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1. CAULOPHYLLUM Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 205. 1803. 
Erect herbs, with thickened rootstocks, and ternately compound leaves. Sepals 6, the 
calyx 3-4-bracted. Petals 6, smaller, cucullate, opposite the sepals. Stamens 6; anthers 
oblong, dehiscent by valves. Pistil 1; style short; stigma lateral; ovules 2, ripening into large 
globose stipitate seeds, resembling berries, which in growth soon rupture the membranous 
caducous pericarp. [Greek, stem-leaf. ] 
1. Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) 
Michx. Blue Cohosh. (Fig. 1643.) 
Leontice thalictroides I. Sp. Pl. 312. 1753. 
Caulophyllum thalictroides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 
I: 205. 1803. 
Glabrous, glaucous when young, 1°-3° high, 
with 2 or 3 large sheathing bracts at the base, 
a large triternate nearly sessile leaf near the 
summit, and gene1ally a smaller similar one 
near the base of the inflorescence. Divisions of 
the leaves long-petioled, ternately or pinnately 
compound, the ultimate segments thin, 1/—3/ 
long, oval, oblong or obovate, 3-5-lobed near the 
apex; panicle terminal, 2/-3’ long; flowers 
greenish purple, 4’’-6’’ broad; seeds globular, 
4’’ in diameter, blue, glaucous, borne on stout 
stalks about 3’ long. 
In woods, New Brunswick to South Carolina, 
west to Minnesota, Nebraska and Missouri. As- 
ecends to 5000 ft. in North Carolina. April-May. 
Called also Papoose Root. 
a: DIPHYLLEIA Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 2035) 1S08. 
Herbs with horizontal rootstocks, large peltate leaves, and cymose white flowers. Sepals 
6, petaloid. Petals 6, flat. Stamens 6; anthers dehiscent by valves Pistil 1; ovules few, 
arranged in 2rows. Fruita berry. Seeds oblong, curved. [Greek, double-leaf. ] 
A genus of 2 species, one native of eastern North America, the other of Japan. 
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= AW Dx( 1. Diphylleia cymosa Michx. Um- 
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lN = brella-leaf. (Fig. 1644.) 
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Diphylleia cymosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 203. 
1803. 
Erect, stout, 1°-2° high, glabrous or nearly 
so. Basal leaves solitary, long-petioled, 1°-2° 
in diameter, peltate near the centre, deeply 2- 
cleft, many-lobed, the lobes acute or acumi- 
nate, sharply dentate; cauline leaves 2, similar, 
smaller, petioled, constricted in the middle and 
generally peltate near the margin; cyme many- 
flowered, 2’-3/ broad; flowers white; petals 
flat, oblong, obtuse; fruiting pedicels slender, 
1’ long or more; berries blue, oblong, 6’” long. 
In woods, Virginia to Georgia along the moun- 
tains, mainly at higher altitudes. May-June. 
