54 CABOMBACE.E. Cabomba. 



a. leaflets obscurely sinuate, or nearly entire. 



iff. leaflets incisely 5-7-lobed.— J. lobata, Nutt.! in jour. acad. PJiilad. 

 7. p. 99. 



In calcareous soils, New-York ! to the mountains of the Southern States! 

 /?. Kentucky, ///•. S/iort ! April. — Leaves glaucous beneath. Flowers white, 

 an inch in diameter. Sepals sometimes 3 or 5. Petals often 9. Stigma 

 with the margin undulate. Pericarp coriaceous. Seeds obovate-oblong ; 

 testa brownish, thick. 



7. PODOPHYLLUM. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 449. 



Sepals 3, caducous. Petals 6-9, obovate. Stamens 12-18: anthers linear, 

 bursting by a double longitudinal Une. Ovary ovate, subsessile, thick, peltate. 

 Capsule fleshy, indehiscent. Seeds numerous in several rows on a thick 

 lateral placenta, which at length becomes very large and pulpy. — A somewhat 

 poisonous herb: rhizoma horizontal (cathartic) : stem simple, 2-leaved and 1- 

 flowered at the summit : fruit large, subacid and edible when ripe. 



P. peUatum (Linn.)— Mich.x. ! jl. 1. p. 309 ; Bigel. mat. med. t. 35 ; Nutt. 

 gen. 2. p. 10. P. caUicarpum, Raf.ji. Ludov. p. 14. 



Woods and meadows, Canada ! to Louisiana. May— Leaves peUate, pal- 

 mately 5-7-parted ; lobes toothed or cleft at the apex ; the barren stems pro- 

 ducing but a single leaf, which is peUate in the centre. Flower Avhite, large, 

 nodding. Embryo minute at the base of fleshy albumen. — Mandrake, May- 

 apple — This genus certainly belongs to Berberidacese, as was first indicated 

 by R. Brown (Congo, p. 443, note.), notwithstanding the more numerous 

 stamens and the want of the peculiar dehiscence of the anthers. 



Order YII. CABOMBACEiE. Richard. 



Hydropeltidcoe, DC. ; Lindl. 



Sepals 3-4, colored inside. Petals 3-4, alternate with the sepals. 

 Stamens definite (6) or somewhat indefinite (18-36), hypogynous : 

 anthers innate. Torus inconspicuous. Ovaries 2-18 : stigmas sim- 

 ple. Carpels indehiscent, tipped with the indurated style, 1-2-seeded. 

 Seeds globular, orthotropous, pendulous. Embryo minute, at the 

 base of fleshy albumen, enclosed in the persistent and thickened sac 

 of the nucule : radicle pointing from the hilum. — Aquatic plants, 

 with perennial roots. Floating leaves centrally peUate ; submersed 

 foliage filiformly dissected. Flowers small, on l-flowered peduncles. 



1. CABOMBA. Aiiblet, fl. Guian. 1. p. 321. f. 124; Richard, in a7in. 

 mus. 17. p. 230. t. 5 ; Gray, in ann. lye. New-York, 4. p. 46. 



Nectvis, Schreb, 



Sepals 3, petaloid. Petals 3. Stamens 6. Ovaries 2-4. Carpels 1-3- 

 seeded. — Leaves opposite ; submerged ones filiformly dissected. Flowers 

 yellow or white. 



