbicular. Receptacle unilateral. 
Herbaceous perennials, with twice or thrice ternately : 
divided leaves, deeply sei:rated; flowers white in short 
terminal spikes; berries white, brswn, and black; general- 
ly considered poisonous. 
Spectres. 1. A. @mericana. Berries white, another va- 
riety produces red fruit—Of this small genus.there is 1 
species indigenous to Europe and another to Japan. 
Be 
367. SARRACENIA. L. (Side-saddle-flower.) 
- Calix double, exterior smaller 3-leaved, inte- 
rior, 5-leaved both persistent. Petals 5, deci- 
_ duous, erect, spreading from about the middle. 
_ Stigma very large and persistent, clypeate, co- 
* -vering the stamina, margin pentangular. Cap- 
