PODOPHYLLUM DIPHYLLUM LINN. 347 
very well expreffed the idea, the phyfiognomy of plants, as 
I call it, isa matter which it is not neceflary a man fhould 
be a very minute botanift toobferve. Almoft any perfon 
who fhould fee the Fefferfonia, the Sanguinaria, and the 
Podophyllum, growing together, either ‘before, during, or 
after, the time of flowering, would immediately difcover 
their family-relationthip : 
facres non omnibus una 
Nec diverfa tamen, qualis decet effe fororum. 
[ fhall conclude this long letter with exprefling a hope, 
that it will not prove altogether unentertaining to you; 
for I cannot but fuppofe, that every attempt (mine, I know, 
isan humble one) to encreafe the mafs of that amiable 
{cience which we both cultivate, will be acceptable to the 
fucceflor of LINN us. 
oe 
I have the honour to fubferibe 
myfelf, Dear Sir, Your obliged 
friend, &c. 
BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON. 
Philadelphia, April 29th, 1792. 
EXPLANATION of the PLATE. 
N°’. 1. The plant, of its natural fize, during the time of 
flowering. 
N°’. 2. 3. 4and 5. Different views of the feed-veflel. N°. 2 
and 3 reprefent the horizontal lip, or future, which af- 
terwards opens, difcovering the feeds, lying loofe, as in 
N°. 5. N°. 4. exhibits the ridge on the pofterior part 
of the feed-veflel. 
Xx 2 N°. 6: 
