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1. Pachypoda. E. 



A. foliis decompo- I Leaves decompound 



sitiSj foliolis ovatis, 

 acuminatis, inciso ser 



9 



ratis; baccis parvuJis, 



5 



leaflets ovate, acumi 

 nate, deeply serrate 

 berries small, suppor 



pedicellis incrassatis 1 ted on thick footstalks. 



suffultis. 



Big. Flor. Bos. page 129. 



A. brachypetala, var. microcarpa. De Candolle Reg. Veg. 1. p. S85. 



Root perennial. Leaves compound, acutely serrate, notched, sliehtly 

 pubescent along the veins, the terminal leaflets frequently three lobed and 

 somewhat cordate at base. Flowers crowded in terminal racemes. Ber- 

 ry small Sitting on singularly thickened pedicells, which seem at base 

 partly to embrace the stem and nparNr or,„ni ;« a:^^^*^- *i,„ u, •.j.^,%c 



The Flowers I have not seen. „ ^*. ^.x«v,uiiut un mc oan 



Mountains. '' ' ^ ^".vuiiu^ 



However nearly this plant may be allied to Cimicifuga : its berried 

 Jruit 1 thmk should preserve its as a distinct genus. Macrotys may be 

 prolixly connected with Cimicifuga as they differ in no respect but in the 

 number of their germs. 



ni- 



PENTA G YNIA 



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CiMiCIFUGA 



Cat 



lus, 

 sulce 1 



yx 

 Petala 4. 



5 phyl 



Vap^ 

 5 sen plures, 



oblongs, sutura late 

 rali deliiscentes, pol 



ysperm^. ~ 



Gen. Pl. 993, 



4 



Calyx 4---5 leaved. 



Capsules 1 

 more, oblong, 



Petals 4 



opening along 



late 



ed. 



suture, many seed 



* Flores monogynt. * Floivers mono^ih 

 Macrotys, Raf: ' ""^ 



nous. 



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