No. 16. 



BOTROPHIS. 



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16. 



BOTROPHIS SERPEXTARIA. 



English Name— BLACK SNAKEROOT, 



French Name — Serpentaire noire. 



Ger3IAn Name — Schwarz Schlaj^gewurz. 



Officinai. Name — Serpentaria nigra. 



VULGAR Names — Squaw root, Rich weed, Rattle 



weed, Rattle-Snake-root, Black Cohosh &c. ^ 



SrxoNFMs — Actea raceviosay Lm. &c. Clmicifu- 



ga Serpentaria^ Pursh, &:c, Macrotrys^ Sub-G. Ra- 



finesque and Decandolle. 



Authorities — Linnseus," Schoepf, Golden, JVIi- 

 chaux, Pursh, B, Barton, Elliot, Decandolle, some 

 Dispensaries, Tully, Big. Sequel, &c. 



G. BOTBOPHIS, I G AcTEA. jG. CiMIGIFREGA* 



1. Cal. four leaved Calix four leaved. Calix four leaved. 



2. Corolla, withlCorolla, with four Corolla with four 



^nany minute 



large flat petals. 



3. Stamina many. Stamma many. 



4. Pistil one. 



5. Capsul dehis- 

 cent longitudi- 

 nally- 



urceolate petals. 



Stamina many* 

 Pistil one. ^ [Pistils several 

 Berry not open- Several dehiscent 



mg. 



6. Seeds many la-jSeeds lateral. 



capsuls. 



Seeds scaly. 



teral. 



decom- 



Species B. Serpentaria— Leaves ample, 

 posed or tripinnate, folioles ovate acute, serrate or 



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