No. 73. PODOPHYLLUM. 59 



Si!t cases out of seven are said to have been cured. The 

 powder, infusion, and decoction are equally available. 

 Doses from twenty to sixty grains of the powdery the 

 best vehicle must be mild wine, as for common bark. 

 We have no account of any other use being attempted ; 

 but there is little doubt that it will be found a general 

 tonic, antiseptic, and stimulant, like the Pale Bark or 

 Cinchona landfoliuj to which it is nearest alike, and it 

 may be safely tried in fevers, rheumatism, gangrene, 

 and all the diseases where Pale Bark is employed or in- 

 dicated. 



No.73. PODOPHYLLUM MONTANUM R. 



Names. Mountain May Apple. Fr. Podophylle de 

 Montagne. Vulga:r. -Mandrake, Wild Lemon, Ducks- 

 foot, Raccoon Berry, Yellow Berry, Peca, Ground Le- 

 mons, &:c. 



Classify Nat. Order of Acteacea. Polyandria mo- 

 nogynia L. 



Genus Podophyllum. Calyx three leaved deciduous. 

 Six to nine petals- Eight to fifteen stamina, antliers ad- 

 nate. One pistil, no style, stigma sessile multilobe. 

 Berry with one cell and many seeds, all inserted on one 

 side. Creeping root^ stem tivo leaved, nniflore^ single 

 Jlower between the leaves. 5 species, 



1. P. peltatum,!^. and auct. Stem cylindric, not fur- 

 rowed, thick, longer than petioles; leaves peltate pal- 

 mate, sinus obtuse, segments cuneate, bilobe, and tooth- 

 ed at the end ; petals obovate, concave, seven to nine j 

 stamina twelve to fifteen ; berry ovate, yellow. The 

 most common kind found all over the United States, 

 many varieties : 1- Pumilum* 2. Elatior. 3. Grandi- 

 florum^ 4. Odoratunu 5. Hetorophyllum. 6. Otigo- 

 don. r. Triphyllum. 8. Extraxillare. 



2.S.montanum. Raf. (See the figure.) Stem elongated, 

 deeply furrowed ; leaves palmate, not peltate, sinusses 

 acute, segments unequal, ends acutely bifid, with many 

 unequal teeth j petals oblong, obtuse, six to seven, sta- 

 mina seven to nine, berry oblong, yellowish. In the 



