60 PODOPHYLLUM. No. 73. 



Alleghanj mountains, from New York to Virginia. Va- 

 riety 1. .Acuminatum. 2, Parviflorum. 



3. P. callicarpum. Raf. in Flor. Lud. sp. 20. Stem 

 short, equal to the petioles ; leaves peltate palmate, six 

 segments, obovate, bifid, with unequal teeth 5 petals six 

 round, concave ; stamina ten ; berry oblong, white and 

 rose coloured. In Louisiana and Texas. Flowers large, 

 smelling like orange flowers ; berry small. 



All these species have cylindrical, creeping, and pe- 

 rennial roots, of a yellowish brown. Stem erect, two 

 unequal smooth leaves, glaucous beneath, with five to 

 nine segments, a nodding peduncle, the petals white, 

 veined, reticulated, and a berry good to eat. 



HISTORY. A fine natural genus, considered as hav- 

 ing a single species (since the P. dip hy Hum was called 

 Jefersoma) to which I have added two others of the 

 same habit, but well distinguished ,• the P. montanum, 

 by the slender furrowed stem, sharp bifid leaves, not 

 peltate, and narrow petals -, the P. callicarpum, by the 

 short stem and leaves, small white fruit, &c: They are 

 all equally medical, and I hav% figured the second as 

 most novel and interesting. 



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 vernal_ plants, blossoming in May and June ; the fruit is 



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a sweet smell j the generic name means leaf 



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 QVie?.fp.n1-'fPV^^**'°HSt ^little more drastic, but 



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 sant ll.' ^Tly P^^dered ; the taste Is unplea- 



pJiSl^'^n^^'^'^^l ^ »t contains resin, fecula, bitter 



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