10 Podophyllum peltatum. 
Calix 3-leaved. Petals 9. Stigma crenate, sessile. Capsule superior, 1-celled, many- 
seeded, becoming an ovate berry. Receptacle unilateral, large and pulpy.— 
Nutt. . 
Nat. Syst. Juss. Ranunculacee. Classis XIII. Ordo 1. 
PoporuyiuuM, L.* Anapodophyllum, T.* Calix 3-phyllus. Petala 9. Stylus 0; stigma 
capitatum. Caulis 2-phyllus foliis palmatis, in dichotomié 1-florus flore albo. 
Juss. Gen. Plant. ed. 1789. p. 235. 
Nat. Ord. Lin. Rhoadew. 
Classis Polyandria. Ordo Monogynia. Lin. Syst. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of three large, coloured, ovate,. concave, ascending 
leaves, soon falling. Cor. Petals nine, orbicular, concave, plaited at the mar- 
gin. Stam. Filaments numerous, very short; anthers oblong, large, erect. 
Pist. Germen superior, roundish ; style none; stigma obtuse, furrowed. Peric, 
Berry globose, crowned with the permanent stigma, of one cell. Seeds numer- 
ous, roundish. Receptacle central, unconnected. 
Ess. Ch. Corolla of nine petals. Calix of three leaves, deciduous. Berry of one cell, 
| crowned with the stigma. Ency. 
PopoPHYLLUM peltatum; stem one-flowered; leaves peltate, palmate, lobate; lobes 
cuneate, incised. Barton’s Compendium Flore Philadelphice, vol. ii. p. 9. 
SYNONYMA. 
ANAPODOPHYLLUM Canadense. Catesb. — 
AconirtroLta humilis, flore albo unico campanulato fructu cynosbati. Mentz. 
PHARM, 
Popopny111 peltati, Radix; interdum fructus. 
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