I Hi io.MM<>\ CANADIAN \VIU) PLANTS 



III. APET'ALOUS DIVISION. 



Flowers destitute of corolla and sometiim-s ;il 

 calyx. 



Oui.KuLXX. ARISTOLOCHIA'CE^E. (BniTiiv ,i;r I-'.) 



Herbs with perfect flowers, the tube of the. 3 -lob, 

 to the 6-celled many-seeded oranj. Leaves heart-shaped or kidney- 

 shaped, on long petioles from a thick rootstoek. Stamens 1'J <: 

 6. Flowers solitary. Calyx dull- coloured, the lobes valvate in 

 the bud. 



AS' ARUM, Tourn. WILD GINGER. 



A. Canadense, L. Radiating stigmas 6. Leaves only a 

 single pair, kidney-shaped, and rather velvety, the peduncle in 

 the fork between the petioles, close to the ground. Rootstock 

 aromatic. Calyx brown-purple inside, the spreading lobes pointed. 

 Rich woods. 



OKDEK LXXI. PHYTOLACCA'CEJE. (POKEW.KKD K) 



Herbs with alternate leaves and perfect flowers, resembling in 

 most respects the plants of the next Order, but t/><? om/v/ - 

 posed of several carpels in a ring, forming a berry in fruit. Only 

 one Genus and one Species. 



PHYTOL,AC'CA, Tourn. POKEWEED. 



P. decan'dra, L. (COMMON POKE. ) Calyx of 5 rounded white 

 sepals. Ovary green, of 10 1 -seeded carpels united in a ring. 

 Styles 10, short and separate. Stamens 10. Fruit a crims-m or 

 purple 10-seeded berry. Stem very tall and stout, smooth. 

 Flowers in long racemes opposite the leaves. Sandy soil. 



() i ; i > K R LXXII. CHENOPODI A'CE JE. (Go< 



Homely herbs, with more or less succulent leaves (chiefly alter- 

 nate), and small greenish flowers mostly in interrupted t 

 Stamens usually as many as the lobes of the calyx and o, 

 them. Ovary 1 . 'tiled ;u:d J-o\nled, forming an achene or 

 in fruit. Stigmas mostly 2. 



