AtcHEMiLLA. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 29! 



A. alpina L, : leaves digitate, serrate at the extremity, 

 white and satiny beneath. JVilld. Spec. I. p, 698. Smith 

 FL Brit. I. p. 190. Eng. Bot. t. 244. Pursh Ft. I. u. 

 112. R em. y Schu It. in. ^. 470. 



Hab. On the peaks of high mountains in Vermont and New- 

 Hampshire. P ur^ h. 



I have seen no North-American specimens. 



126. STMPLOCARPUS, Salisbury A 



Spath ventricose, ovate, acuminate. Spadix sub- 

 globose, covered with perfect flowers. Calyx deeply 

 4- parted, persistent ; segments cucullate, truncate, be- 

 coming thick and spongy. Petals 0. Style pyramidal, 

 4- sided ; stigma simple, minute. Seeds solitary, im- 

 mersed in the spongy receptacle. A'u 1 1. Gen. I. p. 

 105. Rich? Synop. Gen. p. 17. Pothi sp. Mich.^ 

 R. ^ S., &c, Dracontii sp: L,, Willd., &c, 

 IcTODEs Big. Am. Med. Bot. II. p. 41. Nat. Ord. 

 Aroide^ Juss. 



S. Joelida J^uti.hc, Bart. Veg. Mat. Med. t. la 

 & 11. IcTODES /oe/ic/ws Big. 1. c. t. 24. Vothos foetida 

 J^f tcA. /"/. 11. p. 186. PwrsA F/. II. p, 393. Bot, Mag, 

 t. 836. Big, Bost. p. 39. Re em. ^- Schult. 111. p, 

 455. TJKktoiniivii foetidum L. Sp.pl. 1372. Willd, 

 Spec, II. p. 288. D. foliis subrotundis concavis Cold. Koveb, 

 214. Gron.Virg.lU, C a t e s b. Car, U. p. 7], t, 71, 



Root verticillately fibrous, truncate ; nbres very thick and fleshy. 

 Leaves appearing as the spath decays, very large, ovate-cor- 

 date, smooth. Spai/i ovate, 3 — 4 inches long, oblique, cucul» 

 late, auriculate at the base, purple, spotted with green and 

 yellow. Sfiadix pedunculate, oval or subglobose, more than 

 half an inch in diameter. Flowers compact, and appearing 

 tessellated. Calyx (corolla ?) 4-leaved, (deeply 4-parted, 

 JV"m 1 1.) succulent, subcuneate. Stamens 4, opposite the 

 leaves of the calyx ; filaments subulate, flat ; anthers exserted, 

 obloug, 2-celled. Style distinct, tapering to a point. Seed 

 larger than a pea, naked, enclosed in the spongy receptacle. 



I I have not been able to find any other authority for this name escepi 

 an anonymous, but useful work in its day, entitled, " A Synopsis of the 

 Genera of North- American Plants," published at Georgetown in 1814; thi? 

 author of which is understood to be O. Rich, Esq. As, however, the name is 

 good, and is adopted by JVn t tally I shall continue tn use it. 



