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rOLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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Leav^ reniform lobed, distinctly veined, glaucous^ very 

 Floimrs rising in front of the leaf by which it appears to be 

 enfolded when young. Peduncle 2 — 6 inches long, smooj^h. Leaves of 

 the calyx ovate^ obtusew F^ak variable 8 — 10 — 12 or more, appearing 

 sometimes like a double flower, white. Stamens numerous, shorter than 



inches long, 

 glabrous. 



the corolla. Style 0. Stigma thick, slightly furrowed, 

 lanceolate. Seid^ numerous, compressed. 



Capsule oblong 



Grows in rich dry soils, meriting culture as an ornamental pl^ut both on 

 account of its leaf and flower. 

 Flowers February, March. 



PODOPHYLLUM. Gen. Pi^ 



Calyx 



3-phyn 



Pelala 9. Stigma pli- j Petals 9 



lyx 



3-Ieaved 

 Stwnc 



catum^ 

 Per, b 



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crenaUim, plaited, crenate. 

 l-*Ioctda- I icarp a berry, 



d, many seeded 



Her 



ns, polysperma 



1. Peltatum 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 1141. Gron. Virg. p. Walt. p. 153. 



Mich. 1. p. a09. Pursh. 2. p. 3G6. • 



Root perennial, creeping, tuberous. Stem herbaceous, erect, 4 — S inn 

 ches highj glabrous, generally streaked, dividing near the rpiddle into 2 

 «€iual branches, each bearing a terminal peltated leaf, clothed at base with 

 a membranaceous persistent sheath. Leaves peltate, deeply 5 lobed, lobe 

 -«Kssected and toothed, glabrous on the upper surface, slightly pubescent 

 wttderueath al ' ' 



tbe stem. Pe 

 connivent, cad 

 corolla, fiat. 



Flower solitary in the division of 



incurved 



(>— 



4COUS, white. Filaments 12 to l6 much shorter than the 

 Anthers oblong attached to the sides of tlie filamenta. 

 Germ superior. Style short thick. Seeds attached to J 



Grows in patches irr close soils. 

 Flowers February, March. 



pulpy 



ACTiEA, Gen. Pl« 



Calyx 4-pIiyllus de 



tjiduus. 



Petala 4. 



Filamenta plurima, 

 antheris introrsis. Sty- 

 lus 0. Stigma capi- 

 tatiun, Dacca supe- 

 rior, 1-Iocularis, poly- 

 sperma. 



Ca6/a:r 4-Ieaved, de 

 duous. Petals 4. Ft 



laments 



numei 



with the anthers turn- 



ed inwards. 

 Stigma . . i 

 Berry superior 



led, many seeded 



Style 



apitate 



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