podophylle;e. 



ments. Ovary oval, compressed, obscurely angular. Stigma nearly ses- 

 sile, convex, its surface rendered irregular by numerous convolutions 

 and folds. Fruit fleshy, oblong-ovate, yellowish, as large as a pigeon's 

 egg, 1 -celled, many-seeded, crowned with the stigma. — A very valuable, 

 sure, and active cathartic. The rhizoma is administered in fine powder. 

 The leaves are poisonous, and the whole plant narcotic. 



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