PODOPHYLLUM DIPHYLLUM LINN. 343 
The /eaves are binate, or two-lobed, each lobe being 
fomewhat of afemi-cordated form, very entire, fide; 
and of a fea-green colour on the under fide. The princi-- 
pal nerves are five in number; in each lobe. 
The flower-cup has been already defcribed. 
The corolla, or flawer, is of a fine white colour, and 
ftands ere&t, or horizontal, on the fummit of the flower= 
ftalk. There is never more than one flower on the fame 
ftalk. 
The filaments have been fufficiently defcribed.. The: 
anthere, or fummits, are yellow. 
The pzfil has been defcribed, as has, likewife, 
The feed-veffel. 
The feeds are nearly. of a chefnut-brown. coloury. 
OBSERVATIONS.,. 
The commen height of the plant, whilft-in flower, is: 
about fix or eight inches: after the fall of the flower, it. 
often grows afoot, or fixteeninches high. The flower con- 
tinues, for feveral days, in perfection and beauty, during 
which time the germen is vifibly enlarging. The petals 
now fuddenly fall off, leaving. the germen ereét upon the 
fummit of the ftalk. This vifcus encreafes in fize very 
rapidly, changing its figure daily. When it is about three 
fourths of its*mature fize, it is nearly of an obovate, or 
turbinated, form, fomewhat compreffed on one fide. 
’ During this ftage of its growth, we plainly difcern the 
tranfverfe future, or lips of the incifion, mentioned in 
the generic charaGter. When it is completely ripened, the 
feed-veflel opens, pretty fuddenly, at this tranfverfe future, 
upon which the fuperior part rifes up, and now it appears 
like a cap, or helmet, difcovering the naked feeds, ying 
oofe,. 
