18 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



Stamens hypogynous, 12 18, arranged in two, three or more 

 rows ; anthers linear, oval, turned inwards. Stigma some- 

 what peltate. Fruit succulent or capsular, 1-celled. Seeds 

 indefinite ; embryo small. 



Herbs. Leaves broad lobed. Flowers radicals, solitary, 

 white. 



1. PODOPHYLLUM. Linn. 



Sepals 3. Petals 69. Stamens 1218. Stigma large, 

 subsessile, peltate. Berry somewhat fleshy, not dehiscent. 

 Seeds many. Polyandria. Monogynia. 



P.peltatum Linn.: stem erect, 2-leaved, 1-flowered; fruit ovate. 

 HAB. Woods. Throughout the U. S. and Can. May. L(. 

 Stem a foot high, 2-leaved, 1-flowered. Leaves large, peltate, 

 lobed. Flmcers solitary, white, pendulous. Fruit large, ovate, 

 crowned with the persistent stigma. Known under the name of 

 May-apple. Its root is often used as a substitute for jalap. Sec 

 Big. 4- Bart. Med. Bot. and Schneck's Ezper. hiq. <frc. N. Y. 

 Mcd. 4 Phys. Jour. ii. 30. 



2. JEFFERSONIA. Bart. 



Sepals 4. Petals 8. Capsule obovate, semicircularly de- 

 hiscent. Seeds many, arillate at base. 



Octandria. Monogynia. 



J. diphylla Pers. : J. bartonis Mich. 



HAB. N. Y. Perm. Virg/and Tenn. May. 1(. Scape a foot 

 high. Leaf binnate, petioled. FUneer terminal, solitary, large, 

 white, resembling that of Sangvinaria. Capsule large, coriaceous. 

 Seeds shining, oblong. 



ORDER VII. HYDROPELTIDEjE. Lind. 



Sepals 3 or 4, coloured inside. Petals 3 or 4, alternate 

 with the sepals. Stamens definite or indefinite, hypogynous, 

 arising from an obscure torus ; anthers linear, turned inwards, 

 continuous with the filament. Ovaries 2 or more. Fruit in- 

 dehiscent, tipped by the indurated style. Seeds definite, pen- 

 dulous ; embryo seated at the base of a fleshy albumen. 



Aquatics, with floating leaves. Flowers axillary, solitary, 

 yellow or purple. 



1. HYDROPELTIS. Midi. 



Calyx of 34 sepals. Petals 34. Stamens 1836. 

 Ovaries 6 18. Seeds pendulous, ovate- globose. 



Polyandria. Polygynia. 



