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IQ, jpOLYANDRIA DI — PENTAGYNIA^ 



1. Racemosa. 



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C. foliis decompo- I Leaves decompoud; 

 sitis, foliolis ovato- leaflets ovate, oblong, 

 oblonffis, incisis, den- notched, dentated ; 



tatis ; racemis elon 

 gatis, subpaniculatis; 

 floribus monogynis; 

 capsulis ovatis. 



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racemes long, some 

 what paniculate; flow 

 ers monogynous; cap 

 sules ovate. 



C. serpentaria, Pursh. 2. p. 372. 



Actaea racemosa. Sp. pi. 2. p. 1139. Mich. 1. p, 308, De Can- 



doUe. 1. p. 382. 



Actseamonogyna. Walt. p. 151* 



Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, 2 — 3 feet highj pubescent. Leaves 

 decompound, acutely serrate, and notched. Flowers m long terniinal^ 

 somewhat paniculated racemes. Calyx and Corolla small, caduc- 

 ous, Floioefs nearly white. Stamens longer than the petals. Style 

 ^metimes, though rarely, 2. Capsules 2-valved. Seeds imbricate. 



Grows very abundantly in the upper districts of Carolina and Georgia- 

 Its-'long racemes of white flowers make it very conspicuous, but its odouf 

 is unpleasant if not offensive. 



Flowers June, July; 



*^ Flores Polygij- I **^ Flowers Poly 



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gynous 



2. PoDOCARPA. De Cand. 



erms 4-5,pediceU 



late,glabrous; racemes 

 paniculate; leaves de- 



C» germinibus 4-5, 

 pedicellatis, glabris 5 

 I'acemis paniculatis 5 

 fbliis decompositis. } compound* 



€!• Americana Mich. 1. p. 31 6. 



Act^a Podocarpa. De Candolle 1. p, 382. 



Perennial ; Stem herbaceous, 2 feet high, with the habit of C, racemosa. 

 Calyx of five ovate concave leaves. Capsules 4 or 5, smooth, compressed, 

 J)ointed with the styles, and each supported by a stalk half of its ovs^i* 

 length. — De Candolle. 



Grows in the mountains of Carolinas "^Tic^f. 

 Flowers Augustj Septenrber. 



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