6Q 



POLlfANDRlA POLYGYNU. 



surfaces, whh the point short and hooked, smellier and less distinctly thick* 

 ened along the margins, than those of the R. muricatus. The calyx and 

 corolla I have not seen- 



■A 



Collected in St. John's BerkJeyy by Dr. Macbride. 

 Flowers April and May. 



CALTHA. Gen. Pl. 959. 



5 



Calyx 0. 



Pet 



a 



9. 



Capsulce plu 



iimse, comjoressae 



y 



1. 



loculares, polyspei 



5 



Calyx 0. Petals 

 9. Capsules nu- 



compressed^ 



merous, 

 1 -celled 



mae. 



ed. 



9 



many 



seed 



1. FiCARIOIDES. 



C. caule erecto im 



ijfloro, unifolio 



5 



foliis 



radicaiibus eordato-o- 

 vatis, , obtusissimis, 

 paiicidentatis, multi- 

 neivibus 



Ilpticis. 



5 



petalis 



Stem erect, 1-floAv- 

 ered, and with 1-leaf | 

 root leaves cordate-o- 

 vate, very obtuse, spa- 

 ringly toothed, many 

 nerved; petals elliptic. 



Pursh, 1 . p. 3 m. De Candolle. 

 Ranunculus ficaria. Walt 1 59. 



Itoot perennial. Stem herbaceous. Flowers yellow. 



This plant witli which I am unacquainted, I have inserted from 



Grows hi Cedar swamps. Pursb. 



Flowers June — July. 



Pursl 



BRASENIA. Gen. Pl. 938, 



Calyx 



persistens 



6-pliyllus 

 Corolla 0. 



Capsu Ice 6 — 12 ob 

 longae, dispermae. 



-J 



J. Pfxtata. 



Calyx 



6-leaved 



9 





persistent. CorollaO. 

 Capsules 6 — 12 ob^ 



long, 2-seeded* 



Pursh 2. p. 389. Nut. 2. p. 24. 



fiydrgpeltis pwrpurea. JVIicb. 1. p, 324. T. 2 J? 



