86 Asarum Canadense. 
Art. Syst. Lin. Classis Gynandria. Ordo Dodecandria. 
Asarum, T. L.* 4saret, Cabaret. Calix urceolatus 3-fidus. Stamina 12 brevia, germini 
imposita ; antherz mediis filamentis adnate. Stylus brevis; stigma stellatum 
6-partitum. Capsula 6-locularis. Radix tuberosa emittens cauliculos 2-phyllos, 
in foliorum dichotomia t-floros. Juss. Gen. Pl. ed. 1789. p. 73. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth one-leafed, bell-shaped, three or four cleft, coriaceous, colour- 
ed, permanent; clefts erect, bent in the apex. Cor. none. Stam. Filaments 
twelve, subulate, half the length of the calix; anthers oblong, fastened to the 
middle partition of the filaments. Pist. Germ. inferior or concealed within the 
calix; style cylindric, the length of the stamens; stigma stellate, 6-parted. 
Per, Capsule coriaceous, usually six-celled. Seeds several, ovate. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cal. Three or four cleft, placed on the germ. Cor. none. Capsule coria- 
ceous, crowned, Stigma six-cleft. Ency. 
Asarnum Canadense; A. foliis lato-reniformibus geminatis, calice lanato, profunde tri- 
partito, laciniis sub-lanceolatis reflexis. Mich., Willd., and Pursh. 
A pair of broad-reniform leaves ; calix woolly, deeply three-parted; segments 
sub-lanceolate, reflexed “ 
SYNONYMA. 
AsaruM latifolium. Salisb. 
Asarum foliis sub-cordatis petiolatis. Gron. 
Asarum Carolinianum. Walt. 
PHARM. . 
Asart Canadensis, Radix et Herba. 
DESCRIPTIO UBERIOR. 
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Four utrinque minutissime pubescentia. Germen obsolete trigonum. Calix foliolis in- 
ferne incurvis cavis, superne plus minus patentibus, planiusculis, marginibus 
revolutis, Filamenta vix altitudinem stigmatum. Willd. 
