BOTAN 



ETTE. 



Vol. 2. 



JULY, 1877. 



Ko. 9. 



Varfations in Podophyllum peltatum, Linn. — 



In a copse of 2 to :i acres in extent, situated on the southern slope ofCliestnul Hill , 

 not quite half a mile north of Lafayette College, Easton, Penn., the plant grows in great 

 abundance, and here, about (i or 7 years ago, my attention was arrested by the appearance 

 of several singular forms. Tiiese, reproduced, as they have been, every year since, 

 seem to me worthy of record, and the rough drawings here given are sufficiently ac- 

 curate to show the aberration from the prevailing type. Nothing of the kind ever fell 

 under my notice l)efore, but ilr. W. M. Canby informs me that he has found No. 4 or 5, 

 or both, near Wilmington, Del., and all of them, and perhaps still other variations, are 

 likely to be discovered elsewhere, if search be made. 



No. 1 represents the common flowerless stem (never so tall as that of No. 2) arising 

 from the rhizoma (r) and crowned l)y its uml)rella-shaped, equally-peltate leaf. 



No. 2 is the common flowering stem, divided above and bearing on each l)r:inch an 

 unequally-peltate leaf, with the single flower in the fork on a peduncle from 1 to 2 

 inches long. 



No. '.i is the same, except that the peduncle is borne oa one of the branches 2 or 

 more inchee above the fork. 



